dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/stu_MW.json
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{
"Stubbs":{
"antonyms":[],
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"George 1724\u20131806 English painter":[],
"William 1825\u20131901 English historian and prelate":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"\u02c8st\u0259bz"
],
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"type":[
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"Stundism":{
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"definitions":{
": the religious movement of the Stundists or their principles and practices":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Russian shtundizm , from shtunda + -izm -ism":""
},
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"\u02c8s(h)tu\u0307n\u02ccdiz\u0259m"
],
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"Stundist":{
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": one of a Russian denomination of Protestants originating about 1860 under German influence and emphasizing evangelical piety":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Russian shtundist , from shtunda Stundism, body of Stundists (from German stunde lesson, hour, from Old High German stunta point in time, hour) + -ist ; from their meetings for Bible study or prayer":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-d\u0259\u0307st"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235709",
"type":[
"noun"
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"Stundo-Baptist":{
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": an adherent of a Russian religious movement originating in the 19th century with the union of various Stundists and Russian Baptists":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"stund ist + -o- + baptist":""
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"\u00a6s(h)tu\u0307n(\u02cc)d\u014d+"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-083719",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Sturm und Drang":{
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"calm",
"ease",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"quiet",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility"
],
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": a late 18th century German literary movement characterized by works containing rousing action and high emotionalism that often deal with the individual's revolt against society":[],
": turmoil":[]
},
"examples":[
"in a year filled with corporate Sturm und Drang , the company was headed by no fewer than three different CEOs"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1845, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"German, literally, storm and stress, from Sturm und Drang (1776), drama by Friedrich von Klinger \u20201831 German novelist and dramatist":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccstu\u0307rm-",
"\u02ccshtu\u0307rm-u\u0307nt-\u02c8dr\u00e4\u014b",
"-\u0259nt-"
],
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"disquiet",
"ferment",
"fermentation",
"restiveness",
"restlessness",
"turmoil",
"uneasiness",
"unquietness",
"unrest"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193103",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"stub":{
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"definitions":{
": a short blunt part left after a larger part has been broken off or used up":[
"a pencil stub"
],
": a short piece remaining on a stem or trunk where a branch has been lost":[],
": a small part of a leaf (as of a checkbook) attached to the spine for memoranda of the contents of the part torn away":[],
": something cut short or stunted":[],
": stump sense 2":[],
": the part of a ticket returned to the user":[],
": to clear (land) by grubbing out rooted growth":[],
": to extinguish (something, such as a cigarette) by crushing":[],
": to grub up by the roots":[],
": to hew or cut down (a tree) close to the ground":[],
": to strike (one's foot or toe) against an object":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Hold onto your ticket stub in case you leave the theater and want to come back in again.",
"an ashtray full of cigarette stubs",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Instead, poll workers were having to look up voters in paper poll books and enter the stub numbers manually. \u2014 Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland , 3 May 2022",
"When a voter checks in at the polls, the machines are supposed to verify the person is in the correct location and scan and record the stub number for that person\u2019s ballot. \u2014 Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland , 3 May 2022",
"Health care workers who are now eligible must bring a employer ID or pay stub to their appointment. \u2014 Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press , 29 Jan. 2021",
"Most settled on a squalid stub of a street, near the former city center, called Calle de los Negros. \u2014 Michael Luo, The New Yorker , 11 May 2022",
"But not one of the cars has been in the lot on the western-most stub of Frankfort Avenue longer than Anthony Calhoun\u2019s Camaro. \u2014 Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal , 8 Apr. 2022",
"So, before dawn on a Friday in February, the pair set out through the slush to conquer that stub of concrete on the fringes of the city limits, pausing only to take a few photos and return a runaway shopping cart to a Walmart corral. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
"The previous record was $264,000 set in December for the stub of the same Bulls game. \u2014 Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY , 28 Feb. 2022",
"After the game, Mike threw away his torn ticket stub and put the unused ticket in the folder holding his sports memories: a ticket to a 1983 Baltimore Orioles World Series game, Final Four tickets, Frozen Four tickets. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Make sure to include your tax bill stub with your check. \u2014 Sam Boyer, cleveland , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Make sure to include your tax bill stub with your check. \u2014 Sam Boyer, cleveland , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Make sure to include your tax bill stub with your check. \u2014 Sam Boyer, cleveland , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Make sure to include your tax bill stub with your check. \u2014 Sam Boyer, cleveland , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Make sure to include your tax bill stub with your check. \u2014 Sam Boyer, cleveland , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Make sure to include your tax bill stub with your check. \u2014 Sam Boyer, cleveland , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Make sure to include your tax bill stub with your check. \u2014 Sam Boyer, cleveland , 21 Jan. 2022",
"The city that never sleeps has always had a strong illicit cannabis market and adult-use legalization is unlikely to stub it out anytime soon. \u2014 Will Yakowicz, Forbes , 19 Mar. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English stubb , from Old English stybb ; akin to Old Norse st\u016bfr stump, Greek stypos stem":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8st\u0259b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"end",
"fag end",
"leftover",
"oddment",
"remainder",
"remnant",
"scrap"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105003",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"stub station":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a railroad station at which the tracks terminate \u2014 compare through station":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191129",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stub switch":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a railroad switch in which the track rails are cut off squarely at the toe and the point rails are thrown to line up with the lead rails":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194835",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stub tenon":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a tenon to fit a stub mortise":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044748",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stub tooth":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a short gear tooth of great strength with a large angle of obliquity":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033707",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stub track":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a track connected with another at one end only":[]
},
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001917",
"type":[
"noun"
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"stubble crop":{
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"definitions":{
": a crop (such as soybeans, buckwheat, turnips) sown on stubble after the grain is harvested for turning under as green manure":[],
": a ratoon crop especially of sugarcane":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184016",
"type":[
"noun"
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"stubble field":{
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"definitions":{
": a field covered with stubble after harvesting":[]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115403",
"type":[
"noun"
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},
"stubble goose":{
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"definitions":{
": greylag":[]
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"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200025",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stubble mulch":{
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"definitions":{
": a lightly tilled mulch of plant residue used to prevent erosion, conserve moisture, and add organic matter to the soil":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1942, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185817",
"type":[
"noun"
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},
"stubble plow":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a stirring plow with a steep moldboard for stubble land":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055343",
"type":[
"noun"
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"stubble quail":{
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"definitions":{
": an Australian quail ( Coturnix pectoralis )":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181051",
"type":[
"noun"
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},
"stubble spurge":{
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"definitions":{
": spotted spurge":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064702",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stubble-mulch farming":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": trash farming":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043101",
"type":[
"noun"
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"stubbleberry":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": wonderberry":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131915",
"type":[
"noun"
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"stubborn":{
"antonyms":[
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"compliant",
"complying",
"flexible",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"relenting",
"yielding"
],
"definitions":{
": difficult to handle, manage, or treat":[
"a stubborn cold"
],
": justifiably unyielding : resolute":[],
": lasting":[
"stubborn facts"
],
": performed or carried on in an unyielding, obstinate , or persistent manner":[
"stubborn effort"
],
": suggestive or typical of a strong stubborn nature":[
"a stubborn jaw"
],
": unreasonably or perversely unyielding : mulish":[]
},
"examples":[
"Louise was not the first to posit the idea of a miniature horse ancestral to the Arab; but she was the only one stubborn enough to prove it. \u2014 Jason Elliot , Mirrors of the Unseen , 2006",
"To remove stubborn price tags from items like dishes and glassware, I use a cotton pad or Q-tip soaked with rubbing alcohol. The alcohol dissolves the sticky glue and doesn't mess up my manicure. \u2014 Kathe Palmucci , Real Simple , April 2003",
"In the search for strategies to deal with the stubborn and deadly problem of driving under the influence, many cops are turning to an unusual tactic: Recruiting volunteer drinkers and drug users to teach officers to recognize impaired drivers. \u2014 Russell Gold , Wall Street Journal , 29 Oct. 2002",
"She's wrong, but she's too stubborn to admit it.",
"I admire his stubborn refusal to quit.",
"trying to treat a stubborn infection",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some of these older people are probably stubborn or in denial, but the biggest obstacle is cost. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 30 June 2022",
"Her manager, Susie Myerson (Alex Borstein), spends the majority of the eight episodes trying to convince Midge to not be so stubborn and reconsider her stance, to no avail. \u2014 Christy Pi\u00f1a, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 Mar. 2022",
"If the problem is particularly stubborn , Revivex\u2019s Odor Eliminator ($9/10 ounces) or Defunkify\u2019s Odor Shield ($15/load) are worth a shot as a single treatment. \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Outside Online , 17 July 2021",
"The Ukraine war, the virus that won\u2019t go away and inflation that may be more stubborn than the Fed thinks\u2014all could do mischief with our hopes and expectations. \u2014 Larry Light, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
"High inflation has proved far more stubborn than many economists had expected. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022",
"Yellowstone\u2019s John Dutton, a man even more stubborn about expressing his feelings than Tony. \u2014 Ben Rosenstock, Time , 22 Mar. 2022",
"But for the more stubborn holdouts and outright denialists, a harder line will be necessary. \u2014 Gilad Edelman, Wired , 28 July 2021",
"There are other issues, of course, on which opinions have not shifted and some, such as regulation of guns, on which already formidable partisan divides have grown even deeper and seemingly more stubborn in recent years. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English stibourne, stuborn":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8st\u0259-b\u0259rn"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for stubborn obstinate , dogged , stubborn , pertinacious , mulish mean fixed and unyielding in course or purpose. obstinate implies usually an unreasonable persistence. an obstinate proponent of conspiracy theories dogged suggests an admirable often tenacious and unwavering persistence. pursued the story with dogged perseverance stubborn implies sturdiness in resisting change which may or may not be admirable. a person too stubborn to admit error pertinacious suggests an annoying or irksome persistence. a pertinacious salesclerk refusing to take no for an answer mulish implies a thoroughly unreasonable obstinacy. a mulish determination to have his own way",
"synonyms":[
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"bullheaded",
"dogged",
"hard",
"hard-nosed",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inconvincible",
"inflexible",
"intransigent",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"opinionated",
"ossified",
"pat",
"pertinacious",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"self-opinionated",
"self-willed",
"stiff-necked",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192340",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"stubborn child":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a minor (as in the state of Massachusetts) who refuses to submit to the lawful commands of parent or guardian and may be placed in state custodial care \u2014 compare wayward child":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002113",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stubborn disease":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a persistent virus disease of citrus characterized by shortened internodes resulting in stiff brushy growth, by the appearance of chlorotic leaves early in the season, and by a reduced crop of often acorn-shaped fruit \u2014 see acorn disease":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112439",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stubborn streak":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a tendency to be stubborn":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200714",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stubbornness":{
"antonyms":[
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"compliant",
"complying",
"flexible",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"relenting",
"yielding"
],
"definitions":{
": difficult to handle, manage, or treat":[
"a stubborn cold"
],
": justifiably unyielding : resolute":[],
": lasting":[
"stubborn facts"
],
": performed or carried on in an unyielding, obstinate , or persistent manner":[
"stubborn effort"
],
": suggestive or typical of a strong stubborn nature":[
"a stubborn jaw"
],
": unreasonably or perversely unyielding : mulish":[]
},
"examples":[
"Louise was not the first to posit the idea of a miniature horse ancestral to the Arab; but she was the only one stubborn enough to prove it. \u2014 Jason Elliot , Mirrors of the Unseen , 2006",
"To remove stubborn price tags from items like dishes and glassware, I use a cotton pad or Q-tip soaked with rubbing alcohol. The alcohol dissolves the sticky glue and doesn't mess up my manicure. \u2014 Kathe Palmucci , Real Simple , April 2003",
"In the search for strategies to deal with the stubborn and deadly problem of driving under the influence, many cops are turning to an unusual tactic: Recruiting volunteer drinkers and drug users to teach officers to recognize impaired drivers. \u2014 Russell Gold , Wall Street Journal , 29 Oct. 2002",
"She's wrong, but she's too stubborn to admit it.",
"I admire his stubborn refusal to quit.",
"trying to treat a stubborn infection",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some of these older people are probably stubborn or in denial, but the biggest obstacle is cost. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 30 June 2022",
"Her manager, Susie Myerson (Alex Borstein), spends the majority of the eight episodes trying to convince Midge to not be so stubborn and reconsider her stance, to no avail. \u2014 Christy Pi\u00f1a, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 Mar. 2022",
"If the problem is particularly stubborn , Revivex\u2019s Odor Eliminator ($9/10 ounces) or Defunkify\u2019s Odor Shield ($15/load) are worth a shot as a single treatment. \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Outside Online , 17 July 2021",
"The Ukraine war, the virus that won\u2019t go away and inflation that may be more stubborn than the Fed thinks\u2014all could do mischief with our hopes and expectations. \u2014 Larry Light, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
"High inflation has proved far more stubborn than many economists had expected. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022",
"Yellowstone\u2019s John Dutton, a man even more stubborn about expressing his feelings than Tony. \u2014 Ben Rosenstock, Time , 22 Mar. 2022",
"But for the more stubborn holdouts and outright denialists, a harder line will be necessary. \u2014 Gilad Edelman, Wired , 28 July 2021",
"There are other issues, of course, on which opinions have not shifted and some, such as regulation of guns, on which already formidable partisan divides have grown even deeper and seemingly more stubborn in recent years. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English stibourne, stuborn":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8st\u0259-b\u0259rn"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for stubborn obstinate , dogged , stubborn , pertinacious , mulish mean fixed and unyielding in course or purpose. obstinate implies usually an unreasonable persistence. an obstinate proponent of conspiracy theories dogged suggests an admirable often tenacious and unwavering persistence. pursued the story with dogged perseverance stubborn implies sturdiness in resisting change which may or may not be admirable. a person too stubborn to admit error pertinacious suggests an annoying or irksome persistence. a pertinacious salesclerk refusing to take no for an answer mulish implies a thoroughly unreasonable obstinacy. a mulish determination to have his own way",
"synonyms":[
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"bullheaded",
"dogged",
"hard",
"hard-nosed",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inconvincible",
"inflexible",
"intransigent",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"opinionated",
"ossified",
"pat",
"pertinacious",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"self-opinionated",
"self-willed",
"stiff-necked",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-115930",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"stubby":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": abounding with stubs":[],
": being short and thickset : squat":[],
": being short, broad, or blunt (as from use or wear)":[
"an old stubby pencil"
],
": resembling a stub : being short and thick":[
"stubby fingers"
]
},
"examples":[
"hands with thick stubby fingers",
"My dog has a short stubby tail.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the patches of the forest that didn\u2019t receive any treatment before Rodeo-Chediski, short, stubby junipers dominate the landscape, with some oaks and a few ponderosa pines scattered throughout. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 20 June 2022",
"Abelisaurids have stocky hind limbs, and like a Tyrannosaurus Rex, have stubby , vestigial forelimbs. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 June 2022",
"My chef\u2019s knives were too stubby to span the cabbage\u2019s width. \u2014 Betsy Andrews, Bon App\u00e9tit , 2 June 2022",
"My car had a six-speed manual transmission with a nice stubby shifter. \u2014 Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN , 22 May 2022",
"The debris bag has a stubby collar on it that clicks into place where the blower tube was located. \u2014 Alex Rennie, Popular Mechanics , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The shifter is like that of the regular Prius, a stubby little lever that moves through an unusual double-J pattern. \u2014 Joe Lorio, Car and Driver , 8 Apr. 2022",
"My arms and legs looked stubby while my neck looked long and skinny. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 May 2022",
"Fresh goat cheese, deeply flavorful Blenheim apricots (tangier and sweeter than Turkish apricots) and stubby , rich Marcona almonds are worth using here, because in a recipe this simple, the flavors are really noticeable. \u2014 Magdalena O'neal, Sunset Magazine , 25 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8st\u0259-b\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"chunky",
"dumpy",
"heavyset",
"squat",
"squatty",
"stocky",
"stout",
"stumpy",
"thickset"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051304",
"type":[
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]
},
"stubrunner":{
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"definitions":{
": a corn planter or cotton planter furrow opener adapted for use in trashy soil":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The three-story main house was built in the 1930s and has a Spanish Pueblo Revival style with adobe walls made of earth-tone stucco , aged beams, wood floors, metal gates and custom doors. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 22 June 2022",
"Located a few blocks from University Avenue, Berkeley\u2019s main drag, it\u2019s in a formerly working-class neighborhood of stucco bungalows. \u2014 Rachel Scheier, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 June 2022",
"Renaissance synagogues after purchasing a home in the Italian city 12 years ago, he was stunned to see flaking layers of paint, benches infiltrated by woodworms, and damaged plaster and stucco decorations. \u2014 Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 June 2022",
"Earlier this year, Taylor received an unexpected notice from her landlord to leave her white stucco home in the Powderhorn Park neighborhood, just a few miles south of downtown, by April 1. \u2014 Sydney Page, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
"On a corner in the 90s stands a stark white four-story structure, stucco -over-brick\u2014a cheery cube that cuts through the staid neighborhood like a splash of Aperol. \u2014 Nancy Hass, ELLE Decor , 1 June 2022",
"Those 18th-century tiles, frescoes and stucco ceilings were all restored, as the onetime private apartments of European aristocrats evolved into 61 stylish and contemporary guest rooms and suites. \u2014 Ann Abel, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"My sister\u2019s bathroom is one of those midcentury ceramic tile relics, the kind that still exist throughout Los Angeles, hiding inside stucco box apartments and modest bungalows, in Spanish-style villas and Hollywood Regency mansions. \u2014 Krystal Chang, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"Now, Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) has revealed that the ancient face was part of a 1,300-year-old stucco head depicting a young Hun Hunahpu, the Maya\u2019s maize god. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 7 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Receptions are usually held in the stylish Orangerie built in the 1700s and decorated with beautiful stuccowork and in the courtyard between the Orangerie and the castle. \u2014 Catherine Sabino, Forbes , 21 Oct. 2021"
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"Beads stud the surface of the gown."
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The breed needs to have a national club, a studbook , and have many dogs dispersed throughout the country. \u2014 Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens , 20 May 2021",
"The Maryland Zoo manages the golden frog studbook \u2014a compendium of genealogies, maintained to ensure the best possible genetic pairings. \u2014 Rachel Nuwer, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Mar. 2021",
"Just as zoos manage the genetics of captive lions and tigers, Pearson says each spider is given a code that is entered into a tarantula studbook to determine which future pairings would be beneficial and which would not. \u2014 Jason Bittel, National Geographic , 16 Sep. 2020",
"Over the years, a consortium of wolf conservation centers, zoos and the Fish and Wildlife Service have worked to expand the gene pool, using a tool called the studbook . \u2014 Debra Utacia Krol, azcentral , 30 Dec. 2019",
"To keep track of captive birds and their origins, Downs teamed up with geneticist Sandi Willows-Munro to create an official Cape parrot studbook . \u2014 National Geographic , 11 May 2018"
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": the organization and management of student life by various student organizations":[]
},
"examples":[
"She was president of the student government .",
"He is active in student government .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Stephonie, 17, is the Black Student Union vice president, a member of student government and a competitor in the academic decathlon. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Stefanie Stone, president of L.A. Community College\u2019s associated student government , described her own circuitous journey. \u2014 Melissa Gomezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"Last month, the three finalists each gave presentations to the faculty senate, the student government and in public hearings as to why they should be named to the position. \u2014 Margaret Kates | Mkates@al.com, al , 19 May 2022",
"Her student government colleague Charlie McAdoo III said the incident interrupted their critical end-of-year AP exams and students were not sure how the testing would be resolved. \u2014 Henri Hollis, ajc , 5 May 2022",
"The students are seen shouldering the burden of extracurriculars ranging from student government to science competitions to sports, along with multiple advanced placement classes, and work. \u2014 NBC News , 3 May 2022",
"Haney is a former member of the Surprise Youth Council and a former Arizona State University undergraduate student government senate president. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Classifications are determined by the Alaska School Activities Association, which responsible for the sanctioning of 36 activities ranging from sports to music, art, drama, debate, language and student government . \u2014 Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Mar. 2022",
"At Franklin, Bathurst has been active in student government , band and dance programs. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 Mar. 2022"
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]
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"examples":[
"She gave a studied response.",
"He viewed us with a studied indifference.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Speaking to the uncertainty around the ultimate aim of boosters, other researchers point out that T cells, less studied but vital components of the immune response, could account for vaccines\u2019 durable protection against severe COVID. \u2014 Esther Landhuis, Scientific American , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Throughout her career, Monastyrska has made a studied effort to avoid politics. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Their saxophone duets are among the highlights of the set; Parks is a less experienced, less studied saxophonist, but her solos are both fiercely expressive on their own and part of a musical dialogue with Ayler that has a palpable unity of purpose. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 26 Apr. 2022",
"His father, as Mr. Christman acknowledges, endures his son\u2019s arguments from the other side of a theological divide with studied patience. \u2014 Richard Babcock, WSJ , 15 Apr. 2022",
"At the sight of her bright smile and studied countenance. \u2014 Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Others are double hung, salon style, which is consciously in dialogue with Ud\u00e9\u2019s studied knowledge of the history of art. \u2014 Shantay Robinson, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Some in Merkel\u2019s camp have drawn a contrast between Scholz\u2019s performance and the former chancellor\u2019s studied competence. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Feb. 2022",
"This kind of involved and almost studied discussion of a hobby is actually what keeps various fandoms ticking along. \u2014 Ollie Barder, Forbes , 6 Jan. 2022"
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"She gave a studied response.",
"He viewed us with a studied indifference.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Speaking to the uncertainty around the ultimate aim of boosters, other researchers point out that T cells, less studied but vital components of the immune response, could account for vaccines\u2019 durable protection against severe COVID. \u2014 Esther Landhuis, Scientific American , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Throughout her career, Monastyrska has made a studied effort to avoid politics. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Their saxophone duets are among the highlights of the set; Parks is a less experienced, less studied saxophonist, but her solos are both fiercely expressive on their own and part of a musical dialogue with Ayler that has a palpable unity of purpose. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 26 Apr. 2022",
"His father, as Mr. Christman acknowledges, endures his son\u2019s arguments from the other side of a theological divide with studied patience. \u2014 Richard Babcock, WSJ , 15 Apr. 2022",
"At the sight of her bright smile and studied countenance. \u2014 Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Others are double hung, salon style, which is consciously in dialogue with Ud\u00e9\u2019s studied knowledge of the history of art. \u2014 Shantay Robinson, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Some in Merkel\u2019s camp have drawn a contrast between Scholz\u2019s performance and the former chancellor\u2019s studied competence. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Feb. 2022",
"This kind of involved and almost studied discussion of a hobby is actually what keeps various fandoms ticking along. \u2014 Ollie Barder, Forbes , 6 Jan. 2022"
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"antonyms":[
"bone (up)"
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"\u2014 Marcia Davenport"
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"\u2014 Jane Austen"
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"returning to her studies after vacation"
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": the published report of such a study":[],
": to consider attentively or in detail":[
"studying his face for a reaction"
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": to engage in the study of":[
"study biology"
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": to read in detail especially with the intention of learning":[],
": to undertake formal study of a subject":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Becoming a doctor requires years of study .",
"You can improve your knowledge of the natural world by study and observation.",
"She will return to her studies after vacation.",
"He left the service to pursue his studies .",
"The agency conducted an environmental study .",
"He took part in a study of childhood obesity.",
"The study of the new drug will be published next year.",
"Verb",
"Did you study for the test",
"She's studying to be a teacher.",
"I studied the request carefully.",
"She was studying his face for a reaction.",
"The proposal was studied in great detail.",
"The effects of the drug have never been thoroughly studied .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In the Texas Panhandle, the red-brown fissures of the Caprock Escarpment abruptly become the grassy Great Plains, the stark beauty a study in contrasts. \u2014 David Wright Falad\u00e9, The New Yorker , 4 July 2022",
"Researchers published the new study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 3 July 2022",
"More than a decade ago, a study in the American Journal of Epidemiology supported the idea that working long hours may have a negative effect on cognitive performance. \u2014 Trey Williams, Fortune , 1 July 2022",
"His monographs on Russian opera and Musorgsky redefined the study of music in Eastern Europe, chipping away at longstanding myths. \u2014 New York Times , 1 July 2022",
"The totality is a study in solid geometry, demonstrating the various ways an almost-identical thing can be made different. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"The big offensive lineman from the small town in Ohio can now come study in the sun and not leave his comfy hometown conference. \u2014 Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
"Between 2008 and 2010, the first three years following the financial crisis, the suicide rate rose at a pace more than four times higher than it had over the eight years prior to the crisis, according to a 2012 study in The Lancet. \u2014 Max Zahn, ABC News , 29 June 2022",
"Able to memorize factual knowledge and reference it easily: A study in the Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews that showed a single brain system could compensate for numerous and diverse deficits in autism. \u2014 Jennifer \"jay\" Palumbo, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The Worofila co-founder Nicolas Rondet, who, like Mboup, is 33, grew up in France and was motivated by his concern about climate change to study the low-tech, energy-efficient building designs once common across Europe, Asia, and Africa. \u2014 Jori Lewis, The Atlantic , 5 July 2022",
"Even a bill to study leaky pipes couldn\u2019t get passed. \u2014 Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
"From the Japan trip, $50,000 will go to scholarships for students at the Culinary Institute of America in Napa to study in Japan. \u2014 Alyson Sheppard, Robb Report , 29 June 2022",
"Maybe even put them in jars for an hour or two to study before releasing them to the night sky. \u2014 Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star , 29 June 2022",
"That will be maintained for at least half a year in order for scientists to study dynamics, according to NASA. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 28 June 2022",
"Desperate, as many governments are, for creative solutions to the mental-health crisis, in March, Utah lawmakers passed a bill that created a task force to study the medical benefits of psychedelics. \u2014 Cassady Rosenblum, Rolling Stone , 28 June 2022",
"Johnson voted against creating a commission to study the Capitol riots of Jan. 6, 2021. \u2014 Isaac Yu, Journal Sentinel , 22 June 2022",
"His early research was dictated by the army, who sent him to medical school to study bone marrow treatment for people exposed to radiation from nuclear weapons. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Verb",
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"Middle English studie , from Anglo-French estudie , from Latin studium , from stud\u0113re to devote oneself, study; probably akin to Latin tundere to beat \u2014 more at contusion":"Noun"
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"examination",
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": a room in a school set aside for study":[]
},
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"I have study hall next period.",
"She got in trouble for talking in study hall .",
"My study hall starts at 11:04.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There was a little more levity at dinner following study hall , though not much. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 Apr. 2022",
"After Stonecipher was removed, the class became a study hall for a couple of weeks, and then the students were given English assignments. \u2014 NBC News , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Eli attends just three classes in-person: French, theater and study hall . \u2014 oregonlive , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Renovations are also planned for study hall , peer group and resource center spaces. \u2014 Pioneer Press Staff, chicagotribune.com , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Once, during study hall , a student approached him and compared him to a slave. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Zal is a Yiddish word for a sort-of study hall that doubles as a gathering place. \u2014 Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star , 8 Mar. 2022",
"For the Edgewood transfer, dedicated work in the classroom, study hall and the gym has been the necessary groundwork for his breakthrough success. \u2014 Glenn Graham, baltimoresun.com , 21 Feb. 2022",
"The day after the board meeting, dozens of students skipped a study hall period in protest but returned to class after about 15 minutes. \u2014 Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times , 27 Jan. 2022"
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"But then some trippy dream stuff happens and the ultimate use of the Colt 1911 changes. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 13 June 2022",
"This kind of content moderation approach could differ somewhat from Facebook\u2019s algorithmic-feed model of years past, in which people could frequently stumble across stuff that's inflammatory. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 13 June 2022",
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"It\u2019s all about finding a way to battle through stuff . \u2014 Cj Peters, The Indianapolis Star , 12 June 2022",
"The big guys with stuff around their waist and things. \u2014 Jessica Gresko, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"People trying to get stuff for free that they\u2019re otherwise supposed to pay for is nothing new. \u2014 John Warner, Chicago Tribune , 11 June 2022",
"There are a lot of unconscious forces that are running through us that include childhood and trauma, intergenerational stuff , and culture. \u2014 Kovie Biakolo, ELLE , 11 June 2022",
"The big guys with stuff around their waist and things. \u2014 Mark Sherman And Jessica Gresko, Anchorage Daily News , 11 June 2022",
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"Laura asked a few of her British friends to stuff their suitcases with all of her favorite sweets and biscuits. \u2014 Alexandra Macon, Vogue , 22 June 2022",
"The hardest part of the job may be the thirty or forty minutes before an airplane takes off, when passengers are trying to stuff their carry-ons into overhead bins and change their seating arrangements. \u2014 Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"His attempt to stuff the puck into one corner of the net stopped just short of crossing the goal line in the first period. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 15 Dec. 2021",
"Anything can go inside to stuff the shortcrust pastry, as long as it's been previously cooked. \u2014 Silvia Marchetti, CNN , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Worry about lockout effects created a temporary expansion of the former rule and a three-week delay for the latter, enabling clubs, for now, to stuff as many arms as can fit in a bullpen. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Of Alabama\u2019s top-12 prospects, seven can stuff the run and rush the pocket. \u2014 Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Generously stuff each cavity with the herb mix and cook with the tops face down, and adjust cooking time to 20 to 30 minutes. \u2014 Naoki Nitta, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 Feb. 2022",
"The Patriots have several players that can stuff the stat sheet, but J-Town needs to make sure Ralston doesn't get another clutch-time opportunity. \u2014 J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal , 14 Mar. 2022"
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"But then some trippy dream stuff happens and the ultimate use of the Colt 1911 changes. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 13 June 2022",
"This kind of content moderation approach could differ somewhat from Facebook\u2019s algorithmic-feed model of years past, in which people could frequently stumble across stuff that's inflammatory. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 13 June 2022",
"People who know the game swear that Snell\u2019s stuff remains electric. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"It\u2019s all about finding a way to battle through stuff . \u2014 Cj Peters, The Indianapolis Star , 12 June 2022",
"The big guys with stuff around their waist and things. \u2014 Jessica Gresko, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"People trying to get stuff for free that they\u2019re otherwise supposed to pay for is nothing new. \u2014 John Warner, Chicago Tribune , 11 June 2022",
"There are a lot of unconscious forces that are running through us that include childhood and trauma, intergenerational stuff , and culture. \u2014 Kovie Biakolo, ELLE , 11 June 2022",
"The big guys with stuff around their waist and things. \u2014 Mark Sherman And Jessica Gresko, Anchorage Daily News , 11 June 2022",
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"Laura asked a few of her British friends to stuff their suitcases with all of her favorite sweets and biscuits. \u2014 Alexandra Macon, Vogue , 22 June 2022",
"The hardest part of the job may be the thirty or forty minutes before an airplane takes off, when passengers are trying to stuff their carry-ons into overhead bins and change their seating arrangements. \u2014 Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"His attempt to stuff the puck into one corner of the net stopped just short of crossing the goal line in the first period. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 15 Dec. 2021",
"Anything can go inside to stuff the shortcrust pastry, as long as it's been previously cooked. \u2014 Silvia Marchetti, CNN , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Worry about lockout effects created a temporary expansion of the former rule and a three-week delay for the latter, enabling clubs, for now, to stuff as many arms as can fit in a bullpen. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Of Alabama\u2019s top-12 prospects, seven can stuff the run and rush the pocket. \u2014 Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Generously stuff each cavity with the herb mix and cook with the tops face down, and adjust cooking time to 20 to 30 minutes. \u2014 Naoki Nitta, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 Feb. 2022",
"The Patriots have several players that can stuff the stat sheet, but J-Town needs to make sure Ralston doesn't get another clutch-time opportunity. \u2014 J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal , 14 Mar. 2022"
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"With his piano-pounding performances, wild vocals, bouffant hair and makeup, Little Richard burst onto the musical scene in the 1950s and shook up the stuffed shirts with a string of his hit songs that got both black and white people dancing. \u2014 NBC News , 9 May 2020",
"Karen Knorr\u2019s photos of the private members\u2019 clubs of London in the early 1980s are full of stuffed shirts wearing gleaming brogues. \u2014 The Economist , 25 Feb. 2020",
"For this case, he has been contracted by a bunch of white-haired stuffed shirts with medals on their chests to find anyone who enabled the Kansas City suicide bombers, who crossed into the United States via the Mexican border. \u2014 Katie Walsh, Detroit Free Press , 28 June 2018"
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"And so is the run- stuffer who help solidify the interior of their defensive line. \u2014 Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle , 14 Mar. 2022",
"The Ravens have agreed to a three-year deal with defensive tackle Michael Pierce, the team announced Thursday, bringing the run stuffer back to Baltimore on the day another reunion fell apart. \u2014 Jonas Shaffer, Baltimore Sun , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The sausage stuffer tubes come in three sizes and the food grinder accessory contains four grinding discs of different calibers. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 3 May 2021",
"Chicago does not have a dominant interior run stuffer . \u2014 Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com , 19 Nov. 2021",
"Davis, a 6-foot-6, 340-pound run- stuffer is starting to show up on some Heisman Trophy lists. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 30 Oct. 2021",
"Jordan Lathon was a stat- stuffer supreme with six points, nine rebounds and 10 assists from the point-guard spot. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 5 Dec. 2021",
"Rookie second-round pick Christian Barmore is starting to draw some notice as a run- stuffer , with strong performances against the Cowboys and Jets the past two weeks. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Kerstein, who received an offer from Vermont during the summer, was a stat- stuffer in her first two seasons. \u2014 Bob Narang, chicagotribune.com , 19 Oct. 2021"
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"After a pair is completed and returned for stuffing and processing, volunteers will pack finished sets up for distribution to those in need. \u2014 cleveland , 5 Dec. 2021",
"That included lower costs for stuffing , sweet potatoes, rolls, frozen peas, whipping cream and vegetable trays. \u2014 Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic , 20 Nov. 2021",
"The act of saying grace \u2014 broadly defined as a moment before a meal in which people give thanks \u2014 seems to be as varied as recipes for stuffing . \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2021",
"This includes things like simmering stock for gravy, cooking the veggies for stuffing , and making cranberry sauce and pie dough. \u2014 Laura Monroe, San Antonio Express-News , 16 Nov. 2021",
"Often, the reason for bland stuffing is bland stock. \u2014 Sarah Jampel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 2 Nov. 2021",
"The pair will create a tablescape made with fresh flowers from the White House Kitchen Garden, and prepare recipes like a Yearwood favorite for turkey gravy and another for savory stuffing handed down from Dr. Biden\u2019s grandmother. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 1 Nov. 2021",
"Fill can get stuck in the zipper when adding or removing stuffing . \u2014 Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens , 6 June 2022",
"Reasonable assumptions were that the rolling and stuffing had caused the bulk of the damage, but conservators soon learned otherwise. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022"
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"Food banks are so crowded the National Guard has been called out to stuff boxes . \u2014 New York Times , 6 Apr. 2020",
"From the box-store baler to your curb For all our efforts to flatten, pile and stuff boxes into recycling bins, consumers aren't that good at recycling cardboard. \u2014 Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY , 8 June 2018",
"The five-time All-Star stuffs box scores like Shaquille O\u2019Neal, strokes soft-touch jumpers like Kevin Durant, and spawns free-agency rumors like LeBron James. \u2014 Ben Golliver, SI.com , 9 Mar. 2018"
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"the stuffiest members of that exclusive club",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This is partially due to the textured bamboo cover, which is a naturally wicking fabric that adds breathability to vent away stuffy air. \u2014 Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens , 6 June 2022",
"But there\u2019s also another argument: for the nude as art, for the nude as autonomy, for the nude as a riposte to the stuffy traditions of art history. \u2014 Tom Rasmussen, Vogue , 18 May 2022",
"The foam is infused with gel to prevent a hot, stuffy feel. \u2014 Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping , 9 May 2022",
"As if all the years of his education, and his hard graft in medical school, could have been meant to end in that ghastly bedsit, or in a stuffy flat in Purley! \u2014 Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022",
"On paper, that might sound as stuffy as, well, a debate over whether erections can be feminist. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Philip English imagines a stuffy British bureaucrat parking his posterior on that seat and arguing that humans could never have descended from apes. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, baltimoresun.com , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Although a simple white button-down shirt might remind you of a stuffy waiter uniform, an oversized version is trendy and cool. \u2014 Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Good old-fashioned baking soda can help bust up musty smells in stuffy spaces. \u2014 Christina Poletto, Better Homes & Gardens , 2 Mar. 2022"
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"Verb",
"I stumbled on the uneven pavement.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"For small caps, the market\u2019s stumble into bear market territory has been exceptionally severe, with the Russell 2000 index down 30% from its peak last fall and back to pre-pandemic levels. \u2014 Hank Tucker, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"My favorite way to explore is to walk, get lost, and stumble into something unexpected. \u2014 Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Netflix released the first trailer for the upcoming second installment of the sci-fi dramedy, which premieres April 20, showing Nadia Volvokov (Lyonne) stumble into another adventure, this one taking her back in time to 1980s New York City. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Film lovers in the D.C. area know it\u2019s not terribly hard to stumble onto a finely curated festival. \u2014 Chris Richards, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"So expect more SPACs to stumble out of the gate\u2014but hold the shrimp ceviche. \u2014 Jessica Mathews, Fortune , 2 June 2022",
"The annual spelling bee -- which features elementary and middle school students spelling words that would cause most adults to stumble -- has had a tumultuous few years. \u2014 Leah Asmelash, CNN , 2 June 2022",
"Perhaps even worse than getting the AI to simply stumble , the adversarial attack can sometimes be used to get AI to perform as the wrongdoer wishes the AI to perform. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Kenton Krupp, a Walmart warehouse worker in Hermiston, began to stumble and have difficulty breathing at the end of a 10-hour shift on June 24, according to Oregon OSHA documents. \u2014 Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive , 6 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"That wild card worries experts far more than any immunological stumble . \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 23 May 2022",
"Their fifth consecutive loss had been a real gut punch, a 16-13 stumble against the Baltimore Ravens at Soldier Field in which some late-game, fourth-down Andy Dalton fireworks were eclipsed by a maddening defensive meltdown. \u2014 Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com , 15 Dec. 2021",
"The index, a benchmark for many funds, fell 0.6% after easing off a deeper stumble . \u2014 Damian J. Troise And Alex Veiga, USA TODAY , 19 May 2022",
"The next three weeks should reveal the answers after the Bruins slogged their way to a 34-16 victory over Arizona on Saturday night at Arizona Stadium that revealed little besides the team\u2019s ability to avoid a mortifying stumble . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Oct. 2021",
"The end to Alabama\u2019s basketball season was less a thud and more of a predictable stumble over a problem that had been in the team\u2019s way for months. \u2014 Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Winning it all is often preceded by a stumble in the conference tournament. \u2014 Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The celebrants, many of whom had recently launched their own streaming operations, might have done better to wonder what a stumble by the market leader portends for their own services, most of them lackluster by comparison. \u2014 Frank Rose, WSJ , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Vladimir Potanin is still negotiating business deals as his fellow oligarchs stumble , raising questions about whether this metals magnate is too big to sanction. \u2014 John Hyatt, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022"
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"But tax policy presented a major stumbling block to an agreement. \u2014 Laura Vozzella, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
"Now, as European Union member states struggle to agree on the terms of an oil embargo to punish Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine, the Schwedt refinery has become the major stumbling block in Germany\u2019s effort to sever its reliance on Russian oil. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
"Currently Hungary remains the biggest stumbling block to a European oil embargo. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 2 May 2022",
"The tax threshold has been a major stumbling block . \u2014 John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle , 7 Mar. 2022",
"The biggest stumbling block for the issuance of a digital dollar may be the stance by the Federal Reserve not to proceed with a CBDC without clear support from the executive branch and from Congress, in the form of a specific authorizing law. \u2014 Vipin Bharathan, Forbes , 21 Jan. 2022",
"The biggest stumbling block was deciding when the benefits should kick in. \u2014 Kavita Kumar, Star Tribune , 31 July 2021",
"Opponents say bilingual instruction is a burden for parents and a stumbling block for deaf children, who already lack the passive exposure to language that hearing babies get every day. \u2014 Sonja Sharpstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The supply of standing trees (called stumpage ) is abundant. \u2014 Bryan Rich, Forbes , 18 May 2021",
"Timber owners were taxed on the stumpage price, which is the price without factoring in those additional costs. \u2014 Lylla Younes, ProPublica , 11 June 2020",
"Timber owners were taxed on the stumpage price, which is the price without factoring in those additional costs. \u2014 oregonlive , 11 June 2020"
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"stumpy penguins become agile swimmers the moment they hit the water",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Clearly, this was not some unmarked but common alternative route; it was studded with stumpy pine trees, and the terrain made for hard going. \u2014 Rachel Monroe, Outside Online , 16 Oct. 2018",
"At one point, someone on InSight\u2019s science team wondered if the lander\u2019s somewhat stumpy arm could prod the solar panels, or perhaps scrape off some dust. \u2014 Robin George Andrews, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The fish obtain their unique shape because their back fin stops growing after birth and instead folds into itself, creating a stumpy rudder called a clavus, per National Geographic. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Dec. 2021",
"These were kings, calmer and more aloof than the royals, going through their annual molt, their stumpy bodies a mess of patchy old plumage being pushed up and out by new growth. \u2014 Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure , 14 Dec. 2021",
"In neutral colors, even structurally commanding pieces, like the stumpy plaster bedside table, work. \u2014 Alison Van Houten, WSJ , 2 June 2021",
"What was a short and stumpy gas fireplace, little more than a firebox, got lost in the large bedroom. \u2014 Richard A. Marini, ExpressNews.com , 30 Oct. 2020",
"Or go to a shaky worm or a stumpy little stickbait on a Ned rig. \u2014 Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream , 22 Apr. 2020",
"If your pants have stumpy little half-pockets, which is common on women's pants, the Z Flip might fit where no smartphone has fit before. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 28 Feb. 2020"
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"Duran, who entered the at-bat hitting .304, got his first extra-base hit off a left-handed pitcher all season to stun the Tigers. \u2014 Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press , 17 June 2022",
"Shield Bash will no longer stun enemies in Overwatch 2. \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Zack Riley hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh to stun Harrison County, 5-4, in the quarterfinals. \u2014 James Weber, The Enquirer , 2 June 2022",
"But again, even with new technology, the flash-bangs were not strong enough to stun or disable. \u2014 David Hambling, Popular Mechanics , 23 May 2022",
"Home field advantage will give PRP an edge over the visiting Mustangs, but the Panthers will need more than that to stun McCracken County. \u2014 J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal , 9 May 2022",
"The trade between the Chiefs and the Miami Dolphins managed to stun NFL insiders, following seismic jolts in Denver, Cleveland and Las Vegas. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Notre Dame\u2019s Dara Mabrey, a senior guard, hit five 3-pointers in the first quarter that seemed to stun Oklahoma, a team that developed a reputation during the regular season for its own 3-point shooting. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Blast fishing, which uses explosives to stun and collect fish, is outlawed in much of the world but remains widespread across Southeast Asia and other regions. \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 9 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The lawsuit says two Eagle Point officers fired their stun guns at Jonathon J. Wolf on June 21, 2021, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. \u2014 Fox News , 24 June 2022",
"Tasers are designed to temporarily incapacitate or restrain a person when lethal force isn\u2019t appropriate, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, which has reviewed other police agencies\u2019 use of stun guns, including the Portland Police Bureau. \u2014 oregonlive , 22 June 2022",
"Sheikh, who offers other personal defense items such as pepper spray and stun guns, dismisses that charge. \u2014 Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News , 12 June 2022",
"Those orders, which came as part of a series of reforms dictated by the city\u2019s consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice, included that officers are required to carry less-lethal weapons, including stun guns, pepper spray and batons. \u2014 Adam Ferrise, cleveland , 10 June 2022",
"Body-camera footage of the incident show police using stun guns before dragging and hitting Ronald Greene, according to footage previously obtained and released by the Associated Press. \u2014 Jon Kamp, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
"As Fortune\u2019s Eamon Barrett wrote Tuesday, the CEO of Axon Enterprise, a company formerly known as Taser, wants to place drones equipped with stun guns in the ceilings of classrooms across the country. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 7 June 2022",
"Police are given latitude to shoot people or use stun guns when the need arises. \u2014 Brendan Farrington, Orlando Sentinel , 7 June 2022",
"The district had confiscated close to 100 weapons on school campuses or buses since the beginning of the school year, including dozens of handguns, knives, brass knuckles, BB guns, stun guns and tasers, according to the documents. \u2014 Leon Stafford, ajc , 28 May 2022"
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"Duran, who entered the at-bat hitting .304, got his first extra-base hit off a left-handed pitcher all season to stun the Tigers. \u2014 Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press , 17 June 2022",
"Shield Bash will no longer stun enemies in Overwatch 2. \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Zack Riley hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh to stun Harrison County, 5-4, in the quarterfinals. \u2014 James Weber, The Enquirer , 2 June 2022",
"But again, even with new technology, the flash-bangs were not strong enough to stun or disable. \u2014 David Hambling, Popular Mechanics , 23 May 2022",
"Home field advantage will give PRP an edge over the visiting Mustangs, but the Panthers will need more than that to stun McCracken County. \u2014 J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal , 9 May 2022",
"The trade between the Chiefs and the Miami Dolphins managed to stun NFL insiders, following seismic jolts in Denver, Cleveland and Las Vegas. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Notre Dame\u2019s Dara Mabrey, a senior guard, hit five 3-pointers in the first quarter that seemed to stun Oklahoma, a team that developed a reputation during the regular season for its own 3-point shooting. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Blast fishing, which uses explosives to stun and collect fish, is outlawed in much of the world but remains widespread across Southeast Asia and other regions. \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 9 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The lawsuit says two Eagle Point officers fired their stun guns at Jonathon J. Wolf on June 21, 2021, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. \u2014 Fox News , 24 June 2022",
"Tasers are designed to temporarily incapacitate or restrain a person when lethal force isn\u2019t appropriate, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, which has reviewed other police agencies\u2019 use of stun guns, including the Portland Police Bureau. \u2014 oregonlive , 22 June 2022",
"Sheikh, who offers other personal defense items such as pepper spray and stun guns, dismisses that charge. \u2014 Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News , 12 June 2022",
"Those orders, which came as part of a series of reforms dictated by the city\u2019s consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice, included that officers are required to carry less-lethal weapons, including stun guns, pepper spray and batons. \u2014 Adam Ferrise, cleveland , 10 June 2022",
"Body-camera footage of the incident show police using stun guns before dragging and hitting Ronald Greene, according to footage previously obtained and released by the Associated Press. \u2014 Jon Kamp, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
"As Fortune\u2019s Eamon Barrett wrote Tuesday, the CEO of Axon Enterprise, a company formerly known as Taser, wants to place drones equipped with stun guns in the ceilings of classrooms across the country. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 7 June 2022",
"Police are given latitude to shoot people or use stun guns when the need arises. \u2014 Brendan Farrington, Orlando Sentinel , 7 June 2022",
"The district had confiscated close to 100 weapons on school campuses or buses since the beginning of the school year, including dozens of handguns, knives, brass knuckles, BB guns, stun guns and tasers, according to the documents. \u2014 Leon Stafford, ajc , 28 May 2022"
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"His wife is a real stunner .",
"The jury's decision was a stunner .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Compositionally, this shot of a narrow, penumbral domestic space is a stunner . \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
"The tension in Sara Colangelo's Sundance stunner is more nerve-racking than worrying about getting your name on the board in preschool. \u2014 Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 May 2022",
"Sofia Carson was one of the early style standouts to hit the red carpet in a simple stunner from the fall and winter 2021 Giambattista Valli Haute Couture collection that paired a black, draped one-shoulder tulle top with a black tulle skirt. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant combine for 79 in stunner while Denver was easy prey for the Celtics to set up a big-time regional final. \u2014 Duane Rankin, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2022",
"In this stunner of an essay at Granta, Marina Benjamin recounts similar experiences at her own family\u2019s table, suffering pleas and threats and edicts around eating and food. \u2014 Longreads , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Brandon Ingram scored a game-high 30 in leading New Orleans to a Game 4 stunner , 118-103, Sunday night before a sellout crowd of 18,962 at Smoothie King Center to even the series, 2-2. \u2014 Duane Rankin, USA TODAY , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Brandon Ingram scored a game-high 30 in leading New Orleans to a Game 4 stunner , 118-103, Sunday night at Smoothie King Center to even the series, 2-2. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 24 Apr. 2022",
"The science fiction visual stunner , produced by Legendary Pictures, won production design, sound, film editing, original score, cinematography and visual effects. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 27 Mar. 2022"
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"Attending the inaugural summer party and fundraiser for the National Gallery's Bicentenary campaign with husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, the Princess of York wore a stunning sage green Markarian dress. \u2014 Melody Leibner, Harper's BAZAAR , 24 June 2022",
"Blackpink's Ros\u00e9 had a princess moment tonight in London, wearing a stunning white cutout dress by Rokh with Tiffany & Co. diamonds to the jeweler's Vision & Virtuosity launch party. \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 10 June 2022",
"On Wednesday, June 8, Cardi posted a carousel of photos to her Instagram grid showing a stunning , monochromatic, head-to-toe pink look. \u2014 Marci Robin, Allure , 9 June 2022",
"Our girl changed out of that stunning black red-carpet dress into something a little more comfortable\u2014an all-white ensemble of ultra-wide-leg jeans, a ribbed tee, and an oversized blazer, elevated with silver and sparkly platform shoes, naturally. \u2014 Kathleen Walsh, Glamour , 9 June 2022",
"The night was hosted by Vanessa Hudgens, who wore a parade of looks including a stunning blue dress from Vera Wang Haute on the red carpet. \u2014 Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter , 5 June 2022",
"Beauty comes in all shapes and sizes and this stunning rainbow dress offers a wide spectrum. \u2014 Karla Pope, Woman's Day , 24 May 2022",
"Kardashian is seen wearing a stunning white mini dress with a jaw-dropping veil embroidered with the Virgin Marry. \u2014 Mitchell Peters, Billboard , 22 May 2022",
"Gemma Chan ascended the Met Gala carpet in a stunning structural look from Louis Vuitton. \u2014 Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY , 3 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Foley takes its name from Jack Foley, a stuntman , prop handler, and assistant director at Universal Pictures in the late twenties. \u2014 Anna Wiener, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
"Perry began his entertainment industry career as a stuntman and was the stunt coordinator for John Wick: Chapter 2, whose director, Chad Stahelski, is a producer on Day Shift. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 7 June 2022",
"That earns the stuntman a second chance to choose between his movie career and his family. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 16 May 2022",
"Also last week, the former stuntman 's fianc\u00e9e \u2014 Sherlock actress Amanda Abbington \u2014 revealed that Goodwin is now paralyzed while opening up about the accident on the Out to Lunch podcast with Jay Rayner. \u2014 Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com , 9 May 2022",
"Extreme stuntman , 42, announced Sunday that he was released from the hospital after the October on-set accident that resulted in multiple broken bones, sharing the news with a photo of himself and fianc\u00e9e Amanda Abbington. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Unexpectedly, the stuntman and the horse become overnight media sensations when their real-life fight with debt collectors goes viral. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 16 May 2022",
"In fact, Firth didn\u2019t even dive into the water because it was considered unsafe and a stuntman did it in his place. \u2014 Emma Fraser, Town & Country , 10 Apr. 2022",
"For Top Gun: Maverick, Cruise even did his own flying, taking the camera into the cockpit and then up into the sky with him\u2014no camera crew or stuntman required. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 5 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That was a very talented stuntperson wearing this gigantic costume. \u2014 Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture , 28 Oct. 2021"
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"1972, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Phythian, who became a successful martial artist, stuntwoman and actor, married Marke in 2015. \u2014 al , 11 May 2022",
"Phythian, who became a successful martial artist, stuntwoman and actor, married Marke in 2015. \u2014 Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
"The young Estelle, training to become a stuntwoman , still doesn\u2019t have the answer and dreams of powerful women\u2019s roles. \u2014 Trinidad Barleycorn, Variety , 16 Apr. 2022",
"His wife, stuntwoman and fellow magician Anastasia Synn, confirmed the news to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. \u2014 Andrea Towers, EW.com , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Another audacious stunt by Emirates, which for the second time has sent a stuntwoman in full flight attendant uniform to a tiny perch some 830 meters up the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. \u2014 Maureen O'hare, CNN , 22 Jan. 2022",
"The show, which Cin\u00e9t\u00e9v\u00e9 is producing with Canal Plus, revolves around Anna, a 30 year-old stuntwoman who\u2019s expecting her first child with her boyfriend before falling in love with a famous actress during a film shoot. \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 28 Nov. 2021",
"This also allowed Ridloff to flaunt her running prowess on-screen instead of using a stuntwoman or stand-in. \u2014 Rivea Ruff, Essence , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Now watch a Marvel stuntwoman 's entire (and very cool) daily routine: Follow Allure on Instagram and Twitter, or subscribe to Allure's newsletter for daily beauty stories delivered right to your inbox. \u2014 Sarah Han, Allure , 16 Sep. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At its peak, the temple boasted a smaller stupa at the front, a room or cell for monks, the podium of a column or pillar, a staircase, vestibule rooms, and a public courtyard that overlooked a road. \u2014 David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Since Wangchuk invented the ice stupa in 2013, he's been teaching villagers in Ladakh how to build their own. \u2014 Rasha Aridi, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 Nov. 2021",
"This is one of the more surprising finds in Bangkok, hidden away in the back of Wat Arun, far from the busy riverfront and scenic main stupa , a major tourist attraction. \u2014 Joe Cummings, CNN , 2 Nov. 2021",
"One of the oldest stone structures in India, the stupa covering was built to shelter the remains of a Buddha. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 8 Apr. 2021",
"The hemisphere-like shape known as the stupa is a common sight in Buddhist architecture, and Sanchi Stupa is perhaps the most famous of the ancient examples. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 8 Apr. 2021",
"All the restoration work on the stupa was being done according to surviving examples on the building\u2019s symmetrical exterior. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Mar. 2021",
"In 2016, the stupa was a crumbling stub poking up amid a mound of detritus, its elaborate patterns of arches nearly worn away. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Mar. 2021",
"Protesters flowed in from townships on Yangon\u2019s fringes and all over the city, converging on the area around Sule Pagoda, a sparkling golden stupa that is the heart of the city center. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Feb. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Glimpses of both are embedded inside her bracing work, along with a healthy dose of stupefaction and bewilderment. \u2014 Christopher Knightart Critic, Los Angeles Times , 26 Mar. 2022",
"So here\u2019s a handy guide to stick it to your co-conversants and have their heads nodding at your bon mots in sublime stupefaction . \u2014 Andy Kessler, WSJ , 13 June 2021",
"The \u2018Brexit\u2019 series has only heightened this sense of entertainment and stupefaction . \u2014 Mike O'sullivan, Forbes , 29 May 2021",
"Marsalis\u2019s expression combines shock, dismay, amusement, stupefaction , and something like resignation. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 1 Apr. 2021",
"The tourists, speaking in bad French, shake their heads in stupefaction . \u2014 New York Times , 7 Feb. 2021",
"The state doesn't have to identify the specific substance that caused stupefaction , according to Gerol. \u2014 Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 14 Nov. 2019",
"Over the years, many Spaniards considered flamenco a scourge of their nation, deploring it as an entertainment that lulled the masses into stupefaction and hampered Spain\u2019s progress toward modernity. \u2014 Sandie Holgu\u00edn, Smithsonian , 24 Oct. 2019",
"Those kind of afternoon lunches have all but disappeared, sucked into some malevolent black hole created by corporate downsizing, email culture and the endless stupefaction of the internet. \u2014 Tim Carman, chicagotribune.com , 4 Oct. 2019"
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"The larger and more populated Grand Bahama Island also took a direct hit from Dorian, leaving some areas destroyed and survivors stupefied . \u2014 Kirk Semple, New York Times , 6 Sep. 2019",
"Trout has won it twice over the last five years, and his numbers are just stupefying enough to water down the generational talents that sit just below him on the list of the game\u2019s top players. \u2014 Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News , 21 Sep. 2019",
"The watching world had been stupefied by trials in Moscow when foremost Communists pleaded guilty to crimes of treason they could not possibly have committed. \u2014 David Pryce-jones, National Review , 22 Aug. 2019",
"Chestnut, 36, is regarded, and rightly so, as the king of stupefying stomach-stuffing. \u2014 John Horgan, The Mercury News , 7 Aug. 2019",
"The set also felt Chicago, with a powerhouse band that included Sen Morimoto and Nnamdi Ogbonnaya (who teamed up for a stupefying set at Pitchfork 2018), lending that Chicago family feel that makes this\u2019s city\u2019s music scene so charming. \u2014 Kevin Williams, chicagotribune.com , 20 July 2019",
"Later in the day, Turkish authorities were stupefied . \u2014 Summer Said, WSJ , 22 Oct. 2018",
"In an episode of Marc Maron\u2019s podcast that underlined how far the ground had shifted (and moved the ground even farther), Wong whipped out a breast pump during her interview and proceeded to stupefy the famous conversationalist. \u2014 Chloe Schama, Vogue , 22 May 2018",
"The volume of debris hauled away by the litter brigades is stupefying : more than 70 tons in 2014 alone. \u2014 Gilles Mingasson, Smithsonian , 29 May 2017"
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"The larger and more populated Grand Bahama Island also took a direct hit from Dorian, leaving some areas destroyed and survivors stupefied . \u2014 Kirk Semple, New York Times , 6 Sep. 2019",
"Trout has won it twice over the last five years, and his numbers are just stupefying enough to water down the generational talents that sit just below him on the list of the game\u2019s top players. \u2014 Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News , 21 Sep. 2019",
"The watching world had been stupefied by trials in Moscow when foremost Communists pleaded guilty to crimes of treason they could not possibly have committed. \u2014 David Pryce-jones, National Review , 22 Aug. 2019",
"Chestnut, 36, is regarded, and rightly so, as the king of stupefying stomach-stuffing. \u2014 John Horgan, The Mercury News , 7 Aug. 2019",
"The set also felt Chicago, with a powerhouse band that included Sen Morimoto and Nnamdi Ogbonnaya (who teamed up for a stupefying set at Pitchfork 2018), lending that Chicago family feel that makes this\u2019s city\u2019s music scene so charming. \u2014 Kevin Williams, chicagotribune.com , 20 July 2019",
"Later in the day, Turkish authorities were stupefied . \u2014 Summer Said, WSJ , 22 Oct. 2018",
"In an episode of Marc Maron\u2019s podcast that underlined how far the ground had shifted (and moved the ground even farther), Wong whipped out a breast pump during her interview and proceeded to stupefy the famous conversationalist. \u2014 Chloe Schama, Vogue , 22 May 2018",
"The volume of debris hauled away by the litter brigades is stupefying : more than 70 tons in 2014 alone. \u2014 Gilles Mingasson, Smithsonian , 29 May 2017"
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"The larger and more populated Grand Bahama Island also took a direct hit from Dorian, leaving some areas destroyed and survivors stupefied . \u2014 Kirk Semple, New York Times , 6 Sep. 2019",
"Trout has won it twice over the last five years, and his numbers are just stupefying enough to water down the generational talents that sit just below him on the list of the game\u2019s top players. \u2014 Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News , 21 Sep. 2019",
"The watching world had been stupefied by trials in Moscow when foremost Communists pleaded guilty to crimes of treason they could not possibly have committed. \u2014 David Pryce-jones, National Review , 22 Aug. 2019",
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"The set also felt Chicago, with a powerhouse band that included Sen Morimoto and Nnamdi Ogbonnaya (who teamed up for a stupefying set at Pitchfork 2018), lending that Chicago family feel that makes this\u2019s city\u2019s music scene so charming. \u2014 Kevin Williams, chicagotribune.com , 20 July 2019",
"Later in the day, Turkish authorities were stupefied . \u2014 Summer Said, WSJ , 22 Oct. 2018",
"In an episode of Marc Maron\u2019s podcast that underlined how far the ground had shifted (and moved the ground even farther), Wong whipped out a breast pump during her interview and proceeded to stupefy the famous conversationalist. \u2014 Chloe Schama, Vogue , 22 May 2018",
"The volume of debris hauled away by the litter brigades is stupefying : more than 70 tons in 2014 alone. \u2014 Gilles Mingasson, Smithsonian , 29 May 2017"
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"What Lurhmann grasps is that the Vegas years, in their white-suited glitz way, were trailblazing and stupendous \u2014 and that Col. Parker, in his greedy way, was a showbiz visionary for booking Elvis into that setting. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 25 May 2022",
"The two-and-a-half-hour tour ($102 per person) unfolds on a plucky Pinzgauer, an Austrian 4WD transport, and rewards you with views and waterfalls including stupendous if deceptively named Dry Falls. \u2014 Andrew Nelson, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"To rip the bandage off quickly: Feldstein is not stupendous . \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Change in women\u2019s labor force participation, occupations, and earnings have been stupendous since 1900. \u2014 Jonathan Wai, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
"And without a stupendous Fanny to thrill and distract, the musical\u2019s manifold faults become painfully evident. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
"But the total response has been the provision of stupendous defensive armaments and intelligence, logistical, and humanitarian support, and repudiation of Putin and isolation the Russian economy. \u2014 WSJ , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The car\u2019s creator, J. Philip Erie, is said to have spent $30,000 to develop the one-off \u2014 a stupendous equivalent to about a million bucks today. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Especially against China\u2019s record of stupendous past growth, this low figure effectively announces that policy has taken a wrong turn. \u2014 Milton Ezrati, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"What Lurhmann grasps is that the Vegas years, in their white-suited glitz way, were trailblazing and stupendous \u2014 and that Col. Parker, in his greedy way, was a showbiz visionary for booking Elvis into that setting. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 25 May 2022",
"The two-and-a-half-hour tour ($102 per person) unfolds on a plucky Pinzgauer, an Austrian 4WD transport, and rewards you with views and waterfalls including stupendous if deceptively named Dry Falls. \u2014 Andrew Nelson, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"To rip the bandage off quickly: Feldstein is not stupendous . \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Change in women\u2019s labor force participation, occupations, and earnings have been stupendous since 1900. \u2014 Jonathan Wai, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
"And without a stupendous Fanny to thrill and distract, the musical\u2019s manifold faults become painfully evident. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
"But the total response has been the provision of stupendous defensive armaments and intelligence, logistical, and humanitarian support, and repudiation of Putin and isolation the Russian economy. \u2014 WSJ , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The car\u2019s creator, J. Philip Erie, is said to have spent $30,000 to develop the one-off \u2014 a stupendous equivalent to about a million bucks today. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Especially against China\u2019s record of stupendous past growth, this low figure effectively announces that policy has taken a wrong turn. \u2014 Milton Ezrati, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"What Lurhmann grasps is that the Vegas years, in their white-suited glitz way, were trailblazing and stupendous \u2014 and that Col. Parker, in his greedy way, was a showbiz visionary for booking Elvis into that setting. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 25 May 2022",
"The two-and-a-half-hour tour ($102 per person) unfolds on a plucky Pinzgauer, an Austrian 4WD transport, and rewards you with views and waterfalls including stupendous if deceptively named Dry Falls. \u2014 Andrew Nelson, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"To rip the bandage off quickly: Feldstein is not stupendous . \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Change in women\u2019s labor force participation, occupations, and earnings have been stupendous since 1900. \u2014 Jonathan Wai, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
"And without a stupendous Fanny to thrill and distract, the musical\u2019s manifold faults become painfully evident. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
"But the total response has been the provision of stupendous defensive armaments and intelligence, logistical, and humanitarian support, and repudiation of Putin and isolation the Russian economy. \u2014 WSJ , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The car\u2019s creator, J. Philip Erie, is said to have spent $30,000 to develop the one-off \u2014 a stupendous equivalent to about a million bucks today. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Especially against China\u2019s record of stupendous past growth, this low figure effectively announces that policy has taken a wrong turn. \u2014 Milton Ezrati, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022"
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"He had a stupid expression on his face.",
"I'm not stupid enough to fall for that trick.",
"Why are you being so stupid ",
"It was stupid of me to try to hide this from you.",
"We were stupid to wait so long before we made a decision.",
"I did some pretty stupid things when I was young.",
"Two glasses of wine are enough to make me stupid .",
"I was stupid with fatigue.",
"Noun",
"a genius at math, but a total stupid when it came to his love life",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The book features not a single public official\u2014policeman, jailer, judge\u2014who is not either stupid or corrupt or both. \u2014 Joan Acocella, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
"Surely no one in America is stupid enough to fall for this. \u2014 Michael Tomasky, The New Republic , 31 May 2022",
"Chris: The thing is it, this is stupid because the teachers don\u2019t want guns. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 2 June 2022",
"There are at least three kinds of stupid at work here. \u2014 Nr Editors, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022",
"My clothes were wrong, my jokes were stupid , other kids didn\u2019t like me. \u2014 Ed Kressy, Washington Post , 14 May 2022",
"Trump isn\u2019t the only politician who has ever believed that allowing rivers to flow into oceans is stupid . \u2014 David Owen, The New Yorker , 11 May 2022",
"VarietyThe Hollywood Reporter Daniel Radcliffe will dare to be stupid in his latest film. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 3 May 2022",
"The Ham & Eggers\u2019 deforestation of Ocean Beach is stupid , even for them, and failure to inform residents was/is inexcusable. \u2014 Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But those options continue to be out of reach for the majority of those who are afflicted with this stupid , infuriating skin condition. \u2014 Megan Mcintyre, refinery29.com , 9 June 2022",
"Somebody who is dyslexic sometimes has this fear of being perceived as [ stupid ]. \u2014 Andy Greene, Rolling Stone , 7 Mar. 2022",
"But right now, there\u2019s a whole lot of stupid \u2014Keizer has it right about that. \u2014 David Treuer, Harper's Magazine , 26 Oct. 2021",
"In the final analysis, there are few things in tech that bring out the stupid to quite the degree that Apple does. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 17 June 2021",
"The two camps trade insults regularly on the platform, with people on opposing sides calling each other stupid or worse. \u2014 Rong Xiaoqing, Curbed , 23 May 2021",
"Others who wouldn't give their name called the mask mandate stupid or worse. \u2014 Sonia Chopra, The Enquirer , 8 July 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Mike Judge-verse has long toyed with the inherent comedy of utter stupidity . \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 22 June 2022",
"So much stupidity coming out of this administration. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"New Yorkers are not alone in paying a high price for the stupidity and cowardice of Andrew Cuomo. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Intelligent stupidity is at the core of every story ever told. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"In a world where so much wealth is concentrated in the hands of so few, that stupidity can be a sort of comfort. \u2014 Ian Bogost, The Atlantic , 14 Apr. 2022",
"That male stupidity is the center of the play, not race. \u2014 Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times , 28 Oct. 2021",
"There are few things more American than simultaneously beholding the skill of the bakers and the stupidity of the conceit. \u2014 Ryan Craig, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Fossil fuels will remain for decades a currency of global power, and Russia\u2019s invasion highlights the stupidity of being broke. \u2014 Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022"
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"She angrily described her boss as a stupid old man.",
"He had a stupid expression on his face.",
"I'm not stupid enough to fall for that trick.",
"Why are you being so stupid ",
"It was stupid of me to try to hide this from you.",
"We were stupid to wait so long before we made a decision.",
"I did some pretty stupid things when I was young.",
"Two glasses of wine are enough to make me stupid .",
"I was stupid with fatigue.",
"Noun",
"a genius at math, but a total stupid when it came to his love life",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The book features not a single public official\u2014policeman, jailer, judge\u2014who is not either stupid or corrupt or both. \u2014 Joan Acocella, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
"Surely no one in America is stupid enough to fall for this. \u2014 Michael Tomasky, The New Republic , 31 May 2022",
"Chris: The thing is it, this is stupid because the teachers don\u2019t want guns. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 2 June 2022",
"There are at least three kinds of stupid at work here. \u2014 Nr Editors, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022",
"My clothes were wrong, my jokes were stupid , other kids didn\u2019t like me. \u2014 Ed Kressy, Washington Post , 14 May 2022",
"Trump isn\u2019t the only politician who has ever believed that allowing rivers to flow into oceans is stupid . \u2014 David Owen, The New Yorker , 11 May 2022",
"VarietyThe Hollywood Reporter Daniel Radcliffe will dare to be stupid in his latest film. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 3 May 2022",
"The Ham & Eggers\u2019 deforestation of Ocean Beach is stupid , even for them, and failure to inform residents was/is inexcusable. \u2014 Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But those options continue to be out of reach for the majority of those who are afflicted with this stupid , infuriating skin condition. \u2014 Megan Mcintyre, refinery29.com , 9 June 2022",
"Somebody who is dyslexic sometimes has this fear of being perceived as [ stupid ]. \u2014 Andy Greene, Rolling Stone , 7 Mar. 2022",
"But right now, there\u2019s a whole lot of stupid \u2014Keizer has it right about that. \u2014 David Treuer, Harper's Magazine , 26 Oct. 2021",
"In the final analysis, there are few things in tech that bring out the stupid to quite the degree that Apple does. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 17 June 2021",
"The two camps trade insults regularly on the platform, with people on opposing sides calling each other stupid or worse. \u2014 Rong Xiaoqing, Curbed , 23 May 2021",
"Others who wouldn't give their name called the mask mandate stupid or worse. \u2014 Sonia Chopra, The Enquirer , 8 July 2020"
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"He fell into a drunken stupor .",
"in a stupor of fatigue",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But there isn\u2019t enough coffee in the world to jolt the filmmaker out of his stupor . \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 23 June 2022",
"Some members of the media began debating this week whether showing pictures of these dead children could shake America out of its stupor . \u2014 Monica Hesse, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"The effect is unexpected enough to startle anyone out of a political stupor , and serves to make the protagonist in question immediately identifiable and memorable. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
"Although Toyotomi died in a delirious stupor in 1598, subsequent shoguns continued his purges. \u2014 Rob Goss, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 May 2022",
"Even after shaking off its hibernation stupor and focusing its gaze on Pieciul, the animal proceeded slowly, plodding toward him on broad paws that flattened the snow and claws that clung easily to the crust layer below. \u2014 Caroline Van Hemert, Outside Online , 11 Aug. 2021",
"In New York, where landlords typically move to evict more people than in any other city in the nation, the housing courts sat in an unusual stupor for some two years. \u2014 New York Times , 2 May 2022",
"While Carolyn decoded a notebook on Lars that could take her one step closer to the Twelve, Eve was off drinking herself into a stupor . \u2014 Dan Snierson, EW.com , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Instead of jolting them out of a stupor , this kind of response blocks real interrogation of what motivates white people to engage in these attempts at public humiliation. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 Mar. 2022"
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"a dog with a strong sturdy build",
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"The bures at the Jean-Michel Cousteau Resort are made in traditional Fijian style and have a sturdy , thatched roofing, and a ceiling fan helps cool things down in warm weather. \u2014 Robin Raven, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
"Today, inventories across the U.S. are so incredibly low that at today's slowing but still sturdy tempo of buying, the sparse stocks sell out incredibly fast. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 26 June 2022",
"Jacky Parker PhotographyGetty Images Also called butterfly bush, this sturdy flowering shrub withstands drought, blooms all season long and attracts pollinators. \u2014 Arricca Sansone, Country Living , 24 June 2022",
"On Running's version is also waterproof and has reliably sturdy soles with extra grip. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 23 June 2022",
"The sturdy wood structural beams, staircase posts and pillars\u2014likely dating to the late 16th century\u2014would be unlikely features anywhere else. \u2014 Amy Verner, Vogue , 23 June 2022",
"The camping hammock also comes equipped with two adjustable, 10-foot long tree straps and two sturdy D-shaped carabiners to keep it secure. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 18 June 2022",
"This may include materials that are known to hold strong against wind and harsh weather, as well as accessories to keep the screens sturdy like stands, mounts, tethers, and yard stakes. \u2014 Rachel Simon, Better Homes & Gardens , 16 June 2022",
"To keep the cost low on the bikes and to keep them sturdy , they\u2019re often made of steel and sometimes aluminum. \u2014 Olivia Lipski, Good Housekeeping , 15 June 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"Middle English, brave, stubborn, from Anglo-French esturdi stunned, from past participle of esturdir to stun, from Vulgar Latin *exturdire , from Latin ex- + Vulgar Latin *turdus simpleton, from Latin turdus thrush \u2014 more at thrush":""
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"\u02c8st\u0259r-d\u0113",
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"a dog with a strong sturdy build",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The bures at the Jean-Michel Cousteau Resort are made in traditional Fijian style and have a sturdy , thatched roofing, and a ceiling fan helps cool things down in warm weather. \u2014 Robin Raven, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
"Today, inventories across the U.S. are so incredibly low that at today's slowing but still sturdy tempo of buying, the sparse stocks sell out incredibly fast. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 26 June 2022",
"Jacky Parker PhotographyGetty Images Also called butterfly bush, this sturdy flowering shrub withstands drought, blooms all season long and attracts pollinators. \u2014 Arricca Sansone, Country Living , 24 June 2022",
"On Running's version is also waterproof and has reliably sturdy soles with extra grip. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 23 June 2022",
"The sturdy wood structural beams, staircase posts and pillars\u2014likely dating to the late 16th century\u2014would be unlikely features anywhere else. \u2014 Amy Verner, Vogue , 23 June 2022",
"The camping hammock also comes equipped with two adjustable, 10-foot long tree straps and two sturdy D-shaped carabiners to keep it secure. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 18 June 2022",
"This may include materials that are known to hold strong against wind and harsh weather, as well as accessories to keep the screens sturdy like stands, mounts, tethers, and yard stakes. \u2014 Rachel Simon, Better Homes & Gardens , 16 June 2022",
"To keep the cost low on the bikes and to keep them sturdy , they\u2019re often made of steel and sometimes aluminum. \u2014 Olivia Lipski, Good Housekeeping , 15 June 2022"
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"Middle English, brave, stubborn, from Anglo-French esturdi stunned, from past participle of esturdir to stun, from Vulgar Latin *exturdire , from Latin ex- + Vulgar Latin *turdus simpleton, from Latin turdus thrush \u2014 more at thrush":""
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"a dog with a strong sturdy build",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The bures at the Jean-Michel Cousteau Resort are made in traditional Fijian style and have a sturdy , thatched roofing, and a ceiling fan helps cool things down in warm weather. \u2014 Robin Raven, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
"Today, inventories across the U.S. are so incredibly low that at today's slowing but still sturdy tempo of buying, the sparse stocks sell out incredibly fast. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 26 June 2022",
"Jacky Parker PhotographyGetty Images Also called butterfly bush, this sturdy flowering shrub withstands drought, blooms all season long and attracts pollinators. \u2014 Arricca Sansone, Country Living , 24 June 2022",
"On Running's version is also waterproof and has reliably sturdy soles with extra grip. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 23 June 2022",
"The sturdy wood structural beams, staircase posts and pillars\u2014likely dating to the late 16th century\u2014would be unlikely features anywhere else. \u2014 Amy Verner, Vogue , 23 June 2022",
"The camping hammock also comes equipped with two adjustable, 10-foot long tree straps and two sturdy D-shaped carabiners to keep it secure. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 18 June 2022",
"This may include materials that are known to hold strong against wind and harsh weather, as well as accessories to keep the screens sturdy like stands, mounts, tethers, and yard stakes. \u2014 Rachel Simon, Better Homes & Gardens , 16 June 2022",
"To keep the cost low on the bikes and to keep them sturdy , they\u2019re often made of steel and sometimes aluminum. \u2014 Olivia Lipski, Good Housekeeping , 15 June 2022"
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": tracery in late German Gothic architecture in which the molded bar seems to pass through itself in its convolutions and is then cut off short so that a section of the molding is seen at the end of each similar stump":[]
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"noun"
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"noun"
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"The government has been stultified by bureaucracy.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The goal is to stimulate, not stultify , productive economic activity\u2014the kind that raises output and justifies increased wages. \u2014 Judy Shelton, WSJ , 8 Mar. 2021",
"The sudden mass switch to virtual forms of working and socializing is expected to jump-start more nuanced investigations into what makes social interaction satisfying--or stultifying . \u2014 Lydia Denworth, Scientific American , 8 June 2020",
"That thread gets developed in stultifying flashbacks that detail Amelia's efforts to strike out on her own as an aeronaut after her husband falls to his death during one of their rides together. \u2014 Mark Lieberman, Houston Chronicle , 6 Dec. 2019",
"In this case, Amazon is the Standard Oil of our age, one among a handful of bogeymen gobbling up the economy and stultifying its dynamism. \u2014 Samuel Hammond, National Review , 26 Sep. 2019",
"Every decision is a conversation, what could be ceaselessly stultifying to some. \u2014 Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor , 12 June 2019",
"Lately a wrinkle has appeared in the fabric of my days, one that both underscores my daily existence\u2019s stultifying sameness and alters it somehow, complicates it. \u2014 Deborah E. Kennedy, Good Housekeeping , 3 May 2019",
"Burrows is trapped not only in a ludicrous wig but also in a cumbersome accent and stultifying Brahmin cadence. \u2014 Charles Mcnulty, latimes.com , 2 Mar. 2018",
"There\u2019s something stultifying about the non-Fed matchups in the Big Four. \u2014 Jon Wertheim, SI.com , 20 Dec. 2017"
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"1737, in the meaning defined at sense 3":""
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"President Biden pushed the restart date for federal student loan payments to Sept. 1, extending a pause put in place at the start of the pandemic. \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
"The move by Dartmouth comes as the Biden administration has come under pressure to partially forgive student -loan debt for millions of borrowers. \u2014 Joseph De Avila, WSJ , 21 June 2022",
"Biden is reportedly considering forgiving up to $10,000 in student loan debt for certain borrowers earning under $150,000 a year. \u2014 Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
"People were able to spend more because of the massive federal stimulus programs, including three rounds of stimulus cash being sent to households and relief that included a payment pause on student loan debt that currently runs through Aug. 31. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 15 June 2022",
"With his student loan now paid in full, Paulson continues to have mixed feelings. \u2014 Fox News , 13 June 2022",
"Bleeding Fingers was set up as this place for young composers, fresh out of music school, who have an enormous amount of student loan debt and nowhere to go. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 13 June 2022",
"This can be traced to the uptick in student loan debt, which is at $1.75 trillion according to Nerdwallet. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 10 June 2022",
"Seventeen years ago, Katy Yaroslavsky was fresh out of law school, saddled with student loan debt and looking to work on issues related to urban planning. \u2014 David Zahniserstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2022"
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"Middle English, from Latin student-, studens , from present participle of stud\u0113re to study \u2014 more at study":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Pine Bluff college had sought approval of a $33 million lease purchase agreement involving construction of up to 316 beds of student housing as well as an approximately 30,000-square-foot student union building. \u2014 Jaime Adame, Arkansas Online , 30 Apr. 2022",
"In 2009, Boric was elected president of the student union at the law school. \u2014 Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
"The ninth annual North County Economic Summit will be held May 11 at the Cal State University San Marcos student union ballroom. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Bart Lundy laid out his vision for the UW-Milwaukee men's basketball team during his formal introduction as head coach at the school's student union Monday. \u2014 Ben Steele, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 Mar. 2022",
"But with enough trips to rally support at the student union and the Cougars\u2019 success in recent seasons, Sampson has seen the tide begin to turn. \u2014 Greg Luca, San Antonio Express-News , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The interiors exude a progressive, modernist design sensibility that resembles a Scandinavian university student union . \u2014 Andrew Nelson, WSJ , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Classes were canceled Monday, and counselors were made available at the student union over the weekend. \u2014 Doha Madani, NBC News , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Campus resources, including the fitness center, library and student union , will remain open Monday, in order to give students some semblance of normalcy and an opportunity to come together, Wilke said. \u2014 Danielle Wallace, Fox News , 21 Feb. 2022"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-183625"
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"noun"
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"His imprint within Penguin Random House UK, #MerkyBooks, is dedicated to publishing new fiction, non-fiction and poetry books and awards an annual studentship to two Black British students planning to attend the University of Cambridge. \u2014 Hannah Dailey, Billboard , 22 July 2021",
"Like most American yoga teacher trainings, my yoga teacher training center had a predominantly White teaching staff and studentship . \u2014 Jessamyn Stanley, Glamour , 26 Jan. 2021",
"In a gesture of extraordinary generosity last year, when awarded a Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, Bell Burnell donated the entire three million dollars to studentships for women and other groups underrepresented in physics. \u2014 Angela Saini, National Geographic , 15 Oct. 2019"
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"Verb",
"I stumbled on the uneven pavement.",
"The horse stumbled and almost fell.",
"He stumbled drunkenly across the room.",
"He stumbled over to the table.",
"I heard him stumble over the unfamiliar words.",
"She stumbled through an apology.",
"The economy has stumbled in recent months.",
"Noun",
"was his hurtful remark a regrettable stumble , or was it made with artful intention",
"has bones so brittle that a minor stumble could result in a serious break",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"For small caps, the market\u2019s stumble into bear market territory has been exceptionally severe, with the Russell 2000 index down 30% from its peak last fall and back to pre-pandemic levels. \u2014 Hank Tucker, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"My favorite way to explore is to walk, get lost, and stumble into something unexpected. \u2014 Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Netflix released the first trailer for the upcoming second installment of the sci-fi dramedy, which premieres April 20, showing Nadia Volvokov (Lyonne) stumble into another adventure, this one taking her back in time to 1980s New York City. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Film lovers in the D.C. area know it\u2019s not terribly hard to stumble onto a finely curated festival. \u2014 Chris Richards, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"So expect more SPACs to stumble out of the gate\u2014but hold the shrimp ceviche. \u2014 Jessica Mathews, Fortune , 2 June 2022",
"The annual spelling bee -- which features elementary and middle school students spelling words that would cause most adults to stumble -- has had a tumultuous few years. \u2014 Leah Asmelash, CNN , 2 June 2022",
"Perhaps even worse than getting the AI to simply stumble , the adversarial attack can sometimes be used to get AI to perform as the wrongdoer wishes the AI to perform. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Kenton Krupp, a Walmart warehouse worker in Hermiston, began to stumble and have difficulty breathing at the end of a 10-hour shift on June 24, according to Oregon OSHA documents. \u2014 Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive , 6 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"That wild card worries experts far more than any immunological stumble . \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 23 May 2022",
"Their fifth consecutive loss had been a real gut punch, a 16-13 stumble against the Baltimore Ravens at Soldier Field in which some late-game, fourth-down Andy Dalton fireworks were eclipsed by a maddening defensive meltdown. \u2014 Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com , 15 Dec. 2021",
"The index, a benchmark for many funds, fell 0.6% after easing off a deeper stumble . \u2014 Damian J. Troise And Alex Veiga, USA TODAY , 19 May 2022",
"The next three weeks should reveal the answers after the Bruins slogged their way to a 34-16 victory over Arizona on Saturday night at Arizona Stadium that revealed little besides the team\u2019s ability to avoid a mortifying stumble . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Oct. 2021",
"The end to Alabama\u2019s basketball season was less a thud and more of a predictable stumble over a problem that had been in the team\u2019s way for months. \u2014 Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Winning it all is often preceded by a stumble in the conference tournament. \u2014 Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The celebrants, many of whom had recently launched their own streaming operations, might have done better to wonder what a stumble by the market leader portends for their own services, most of them lackluster by comparison. \u2014 Frank Rose, WSJ , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Vladimir Potanin is still negotiating business deals as his fellow oligarchs stumble , raising questions about whether this metals magnate is too big to sanction. \u2014 John Hyatt, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022"
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"He stumbled onto the truth."
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"examples":[
"His political opponents have portrayed him as an inept stumblebum .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As opposed to palookas and has-beens and tin cans and stumblebums , a player who got waived departed with his dignity intact. \u2014 Joe Queenan, WSJ , 2 Nov. 2018",
"The physicians lining up with Teirstein are not a bunch of stumblebums afraid of a few tests. \u2014 Kurt Eichenwald, Newsweek , 10 Mar. 2015",
"From the mid-1960s through the early \u201970s, my prime rooting years, the Yankees were a team of stumblebums not even redeemed by charm. \u2014 James Traub, WSJ , 6 Oct. 2017",
"Gerald Ford, for all his stumblebum image, was a Yale Law School graduate and veteran of legislative details. \u2014 James Fallows, The Atlantic , 20 July 2017"
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"first_known_use":{
"1932, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u2014 Jane Austen"
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"\u2014 Marcia Davenport"
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": a person who learns or memorizes something (such as a part in a play)":[
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": to consider attentively or in detail":[
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"disquisition",
"examen",
"examination",
"exploration",
"inquest",
"inquiry",
"inquisition",
"investigation",
"probation",
"probe",
"probing",
"research"
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"Becoming a doctor requires years of study .",
"You can improve your knowledge of the natural world by study and observation.",
"She will return to her studies after vacation.",
"He left the service to pursue his studies .",
"The agency conducted an environmental study .",
"He took part in a study of childhood obesity.",
"The study of the new drug will be published next year.",
"Verb",
"Did you study for the test",
"She's studying to be a teacher.",
"I studied the request carefully.",
"She was studying his face for a reaction.",
"The proposal was studied in great detail.",
"The effects of the drug have never been thoroughly studied .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In the Texas Panhandle, the red-brown fissures of the Caprock Escarpment abruptly become the grassy Great Plains, the stark beauty a study in contrasts. \u2014 David Wright Falad\u00e9, The New Yorker , 4 July 2022",
"Researchers published the new study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 3 July 2022",
"More than a decade ago, a study in the American Journal of Epidemiology supported the idea that working long hours may have a negative effect on cognitive performance. \u2014 Trey Williams, Fortune , 1 July 2022",
"His monographs on Russian opera and Musorgsky redefined the study of music in Eastern Europe, chipping away at longstanding myths. \u2014 New York Times , 1 July 2022",
"The totality is a study in solid geometry, demonstrating the various ways an almost-identical thing can be made different. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"The big offensive lineman from the small town in Ohio can now come study in the sun and not leave his comfy hometown conference. \u2014 Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
"Between 2008 and 2010, the first three years following the financial crisis, the suicide rate rose at a pace more than four times higher than it had over the eight years prior to the crisis, according to a 2012 study in The Lancet. \u2014 Max Zahn, ABC News , 29 June 2022",
"Able to memorize factual knowledge and reference it easily: A study in the Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews that showed a single brain system could compensate for numerous and diverse deficits in autism. \u2014 Jennifer \"jay\" Palumbo, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The Worofila co-founder Nicolas Rondet, who, like Mboup, is 33, grew up in France and was motivated by his concern about climate change to study the low-tech, energy-efficient building designs once common across Europe, Asia, and Africa. \u2014 Jori Lewis, The Atlantic , 5 July 2022",
"Even a bill to study leaky pipes couldn\u2019t get passed. \u2014 Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
"From the Japan trip, $50,000 will go to scholarships for students at the Culinary Institute of America in Napa to study in Japan. \u2014 Alyson Sheppard, Robb Report , 29 June 2022",
"Maybe even put them in jars for an hour or two to study before releasing them to the night sky. \u2014 Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star , 29 June 2022",
"That will be maintained for at least half a year in order for scientists to study dynamics, according to NASA. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 28 June 2022",
"Desperate, as many governments are, for creative solutions to the mental-health crisis, in March, Utah lawmakers passed a bill that created a task force to study the medical benefits of psychedelics. \u2014 Cassady Rosenblum, Rolling Stone , 28 June 2022",
"Johnson voted against creating a commission to study the Capitol riots of Jan. 6, 2021. \u2014 Isaac Yu, Journal Sentinel , 22 June 2022",
"His early research was dictated by the army, who sent him to medical school to study bone marrow treatment for people exposed to radiation from nuclear weapons. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022"
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"Middle English studie , from Anglo-French estudie , from Latin studium , from stud\u0113re to devote oneself, study; probably akin to Latin tundere to beat \u2014 more at contusion":"Noun"
},
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In that wave of criticism, Duke Ellington students also voiced concerns about honoring the famous alumnus at his alma mater \u2014 a free, public magnet school in Washington, D.C., with a majority Black student body . \u2014 Nardine Saadstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
"Once a month, one recipe has been served as a lunchtime entree option to a student body of 14,387. \u2014 Peggy Hernandez, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"She was elected president of the student body of her university. \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 2 June 2022",
"That couldn\u2019t be done with such a small student body . \u2014 Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant , 15 May 2022",
"Historically, universal free breakfast has been publicly funded when at least 40% of a student body is considered economically disadvantaged. \u2014 Rory Linnane, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 Mar. 2022",
"By testing all children any time that 1% of a student body was diagnosed with COVID-19, schools had enabled thousands of uninfected Utah kids to keep attending in person without spreading the virus in classrooms. \u2014 Erin Alberty, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Mar. 2022",
"After a viral tweet, the school\u2014 officially The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania\u2014 may also be associated with a student body that is remarkably out of touch. \u2014 Malaika Jabali, Essence , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Arkansas Connections Academy is another virtual school, with a statewide student body of 3,390 this year. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 27 Nov. 2021"
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"\u2014 L. C. Hatch"
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"examples":[
"The government has been stultified by bureaucracy.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The goal is to stimulate, not stultify , productive economic activity\u2014the kind that raises output and justifies increased wages. \u2014 Judy Shelton, WSJ , 8 Mar. 2021",
"The sudden mass switch to virtual forms of working and socializing is expected to jump-start more nuanced investigations into what makes social interaction satisfying--or stultifying . \u2014 Lydia Denworth, Scientific American , 8 June 2020",
"That thread gets developed in stultifying flashbacks that detail Amelia's efforts to strike out on her own as an aeronaut after her husband falls to his death during one of their rides together. \u2014 Mark Lieberman, Houston Chronicle , 6 Dec. 2019",
"In this case, Amazon is the Standard Oil of our age, one among a handful of bogeymen gobbling up the economy and stultifying its dynamism. \u2014 Samuel Hammond, National Review , 26 Sep. 2019",
"Every decision is a conversation, what could be ceaselessly stultifying to some. \u2014 Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor , 12 June 2019",
"Lately a wrinkle has appeared in the fabric of my days, one that both underscores my daily existence\u2019s stultifying sameness and alters it somehow, complicates it. \u2014 Deborah E. Kennedy, Good Housekeeping , 3 May 2019",
"Burrows is trapped not only in a ludicrous wig but also in a cumbersome accent and stultifying Brahmin cadence. \u2014 Charles Mcnulty, latimes.com , 2 Mar. 2018",
"There\u2019s something stultifying about the non-Fed matchups in the Big Four. \u2014 Jon Wertheim, SI.com , 20 Dec. 2017"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Teens who complete the program and go on to study teaching at National Louis University or Eastern Illinois University are guaranteed a student teaching position in the district or at one of the district\u2019s partner schools, Kosiek said. \u2014 Karen Ann Cullotta, Chicago Tribune , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Hunley points to her experience student teaching across the state and her family in Leo and Auburn. \u2014 Amelia Pak-harvey, The Indianapolis Star , 15 Apr. 2022",
"But the Northeastern Illinois University alum had a head start on putting herself in her students\u2019 shoes after academic training and student teaching . \u2014 George Castle, chicagotribune.com , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Alternative certificates may be issued by universities, districts or even individual schools and typically do not require teaching degrees or traditional student teaching experiences. \u2014 Lauren P. Bailes, The Conversation , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Some students participating in clinical, student teaching or other experiential learning sites may be required to get the COVID-19 vaccine. \u2014 Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer , 17 Jan. 2022",
"After a few months student teaching in Alaska in fall of 2018, Fernandez returned there in January of 2019 after he was offered a full-time position. \u2014 Matt Button, baltimoresun.com , 7 Sep. 2021",
"To exacerbate the problem, many students can\u2019t work other jobs during the unpaid 12 weeks of student teaching . \u2014 Kelli Weir, The Enquirer , 19 Aug. 2021",
"Bailey Tangen, a University of Minnesota graduate student teaching a session on soil health to a group of aspiring agronomists and farm-business sales reps on the school's St. Paul campus, was begging her students to climb down into the dirt pit. \u2014 Patrick Condon, Star Tribune , 24 July 2021"
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"\"",
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"noun"
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": a fee paid the owner of an animal at public service by the owner of the female to be bred":[]
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": a killifish ( Xenisma catenatum ) of eastern Tennessee and the Ozark region":[],
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"the old jalopy bucks and stutters uphill",
"\u2014 William Cleary"
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"\u02c8st\u0259-t\u0259r",
"\u02c8st\u0259t-\u0259r"
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"I used to stutter when I was a child.",
"She stutters when she gets excited.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Any time Chip 'N Dale's momentum appears to stutter , the film offers up a dose of humor and whimsy. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 20 May 2022",
"Even when the characters are engaged in small talk or office gossip at a Christmas party or saying empty sentiments, the music betrays their inner desires and agonies as the protagonists hem, haw, stutter and interrupt each other. \u2014 Bill Hirschman, Sun Sentinel , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Globally, 70 million people stutter , including President Joe Biden, who has spoken publicly about being mocked by classmates and a nun in Catholic school for his speech impediment. \u2014 Laura Ungar, ajc , 19 Feb. 2022",
"Doing all this on the UI thread is bad for app performance since any hangups will make your app stutter . \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Exactly how much will this scene stutter in Infinite's PC version",
"In Facebook's Horizon Workrooms app for Oculus\u2014a virtual-reality Zoom rival\u2014having just 16 participants causes the system to stutter . \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 29 Oct. 2021",
"TVs with fast response times\u2014like high-end LCDs and especially OLEDs\u2014have less of a ghosting trail but will stutter more. \u2014 Whitson Gordon, Wired , 6 Apr. 2021",
"Cracks stutter the hallway of a building in Yakutsk. \u2014 Georgi Kantchev, WSJ , 5 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"According to the Independent, Ramos, who was 18 years old, was bullied in school for his stutter and lisp. \u2014 Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 June 2022",
"Ramos, who killed 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde last month, was said to have been bullied over a lisp and stutter . \u2014 Tim Meko, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"Ramos was bullied for having a stutter and a strong lisp, friends and family told the Washington Post. \u2014 Scott Travis, Anchorage Daily News , 29 May 2022",
"Biden, who once spent his days rehearsing lines about the Phillies to use on his paper route to work through a stutter , said his time in college gave him the confidence to seek public office and begin making changes during the civil rights era. \u2014 Brandon Holveck, USA TODAY , 28 May 2022",
"Interruptions anywhere along this articulation pathway can impair the utterance, and create something like a stutter . \u2014 Karen Hopkin, Scientific American , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Moments in which Deathloop would otherwise exceed 30 fps stutter more often when the Deck's macro-level frame-rate cap is enabled. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 25 Feb. 2022",
"On a 16-yard touchdown run in the first quarter, Brooks stutter -stepped by a couple defenders and shed one weak arm tackle on the way to the end zone. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 30 Dec. 2021",
"Simon has not totally overcome his stutter in the book series, and it\u2019s not Lady Danbury who helps him. \u2014 Leah Campano, Seventeen , 24 Mar. 2022"
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"frequentative of English dialect stut to stutter, from Middle English stutten ; akin to Dutch stotteren to stutter, Goth stautan to strike \u2014 more at contusion":"Verb"
},
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"1566, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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": a disease of the tea bush in which the main central stem is rotted by a tooth fungus ( Irpex destruens )":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-163131"
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": any of a family (Acipenseridae) of usually large elongate anadromous or freshwater bony fishes which are widely distributed in the north temperate zone and whose roe is made into caviar":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For example, Gourdet and Lin are determined to use every part of the sturgeon , including the spinal cord. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 June 2022",
"And why not top your token(s) of affection off with a tin of farm-to-table Platinum Oetra sturgeon caviar",
"Both Russia and Iran in particular became huge producers of expensive caviar, but after the sturgeon population fell 30%, producing caviar from the fish was banned in the early 2000s. \u2014 Chloe Sorvino, Forbes , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Increasingly rare river cane, a sacred building material to the Muscogee (Creek), grows along the riverbanks, while sturgeon , shad, herring, and striped and shoal bass ply its water. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Feb. 2022",
"State health officials in Washington and Oregon are recommending the public limit their consumption of sturgeon caught from the lower Columbia River. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2022",
"This simultaneously put at risk the habitats of pallid sturgeon and West Indian manatees. \u2014 Reid Singer, Outside Online , 15 May 2021",
"The state Department of Natural Resources is ending its practice of posting volunteer guards along the Wolf River to protect spawning sturgeon from poachers. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Its sturgeon are farmed in an artificial, coldwater lake fed by mountain streams, each fish tagged by an identifiable number. \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 8 Apr. 2022"
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French estourgeoun , of Germanic origin; akin to Old English styria sturgeon":""
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"13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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": poker in which each player is dealt the first card facedown and the other four cards faceup with a round of betting taking place after each of the last four rounds of dealing":[]
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"stud entry 1":""
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"1864, in the meaning defined above":""
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": the basal part of herbaceous plants and especially cereal grasses remaining attached to the soil after harvest":[]
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"He ran his hand over his stubble .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Golden wheat stood ripe in some strips and in others it had been shorn down to its bright stubble . \u2014 Eula Biss, The New Yorker , 8 June 2022",
"The itchy stubble , the irritation, the nicks and cuts - no wonder beards have become trendy in recent years! \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 May 2022",
"More subsidies for disposing of rice stubble without setting them ablaze, a yearly practice that\u2019s blamed for contributing to the air pollution that blankets New Delhi. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Dec. 2021",
"The product\u2019s rich lather softens the stubble so that the razor shaves closer. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The lack of stubble on Rock's face in the supposedly high-quality picture also indicates that it was manipulated. \u2014 Bayliss Wagner, USA TODAY , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Zolkin, who wore a hoodie and had days-old stubble , sighed. \u2014 Katia Savchuk, The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022",
"The street, about the length of a high school track, separates a vast Walmart parking lot from a field of soybean stubble . \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Under a flat gray sky, the highway cuts through rolling farmland, lying empty except for yellowing grass and crop stubble left over from the fall\u2019s harvest. \u2014 Nick Roll, The Christian Science Monitor , 23 Feb. 2022"
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"Middle English stuble , from Anglo-French estuble , from Latin stupula stalk, straw, alteration of stipula \u2014 more at stipule":""
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": a knot similar to a fisherman's bend used to secure a rope to a spar":[]
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": an explosive device that produces a blinding flash of light and a sudden, loud noise : flash-bang":[
"After initially holding back, the police fired stun grenades , tear gas and hard sponge bullets and sent in officers on horseback, prompting demonstrators to accuse them of the kind of police brutality that they had turned out to protest in the first place.",
"\u2014 Isabel Kershner"
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1952, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234928"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a student who is engaged in practice teaching":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Moore started his career in 1996 as a student teacher at Hall High School, and soon afterward became a history teacher at Conard High School. \u2014 Don Stacom, courant.com , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Priscilla said much of her first year as a student teacher has involved reviewing past material to get her class up to speed. \u2014 Christina Maxouris And Christina Zdanowicz, CNN , 5 Feb. 2022",
"Pajkos taught 4th grade as a student teacher , then spent a few years teaching 5th grade but realized her calling was to help upper grade students. \u2014 Janice Neumann, chicagotribune.com , 4 Feb. 2022",
"The show also featured Denise Nicholas as a high school guidance counselor and Karen Valentine as a student teacher , with Mr. Constantine as the cynical but charming Principal Seymour Kaufman. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Sep. 2021",
"The former student teacher looks at his teammates and sees something odd. \u2014 Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com , 9 Aug. 2021",
"Photo of the pit orchestra with band director Eric Sayre and student teacher David Kaiser from Minneapolis South High\u2019s production of Chicago. \u2014 Star Tribune , 12 Mar. 2021",
"The idea was conceived last month by Cibulskas and her student teacher Kaylee Green as a creative way for the kids to study the 1770 Boston Massacre. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 25 Feb. 2021",
"Mancini, who lives in Hartford and hails from Coventry, R.I, is a student teacher at Totoket Valley Elementary School in Northford. \u2014 courant.com , 4 Mar. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1847, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-001119"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a weapon designed to stun or immobilize (as by electric shock) rather than kill or injure the one affected":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Police said Lyoya had grabbed at the officer's stun gun during the altercation. \u2014 ABC News , 10 June 2022",
"In the first incident, father and son Jose Bosque Jr. and Jose Bosque III were credited with coming to the aid of sheriff\u2019s Deputy Matt Drab as Drab struggled with an offender who tried to take the deputy\u2019s stun gun the night of March 9. \u2014 Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune , 12 May 2022",
"The two wrestled for the officer\u2019s stun gun before Schurr shot Lyoya. \u2014 Elisha Anderson, Detroit Free Press , 6 May 2022",
"Video also showed the officer stopping Lyoya for driving with a license plate that didn\u2019t belong to the vehicle, Lyoya\u2019s attempt to run away before being tackled to the ground, and a struggle over the officer\u2019s stun gun . \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 19 Apr. 2022",
"At one point, Lyoya has his hand on the officer\u2019s stun gun , and the officer yells at him to let go. \u2014 Amy Forliti, chicagotribune.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
"When he was arrested, however, Patterson was carrying two $20 bills and a $5 bill that were consistent with cash taken from the victim\u2019s home, and police found a stun gun near the spot where he was captured, according to the FBI. \u2014 Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Mosley bought a stun gun and began checking the hands of people who showed up in the plexiglass window. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Mosley bought a stun gun and began checking the hands of people who showed up in the plexiglass window. \u2014 Stephanie Mccrummen, Anchorage Daily News , 14 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1967, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-010446"
},
"stuttering":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a disorder of vocal communication marked by involuntary disruption or blocking of speech (as by abnormal repetition, prolongation, or stoppage of vocal sounds) : disfluency":[]
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"\u02c8st\u0259-t\u0259r-i\u014b"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Not far below the stuttering propellers were hectic jumbles of recent avalanche debris. \u2014 Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News , 2 May 2022",
"Spliced videos have also portrayed her as stuttering and unintelligent. \u2014 New York Times , 1 May 2022",
"Now, studying a neurocomputational model of this complex process, researchers have found that stuttering stems from a glitch in the neural circuit that initiates speech. \u2014 Karen Hopkin, Scientific American , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Nover, a speech pathologist active in the National Stuttering Association, said many people will surely be interested in trying stuttering medications \u2013 although not her. \u2014 Laura Ungar, ajc , 19 Feb. 2022",
"Nover, a speech pathologist active in the National Stuttering Association, said many people will surely be interested in trying stuttering medications \u2013 although not her. \u2014 Laura Ungar, courant.com , 19 Feb. 2022",
"For centuries, people have feared being judged for stuttering , a condition often misunderstood as a psychological problem caused by things like bad parenting or emotional trauma. \u2014 Laura Ungar, courant.com , 19 Feb. 2022",
"Meanwhile, D\u2019Angelo had other ideas: he, Tip, and James had started a track together; and, for a different song, D seized a stuttering , polyrhythmic Jay Dee beat to write to. \u2014 Dan Charnas, Rolling Stone , 23 Jan. 2022",
"But enthusiast publications, like display site Blur Busters, have pointed to elevated micro- stuttering with 1,000 Hz mice as refresh rates hit 120 Hz and higher. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 23 Dec. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1595, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-015656"
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"type":[
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-020737"
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"definitions":{
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a wheel journaled on a stud":[]
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