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{
"Whistler":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a broken-winded horse":[],
": a large marmot ( Marmota caligata ) of northwestern North America having a shrill alarm call":[],
": a very-low-frequency radio signal that is generated by lightning discharge, travels along the earth's magnetic-field lines, and produces a sound resembling a whistle of descending pitch in radio receivers":[],
": one that whistles : such as":[],
"James (Abbott) McNeill 1834\u20131903 American painter and etcher":[],
"municipality and resort noted for its ski slopes in the Coast Ranges of southern British Columbia, Canada population 9824":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Although the reality check was discouraging, Lowery credited Lebermann with sending him on the path of being a big-band whistler . \u2014 Michael Corcoran, ExpressNews.com , 29 Apr. 2020",
"Lowery went on to a great career as a whistler , making his name in the 1930s with the Vincent Lopez Orchestra, whose arranger was a trombone player named Glenn Miller. \u2014 Michael Corcoran, ExpressNews.com , 29 Apr. 2020",
"Let Sean Lomax, a world champion whistler , explain the finer points of this pastime and musical art. \u2014 Patrick Farrell, Wired , 22 Mar. 2020",
"Then four sacks of puddler decoys and one of whistlers , plus a dozen Canada goose floaters. \u2014 Will Ryans, Field & Stream , 17 Mar. 2020",
"Any devoted audiobook listener can attest: Spending nine hours (or more) in the company of a terrible reader \u2014 a shrieker, mumbler, droner, tooth whistler or overzealous thespian \u2014 is an experience that can truly ruin a book. \u2014 Dallas News , 20 Aug. 2019",
"Any devoted audiobook listener can attest: Spending nine hours (or more) in the company of a terrible reader \u2014 a shrieker, mumbler, droner, tooth whistler or overzealous thespian \u2014 is an experience that can truly ruin a book. \u2014 Dallas News , 20 Aug. 2019",
"Any devoted audiobook listener can attest: Spending nine hours (or more) in the company of a terrible reader \u2014 a shrieker, mumbler, droner, tooth whistler or overzealous thespian \u2014 is an experience that can truly ruin a book. \u2014 Dallas News , 20 Aug. 2019",
"Any devoted audiobook listener can attest: Spending nine hours (or more) in the company of a terrible reader \u2014 a shrieker, mumbler, droner, tooth whistler or overzealous thespian \u2014 is an experience that can truly ruin a book. \u2014 Dallas News , 20 Aug. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8(h)wi-sl\u0259r",
"\u02c8(h)wi-s(\u0259-)l\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054237",
"type":[
"adjective",
"biographical name",
"geographical name",
"noun"
]
},
"White Kalmuck":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an Altaic Tartar":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072807",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"whichever":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": being whatever one or ones out of a group : no matter which":[
"its soothing \u2026 effect will be the same whichever way you take it",
"\u2014 Punch"
],
": whatever one or ones out of a group":[
"take two of the four elective subjects, whichever you prefer"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"Choose whichever one you want.",
"He will support whichever candidate wins.",
"Pronoun",
"We can go on Tuesday or Friday, whichever you prefer.",
"You may leave at 4:00 or when you've finished the job, whichever comes first.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Like James, Tatum cooked whichever defender tried to stop him, too tall and too smooth for Bradley, Westbrook or Talen Horton-Tucker. \u2014 Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times , 7 Dec. 2021",
"Beyond the seaweed wrap and seasoned rice, filling a hand roll is part meal prep, part self-expression with your guests free to add whichever toppings are most appealing to them. \u2014 Mike Rose, cleveland , 23 Sep. 2021",
"This can be easily replicated with whichever communications channel your company uses. \u2014 Rutger Bruining, Forbes , 15 June 2021",
"But Ohio's chief medical officer, Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, encouraged people to get whichever vaccine is available to them. \u2014 Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer , 2 Mar. 2021",
"White House officials, who briefed reporters on the condition that they not be identified by name, urged the public to get whichever vaccine is first available. \u2014 Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY , 28 Feb. 2021",
"Health experts recommend, given the limited supplies, to get whichever vaccine is offered. \u2014 Peter Loftus, WSJ , 18 Dec. 2020",
"Many a Stanford fan\u2019s second-favorite team is whichever school is playing Cal that day. \u2014 Steve Kroner, SFChronicle.com , 9 Jan. 2020",
"Take a bus, get off the bus, go into the museum, and walk, simply walk, straight to whichever picture is calling you. \u2014 Mar\u00eda Gainza, Harper's magazine , 10 May 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Pronoun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"wich-",
"(h)wich-\u02c8e-v\u0259r",
"hwich-\u02c8e-v\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-201106",
"type":[
"adjective",
"pronoun"
]
},
"whiff":{
"antonyms":[
"nose",
"scent",
"smell",
"sniff",
"snuff"
],
"definitions":{
": a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray":[],
": a slight puffing or whistling sound":[],
": a slight trace or indication":[
"a whiff of scandal"
],
": an inhalation of odor, gas, or smoke":[],
": fan sense 8":[
"whiffed three batters"
],
": smoke sense 3":[],
": strike out sense 3":[],
": strikeout":[],
": to carry or convey by or as if by a whiff : blow":[],
": to emit whiffs : puff":[],
": to expel or puff out in a whiff : exhale":[],
": to inhale an odor":[],
": to move with or as if with a puff of air":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"I got a whiff of new paint when I entered the room.",
"I detected a whiff of sarcasm in her voice.",
"The pitcher had eight whiffs during the game.",
"Verb",
"He whiffed a strong odor of perfume.",
"The golfer nearly whiffed the shot.",
"The golfer nearly whiffed on the shot.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"One whiff of this candle, featuring a blend including coconut, pink peppercorn and orange blossom, and you'll be transported to your last beach getaway. \u2014 Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
"Tom\u2019s reaction to his mother\u2019s new focus carries the barest whiff of melancholy \u2014 just enough to suggest there might be something deeper and sadder simmering beneath his genial goofball persona. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 30 Mar. 2022",
"There\u2019s a whiff of desperation in the name chosen for this project. \u2014 Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ , 7 Oct. 2021",
"True to the Onion's nature as a brand sprung from the Midwest (Madison, Wisconsin) in 1988, there's a whiff of gentility to its Ukraine humor. \u2014 David Bauder, ajc , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Any time there is a whiff of gambling in the professional ranks, sports will suffer. \u2014 David Wharton, Los Angeles Times , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Much to our surprise, that fried fish taco smell that typically lasts until morning decreased to a faint fishy whiff by bedtime. \u2014 Kyle Beeche, SELF , 16 July 2021",
"Shanahan said Purdy had a whiff of Raiders quarterback Nick Mullens, a 2017 undrafted free agent who spent his four seasons with the 49ers. \u2014 Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 May 2022",
"Astute readers might catch a whiff of where this is going. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"But White struck out Machado with an 85-mph slider, and Bruihl came on to whiff Jake Cronenworth with an 88-mph slider up in the zone. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
"Of 17 swings against Zimmermann\u2019s change up, the Guardians didn\u2019t whiff once. \u2014 Matt Cohen, Baltimore Sun , 3 June 2022",
"In the fourth inning, Mahle got Pirates shortstop Diego Castillo to whiff at a fastball by his hands and a slider in the dirt on consecutive pitches. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 14 May 2022",
"That pitch only got the Pirates to whiff three times on Saturday. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 15 May 2022",
"The punches whiff , the sound effects are clumsy, and the score by Alyana Cabral and Pan De Coco is deadpan hysterical. \u2014 Christopher Vourlias, Variety , 16 Feb. 2022",
"The punches whiff , the sound effects are clumsy, and the score by Alyana Cabral and Pan De Coco is deadpan hysterical. \u2014 Christopher Vourlias, Variety , 16 Feb. 2022",
"The punches whiff , the sound effects are clumsy, and the score by Alyana Cabral and Pan De Coco is deadpan hysterical. \u2014 Christopher Vourlias, Variety , 16 Feb. 2022",
"The punches whiff , the sound effects are clumsy, and the score by Alyana Cabral and Pan De Coco is deadpan hysterical. \u2014 Christopher Vourlias, Variety , 16 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1591, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1591, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"imitative":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8hwif",
"\u02c8wif",
"\u02c8(h)wif"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"breath",
"flicker",
"glimmer",
"hint",
"suggestion",
"tang",
"touch",
"trace"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184627",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"while":{
"antonyms":[
"as",
"so long as",
"when",
"whilst"
],
"definitions":{
": a period of time especially when short and marked by the occurrence of an action or a condition : time":[
"stay here for a while"
],
": as long as":[
"while there's life there's hope"
],
": during the time that":[
"take a nap while I'm out"
],
": in spite of the fact that : although":[
"while respected, he is not liked"
],
": similarly and at the same time that":[
"while the book will be welcomed by scholars, it will make an immediate appeal to the general reader",
"\u2014 British Book News"
],
": the time and effort used (as in the performance of an action) : trouble":[
"worth your while"
],
": to cause to pass especially without boredom or in a pleasant manner":[
"\u2014 usually used with away while away the time"
],
": until":[],
": when on the other hand : whereas":[
"easy for an expert, while it is dangerous for a novice"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"It took them a while to find out what was causing the problem.",
"we stayed at the fair for a while longer",
"Conjunction",
"Someone called while you were out.",
"You can get the photos developed while you wait.",
"The phone rang while I was doing the dishes.",
"They met while they were in college.",
"Can I get you anything while I'm at the store",
"He made a comment that, while well-intentioned, still hurt my feelings.",
"While I think some parts of the plan are good, I don't think it's practical.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Watson didn\u2019t suit up for a single game last season while at odds with the Texans, who remained determined to secure handsome compensation for one of the game\u2019s brightest stars. \u2014 Mike Jones, USA TODAY , 28 June 2022",
"Go ahead and eat the same thing for lunch every day, for just a while , to free up some brain space by putting things on automatic. \u2014 Janine Maclachlan, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"But the power also drains her while in human form, accelerating the evolution of cancer. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 27 June 2022",
"Theegala, 24, is an inspiration, overcoming scoliosis, an abnormal curvature of the spine, to become one of the best golfers in college while at Pepperdine, and perhaps the top rookie in his first full year on the tour. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 26 June 2022",
"Davies has been around a while \u2014 four teams in eight seasons \u2014 but this will be just his second start vs. Detroit. \u2014 Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press , 25 June 2022",
"Then again, the market could start rising tomorrow and keep trending upward for a long while . \u2014 New York Times , 24 June 2022",
"In January, Sonali Patel, an emergency department doctor at a big Houston hospital, became ill while on duty. \u2014 Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News , 24 June 2022",
"But not being able to overcome food delivery\u2019s thin margin pointed to a weakness: Kune hoped to burn money for a while towards profitability. \u2014 Alexander Onukwue, Quartz , 23 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The activity is in the Art Lab, which is brimming with other projects that will while away the time. \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 11 Mar. 2022",
"In the photos, Saweetie is shown lounging under a palm tree, taking a dip in the water, and enjoying food and beverages \u2014 as one should while on vacay, of course. \u2014 Sara Miranda, Allure , 27 Dec. 2021",
"It\u2019s one of the most beautiful places in Napa to while away an afternoon. \u2014 Kim Westerman, Forbes , 1 Sep. 2021",
"In one viral photo, one person stands at the gas pump filling a red gas can while another tends to more cans in the back of a white vehicle. \u2014 Rick Rouan, USA TODAY , 12 May 2021",
"In March, S\u00e1nchez was furloughed from Made Nice and began to while away quarantine by drafting a dream menu. \u2014 Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker , 2 Oct. 2020",
"Some have taken to baking to while away the hours during lockdown; others embraced gardening. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2020",
"Farvardin Daliri SYDNEY, Australia \u2014 Some have taken to baking to while away the hours during coronavirus lockdown; others embraced gardening. \u2014 Isabella Kwai, New York Times , 28 May 2020",
"The restaurant, Trade Route, offers its own take on traditional southern cuisine, and the spa provides a refreshing way to while away an hour or two. \u2014 Patti Nickell, chicagotribune.com , 24 Sep. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Conjunction",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Preposition",
"1635, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English hw\u012bl ; akin to Old High German hw\u012bla time, Latin quies rest, quiet":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8w\u012bl",
"\u02c8(h)w\u012b(-\u0259)l",
"\u02c8hw\u012bl"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bit",
"space",
"spell",
"stretch"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050643",
"type":[
"conjunction",
"noun",
"preposition",
"verb"
]
},
"while (one's) at it":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": while (one's) doing some related activity : at the same time":[
"Since we're cleaning the kitchen, we should wash the floor while we're at it .",
"\"I'm going to the store to buy a newspaper.\" \" While you're at it , could you get some milk"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191607",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"whillaloo":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": hullabaloo":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Irish Gaelic uile li\u016bgh":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-120324",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"whillikers":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": gee entry 6":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-l\u0113k-",
"\u02c8(h)wil\u0259\u0307k\u0259(r)z"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180137",
"type":[
"interjection"
]
},
"whilly":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": cajole , wheedle , gull":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably irregular from whillywha entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8(h)wili"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052238",
"type":[
"transitive verb"
]
},
"whillywha":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a coaxing deceitful speech":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural"
],
": a deceitful flatterer":[],
": to dupe by flattering : wheedle , cajole":[],
": to talk in a coaxing manner":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\""
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034100",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"whilom":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": former":[],
": formerly":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"pointedly ignored the whilom friends who had turned on her"
],
"first_known_use":{
"12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, literally, at times, from Old English hw\u012blum , dative plural of hw\u012bl time, while":"Adverb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8(h)w\u012b-l\u0259m"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"erstwhile",
"former",
"late",
"old",
"once",
"onetime",
"other",
"past",
"quondam",
"sometime"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162926",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"whilst":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": while":[
"I am writing up this part of the diary whilst I am waiting for the coach \u2026",
"\u2014 Bram Stoker",
"\u2026 wisely decided to hold my peace, whilst Cynthia exhausted every possible hypothesis \u2026",
"\u2014 Agatha Christie",
"\u2026 the chief difference between the \"employed\" and \"self-employed\" categories being that the former may enjoy unemployment benefit whilst the latter may not.",
"\u2014 Harry Calvert"
]
},
"examples":[
"I like to get my knitting done whilst watching the telly.",
"whilst a good worker, he's not a very good manager"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English whilest , alteration of whiles":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8(h)w\u012b(-\u0259)lst"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"as",
"so long as",
"when",
"while"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100126",
"type":[
"conjunction"
]
},
"whim":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy":[
"quit his job on a whim"
],
": a large capstan that is made with one or more radiating arms to which a horse may be yoked and that is used in mines for raising ore or water":[]
},
"examples":[
"It's hard to predict voters' whims .",
"on a whim , we stopped at the roadside stand to get ice cream",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"No one signs a multi-million dollar Salesforce contract on a whim . \u2014 Prince Ghuman, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"On a whim , Puck replaced the bread with pizza dough and one of his signature dishes was born. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 6 June 2022",
"After all, save for Wong and the sorcerers, the other Avengers can\u2019t travel anywhere on a whim . \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 9 May 2022",
"Its roots in the Constitution give the concept of stare decisis greater weight such that precedent can\u2019t be trimmed or narrowed simply because a judge might want to on a whim . \u2014 Michael Tomasky, The New Republic , 3 May 2022",
"Thankfully, the Steam version offers online multiplayer for those who can't just gather 11 friends in their house on a whim . \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 29 Apr. 2022",
"For starters, Russia's gas fields won't stop pumping gas just because a pipeline is closed, because scaling down operations on a whim is too costly. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Inside, the atmosphere is hushed and discreet, with the assurance that intuitive service attends your every whim . \u2014 Claire Messud, Travel + Leisure , 23 Apr. 2022",
"The most lavish suites on cruise ships fuse the best cutting-edge technology with the timeless luxury of 24-hour butler service, catering to your every whim . \u2014 Zachary Laks, CNN , 19 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1686, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"short for whim-wham":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8hwim",
"\u02c8wim",
"\u02c8(h)wim"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for whim caprice , whim , vagary , crotchet mean an irrational or unpredictable idea or desire. caprice stresses lack of apparent motivation and suggests willfulness. by sheer caprice she quit her job whim implies a fantastic, capricious turn of mind or inclination. an odd antique that was bought on a whim vagary stresses the erratic, irresponsible character of the notion or desire. he had been prone to strange vagaries crotchet implies an eccentric opinion or preference. a serious scientist equally known for his bizarre crotchets",
"synonyms":[
"bee",
"caprice",
"crank",
"fancy",
"freak",
"humor",
"kink",
"maggot",
"megrim",
"notion",
"vagary",
"vagrancy",
"whimsy",
"whimsey"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081255",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"whim gin":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": whim sense 3a":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104913",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"whim-wham":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a whimsical object or device especially of ornament or dress":[],
": fancy , whim":[],
": jitters":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1500, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8(h)wim-\u02cc(h)wam"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135243",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"whimbrel":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a curlew ( Numenius phaeopus ) chiefly of the northern coastal regions of North America and Eurasia":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The migratory path of a whimbrel may extend from nesting areas in the Arctic to wintering grounds as far south as Bolivia. \u2014 CBS News , 9 Sep. 2021",
"In Hampshire County, notable sightings at the Oxbow Marina included a black-bellied plover, a ruddy turnstone, a whimbrel , and a laughing gull. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 Aug. 2021",
"From Georges Island in Boston Harbor, sightings included flyby eight great shearwaters, a Cory\u2019s shearwater, 16 Wilson\u2019s storm-petrels, a whimbrel , a Forster\u2019s tern, 12 roseate terns, and two cliff swallows. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 Aug. 2021",
"One year after trapping the visiting whimbrel , Winn was waiting on Ahanu again. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 Sep. 2019",
"Last week, 10 white-rumped sandpipers, two pectoral sandpipers, two whimbrels , two glossy ibises, and four field sparrows were also spotted. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 11 Aug. 2019",
"In addition to the Avocet and buff-breasted sandpiper, there were reports of three American golden-plovers, two whimbrels , a Hudsonian godwit, a marbled godwit, and two red knots. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 Sep. 2019",
"There were three whimbrels and a western sandpiper among many other shorebirds. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 19 Aug. 2019",
"Birds at Race Point in Provincetown included 20 piping plovers, 2 whimbrels , 18 Wilson\u2019s storm-petrels, 90 Cory\u2019s shearwaters, and 4 Manx shearwaters. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 30 July 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1531, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8(h)wim-br\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191541",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"whimper":{
"antonyms":[
"beef",
"bitch",
"bleat",
"carp",
"complaint",
"fuss",
"grievance",
"gripe",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"grumble",
"holler",
"kvetch",
"lament",
"miserere",
"moan",
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"Verb",
"I could hear the puppy whimpering .",
"She whimpered about having to get up early.",
"\u201cWhere are you going",
"Noun",
"I could hear the puppy's whimpers .",
"patiently posed for dozens of photographs without so much as a whimper",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Teddy\u2019s response is to whimper ; there\u2019s no flinching or cowering. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 25 Apr. 2020",
"There\u2019s a long alfresco sequence of a crowded lunch, groaning with good food and gossip, that will cause most moviegoers to whimper with envy and yearning. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 26 Nov. 2021",
"Whenever the chair would hit a small bump, Mom would whimper in pain. \u2014 Scott Bengston, Star Tribune , 3 Aug. 2020",
"This game started like many Yates games start - the opponent shows spunk before hope of quieting the Lions and this streak goes from plentiful to whimpering . \u2014 Adam Coleman, Houston Chronicle , 2 Mar. 2020",
"Chuck cried and whimpered and suddenly slipped out of his collar. \u2014 Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press , 30 Mar. 2020",
"In August, the small canine was found whimpering in the yard of a home in Wandiligong, a city in Australia\u2019s state of Victoria, according to CNN. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 4 Nov. 2019",
"By 1965, a few juveniles were rolling on their backs and whimpering for attention, just like puppies. \u2014 Popular Science , 10 Feb. 2020",
"To feel your heart breaking at the sight of a tiny gray-faced boy whimpering in front of a door\u2014what does this do but secrete a little more misery into the atmosphere",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Unfortunately for the Celtics, Pritchard went out with a whimper following a strong start to the postseason. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
"But one thing is clear: The senator\u2019s big play for attention is ending with a whimper , not a bang. \u2014 Joseph Thorndike, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Betts closed out a historic May that included 12 home runs and 10 doubles \u2014 the 22 extra-base hits are a Dodgers record \u2014 with a whimper . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
"With a whimper : The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday again rejected a state legislative map submitted by Republicans on the Ohio Redistricting Commission, Jeremy Pelzer and Andrew Tobias write. \u2014 Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland , 26 May 2022",
"He could get distracted by other projects and leave with a whimper , similar to his departure from the Endeavor Holdings board last year. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 5 Apr. 2022",
"With Jimmy Butler and Tyler Herro sidelined, and Morris missing an 11th consecutive game due to the whiplash sustained in that Denver dustup, the Heat ultimately went down with another whimper , this time 120-111 at FTX Arena. \u2014 Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com , 30 Nov. 2021",
"That Monday night, there was no bang, but certainly no whimper . \u2014 Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com , 6 Oct. 2021",
"Experts have long predicted that the pandemic will end with a whimper , not a bang. \u2014 Jamie Ducharme, Time , 12 Aug. 2021"
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"1513, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
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"\u02c8hwim-p\u0259r",
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"\u02c8(h)wim-p\u0259r"
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"The designer's new line showed a touch of whimsy .",
"a bit of decorative whimsy",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The suites are sun-filled, decorated with local and found objects that are sometimes quirky, something that adds whimsy to the contemporary decor. \u2014 Jeanine Barone, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"Poppy & Stella A charming pair of butterflies add delightful whimsy to your daily look in a gold and faux pearl. \u2014 Karen Jackson, Baltimore Sun , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Featuring Cuban mahogany and rich marbles, the public areas of the hotel are sophisticated, with just the right amount of whimsy . \u2014 Erica Wertheim Zohar, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Sara Story Design adds a touch of whimsy to the family room of this Manhattan apartment by accenting the lacquered cobalt walls with playful pops of pink. \u2014 Kristin Tablang, House Beautiful , 1 June 2022",
"The polka dot pattern adds a touch of whimsy to eight different color options, or go with a classic black or white. \u2014 Rena Behar, Travel + Leisure , 5 May 2022",
"The sense of whimsy continued as revelers sat down for dinner. \u2014 Ian Malone, Vogue , 4 May 2022",
"In her scripts, Oseman is able to capture the sense of whimsy and earnestness that made her graphic novels, which began as a webcomic, so popular and heartwarming. \u2014 Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY , 1 May 2022",
"Reviewers love the slender steel hairpin legs, which add a touch of whimsy and fun. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 28 Apr. 2022"
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"You can practically taste the tropics in these whimsical doughnuts. Ripe bananas, toasted coconut and your favorite rum transform traditional doughnuts into paradisiacal ones. \u2014 Janice Wald Henderson , Chocolatier , March 2001",
"Unlike the broad slapstick humor of Musical Mose and other early Herriman strips, Krazy Kat was gentle, fey, and whimsical . \u2014 Jeet Heer , Lingua Franca , September 2001",
"In the whimsical linguistics of theoretical physics, the \"naked\" electron is an imaginary object cut off from the influences of the field, whereas a \"dressed\" electron carries the imprint of the universe, but it is all buried in extremely tiny modifications to its bare properties. \u2014 Leon Lederman et al. , The God Particle , 1993",
"She has a whimsical sense of humor.",
"it's hard to make plans with such a whimsical best friend",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The trendy, embellished accessories come in all shapes and sizes with patterns and designs that are undeniably whimsical and quirky. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 28 June 2022",
"Their puffy sleeves and flouncy skirts are whimsical and a little flirtatious at their best; pure wedding guest material. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 6 May 2022",
"Over the decades the dispute between Canada and Demark has been fought in often whimsical ways. \u2014 Ian Austen, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"Over the decades the dispute between Canada and Demark has been fought in often whimsical ways. \u2014 Ian Austen, New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"One of the more whimsical came from the San Diego band Rosa Rosa. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 May 2022",
"And there were always two ways to go, which was more slicked back and out of the face or down and more whimsical . \u2014 Katie Intner, Harper's BAZAAR , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The most whimsical dish on the menu may be a traditional West African peanut soup topped with a dollop of coconut cr\u00e8me fraiche, cola brittle and cracklin\u2019 cornbread. \u2014 Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Gregory Jacobs, a rapper and producer known as Shock G who blended whimsical wordplay with reverence for \u201970s funk as leader of the off-kilter Bay Area hip-hop group Digital Underground, was found dead April 22 at a hotel in Tampa. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Apr. 2021"
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"The designer's new line showed a touch of whimsy .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The suites are sun-filled, decorated with local and found objects that are sometimes quirky, something that adds whimsy to the contemporary decor. \u2014 Jeanine Barone, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"Poppy & Stella A charming pair of butterflies add delightful whimsy to your daily look in a gold and faux pearl. \u2014 Karen Jackson, Baltimore Sun , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Featuring Cuban mahogany and rich marbles, the public areas of the hotel are sophisticated, with just the right amount of whimsy . \u2014 Erica Wertheim Zohar, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Sara Story Design adds a touch of whimsy to the family room of this Manhattan apartment by accenting the lacquered cobalt walls with playful pops of pink. \u2014 Kristin Tablang, House Beautiful , 1 June 2022",
"The polka dot pattern adds a touch of whimsy to eight different color options, or go with a classic black or white. \u2014 Rena Behar, Travel + Leisure , 5 May 2022",
"The sense of whimsy continued as revelers sat down for dinner. \u2014 Ian Malone, Vogue , 4 May 2022",
"In her scripts, Oseman is able to capture the sense of whimsy and earnestness that made her graphic novels, which began as a webcomic, so popular and heartwarming. \u2014 Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY , 1 May 2022",
"Reviewers love the slender steel hairpin legs, which add a touch of whimsy and fun. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 28 Apr. 2022"
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"gremlins are \u2026 supposed to cause trouble such as engine failure in airplanes, a curious piece of whimsy-whamsy",
"\u2014 Henry Alexander",
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"\u2014 Sarah Campion"
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"\u2014 Berton Rouech\u00e9"
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"He's always whining about the weather.",
"Quit whining and finish your dinner.",
"\u201cI want to leave now,\u201d she whined .",
"The workers were whining that the office was too cold.",
"The dog was whining because it wanted to go out.",
"The electric saw whined as it cut through the wood.",
"Noun",
"the whine of a jet engine",
"the perennial whine that movies aren't as good as they used to be",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Sloane is left to listen to Ben whine about how daddy doesn't appreciate him enough. \u2014 Maggie Fremont, EW.com , 22 June 2022",
"Find a scenario that perhaps indicts Amazon, or one of its third-party sellers, and write an op-ed for editorialists all too eager to whine about what made one of the world\u2019s richest men one of the world\u2019s richest men. \u2014 John Tamny, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"If any of them would whine or cry or bark the moose would trample them. \u2014 Blair Braverman, Outside Online , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Turning these pages is like watching an old man dust his Hummel figurines and whine about the neighbors. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Feb. 2022",
"While runners regularly take themselves past their comfort zone in training, everyone seems to whine about how uncomfortable heat makes them. \u2014 Allie Burdick, Outside Online , 13 July 2020",
"That's what these -- Democrats whine too much, Chuck. \u2014 NBC News , 16 Jan. 2022",
"That\u2019s why some forward-thinking oil companies have warmed to biofuels, as the editorial board acknowledges, while unprofitable refineries whine because biofuels take away market share. \u2014 WSJ , 22 Dec. 2021",
"Democratic moderates whine about wanting to pass the infrastructure bill right away and put off the health, education and childcare package for later. \u2014 Paul Begala, CNN , 12 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"On my evening runs, the mechanical whine of the cicadas would reach a crescendo that drowned out all other sounds, then cease abruptly, plunging the purple air into a silence broken only by my own footfall and the sea murmuring to itself below. \u2014 Maria Shollenbarger, Travel + Leisure , 20 June 2022",
"Air raid siren here in Odesa, a long, steady whine . \u2014 Steve Harrigan, Fox News , 19 June 2022",
"The Rock Island line is so close to Hero Street the clang of railroad crossings, whine of braking trains and metal groan of shuffling cars is a constant song on replay, all day and all night. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune , 30 May 2022",
"There are jets pulling 10Gs, the metal sound of cockpit sticks pulled in gear, epic dogfights and the whine of machinery balking at the demands put on it. \u2014 Mark Kennedy, Chron , 12 May 2022",
"The torpid silence was punctuated by the slow whine of air-raid sirens\u2014and by crows. \u2014 Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
"The fake shift integration helped with the continuous whine that normal CVTs exude, but don\u2019t be fooled. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 16 Apr. 2022",
"The heavy, sweaty air stirs and an otherworldly organ whine rises above the audience roar. \u2014 Karen Schoemer, SPIN , 1 May 2022",
"With the press of a green button, Sam Bruneau\u2019s snowmobile sprung silently to life and took off at a low whine . \u2014 Tik Root, Anchorage Daily News , 20 Feb. 2022"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1633, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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"\u02c8hw\u012bn",
"\u02c8w\u012bn",
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"Verb",
"He's always whining about the weather.",
"Quit whining and finish your dinner.",
"\u201cI want to leave now,\u201d she whined .",
"The workers were whining that the office was too cold.",
"The dog was whining because it wanted to go out.",
"The electric saw whined as it cut through the wood.",
"Noun",
"the whine of a jet engine",
"the perennial whine that movies aren't as good as they used to be",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Sloane is left to listen to Ben whine about how daddy doesn't appreciate him enough. \u2014 Maggie Fremont, EW.com , 22 June 2022",
"Find a scenario that perhaps indicts Amazon, or one of its third-party sellers, and write an op-ed for editorialists all too eager to whine about what made one of the world\u2019s richest men one of the world\u2019s richest men. \u2014 John Tamny, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"If any of them would whine or cry or bark the moose would trample them. \u2014 Blair Braverman, Outside Online , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Turning these pages is like watching an old man dust his Hummel figurines and whine about the neighbors. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Feb. 2022",
"While runners regularly take themselves past their comfort zone in training, everyone seems to whine about how uncomfortable heat makes them. \u2014 Allie Burdick, Outside Online , 13 July 2020",
"That's what these -- Democrats whine too much, Chuck. \u2014 NBC News , 16 Jan. 2022",
"That\u2019s why some forward-thinking oil companies have warmed to biofuels, as the editorial board acknowledges, while unprofitable refineries whine because biofuels take away market share. \u2014 WSJ , 22 Dec. 2021",
"Democratic moderates whine about wanting to pass the infrastructure bill right away and put off the health, education and childcare package for later. \u2014 Paul Begala, CNN , 12 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"On my evening runs, the mechanical whine of the cicadas would reach a crescendo that drowned out all other sounds, then cease abruptly, plunging the purple air into a silence broken only by my own footfall and the sea murmuring to itself below. \u2014 Maria Shollenbarger, Travel + Leisure , 20 June 2022",
"Air raid siren here in Odesa, a long, steady whine . \u2014 Steve Harrigan, Fox News , 19 June 2022",
"The Rock Island line is so close to Hero Street the clang of railroad crossings, whine of braking trains and metal groan of shuffling cars is a constant song on replay, all day and all night. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune , 30 May 2022",
"There are jets pulling 10Gs, the metal sound of cockpit sticks pulled in gear, epic dogfights and the whine of machinery balking at the demands put on it. \u2014 Mark Kennedy, Chron , 12 May 2022",
"The torpid silence was punctuated by the slow whine of air-raid sirens\u2014and by crows. \u2014 Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
"The fake shift integration helped with the continuous whine that normal CVTs exude, but don\u2019t be fooled. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 16 Apr. 2022",
"The heavy, sweaty air stirs and an otherworldly organ whine rises above the audience roar. \u2014 Karen Schoemer, SPIN , 1 May 2022",
"With the press of a green button, Sam Bruneau\u2019s snowmobile sprung silently to life and took off at a low whine . \u2014 Tik Root, Anchorage Daily News , 20 Feb. 2022"
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},
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"Quit whinging and get on with the job.",
"People were whinging about the lack of service.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Toddlers scream, children whinge and teenagers complain. \u2014 Emma Baty, Redbook , 23 May 2017",
"Toddlers scream, children whinge and teenagers complain. \u2014 Emma Baty, Redbook , 23 May 2017",
"Toddlers scream, children whinge and teenagers complain. \u2014 Emma Baty, Redbook , 23 May 2017"
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"Verb",
"The jockey whipped his horse.",
"The riders were getting whipped around on the roller coaster.",
"He suddenly whipped out a gun.",
"He whipped off his jacket.",
"The flag was whipping in the strong wind.",
"A small branch whipped back and hit him.",
"The wind whipped the ship's sails.",
"The shortstop whipped the ball to first base.",
"The winger whipped a pass toward the net.",
"Noun",
"The rider cracked his whip and the horse began to run.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"So, whip out the sparkles, festive desserts, and all things red, white and blue and post away! \u2014 Maggie Horton, Country Living , 27 June 2022",
"Rather than haul a mess by carrying serviettes or serving ware to the beach with you, whip up a big batch of these handy wraps and wrap them in foil to be tucked into your tote or cooler of choice. \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 6 June 2022",
"The lights definitely give off an elegant and romantic vibe, so whip them out on date night, or for drinks with good friends. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 31 May 2022",
"On April 16, chef Gaggan Anand is leading the charge, and on the final day of weekend one, chef Burt Bakman of Slab and chef Eric Greenspan will whip up meals for guests. \u2014 Andrea Navarro, Glamour , 15 Apr. 2022",
"And even as consumer confidence has dropped, as people worry about rising food and fuel prices, households have largely continued to whip out their wallets. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 2 June 2022",
"Hey, no, probably not a good idea to whip the chainsaw out in this circumstance. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 26 May 2022",
"Lay out on the grass and whip out your best strategies for this chess gathering. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Beat the cream at medium-high speed until soft peaks form, taking care not to over- whip it. \u2014 Sally Pasley Vargas, BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Bianco, for example, also accused Manson of beating her with a Nazi whip . \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 8 June 2022",
"Bianco claimed in her lawsuit that Warner raped her, held her captive, and beat her with a whip , among other charges. \u2014 Kory Grow, Rolling Stone , 25 May 2022",
"After the boy hits the front door with the whip the second time, Nash opens the door to confront the child. \u2014 David Dekunder, San Antonio Express-News , 16 May 2022",
"Breen wasn\u2019t bad at snapping the tops off flowers with a whip , but Rosie stole the show. \u2014 David Hill, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
"As majority whip , Branch worked behind the scenes to make sure Democrats passed key bills and overrode gubernatorial vetoes. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Smart as a whip unites the older and newer meanings. \u2014 Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Shooting on film before a studio audience, using multiple cameras, Arnaz rewrote the technological rules of TV, and the show became part of the cultural DNA with its sharp-as-a- whip slapstick and banter. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 Jan. 2022",
"Once performers are self-deprecating, as is the case here with the likes of the whip -smart E.J. Cameron, the audience easily takes that cue. \u2014 Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune , 9 June 2022"
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"unquestionably the company has the whip hand in negotiations with the labor union",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hence, despite Twitter's poison pill and a staggered board, Musk always had the whip hand . \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Amazon has been using the cameras to monitor social distancing between workers during the pandemic \u2014 just one of the ways in which computers hold the whip hand in this workplace. \u2014 Sarah O'connor, Ars Technica , 19 Mar. 2022",
"In a chilling report released a few weeks ago about Hollywood\u2019s subordinate relationship to Beijing, PEN America described the forces that have given China the whip hand . \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 9 Sep. 2020",
"The president will be held responsible for whatever happens, so House Democrats have the whip hand in any negotiation. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, TheWeek , 17 Mar. 2020",
"In fact, from the start the EU saw itself as holding whip hand in the talks, convinced that a failure, while bad for both sides, would be worse for the Brits. \u2014 Laurence Norman, WSJ , 14 Dec. 2018"
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"Verb",
"The jockey whipped his horse.",
"The riders were getting whipped around on the roller coaster.",
"He suddenly whipped out a gun.",
"He whipped off his jacket.",
"The flag was whipping in the strong wind.",
"A small branch whipped back and hit him.",
"The wind whipped the ship's sails.",
"The shortstop whipped the ball to first base.",
"The winger whipped a pass toward the net.",
"Noun",
"The rider cracked his whip and the horse began to run.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"So, whip out the sparkles, festive desserts, and all things red, white and blue and post away! \u2014 Maggie Horton, Country Living , 27 June 2022",
"Rather than haul a mess by carrying serviettes or serving ware to the beach with you, whip up a big batch of these handy wraps and wrap them in foil to be tucked into your tote or cooler of choice. \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 6 June 2022",
"The lights definitely give off an elegant and romantic vibe, so whip them out on date night, or for drinks with good friends. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 31 May 2022",
"On April 16, chef Gaggan Anand is leading the charge, and on the final day of weekend one, chef Burt Bakman of Slab and chef Eric Greenspan will whip up meals for guests. \u2014 Andrea Navarro, Glamour , 15 Apr. 2022",
"And even as consumer confidence has dropped, as people worry about rising food and fuel prices, households have largely continued to whip out their wallets. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 2 June 2022",
"Hey, no, probably not a good idea to whip the chainsaw out in this circumstance. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 26 May 2022",
"Lay out on the grass and whip out your best strategies for this chess gathering. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Beat the cream at medium-high speed until soft peaks form, taking care not to over- whip it. \u2014 Sally Pasley Vargas, BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Bianco, for example, also accused Manson of beating her with a Nazi whip . \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 8 June 2022",
"Bianco claimed in her lawsuit that Warner raped her, held her captive, and beat her with a whip , among other charges. \u2014 Kory Grow, Rolling Stone , 25 May 2022",
"After the boy hits the front door with the whip the second time, Nash opens the door to confront the child. \u2014 David Dekunder, San Antonio Express-News , 16 May 2022",
"Breen wasn\u2019t bad at snapping the tops off flowers with a whip , but Rosie stole the show. \u2014 David Hill, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
"As majority whip , Branch worked behind the scenes to make sure Democrats passed key bills and overrode gubernatorial vetoes. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Smart as a whip unites the older and newer meanings. \u2014 Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Shooting on film before a studio audience, using multiple cameras, Arnaz rewrote the technological rules of TV, and the show became part of the cultural DNA with its sharp-as-a- whip slapstick and banter. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 Jan. 2022",
"Once performers are self-deprecating, as is the case here with the likes of the whip -smart E.J. Cameron, the audience easily takes that cue. \u2014 Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune , 9 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The makeup artist turned beauty-brand entrepreneur is an undeniable legend \u2014 a luminary in a way that a teen TikTok whippersnapper could only hope to be. \u2014 Marci Robin, Allure , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Far from a whippersnapper , Flack\u2014a pioneering photorealist painter, sculptor of monumental bronze, and an artist who has works in museum collections ranging from MoMA to the National Gallery of Australia\u2014still sees no end to her creativity. \u2014 Samantha Baskind, Smithsonian Magazine , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Now 90 years old, the renowned photorealist shows no sign of slowing down Audrey Flack laughs when remembering that painter Alice Neel called her a whippersnapper in the 1970s. \u2014 Samantha Baskind, Smithsonian Magazine , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Help impart some old-school championship lessons on his young whippersnapper teammates. \u2014 Evan Grant, Dallas News , 25 Mar. 2021",
"The space is now occupied by the flagship of Hackett, a company that is a relative whippersnapper at 37 years old. \u2014 David Segal, New York Times , 15 Nov. 2020",
"Now stop being such an ungrateful whippersnapper , and call your grandma. \u2014 Courtney Shea, refinery29.com , 26 Mar. 2020",
"From its inception up until 2014 or 2015, the Ars virtual office was plain-jane IRC\u2014that's Internet Relay Chat for you whippersnappers . \u2014 Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica , 28 Jan. 2020",
"Even then, millennials will be protecting scraps left behind by boomers from a new generation of young whippersnappers looking for a fair share of the 2040 American pie. Stuart Gray St. Augustine, Fla. \u2014 WSJ , 24 Jan. 2020"
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"suffered a whipping that took them out of competition",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Animal-welfare activists, who opposed the whipping of horses, favored bicycles. \u2014 The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"Philadelphia police have released video of a violent carjacking that shows a suspect pistol- whipping and robbing a taxi driver. \u2014 Fox News , 27 Mar. 2022",
"That was perhaps the silver lining for the Blue Jays, who had to sit and mull over the indignity of a 22-7 whipping \u2014 their most lopsided setback in history \u2014 by archrival Maryland on April 23. \u2014 Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun , 5 May 2022",
"Drinking is prohibited under Iran's Islamic law, and its consumption can be punishable by public whipping , which is rarely carried out. \u2014 Hadas Gold, CNN , 4 May 2022",
"Included in that stretch was a 19-of-44 night in Wednesday\u2019s 133-96 whipping of Portland, in which the Spurs came one made 3-pointer shy of equaling another franchise mark. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The Blazers brought a short-handed crew into the AT&T Center on Friday night and dutifully took their 130-111 whipping at the hands of the Spurs. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The chief of staff is taking a whipping this week in the press. \u2014 Daniel Strauss, The New Republic , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Now, that topic will be even more in the spotlight after the Spartans clinched their third straight Super 7 berth with a 47-17 whipping of Fairview at home Friday night. \u2014 Caleb Turrentine, al , 26 Nov. 2021"
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"used the government's economic policies as the whipping boy for every bad decision the company made",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Paymer is an asset, playing with effortless conviction the eternal whipping boy who has a core of real strength. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The polar vortex \u2013 everyone's favorite wintertime whipping boy \u2013 is actually a gigantic, circular area of cold air high up in the atmosphere that typically spins over the North Pole (as its name suggests). \u2014 Doyle Rice, USA TODAY , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Hollywood has long used the US business mogul as the whipping boy to illustrate society\u2019s ills. \u2014 Adario Strange, Quartz , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Like any zombie-to-be, Tom seeks out the next human to turn, and that\u2019s his favorite confidante/ whipping boy Greg. \u2014 Scott Tobias, Vulture , 20 Dec. 2021",
"The polar vortex \u2013 everyone's favorite wintertime whipping boy \u2013 is a large area of cold air high up in the atmosphere that normally spins over the North Pole (as its name suggests). \u2014 Doyle Rice, USA TODAY , 19 Feb. 2020",
"PSV Eindhoven are their unfortunate whipping boys , while Leverkusen are winless in four Champions League games against Atl\u00e9tico (W0 D1 L3) since beating them 1-0 in February 2015 in their first meeting. \u2014 SI.com , 6 Nov. 2019",
"Cousins has gone from whipping boy to top-level performer, throwing 18 touchdown passes and only one interception in the last seven games while leading his team to six wins in that stretch. \u2014 Mike Jones, USA TODAY , 19 Nov. 2019",
"Eight plus one = nine, and therefore Brighton will inherently become Chelsea's whipping boys . \u2014 SI.com , 28 Sep. 2019"
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": a post to which offenders are tied to be legally whipped":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Forty-eight years after formally ridding whipping from its laws as a criminal punishment, the state of Delaware will be removing a public whipping post on Wednesday. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 1 July 2020",
"This is the last Delaware whipping post to be removed. \u2014 Allen Kim And Sheena Jones, CNN , 1 July 2020",
"In her 90s, Hollingsworth's recollection of Delaware's relationship with the whipping post began in the 1930s. \u2014 Xerxes Wilson, USA TODAY , 30 June 2020",
"An 8-foot tall whipping post was removed from a Delaware county courthouse square Wednesday after activists said the post was a reminder of racial discrimination. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 July 2020",
"The whipping post was originally located on the grounds of the Sussex Correctional Institution south of Georgetown, according to a news release. \u2014 Allen Kim And Sheena Jones, CNN , 1 July 2020",
"The last to abolish state whippings:Delaware to remove public whipping post Wednesday Follow reporter Meghan Mangrum on Twitter @memangrum. \u2014 Meghan Mangrum, USA TODAY , 30 June 2020",
"But Blacks weren\u2019t part of the design process, and the memorial\u2019s central visual takeaway \u2014 a Black man with broken shackles kneeling before his white savior, with a whipping post and chains in the background \u2014 has had people cringing for years. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 June 2020",
"The monument is believed to be located where a slave whipping post once stood, and removing it is a small step in the right direction, Portsmouth activist and organizer Rocky Hines said. \u2014 Sarah Rankin David Crary, The Christian Science Monitor , 12 June 2020"
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"the whippy branches of a weeping willow",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And the rifle runs well from the shoulder, though the fluted 22-inch barrel gave it a slightly whippy feel during our off-hand drills. \u2014 John B. Snow, Outdoor Life , 6 Nov. 2020",
"Also of use: A whippy fastball that ranged up to 99 mph on Sunday. \u2014 Allie Morris, Dallas News , 3 Aug. 2020",
"For instance, some bacteria have flagella, or long, whippy tails rotated by motors. \u2014 Nicole Yunger Halpern, Scientific American , 18 Apr. 2020",
"Tennis analysts can see that Mr Federer\u2019s whippy forehand and Serena Williams\u2019 punchy backhand are unique, somehow, but struggle to explain why. \u2014 J.t., The Economist , 17 Aug. 2019",
"Sage tweaked the composite of its already whippy Konnetic rod technology to transfer energy more efficiently, for faster casting. \u2014 Outside Online , 15 May 2018",
"Animals that have a long whippy tail tend to have it for sensory purposes. \u2014 Katy Bergen, kansascity , 5 Feb. 2018",
"With a mix of slice and chips, lobs and bunts, whippy half-volleys and wristy crosscourt ground strokes off both wings, Hsieh pushed Kerber to the extremes and unsettled her rhythm. \u2014 John Pye, The Seattle Times , 21 Jan. 2018",
"The result is the most whippy swing through a baseball since Jose Canseco. \u2014 Tom Verducci, SI.com , 5 July 2017"
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"At around 80 mph, though, noise from the motors can whir its way into the cabin. \u2014 Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver , 21 June 2022",
"Allow to freeze until solid, then whir the cubes in a blender. \u2014 Outside Online , 22 Aug. 2018",
"Both sound documents manage to simultaneously distort and heighten reality, some strains melting together in a dreamy gauze while others whir on loop in the brain\u2019s hamster wheel. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com , 3 Dec. 2021",
"Make ahead, so the flavors intensify, then quickly whir with an immersion blender to reincorporate everything before serving. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Aug. 2021",
"And there are two 3D printers that whir into action as students make attachments to use with protective masks. \u2014 Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com , 10 Aug. 2020",
"The officer provided the phone number of a nearby resident, telling the owner to call it the next time his motion-sensing security cameras whirred into action. \u2014 Richard Fausset, New York Times , 16 May 2020",
"Slightly bigger than a medium-sized dog, the six-wheeled robots whir around delivering snacks and meals throughout the day. \u2014 Brandi Addison, Dallas News , 7 May 2020",
"Neighbors came out to witness and capture the procession on their cellphones while helicopters, including a U.S. Customs & Border Patrol black hawk, whirred loudly overhead. \u2014 Mark Kurlyandchik, Detroit Free Press , 25 Apr. 2020",
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"But even in Sport mode, the active exhaust system's internal-combustion fireworks were tempered, the aggressive growl of the V-8 sounding distant under the accompaniment of an electronic whir played through the audio system. \u2014 Mike Sutton, Car and Driver , 17 May 2022",
"Around me, the quiet is broken only by the whir of the cable car engine and the trilling of birds. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
"The trade machine in his own head started to whir , calculations Bisciotti had learned from watching general manager Eric DeCosta, the architect of the strength-in-numbers strategy that has come to define Ravens drafts. \u2014 Jonas Shaffer, Baltimore Sun , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The office building was locked \u2014 just me and the janitors and the whir of the autoclave. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The whir of cars passing the homestead can be heard on the wraparound front porch. \u2014 Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News , 24 Apr. 2022",
"There\u2019s a thud and a clink and with a whir \u2014 really more of a purring sound \u2014 the floor of Steinmetz Hall springs into action. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Radiology and operating rooms whir with the beeps and blinks of monitors. \u2014 Lujain Jo, The Christian Science Monitor , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Some popular spots \u2014 including the vertiginous Angels Landing hiking trail and trek-able Virgin River Narrows \u2014 can be reached via free shuttle buses that whir through Zion Canyon each day, typically from March through November. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022"
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"The painting commemorates a Christian sacrament, but it is framed with Native dancers and an Indigenous sport where men suspended on ropes from their ankles or waists whirl around a tall wooden post \u2014 sort of an extreme maypole. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
"Expert shaobing bakers whirl and slap the dough so thin that the finished product has 18 or more layers. \u2014 Jen Rose Smith, CNN , 4 May 2022",
"The scarves started to twist and to whirl , the mood shifting from regret at what had been snatched away to celebration of all that remained. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
"Then put it in a centrifuge and whirl it around in a radioactive tornado, until the lightest particles cluster towards the center. \u2014 Gregory Barber, Wired , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Arizona guard Dalen Terry lobbed up the basketball toward the rim and watched his 7-foot-1 teammate swoop in, grab it out of the air and dunk it, prompting Terry to whirl around and flash his teeth in a gleeful grin. \u2014 Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The peppers whirl around their heads until the astronauts catch them and tape them against a board to photograph. \u2014 Melanie Canales, Wired , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Cheap chandeliers light the joint, ceiling fans whirl overhead, and a red-fringed curtain surrounds the stage, where bands perform nightly. \u2014 Pam Leblanc, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 16 Dec. 2021",
"The footnotes and detours and bracketing devices whirl around an increasingly frayed through-line. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 20 Oct. 2021",
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"Perhaps \u2014 libel laws permitting \u2014 Campbell will one day tell us more about his subsequent life at the heart of the London literary whirl . \u2014 Michael Dirda, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
"An ode to cinema, a whirl of ideas, and playfulness in every take. \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 31 May 2022",
"That title suggests illuminating new material from a multiplicity of voices to clarify the whirl of controversy and conspiracy theories that have long surrounded Monroe\u2019s death in 1962. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 Apr. 2022",
"After Easter morning Mass, Francis boarded the white popemobile for a whirl through the square among the cheering ranks of the crowd. \u2014 Frances D'emilio, chicagotribune.com , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Right after the end of Mass, Francis got aboard the white popemobile for a whirl through the square to greet cheering well-wishers among the rank-and-file faithful. \u2014 NBC News , 17 Apr. 2022",
"After Easter morning Mass, Francis boarded the white popemobile for a whirl through the square among the cheering ranks of the crowd. \u2014 Frances D'emilio, Anchorage Daily News , 17 Apr. 2022",
"After Easter morning Mass, Francis boarded the white popemobile for a whirl through the square among the cheering ranks of the crowd. \u2014 Time , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Extreme dedication to social pursuits and the endless whirl of high society events demanded appropriate glitter for balls, masquerades, and dances held every night of the season. \u2014 Carol Woolton, Town & Country , 23 Mar. 2022"
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"The painting commemorates a Christian sacrament, but it is framed with Native dancers and an Indigenous sport where men suspended on ropes from their ankles or waists whirl around a tall wooden post \u2014 sort of an extreme maypole. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
"Expert shaobing bakers whirl and slap the dough so thin that the finished product has 18 or more layers. \u2014 Jen Rose Smith, CNN , 4 May 2022",
"The scarves started to twist and to whirl , the mood shifting from regret at what had been snatched away to celebration of all that remained. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
"Then put it in a centrifuge and whirl it around in a radioactive tornado, until the lightest particles cluster towards the center. \u2014 Gregory Barber, Wired , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Arizona guard Dalen Terry lobbed up the basketball toward the rim and watched his 7-foot-1 teammate swoop in, grab it out of the air and dunk it, prompting Terry to whirl around and flash his teeth in a gleeful grin. \u2014 Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The peppers whirl around their heads until the astronauts catch them and tape them against a board to photograph. \u2014 Melanie Canales, Wired , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Cheap chandeliers light the joint, ceiling fans whirl overhead, and a red-fringed curtain surrounds the stage, where bands perform nightly. \u2014 Pam Leblanc, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 16 Dec. 2021",
"The footnotes and detours and bracketing devices whirl around an increasingly frayed through-line. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 20 Oct. 2021",
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"Made with fresh cherry tomatoes and basil right out of the garden (or from your favorite farmer), the sauce requires only a quick whirl in a food processor or blender to come together. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 7 June 2022",
"But Odell offers anecdotes that underscore Anna\u2019s early affection for fashion, from her time working retail at Biba in London to a brief whirl as a model. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
"But behind the glitter and whirl , this once hot-and-heavy series now belongs to the wallflowers. \u2014 Katie Rife, Rolling Stone , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Perhaps \u2014 libel laws permitting \u2014 Campbell will one day tell us more about his subsequent life at the heart of the London literary whirl . \u2014 Michael Dirda, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
"An ode to cinema, a whirl of ideas, and playfulness in every take. \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 31 May 2022",
"That title suggests illuminating new material from a multiplicity of voices to clarify the whirl of controversy and conspiracy theories that have long surrounded Monroe\u2019s death in 1962. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 Apr. 2022",
"After Easter morning Mass, Francis boarded the white popemobile for a whirl through the square among the cheering ranks of the crowd. \u2014 Frances D'emilio, chicagotribune.com , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Right after the end of Mass, Francis got aboard the white popemobile for a whirl through the square to greet cheering well-wishers among the rank-and-file faithful. \u2014 NBC News , 17 Apr. 2022"
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"Previously, scientists spotted a similar whirlpool over Hawaii. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 20 June 2022",
"The water park has three slides (two tube slides and a body slide); the Waukesha WaterWorks water playground, which has its own children's slides and a dump bucket; and Night Fall Springs, an indoor/outdoor whirlpool . \u2014 Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 May 2022",
"The outdoor space features a lovely brick side patio and a resort-style backyard with an in-ground pool and whirlpool spa. \u2014 cleveland , 4 Mar. 2022",
"This upscale, family-friendly property boasts 115 bright and airy accommodations, as well as an oceanfront swimming pool, whirlpool , and separate children's pool. \u2014 Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure , 31 May 2022",
"In addition to the lazy river, the hotel's expansive sixth-floor Altitude Rooftop & Pool is home to an infinity pool and whirlpool lined with lounge chairs and cabanas. \u2014 Anna Mazurek, Chron , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Water features include zero-depth areas, flume and tunnel slides, a vortex whirlpool , competition pool, diving well and two 1-meter boards. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic , 26 May 2022",
"The Subaru Telescope on top of Mauna Kea recorded what appeared to be a flying whirlpool in the pre-dawn hours on Saturday, Live Science reports. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Earlier this week, a mysterious flying whirlpool was spotted over the Maunakea Observatories in Hawaii. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 22 Apr. 2022"
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"Go for The Works ($329): a mud bath with facial mask, mineral whirlpool bath , geo-steam room, blanket wrap and 30-minute massage. \u2014 Kathryn Romeyn, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Mar. 2022",
"The Renova Spa offers a sauna, whirlpool bath , and a variety of treatments. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 19 Jan. 2022",
"The Royal Suites are the epitome of opulence, with two king beds and an open-air terrace featuring a private grand whirlpool bath . \u2014 Lea Lane, Forbes , 31 Oct. 2021",
"Those needing to recuperate from over-indulgences in Napa Valley\u2019s more hifalutin offerings may wish to indulge in the Body Brew: a mineral whirlpool bath treatment with fresh hops, dry ale yeast, malt, barley, and a local beer on the side. \u2014 April Long, Town & Country , 24 May 2021",
"Going to a spa, gym, or another club to soak in a whirlpool bath is nothing short of a luxury. \u2014 Kelly Allen, House Beautiful , 30 Apr. 2021",
"The heavy cloth immobilized my limbs, the whirlpool baths churned pleasantly in the background, and, with no smartphone or other distractions, I was forced to succumb to the present. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Feb. 2020",
"And players threw both owner Jerry Hoffberger and personnel director Harry Dalton in the whirlpool bath , fully clothed. \u2014 Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com , 13 Sep. 2019",
"The temperature is right, like in a whirlpool bath or hot tub, and your muscles expand. \u2014 Dylan Jackson, miamiherald , 7 June 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The sprawling grounds of Bishop\u2019s Lodge provided a relaxing environment after the whirlwind tour that took us up Pikes Peak and down to Santa Fe in less than 12 hours. \u2014 Karl Brauer, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, are off on a whirlwind tour of Canada in celebration of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 17 May 2022",
"Princess Anne is currently on a three-day whirlwind tour of Australia in honor of her mother the Queen's 70th year on the throne. \u2014 Erin Hill, PEOPLE.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
"This new look comes weeks after Union wore two sleek suits during a whirlwind press tour in NYC. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 3 Apr. 2022",
"More:His latest stop on a whirlwind hockey tour is Milwaukee. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio has been on a whirlwind tour to find more gas suppliers. \u2014 Matthew Dalton, WSJ , 25 Mar. 2022",
"After a whirlwind tour of their operation, with quick stops for tree climbing, rope swinging and trampolining, Alyssa and Will corral their guinea pigs to take them back inside. \u2014 Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Gomez's compelling memoir of embracing his gay, Latinx identity in a world that so often prizes neither takes the reader on a whirlwind tour from a Nicaraguan cockfighting ring to a drag queen convention in Los Angeles and far beyond. \u2014 Emma Specter, Vogue , 27 Jan. 2022",
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"The model has had a whirlwind 24 hours while promoting the launch of her new skincare line, Rhode. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 June 2022",
"And since the film\u2019s debut at Cannes last month (which earned it a 12-minute ovation), the pair, along with their cast, have been on a whirlwind promotional tour. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 16 June 2022",
"And so kicked off the family's whirlwind two-week trip in Ecuador. \u2014 Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure , 5 June 2022",
"Four years in which her fantasy of a whirlwind international romance never materialized. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 May 2022",
"Biden will spend much of Wednesday traveling from Washington to Brussels, ahead of a whirlwind day of diplomacy in the Belgian capital the next day. \u2014 Ben Gittleson, ABC News , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The two were, of course, involved in a whirlwind six-week relationship that by her account included about 15 days in each other\u2019s company. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Mar. 2022",
"In 2018, Davidson had a whirlwind five-month romance with pop star Ariana Grande. \u2014 Carrie Wittmer, Glamour , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Cousins recapped a whirlwind four-day period that began with a call and a tryout and ended with him signing and practicing within a day. \u2014 Jim Owczarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 21 Dec. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Also on the dessert side, the King Kong Sundae, with 24 scoops of ice cream covered in sprinkles, gummy bears, caramel sauce, hot fudge sauce and giant whirly pops, serves 12. \u2014 Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Creamy Wurlitzers, jangly pianos and whirly Mellotrons all become service to 14 safe, almost parodically \u201970s pieces that couch vignettes about the down-and-out and the unlucky in the shadow of Bowie, the Pointer Sisters and Steely Dan. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 May 2021",
"Other operators run whirly ball games in other cities. \u2014 Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 July 2018",
"The former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, who studied chemistry at Oxford, is said to have had a role in the invention of the white whirly ice cream cones. \u2014 Palko Karasz, New York Times , 1 Mar. 2018",
"Other operators run whirly ball games in other cities. \u2014 Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 July 2018",
"The former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, who studied chemistry at Oxford, is said to have had a role in the invention of the white whirly ice cream cones. \u2014 Palko Karasz, New York Times , 1 Mar. 2018",
"His search for his parents, presumed dead at the end of the first film, ignites the third subplot in which his best friend, Alice, equipped with a whirly gyroscopic time machine called a Chronosphere, tries to alter the past to change the future. \u2014 Stephen Holden, New York Times , 26 May 2016"
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"1914, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"from the sky a police whirlybird was able to track the fleeing carjacker",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The result is a whirlybird that\u2019s quieter than usual, but also potentially safer. \u2014 Rob Verger And Charlie Wood, Popular Science , 2 Dec. 2020",
"The result is a whirlybird that\u2019s quieter than usual, but also potentially safer. \u2014 Rob Verger And Charlie Wood, Popular Science , 2 Dec. 2020",
"The result is a whirlybird that\u2019s quieter than usual, but also potentially safer. \u2014 Rob Verger And Charlie Wood, Popular Science , 2 Dec. 2020",
"The result is a whirlybird that\u2019s quieter than usual, but also potentially safer. \u2014 Rob Verger And Charlie Wood, Popular Science , 2 Dec. 2020",
"The result is a whirlybird that\u2019s quieter than usual, but also potentially safer. \u2014 Rob Verger And Charlie Wood, Popular Science , 2 Dec. 2020",
"The result is a whirlybird that\u2019s quieter than usual, but also potentially safer. \u2014 Rob Verger And Charlie Wood, Popular Science , 2 Dec. 2020",
"The result is a whirlybird that\u2019s quieter than usual, but also potentially safer. \u2014 Rob Verger And Charlie Wood, Popular Science , 2 Dec. 2020",
"The result is a whirlybird that\u2019s quieter than usual, but also potentially safer. \u2014 Rob Verger And Charlie Wood, Popular Science , 2 Dec. 2020"
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"1951, in the meaning defined above":""
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"the hummingbird whirred as it hovered over a flower",
"our tires whirred as we traveled over the rough road",
"Noun",
"the whir of a fan",
"a whir coming from the refrigerator",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"At around 80 mph, though, noise from the motors can whir its way into the cabin. \u2014 Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver , 21 June 2022",
"Allow to freeze until solid, then whir the cubes in a blender. \u2014 Outside Online , 22 Aug. 2018",
"Both sound documents manage to simultaneously distort and heighten reality, some strains melting together in a dreamy gauze while others whir on loop in the brain\u2019s hamster wheel. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com , 3 Dec. 2021",
"Make ahead, so the flavors intensify, then quickly whir with an immersion blender to reincorporate everything before serving. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Aug. 2021",
"And there are two 3D printers that whir into action as students make attachments to use with protective masks. \u2014 Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com , 10 Aug. 2020",
"The officer provided the phone number of a nearby resident, telling the owner to call it the next time his motion-sensing security cameras whirred into action. \u2014 Richard Fausset, New York Times , 16 May 2020",
"Slightly bigger than a medium-sized dog, the six-wheeled robots whir around delivering snacks and meals throughout the day. \u2014 Brandi Addison, Dallas News , 7 May 2020",
"Neighbors came out to witness and capture the procession on their cellphones while helicopters, including a U.S. Customs & Border Patrol black hawk, whirred loudly overhead. \u2014 Mark Kurlyandchik, Detroit Free Press , 25 Apr. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But even in Sport mode, the active exhaust system's internal-combustion fireworks were tempered, the aggressive growl of the V-8 sounding distant under the accompaniment of an electronic whir played through the audio system. \u2014 Mike Sutton, Car and Driver , 17 May 2022",
"Around me, the quiet is broken only by the whir of the cable car engine and the trilling of birds. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
"The trade machine in his own head started to whir , calculations Bisciotti had learned from watching general manager Eric DeCosta, the architect of the strength-in-numbers strategy that has come to define Ravens drafts. \u2014 Jonas Shaffer, Baltimore Sun , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The office building was locked \u2014 just me and the janitors and the whir of the autoclave. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The whir of cars passing the homestead can be heard on the wraparound front porch. \u2014 Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News , 24 Apr. 2022",
"There\u2019s a thud and a clink and with a whir \u2014 really more of a purring sound \u2014 the floor of Steinmetz Hall springs into action. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Radiology and operating rooms whir with the beeps and blinks of monitors. \u2014 Lujain Jo, The Christian Science Monitor , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Some popular spots \u2014 including the vertiginous Angels Landing hiking trail and trek-able Virgin River Narrows \u2014 can be reached via free shuttle buses that whir through Zion Canyon each day, typically from March through November. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022"
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"\u02c8hw\u0259r",
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"\u02c8w\u0259r"
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"\u02c8hw\u0259rt\u1d4al also \u02c8w\u0259-"
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"\u2014 Natalie Cooper"
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"Verb",
"seemingly out of nowhere, a baseball whished past my head",
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"the whish of tires on wet pavement",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Sound: Couple of quick snorts, followed by a long, loud exhale: Whish, whish , pheeeewwwwwt! \u2014 Scott Bestul, Field & Stream , 22 Sep. 2020"
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"with a whisk of the broom, the dirt was gone",
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"Whisk the eggs with the cream until the mixture thickens.",
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"The waitress whisked my plate away before I was finished eating.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Add the egg and the beer to the dry ingredients and whisk until smooth and combined; the batter should be thicker than pancake batter, more like a thin cake batter. \u2014 Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 May 2022",
"Add sugar and whisk on low speed until sugar is dissolved. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Dec. 2021",
"Add whiskey, whipping cream, and powdered sugar to a mixing bowl and whisk until the mixture thickens. \u2014 Outside Online , 1 Apr. 2021",
"Remove from heat and whisk in the butter and vanilla. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Turn off the heat and whisk in the parsley, miso, lemon juice, pepper and the remaining 1/2 teaspoon of salt. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Jan. 2022",
"Colorful, contrasting millwork, on the other hand, is the swizzle that transforms interiors with a whisk of a paintbrush, say design pros. \u2014 Yelena Moroz Alpert, WSJ , 16 Mar. 2022",
"In a clean large bowl, using a clean whisk , beat the egg whites until medium peaks form. \u2014 Beth Segal, cleveland , 15 Jan. 2022",
"Using a whisk and stirring constantly slowly pour the milk into the mixture. \u2014 Dana Mcmahan, The Courier-Journal , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Make sure to whisk well again before using, since the oil will separate. \u2014 Reem Assil, Robb Report , 11 June 2022",
"Place all of the ingredients in a large bowl and whisk vigorously to combine. \u2014 Michael A. Gardiner, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"Place in a medium saucepan sugar, cornstarch, and salt, and egg yolks; whisk just to combine. \u2014 Kim Sun\u00e9e, Anchorage Daily News , 26 May 2022",
"Handling is pleasantly agile, and the software has been fine-tuned to whisk this portly EV around corners with astonishing agility. \u2014 Jens Meiners, Car and Driver , 24 May 2022",
"After coming into contact with water, the gel cleanse creates a foam to whisk away any debris and reveal a refreshed face. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022",
"Your best bet is to lightly whisk the whole egg in a small bowl until incorporated and then measure out half the amount. \u2014 Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon App\u00e9tit , 6 May 2022",
"Remove from heat and slowly whisk in the molasses, followed by the brown sugar and Yuzu juice, whisking well after each addition. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Add a big splash of cream to the remaining egg (about the same amount of cream as egg) and whisk together. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 17 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Seven-month-old Lucille Kachuk chortled as a woman tickled her feet with a small black whisk broom , while mother Danielle Bessette danced next to her stroller. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2022",
"Make this step easier by keeping a whisk broom and dust pan in an attractive basket near the fireplace. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Bushels of whisk brooms , made of straw and horsehair and boar hair, lie on shelves. \u2014 Annie Correal, New York Times , 1 Nov. 2019",
"The past two years they have been swept. James' toolbox probably included a whisk broom . \u2014 Bill Livingston, cleveland.com , 7 May 2018"
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": an outrigger extending on each side of the bowsprit to spread the jib and flying jib guys":[
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"\u02c8wi-",
"\u02c8hwi-sk\u0259r",
"\u02c8(h)wi-sk\u0259r"
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"He won the race by a whisker .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Even the old-fashioned The Lost City is a whisker away from $100 million in domestic box office, and that\u2019s not supposed to happen anymore, at least for a comedic romp that is neither a franchise nor a superhero movie. \u2014 Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 May 2022",
"Both at some point come within a whisker of catastrophe. \u2014 John Domini, Los Angeles Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Now, Evers did win the Wisconsin governorship in 2018 by a whisker because a statewide race is comparatively immune to gerrymandering. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Playing under 2020's ground rules, Trump came within a whisker 's hair of winning an Electoral College victory again \u2014 and probably would have if the COVID-19 pandemic had not dramatically altered the course of the campaign. \u2014 Joel Mathis, The Week , 7 June 2021",
"That coincided with a tumble in growth stocks, dragging the Nasdaq index to within a whisker of a bear market, down almost 20% from its November peak. \u2014 James Mackintosh, WSJ , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Cryptocurrencies, too, are rebounding, with Bitcoin up more than 4% to come within a whisker of $38,000. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 26 Jan. 2022",
"The new poll mirrors in several ways a survey commissioned by the AJC in September, which gave Reed a whisker of a lead over Moore that fell within the margin of error. \u2014 Wilborn P. Nobles Iii, ajc , 22 Oct. 2021",
"John Kerry would have gone the way of Michael Dukakis, if not Walter Mondale, rather than coming within a whisker in Ohio of winning the White House. \u2014 W. James Antle Iii, The Week , 14 July 2021"
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"singular of whiskers mustache, from whisk entry 2":""
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"with a whisk of the broom, the dirt was gone",
"Verb",
"Whisk the eggs with the cream until the mixture thickens.",
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"The waitress whisked my plate away before I was finished eating.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Add the egg and the beer to the dry ingredients and whisk until smooth and combined; the batter should be thicker than pancake batter, more like a thin cake batter. \u2014 Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 May 2022",
"Add sugar and whisk on low speed until sugar is dissolved. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Dec. 2021",
"Add whiskey, whipping cream, and powdered sugar to a mixing bowl and whisk until the mixture thickens. \u2014 Outside Online , 1 Apr. 2021",
"Remove from heat and whisk in the butter and vanilla. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Turn off the heat and whisk in the parsley, miso, lemon juice, pepper and the remaining 1/2 teaspoon of salt. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Jan. 2022",
"Colorful, contrasting millwork, on the other hand, is the swizzle that transforms interiors with a whisk of a paintbrush, say design pros. \u2014 Yelena Moroz Alpert, WSJ , 16 Mar. 2022",
"In a clean large bowl, using a clean whisk , beat the egg whites until medium peaks form. \u2014 Beth Segal, cleveland , 15 Jan. 2022",
"Using a whisk and stirring constantly slowly pour the milk into the mixture. \u2014 Dana Mcmahan, The Courier-Journal , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Make sure to whisk well again before using, since the oil will separate. \u2014 Reem Assil, Robb Report , 11 June 2022",
"Place all of the ingredients in a large bowl and whisk vigorously to combine. \u2014 Michael A. Gardiner, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"Place in a medium saucepan sugar, cornstarch, and salt, and egg yolks; whisk just to combine. \u2014 Kim Sun\u00e9e, Anchorage Daily News , 26 May 2022",
"Handling is pleasantly agile, and the software has been fine-tuned to whisk this portly EV around corners with astonishing agility. \u2014 Jens Meiners, Car and Driver , 24 May 2022",
"After coming into contact with water, the gel cleanse creates a foam to whisk away any debris and reveal a refreshed face. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022",
"Your best bet is to lightly whisk the whole egg in a small bowl until incorporated and then measure out half the amount. \u2014 Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon App\u00e9tit , 6 May 2022",
"Remove from heat and slowly whisk in the molasses, followed by the brown sugar and Yuzu juice, whisking well after each addition. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Add a big splash of cream to the remaining egg (about the same amount of cream as egg) and whisk together. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 17 May 2022"
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"alteration of obsolete whisky john , from Cree wiskatj\u00e2n":""
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"canard",
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"tale"
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": to speak softly with little or no vibration of the vocal cords especially to avoid being overheard":[],
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"Verb",
"He whispered in my ear.",
"She leaned over and whispered to the girl next to her.",
"I couldn't hear what they were saying because they were whispering .",
"She leaned over and whispered something to the girl next to her.",
"\u201cI'll be right back,\u201d she whispered .",
"A soft breeze whispered through the trees.",
"Noun",
"She spoke in a whisper .",
"the whisper of the wind",
"I've heard whispers that the company might go out of business.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"As an aside, some furtively whisper that this will be akin to the return of the Jedi. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"Stars like Kristen Stewart, Meghan Markle, and Storm Reid all chose pieces that whisper instead of scream. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 6 June 2022",
"Later, the witch doesn\u2019t need a wand, but has only to whisper an idea in the right ear. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 18 May 2022",
"My mother would make minor movements when people would whisper in her ear and chat with her. \u2014 Essence , 4 May 2022",
"Three prosecutors sat on the bench at trial, and a fourth often stood up from the first row of public seating to whisper into their ears. \u2014 Jolie Mccullough, San Antonio Express-News , 10 May 2022",
"Throughout her testimony, Depp wore sunglasses and appeared to be looking down \u2014 often leaning over to whisper something to his lawyer and occasionally chuckling. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 May 2022",
"By the way, did Mandy really whisper anything to Milo about what Rebecca was going to give Jack at their next anniversary",
"But the prospect of a looming leadership shuffle may be impossible to ignore, with Republicans excited about their chances of winning back the majority and many GOP lawmakers beginning to privately whisper about what that might look like. \u2014 Melanie Zanona, CNN , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"There was not one person whose power could not be in danger of being compromised if there was even a whisper of possible homosexuality activity. \u2014 Jillian Eugenios, NBC News , 2 June 2022",
"And, of course, there isn\u2019t even a whisper of gun sanity in those who ratchet Republican campaigns for governor and the U.S. Senate. \u2014 Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al , 26 May 2022",
"The trains, roomy and twice the length of regular subways, arrive with scarcely a whisper . \u2014 Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2022",
"Or when Reed Richards tells Wanda how Black Bolt (Anson Mount) can kill her with a whisper . \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 14 May 2022",
"The trains, roomy and twice the length of regular subways, arrive with scarcely a whisper . \u2014 New York Times , 14 May 2022",
"The seasonings were right, with a whisper of white pepper. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The mild salmon is combined with fresh ginger, scallions and soy sauce and served with an aioli heated with a whisper of wasabi powder. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022",
"There have been periods of activity, of possible breakthroughs that fizzled out, and long spells of silence with barely a whisper about the unknown little girl found dead in the desert. \u2014 Lane Sainty, USA TODAY , 16 Mar. 2022"
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"1595, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
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"Middle English, from Old English hwisperian ; akin to Old High German hwispal\u014dn to whisper, Old Norse hv\u012bsla \u2014 more at whistle":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8wi-",
"\u02c8(h)wi-sp\u0259r",
"\u02c8hwi-sp\u0259r"
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"bruit (about)",
"circulate",
"noise (about ",
"rumor"
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
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": the opening between the arytenoid cartilages as distinguished from that between the vocal cords proper \u2014 compare cord glottis":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a person considered to possess some extraordinary skill or talent in managing or dealing with something specified":[
"Meatballs with spaghetti, meatball sliders, meatballs in a casserole, or just meatballs on the plate with a salad, my boys love them all, going so far as to call me the meatball whisperer .",
"\u2014 Neely Myers"
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": a person who excels at calming or training usually hard-to-manage animals using noncoercive methods based especially on an understanding of the animals' natural instincts":[
"The last event of the day will be the horse whisperer breaking a wild horse and giving his testimony while he does it.",
"\u2014 Dale Carroll",
"A lion that mauled a young woman to death in South Africa was under the care of a man known as the \"lion whisperer \" for his close interactions with the predators.",
"\u2014 The Lewiston (Idaho) Morning Tribune"
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": a person who is unusually skilled at calmly guiding, influencing, or managing other people":[
"Colleagues often call Williams the \"child whisperer \" because he reaches out with a quiet grace to children who need assistance and molds students who need to believe in their own future.",
"\u2014 Annie Martin"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And then there\u2019s this tweet from the consummate Hollywood insider and entertainment industry whisperer Matt Belloni, host of the fantastic podcast The Town. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 9 June 2022",
"The Justice Department moved within three weeks to criminally charge former Trump whisperer Steve Bannon after getting a referral from the committee, so their foot-dragging on Meadows is a head-scratcher. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 30 Mar. 2022",
"With Riley apparently headed to Los Angeles having already established a reputation as a QB whisperer , maybe the next Stroud, Young, or Uiagalelei doesn\u2019t leave the state. \u2014 Stephen Means, cleveland , 28 Nov. 2021",
"There is special fascination with Vance in the press\u2014in the years leading up to Trump, he was kind of identified as this wise whisperer of the disaffected white, conservative mind. \u2014 The New Yorker , 3 May 2022",
"McVay has been running the Los Angeles offense, and while O\u2019Connell did not hurt the team and is clearly a quarterback whisperer , running the Vikings offense will be his first chance to put his signature on an NFL team. \u2014 Steve Silverman, Forbes , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Filling the demand Lian Mansour, from Kaukab Abu El-Hija, an Arab village in the Galilee, is something of a cultural whisperer for itworks. \u2014 Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 Feb. 2022",
"But not everyone needs a baby whisperer to train their child to sleep. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Apr. 2022",
"How did the comic relief become the show\u2019s grief whisperer "
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"1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8(h)wi-sp\u0259r-\u0259r"
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"type":[
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": spreading confidential and especially derogatory reports":[
"whispering tongues can poison truth",
"\u2014 S. T. Coleridge"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"There\u2019s only so much whispering that can be directed at jets. \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 16 May 2022",
"Winter was serenaded with blood orange and other colorful citrus slices in a salad sharpened with red onion and whispering of Sicilian oregano. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Oct. 2021",
"The scene was still eerie: the gloom, the heat, the whispering , the low, insistent whine of the jet engine, the mass of dim faces crowded so close together. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 4 Aug. 2021",
"On one hand, there was a bevy of huge, crazy Tribal Councils with last-second whispering and maneuvering leading to jaw-dropping exits. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Days after her August surgery, Griffin said in an Instagram video that her voice was still really hoarse, half- whispering in a gruff, barely recognizable voice. \u2014 Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times , 1 Dec. 2021",
"But because Cage didn\u2019t hear the whispering voices that would lead them to the tree of life, he gets zapped in the flare. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 25 Nov. 2021",
"That's probably why your voice has been so hoarse this season \u2014 from the excessive amount of faux- whispering going down. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 28 Oct. 2021",
"Days before its departure, the train was alive, with the locomotives\u2019 4,000-horsepower engines idling nearly silently and the coach-car air conditioning whispering . \u2014 Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com , 14 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The stage has been extended into the theater to create greater proximity to the audience, and the actors strive for naturalism, but the whispering quality that Nelson achieved isn\u2019t feasible in this grander space. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"No more whispering in the remote and soft-spoken Mountain West. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Jan. 2022"
],
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"1547, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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"\u02c8(h)wi-sp(\u0259-)ri\u014b"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010712",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
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": california yellow bells":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"whispering entry 2":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181326",
"type":[
"noun plural but singular or plural in construction"
]
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"definitions":{
": the systematic dissemination by word of mouth of derogatory rumors or charges especially against a candidate for public office":[]
},
"examples":[
"He was the target of a whispering campaign started by his political rivals.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Karl Rove reportedly inspired a similar whispering campaign during an Alabama judicial campaign back in the 1990s. \u2014 Joel Mathis, The Week , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Lingering physical effects from five years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam added to concerns about his health, and his staff viewed full transparency as the best response to a whisper campaign about his mental health. \u2014 Matt Viser, Anchorage Daily News , 24 Feb. 2020",
"The eatery is doing a fun whisper campaign this year: The restaurant will post a secret word on Instagram and Facebook, and anyone who mentions the secret word to a server will get a $2 Rita de Casa. \u2014 Audrey Eads, Dallas News , 14 Feb. 2020",
"Smear sheets and whisper campaigns targeted Brewer, a moderate on racial issues. \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 4 Dec. 2019",
"Finally, Tom called Karishma\u2019s last-minute whisper campaign at Tribal Council a big act. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 10 Oct. 2019",
"In the company\u2019s version of events, an unspecified person on the communications team hired Definers Public Affairs to monitor press about the company, help with product announcements, and carry out the odd whisper campaign against prominent enemies. \u2014 Casey Newton, The Verge , 17 Nov. 2018",
"These are the political tactics that people use, and in the past there's evidence these whisper campaigns have been successful. \u2014 NBC News , 4 Mar. 2018",
"At the same time, a whisper campaign against him started to get louder. \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 1 June 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1920, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a gallery or dome so constructed that sounds produced in the area are concentrated in another by reflection from the walls so that feeble sounds are audible at an extraordinary distance":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202347",
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a lumberjack who operates the signal wire running to a donkey engine whistle":[]
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"type":[
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"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1906, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8(h)wi-s\u0259l-\u02ccbl\u014d-\u0259r",
"\u02c8hwi-s\u0259l-\u02ccbl\u014d-\u0259r"
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"rat",
"rat fink",
"snitch",
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"squealer",
"stool pigeon",
"stoolie",
"talebearer",
"tattler",
"tattletale",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091624",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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": a brief personal appearance especially by a political candidate usually on the rear platform of a train during the course of a tour":[],
": a small community":[],
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"first_known_use":{
"1952, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"circa 1925, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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"\u02c8(h)wi-s\u0259l-\u02ccst\u00e4p"
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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": american goldeneye":[]
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"noun"
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": the act or sound of one that whistles : whistle":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Another surprise appearance came from Bryan Cranston, who shared that his whistling on Malcolm in the Middle led to an improbable ASCAP membership. \u2014 Joe Lynch, Billboard , 17 June 2022",
"Previous research has shown that groups of dolphins tend to develop different styles of whistling , but why dolphins develop these styles is still unclear, per a statement. \u2014 Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 June 2022",
"Elba and Swinton shared a warm hug during the post-screening standing ovation, which had the Grand Palais audience swooning and whistling . \u2014 Zack Sharf, Variety , 20 May 2022",
"Violet still hasn\u2019t warmed up to Andrew Bird; something about the whistling gets under her skin. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 May 2022",
"And rather than being empathetic to the people who were violated by Rock in that moment, their immediate go-to is dog whistling and virtue signalling, insinuating that Smith is some kind of danger to society for standing up for his wife. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
"But the unconditional love that lives between his parents, with their not-so-secret whistling code, is vibrantly remembered. \u2014 Sheena Scott, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021",
"The especially showy Dolby Atmos audio system made the whistling that opens the film sound cool but unnatural. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Dec. 2021",
"In early August, Caroline Polachek practiced her whistling in a dark, foggy warehouse, deep in the San Fernando Valley, as lights sliced the room into coruscating triangles. \u2014 Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker , 10 Sep. 2021"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8(h)wi-s(\u0259-)li\u014b"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": an arrow with a perforated head that whistles in flight":[]
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": a buoy that makes a whistling sound due to the action of waves and usually marks a shoal or channel entrance":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-185623",
"type":[
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"definitions":{
": an Australian shrike thrush ( Colluricincla harmonica )":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132307",
"type":[
"noun"
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit":[
"what some people will do for a whit of publicity",
"\u2014 Patrick Quinn"
]
},
"examples":[
"I care not a whit about what other people think.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The three-star QB prospect had offers from Penn State, Purdue, Houston, and Oklahoma State but picked the green and whit . \u2014 Detroit Free Press , 8 Feb. 2022",
"The fact that both substantively have major bipartisan accomplishments to their names matters not a whit . \u2014 Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic , 20 Sep. 2021",
"Finley\u2019s toughness never materializes, nor does a whit of wit. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 13 May 2021",
"The shelter for homeless men with substance abuse issues shows its age, but that matters not a whit to the 60-odd men seated on a hodgepodge of chairs in the concrete building. \u2014 Holly Haber, Dallas News , 29 June 2021",
"Finley\u2019s toughness never materializes, nor does a whit of wit. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 13 May 2021",
"Finley\u2019s toughness never materializes, nor does a whit of wit. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 13 May 2021",
"Finley\u2019s toughness never materializes, nor does a whit of wit. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 13 May 2021",
"Finley\u2019s toughness never materializes, nor does a whit of wit. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 13 May 2021"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Middle English, probably alteration of wiht, wight creature, thing \u2014 more at wight":""
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"\u02c8wit",
"\u02c8(h)wit"
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"beans",
"bubkes",
"bupkes",
"bupkus",
"continental",
"damn",
"darn",
"durn",
"diddly",
"diddly-squat",
"doodley-squat",
"doodly-squat",
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"ghost",
"hoot",
"iota",
"jot",
"lick",
"modicum",
"rap",
"squat",
"syllable",
"tittle",
"whoop"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065725",
"type":[
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"antonyms":[
"colored",
"colorized",
"dyed",
"hued",
"painted",
"pigmented",
"stained",
"tinct",
"tinctured",
"tinged",
"tinted"
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": a member of a conservative or reactionary political group":[],
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": any of numerous butterflies (subfamily Pierinae of the family Pieridae) that usually have the ground color of the wings white and are related to the sulphur butterflies":[],
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"\u2014 Walter Scott"
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": free from color : clear , transparent":[
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"vodka and other white liquors"
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": free from moral impurity : innocent":[
"the pure white heart of the devout"
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": free from spot or blemish: such as":[],
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"a white wedding"
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": marked by upright fairness":[
"That's mighty white of you"
],
": not intended to cause harm":[
"a white lie",
"white magic"
],
": notably ardent : passionate":[
"white fury"
],
": of or relating to any of various population groups considered as having light pigmentation of the skin":[],
": of or relating to white people or their culture":[
"books from the canon of white literature"
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": of, relating to, or constituting a musical tone quality characterized by a controlled pure sound, a lack of warmth and color, and a lack of resonance":[],
": one that is or approaches white in color: such as":[],
": teeth":[
"\u2014 used in the phrase pearly whites"
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": the achromatic object color of greatest lightness characteristically perceived to belong to objects that reflect diffusely nearly all incident energy throughout the visible spectrum":[],
": the area of a page unmarked by writing, printing, or illustration":[],
": the white part of the eyeball":[],
": unmarked by writing or printing":[
"a writer trying to will the white space on the page away"
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": wearing or habited in white":[
"white friars"
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": white clothing":[
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"Andrew Dickson 1832\u20131918 American educator and diplomat":[],
"Byron Raymond 1917\u20132002 American jurist":[],
"Edward Douglass 1845\u20131921 American jurist; chief justice U.S. Supreme Court (1910\u201321)":[],
"Elwyn Brooks 1899\u20131985 American journalist and writer":[],
"Gilbert 1720\u20131793 English clergyman and naturalist":[],
"Patrick Victor Martindale 1912\u20131990 Australian writer":[],
"Stanford 1853\u20131906 American architect":[],
"Theodore Harold 1915\u20131986 American journalist and writer":[],
"William Allen 1868\u20131944 American journalist and writer":[],
"river 130 miles (209 kilometers) long in northwestern Texas":[],
"river 250 miles (402 kilometers) long in northwestern Colorado and eastern Utah flowing west into the Green River":[],
"river 325 miles (523 kilometers) long in southern South Dakota flowing east into the Missouri River":[],
"river 50 miles (80 kilometers) long in southwestern Indiana flowing west into the Wabash River":[],
"river 690 miles (1110 kilometers) long in northern Arkansas and southwestern Missouri flowing southeast into the Mississippi River":[]
},
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"Adjective",
"He was wearing white sneakers.",
"He had a long, white beard.",
"Her lips were white with fear.",
"He turned white when he heard the news.",
"He came from a white middle-class background.",
"His mother is Hispanic and his father is white .",
"Noun",
"the whites of his eyes",
"The cake recipe calls for four egg whites .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"About 60% are in their twenties and 12% in their teens, with 39% white , 38% black, 25% Hispanic, and 6% Asian or Pacific Islander. \u2014 Erik Sherman, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
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"Garza and Gladys Sicknick, Officer Brian Sicknick\u2019s mother, grew emotional as Edwards discussed seeing Sicknick clutching his head and turning white . \u2014 Grace Segers, The New Republic , 9 June 2022",
"The Metro Detroit Ford Dealers rounded up 40 new Mustangs \u2014 37 red, three white \u2014 to showcase the team. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 9 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Most people with a low overall white blood cell count have low numbers of neutrophils. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 12 May 2022",
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"Physical activity upregulates all kinds of cells, like natural killer cells, a white blood cell type that actually seek out and eliminate cells that are cancerous. \u2014 Elizabeth Cooney, STAT , 25 Nov. 2021",
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"Yaneli developed a serious infection that her small body was having trouble fighting because the cancer had nearly depleted her healthy white blood cell count. \u2014 Maya Miller, ProPublica , 30 Dec. 2021"
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"Get ready to greet an 84-foot white fir tree nicknamed Sugar Bear at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Nov. 6. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Nov. 2021",
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"The new tree is a 27-foot white fir from Middleburg, Pennsylvania, the park service said in a release. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 1 Nov. 2021",
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"Without his embrace, the band burned with white light/ white heat , before eventually burning out themselves. \u2014 Kevin Dettmar, The New Yorker , 3 Nov. 2021",
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"Narrated by a neurological researcher whose memories of her childhood in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge start to leak into her present day, this novel is contrapuntal and elegiac in tone, with a white heat beneath. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Jan. 2018",
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"Under pressure to lock in the 38% premium and lacking a \u2018 white knight \u2019 bidder to serve as a viable alternative, the social media company\u2019s board voted unanimously late last month to recommend the deal move forward. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 3 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The pair were seen dancing and playing tambourines during their night out, and enjoyed glasses of white wine before sharing a public kiss, according to TMZ. \u2014 Olivia Jakiel, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
"At the conclusion of the first night, Harris went to the refrigerator and poured herself a small glass of white wine before settling in for a brief postmortem chat. \u2014 Amanda Erickson, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"After this sale of the white wine , singer/actress \u00c9lodie Fr\u00e9g\u00e9 stood beside auctioneer Hugues Cortot and led the audience in a hand clapping singalong. \u2014 Tom Mullen, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022",
"His white wine from Cairanne has been a great success. \u2014 Per And Britt Karlsson, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The Barefoot Contessa star is her inviting self on the cover, shared exclusively with PEOPLE, holding a glass of white wine over a table set with her signature dish: roast chicken. \u2014 Ana Calderone, PEOPLE.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
"In a small bowl, mix together the white wine , salt and pepper. \u2014 Elizabeth Karmel, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2022",
"But is red wine actually more healthful than white wine ",
"And to Drink \u2026 Oysters and dry, unoaked white wine have a special affinity. \u2014 Melissa Clark, New York Times , 17 Dec. 2021"
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": a yam ( Dioscorea alata ) that is widely cultivated throughout Australasia and Polynesia for its large roots which have a fine white flesh and are eaten baked or boiled or cooked with coconut milk":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But, as wine drinkers were introduced to dry ros\u00e9s, white zinfandel fell out of fashion. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Wines include pinot grigio, cabernet and white zinfandel . \u2014 Susan Dunne, courant.com , 11 June 2021",
"All-you-can-drink: The dinner price includes seasonal beers, Bud Light and Liberty Creek Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and white Zinfandel included. \u2014 Melissa Yeager, azcentral , 7 June 2019",
"Its nadir may have been during the white zinfandel wave that surged out of California in the late \u201970s, tinting everyone\u2019s ros\u00e9-colored glasses with the skewed perspective that all pink wines were sweet. \u2014 M. Carrie Allan, Washington Post , 8 July 2019",
"Some are mediocre, and some are sweet pink confections like the white zinfandels of the 1970s and \u201980s. \u2014 Eric Asimov, New York Times , 5 July 2018",
"That\u2019s this kind of white zinfandel \u2013 strawberries without the shortcake and whipped cream, but with a lilting sweetness and enough rejuvenating acidity for it to be paired with sandwiches of ham and cheese, curried chicken or tuna. \u2014 Mike Dunne, sacbee , 20 June 2018",
"Easton Wines As wine, the zinfandel grape is interpreted in all sorts of ways, from playful white zinfandel to somber port. \u2014 Mike Dunne, sacbee , 9 May 2018",
"Pink wine drinkers used to be shamed for sipping on what was perceived as low-quality, sweet vino \u2014 your grandmother's white zinfandel . \u2014 Rachel Rubenstein, Indianapolis Star , 17 Oct. 2017"
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"1976, in the meaning defined above":""
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"1587, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"1872, in the meaning defined above":""
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": purple sage sense 1":[]
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": an American sphinx moth ( Celerio lineata ) whose larvae eat the leaves of cotton, apple, grape, currant, and many other plants, whose forewings are olive brown with a longitudinal buff stripe and with most of the veins lined with white, and whose hind wings are black with a central reddish band":[]
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"1827, in the meaning defined above":""
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": an Australian elapid snake ( Denisonia coronoides ) that is related to the copperhead but not especially dangerous, is brown to olive above shading to creamy white or salmon pink ventrally, and has the upper lip usually white and bounded by a black streak and sometimes a yellow collar about the neck":[]
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"His hair whitened as he aged.",
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"The new toothpaste whitens teeth.",
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"The same earthy clay and charcoal that purify pores can also whiten teeth and degrease roots. \u2014 Jolene Edgar, Allure , 24 June 2022",
"The mouthpiece offers dual-light therapy: Its blue LED light claims to whiten teeth and its red LED light claims to support healthy gums. \u2014 Marielle Marlys, Good Housekeeping , 15 June 2022",
"The GLO Science formula includes hydrogen peroxide to whiten the teeth and remove stains, while potassium nitrate prevents sensitivity. \u2014 ELLE , 14 May 2022",
"In a vivid opening scene, Prioleau details the adult Miriam\u2019s arduous toilette, and her reliance on pearl powder to whiten her skin. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
"These products do not have the ability to whiten the skin. \u2014 CNN , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Plus, it's paired with the Waterpik Sonic Electric Toothbrush, which uses sonic vibrations with 31,000 strokes per minute and features three modes (clean, whiten , and massage) to remove nine times as many stains as a regular toothbrush. \u2014 Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE.com , 24 Nov. 2021",
"The Waterpik Sonic Toothbrush polishes teeth while massaging gums to whiten and prevent gingivitis. \u2014 Chloe Irving, Health.com , 24 Nov. 2021",
"As the front pushes offshore, cold air arrives and may bring some snow showers that can whiten the ground across the higher elevations of Worcester County, the Berkshires, and certainly the hills of Northern New England. \u2014 Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com , 24 Nov. 2021"
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"\u02c8w\u012b-",
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"It was important to Jenny Han, author of the YA books To All the Boys I've Loved Before , that the film adaption would keep one key detail: that the lead character, Lara Jean, was Asian-American. In a new essay \u2026, Han revealed that nearly every production company interested in adapting her best-selling book into a movie asked to whitewash it.",
"\u2014 Hunter Harris",
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"\u2014 Ronald Hingley"
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"\u2014 Austin Murphy"
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"\u2014 Jeff Gauger"
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"\"Does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day",
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"Verb",
"a book that tries to whitewash the country's past",
"refused to whitewash the governor's chronic disregard for the truth",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The Israeli government offered to investigate the journalist's death in conjunction with Palestinian authorities, but the latter refused out of fear Israeli officials would whitewash or muddy the inquiry. \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 9 June 2022",
"Further, de Jong rails against these families\u2019 use of philanthropy to whitewash history. \u2014 Anna Altman, The New Republic , 27 May 2022",
"In a country where more than half of registered voters are 40 or younger, TikTok has been particularly effective in efforts to whitewash the history of the Marcos family. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
"Blatant misinformation, pumped out by supporters on social networks, helped to whitewash the Marcos family\u2019s bloody legacy. \u2014 Time , 10 May 2022",
"This willingness to whitewash bad actors to more easily oppose wars is still mistaken, both morally and as a matter of political strategy. \u2014 W. James Antle Iii, The Week , 24 Feb. 2022",
"League lawyers have reached out about the use of NBA trademarks and logos, HBO confirms; and at least a few associated with the Showtime Lakers era have expressed concerns about a series with no plans to whitewash the unsavory parts of NBA life. \u2014 Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 Feb. 2022",
"But new revelations and new legal actions point toward bigger consequences for the GOP and those who might seek to whitewash the violent riot at the Capitol. \u2014 Rick Klein, ABC News , 10 Feb. 2022",
"The decision to whitewash the experiences of Black Americans, made by many who have been put in charge to run states, municipalities, and school boards, has been alarming. \u2014 Angela Bassett, EW.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The cuts have led opponents to accuse Johnson of a whitewash . \u2014 Jill Lawless, Anchorage Daily News , 31 Jan. 2022",
"In nearby Santa Mar\u00eda Huiramangaro, restorers began stripping whitewash from the church\u2019s 16th-century altarpiece in 2014 after villagers approached I.N.A.H. with concerns about cracks in the chancel walls. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Portland takes 4 games and outscores Spokane 30-9, being dominant without getting the whitewash . \u2014 Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive , 16 Feb. 2022",
"The Saville report had been ordered by Prime Minister Tony Blair in 1998, years after an inquiry in 1972 had been widely dismissed as a whitewash in favor of the British establishment and the soldiers on the ground. \u2014 Alan Cowell, BostonGlobe.com , 29 Jan. 2022",
"The Saville report had been ordered by Prime Minister Tony Blair in 1998, years after an inquiry in 1972 had been widely dismissed as a whitewash in favor of the British establishment and the soldiers on the ground. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Jan. 2022",
"Darren Lehmann, much loved by his players and peers due to his knockabout demeanour, had a fairly successful five-year stint highlighted by Australia\u2019s unexpected whitewash of the 2013-14 Ashes and a home World Cup triumph in 2015. \u2014 Tristan Lavalette, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Some senior Republicans insist that warnings of a whitewash are overwrought. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 1 Aug. 2021",
"England have been in this exact same predicament three of the last four Ashes tours with only the flattest of pitches in the MCG four years ago saving them from a whitewash . \u2014 Tristan Lavalette, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021"
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"\u02c8hw\u012bt-\u02ccw\u022fsh",
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": a person and especially a street sweeper wearing a white uniform":[]
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"1898, in the meaning defined above":""
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": mahoe sense 3":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1900, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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"\u2014 Daniel Defoe"
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"examples":[
"Adverb",
"He grew up in New York City whither his family had immigrated in the early 1920s.",
"whither are you going, my lady",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"And whither Elizabeth McCracken\u2019s bizarro American epic Bowlaway"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb",
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"\u02c8wi-",
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"Verb",
"The ball whizzed through the air.",
"Cars whizzed by on the highway.",
"He whizzed past us on skates.",
"She whizzed through the exam."
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"1582, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"Verb",
"The ball whizzed through the air.",
"Cars whizzed by on the highway.",
"He whizzed past us on skates.",
"She whizzed through the exam."
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"1582, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"This change in brain health included lower total gray matter volume, abnormal white matter volume, and lower gray matter blood flow. \u2014 Christina Crawford, Health.com , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Domenech\u2019s brother Colin, who turns 28 on April 30, was born without the band of white matter that connects the two hemispheres in the brain, a condition called agenesis of the corpus callosum. \u2014 Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun , 16 Apr. 2022",
"The study, published this month in Frontiers in Neural Circuits, is the first to detail and investigate structural changes in white matter after space travel. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Their brains showed fluid shifts\u2014our brains are about 80 percent water\u2014and an increase of gray and white matter in the brain, reports David Nield for Science Alert. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 Feb. 2022",
"In a paper published last year, O\u2019Connor and her colleagues found that brain scans measuring things like the diffusion of water through white matter in the brain could accurately distinguish ADHD with and without prenatal alcohol exposure. \u2014 Emma Yasinkski, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 Feb. 2022",
"In addition, white matter , the insulation on axons \u2013 long cables that carry electrical impulses between nerve cells \u2013 is also less intact in older adults. \u2014 Jessica Bernard, Scientific American , 22 Sep. 2021",
"Bell, then 27, had sustained multiple brain bleeds and microscopic tears in his brain\u2019s white matter , a result of shearing that occurred when his brain suddenly shifted directions, said his former wife, Sunrise. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Jan. 2022",
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"The car, meanwhile, remains Apple's absolute white whale . \u2014 Sascha Segan, PCMAG , 7 June 2022",
"The other goal, of course, is their great white whale \u2014a non-fossil-fuel economy. \u2014 Daniel Henninger, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
"Who\u2019s your great white whale in terms of interviews",
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"The potential return of power forward Patrick Williams has been a white whale for the Chicago Bulls all season. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 27 Feb. 2022",
"On top of all this, Apple\u2019s white whale these days seems to be developing a car. \u2014 Steven Levy, Wired , 10 Dec. 2021"
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"And, better still, Jordan\u2019s team aboard Catch 23 won the trophy for best junior angler who caught and released several white marlin . \u2014 Bill Springer, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Offshore action is good, with several boats bringing back swordfish and releasing white marlin ; www.ateamfishing.com. \u2014 Frank Sargeant, al , 3 Sep. 2021",
"Jordan\u2019s boat was fishing for white marlin , and the largest catch, caught by Johnny Hinkle of Fish Whistle, weighed in at 79.5 pounds for $1.46 million. \u2014 Giana Han, baltimoresun.com , 10 Aug. 2019",
"And sometimes a dolphin trip will produce sailfish, wahoo, blackfin tuna, white marlin or blue marlin. \u2014 Steve Waters, miamiherald , 18 May 2018",
"The billfish slam requires catches of Atlantic blue marlin, Pacific blue marlin, black marlin, white marlin , striped marlin, Atlantic sailfish, Pacific sailfish, swordfish and spearfish. \u2014 Gary Garth, USA TODAY , 27 Mar. 2018",
"In September the quest moved to North Carolina, where Sabin added a white marlin (and a roundscale spearfish) to her tally. \u2014 Gary Garth, USA TODAY , 27 Mar. 2018",
"But three days later, the tournament deemed it the only qualifying white marlin of the five-day open. \u2014 Ben Finley, Houston Chronicle , 16 Dec. 2017",
"But three days later, the tournament deemed it the only qualifying white marlin of the five-day open. \u2014 Ben Finley, The Seattle Times , 16 Dec. 2017"
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"Michael, the archangel, and also the teacher who\u2019d taught me about white holes , the opposite of black holes, where disappeared matter emerges into another dimension. \u2014 Cyrus Grace Dunham, The New Yorker , 12 Aug. 2019"
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"On a whiteboard in her bedroom, Amara marks the court dates alongside her work schedule. \u2014 Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica , 19 June 2022",
"At the restaurant, seated inside a sidewalk enclosure, Lawrence pulled from a tote bag a small whiteboard with a stand, along with several clipboards, each holding paper and a pencil\u2014MoMath party favors. \u2014 Dan Rockmore, The New Yorker , 10 Jan. 2022",
"As the presentation wrapped up Friday morning at Lawrence North, a whiteboard in the hospitality room with Keefer\u2019s handwriting stood on one side. \u2014 Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Another wall is a giant whiteboard scrawled with equations and data readings. \u2014 Steven Levy, Wired , 14 Apr. 2022",
"For visual thinkers, a whiteboard can also be their most effective tool in sharing ideas, helping clients visualize a plan and bringing cohesion to nebulous tasks. \u2014 Shannon Brooks, Forbes , 5 Apr. 2021",
"Scrawling on a huge whiteboard with green and blue markers, Dr. Avula kept track of the state\u2019s promises for the weeks ahead. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Feb. 2021",
"Nearby is a whiteboard with a message: #letcreativityflow. \u2014 Lynsey Weatherspoon/redux For Cnn, CNN , 7 May 2022",
"One shows my face like a traditional laptop camera; the other frames my whiteboard to easily show the team my in-progress thoughts or diagrams of a solution. \u2014 Robert Harbols, Forbes , 7 Oct. 2021"
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"Truman delighted in telling Meredith a story about his 1948, whistle -stop campaign tour, when the candidate traveled the country on a train, speaking from the last car and waving to the crowds. \u2014 John Kelly, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
"Deveney went on leave a few days after the whistle -blower sent the video to the city but later returned to City Hall. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
"Unlike other prominent digital leakers, Schulte did not seem like an ideological whistle -blower. \u2014 Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
"After a few minutes at each whistle stop, Big Boy steamed off down the line to its next destination. \u2014 New York Times , 2 May 2022",
"With Biden desperate to escape the White House bubble as omicron ebbs, no form of campaigning suits both this president and this political moment like an old-fashioned whistle -stop tour. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, on a whistle -stop visit to Britain and France, two countries participating in the Vienna talks, echoed that message in London. \u2014 Nicole Gaouette, Kylie Atwood And Jennifer Hansler, CNN , 29 Nov. 2021",
"In recent weeks, Trudeau and other Liberal Party lawmakers crisscrossed the country to announce new spending and policy initiatives in what has resembled a whistle -stop campaign. \u2014 Amanda Coletta, Anchorage Daily News , 16 Aug. 2021",
"Fitbit's Luxe option has all the bells and whistle as the brand's other models, but its sleek and shiny design looks like jewelry. \u2014 Kelsey Mulvey, Men's Health , 15 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In time, a dog can be whistle -trained to do almost anything. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
"As shells whistle overhead and provisions run low, Sergeyich seems to think of only one thing \u2014 beekeeping. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
"Marcus Smart tripped on a drive to the rim but was bailed out by a poor call by the officials, who decided to whistle a foul on Jrue Holiday instead. \u2014 Katie Mcinerney, BostonGlobe.com , 13 May 2022",
"Will the officials continue to be whistle happy in Game 3, or let the physicality roll in this playoff game",
"At one point, Sweet seems to whistle quietly, amazed at one of his collaborator\u2019s vocal flourishes. \u2014 Elias Leight, Rolling Stone , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Companies have entire departments and armies of outside public relations helpers to whistle past the graveyard until a big event like the Olympics fades into the rear view mirror. \u2014 Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Every few minutes, Hagen interrupted himself to whistle back and forth with a bird. \u2014 Brooke Jarvis, The New Yorker , 8 Nov. 2021",
"The trainer would whistle when that person became a lethal threat. \u2014 Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 Oct. 2021"
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"The highly radioactive debris condensed and began raining down as white ash over 2,800 square miles of the Pacific Ocean a few hours later. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Closer to the fires, white ash from the Dixie Fire was falling in the Lake Tahoe Basin, SF Gate reported. \u2014 Julia Jacobo, ABC News , 8 Aug. 2021",
"There are areas that are nothing but white ash and some little spindle trees. \u2014 Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times , 13 July 2021",
"Today, white mulberry, white ash and the invasive European buckthorn lead the pack. \u2014 Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com , 30 Apr. 2021",
"Another million white ash trees, now numbering about 3 million, have been lost. \u2014 Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com , 30 Apr. 2021",
"In 2010, white ash and green ash trees were among the most common in Chicago. \u2014 Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com , 30 Apr. 2021",
"Other clips posted on social media showed homes and streets blanketed in grayish white ash . \u2014 New York Times , 9 Apr. 2021",
"An ancient volcano, Mount Veeder is full of tufa, white ash that contributes intensity and concentration to the wines; the soils are sparse and nutrients elusive. \u2014 SFChronicle.com , 13 Oct. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"New Hampshire adopted the white potato as the state\u2019s official vegetable in 2013 at the request of Derry Village Elementary School students. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 14 June 2021",
"White and yellow yams resemble a white potato when cooked. \u2014 Shaena Montanari, The Arizona Republic , 4 Nov. 2020",
"The only starchy vegetable that satisfies me is potatoes (and not sweet potatoes, white potatoes ). \u2014 Jessica Jones, M.s., R.d.n., SELF , 15 Apr. 2020",
"Sweet Potato Latkes Makes 8 to 10 2 medium-size sweet potatoes 1 medium white potato 4 tablespoons olive oil (divided) \u00be cup fine dry bread crumbs Preheat oven to 350 degrees. \u2014 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 19 Dec. 2019",
"Peel and cut the sweet potatoes and white potato into medium-size cubes. \u2014 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 19 Dec. 2019",
"Watch: Step-by-step how to prepare Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes Maple-Pecan Mashed Sweet Potatoes Caught in a Thanksgiving rut with traditional mashed white potatoes ",
"One large white potato has nine grams of fiber (with skin), which is important for digestion and helping to lower our cholesterol. \u2014 Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 Aug. 2019",
"The nutrition profile of all white potatoes (russet, yellow, white, red, purple/blue, fingerling and petite) is relatively similar. \u2014 Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 Aug. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This loosening of dirt and excess oil allows for pimples and cystic acne to rise to the most surface level of the skin, encouraging a whitehead that'll take less time to clear up. \u2014 Jennifer Hussein, Allure , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Since BHAs remove the pore-cloggers that lead to acne, salicylic acid is best for preventing blackheads and whiteheads . \u2014 Katie Bourque, Good Housekeeping , 30 Mar. 2020",
"In other words, wait until the whitehead has completely formed beneath the skin, otherwise cysts or an infections can occur, warns Russak. \u2014 Bella Cacciatore, Glamour , 4 Oct. 2019",
"In fact actual whiteheads aren\u2019t even really poppable. \u2014 Sara Coughlin, SELF , 1 Aug. 2019",
"Find out how to identify and deal with the different kinds of acne, including blackheads, whiteheads , blind pimples, and cystic zits \u2014 because not all purported acne-fighting formulas effectively fight all types of acne. \u2014 Deanna Pai, Allure , 4 Mar. 2020",
"Dapsone is both antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory, and it\u2019s proven to help with blackheads, whiteheads , and deeper painful pimples. \u2014 Jessica Cruel, SELF , 8 Aug. 2019",
"If your lip pimple looks like whitehead , look for a spot treatment formulated with salicylic acid, which will get deep into your skin and help clear clogged pores. \u2014 Yerin Kim, Seventeen , 16 Jan. 2020",
"Unlike cysts, blackheads, or whiteheads , lipomas don't ooze or spew pus. \u2014 Megan Decker, refinery29.com , 3 Jan. 2020"
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"the whites of his eyes",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"About 60% are in their twenties and 12% in their teens, with 39% white , 38% black, 25% Hispanic, and 6% Asian or Pacific Islander. \u2014 Erik Sherman, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
"Those clouds sailed above us in white fleets and flotillas, billowing shape-shifting masses of water droplets, forming mountains and crags and castles. \u2014 Martin Weil, Washington Post , 26 June 2022",
"Proponents blame both immigration as well as demographic changes, including white birth rates. \u2014 Jill Colvin, BostonGlobe.com , 26 June 2022",
"Powerball players choose five different numbers from 1 to 69 for the white balls; then select one number from 1 to 26 for the red Powerball. \u2014 Enquirer Staff, The Enquirer , 25 June 2022",
"Canelo \u00c1lvarez arrived Friday in a black velour polo and white pants with an entourage too deep for the Hollywood conference room. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 June 2022",
"Black babies in Alabama have an infant mortality rate of 10.9 per 1,000 live births, more than double that of white babies. \u2014 Sarah Swetlik | Sswetlik@al.com, al , 25 June 2022",
"Sacks of water hang from tunnel ceilings, and white fire retardant dusts the passageways like a fine layer of snow. \u2014 New York Times , 25 June 2022",
"Several hours later, when Ivy entered an exam room, a woman named Brittany, twenty-two, was perched on the table, her white T-shirt wrinkled and hands clenched. \u2014 Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker , 25 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"An Italian circus was also caught dying puppies black-and- white in an effort to pass them off as pandas in 2014. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 22 June 2022",
"There are also new ways to customize the lock screen, including different fonts and colors for text and time, and the ability to swipe to try different color filters, like black-and- white . \u2014 Samuel Axon And Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 6 June 2022",
"The packaging has also been stripped of the golden arches and left mainly blank white , perhaps a result of a hasty rebranding done in just 22 days. \u2014 Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post , 12 June 2022",
"Garza and Gladys Sicknick, Officer Brian Sicknick\u2019s mother, grew emotional as Edwards discussed seeing Sicknick clutching his head and turning white . \u2014 Grace Segers, The New Republic , 9 June 2022",
"The Metro Detroit Ford Dealers rounded up 40 new Mustangs \u2014 37 red, three white \u2014 to showcase the team. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 9 June 2022",
"Neat and sporty, Raducanu appears in all white with a crisp Oxford shirt over a T-shirt and Nike shorts. \u2014 Ian Malone, Vogue , 7 June 2022",
"Runners can also create a de facto blinking light by programming the watch lights to flash white as your wrist moves forward and red as your wrist flies back. \u2014 Jakob Schiller, Outside Online , 6 June 2022",
"Adults are reddish brown, while the babies are extremely tiny and yellowish- white in color. \u2014 Jerome Goddard, The Conversation , 3 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Located on 11 private acres of oak, white pine , black cherry and dogwood trees. \u2014 Elizabeth Hosang, Detroit Free Press , 4 June 2022",
"The island is tiny, a half acre with a gigantic white pine tree at the center. \u2014 Fran\u00e7oise Mouly, The New Yorker , 9 May 2022",
"Witherle Woods, a 193-acre preserve, lines the crags of some of these cliffs with a forest of spruce, balsam fir, white pine and hardwood (not to mention Seussical-looking yellow mushrooms that my plant ID app warned me are highly poisonous). \u2014 Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson, Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The result is a rare blend of hardwoods, such as red oak, sugar maple, and yellow birch, and coniferous species such as red spruce, white pine , and eastern hemlock \u2013 32 varieties in all. \u2014 Moira Donovan, The Christian Science Monitor , 22 Feb. 2022",
"My Eastern white pine is shedding some needles throughout its branches but otherwise looks healthy and grew well this year. \u2014 Miri Talabac, baltimoresun.com , 30 Sep. 2021",
"The two main hiking trails lead through a hemlock forest mixed with white pine , oak, hickory and birch trees that cover the trails with a colorful blanket of leaves every October. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Sep. 2021",
"While supplies may be limited this year, choose from Fraser fir, Scotch pine, spruce and white pine trees. \u2014 Brooks Sutherland, The Enquirer , 11 Nov. 2020",
"The farm has six varieties to choose from blue spruce, Norway spruce, white pine , Scotch pine, Cannan fir and white fir. \u2014 Brooks Sutherland, The Enquirer , 11 Nov. 2020"
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"\u2014 The New York Times Style Magazine"
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"\u2014 John Hildebrand",
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"\u2014 Shashi Tharoor",
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"\u2014 Nadine Fernandez",
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"\u2014 Kenji Yoshino",
"The proposition that whiteness , as such, has no content but is rather a negation, the identity of not-being-black, is a shocking revelation to most white Americans, who continue to imagine that there is a nonracist way of defining their whiteness in positive terms, although they are tongue-tied when asked to say what it is.",
"\u2014 Orlando Patterson"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And there are the games with color, the white fabrics that are never white, yet seem to blaze with the preternatural whiteness of sheets bleached and dried in the southern sun. \u2014 Philip Kennicott, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"College gymnastics, spearheaded by UCLA, emerged as a counter to the stuffiness \u2014 the whiteness \u2014 of elite gymnastics. \u2014 Amira Rose Davis, Los Angeles Times , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Even at a distance of fifty yards or so, the whiteness of his teeth was of a different order from the other players. \u2014 Ed Caesar, The New Yorker , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Still, as children of color are inundated with one representation of what Santa looks like, their reaction to a non-white Santa may reflect the whiteness around them. \u2014 Christine Fernando, USA TODAY , 16 Dec. 2021",
"Hamid's novel is a compelling literary unpacking of whiteness . \u2014 The Editors, Town & Country , 10 June 2022",
"Although her aesthetic has barely wavered, she\u2019s been alternately held up as an anti-feminist symbol, an inspiration for young women, and an exemplar of out-of-touch whiteness . \u2014 Nate Jones, Vulture , 25 Mar. 2021",
"Spotting a Guston from across a room is, in a way, spotting the painter\u2019s own variety of whiteness . \u2014 Lily Meyer, The Atlantic , 24 May 2022",
"Aestheticizing whiteness \u2014 whether in the color of a metal or the clarity of a stone \u2014 bolsters white power. \u2014 Mariam Rahmani, Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Another finds Rhona confronting a white slaver (Al Sapienza, oozing sleaze) who, after subduing her, makes sure to have her stripped to her underwear before tying her up. \u2014 Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Nov. 2019",
"From annoying mashers to devious white slavers , danger lurked in the shadows of the city streets. \u2014 Longreads , 10 Jan. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hanging from his rope 60 feet above, Roppolo says the nest at Reforestation Camp is freshened with white cedar and hemlock boughs. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel , 27 June 2022",
"The three-story wall between the patio and the new staircase inside consists of 23-foot-high channel glass by Bendheim Wall Systems and panels of white cedar . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Then come the cutting and hauling of greenheart for the keel and white cedar for the ribs, and the construction, right on the beach. \u2014 Zuzana Prochazka, Robb Report , 20 Mar. 2022",
"The white cedar design comes complete with a wooden base and a delicate dusting of snow sprinkled along the branches. \u2014 Nicol Natale, Better Homes & Gardens , 30 Nov. 2021",
"The busy feeders in the rear of our yard are about 10 feet from a medium-sized white cedar tree, well used, and a honeysuckle thicket. \u2014 Jim Williams, Star Tribune , 22 June 2021",
"The surrounding park is planted with 50 different species native to the area, including wild ginger, sumac, chokeberry, white cedar , lady fern, white pine and purple prairie clover. \u2014 Rick Nelson, Star Tribune , 4 June 2021",
"The eastern white cedar , very rare in the wild in Illinois but often planted in neighborhoods, is in the cypress family. \u2014 Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com , 24 Dec. 2020",
"Eastern white cedar is native to northeastern United States and Canada \u2014 a few can be found at Volo Bog and at Lyons Woods. \u2014 Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com , 24 Dec. 2020"
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"first_known_use":{
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His wrinkled and reddened hands gripped a white book of Scripture. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Jan. 2021",
"The custom blue and white book tote featured dark undertones, which were an elegant complement to her outfit\u2019s simple palette. \u2014 Edward Barsamian, Vogue , 9 Aug. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Last August, the Department of Agriculture detected COVID antibodies in at least one-third of white-tailed deer in Illinois, Michigan, New York, and Pennsylvania. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 26 June 2022",
"The results are in after more than 500 residents recently completed a survey regarding the impact and destruction related to the city\u2019s growing white-tailed deer population. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 22 June 2022",
"Over that stretch, necropsies have found dozens of white-tailed deer inside Burmese pythons. \u2014 CBS News , 22 June 2022",
"As suburban communities expand into what was once forest, the population of white-tailed deer living in proximity to humans is increasing. \u2014 Ariana Eunjung Cha, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
"Living in a rural Texas town renowned for white-tailed deer hunting, where rifles are a regular prize at school raffles, Desirae Garza never thought much about gun laws. \u2014 New York Times , 29 May 2022",
"Could there be a link between the Michigan mink outbreak and a white-tailed deer variant that scientists recently discovered in neighboring Ontario",
"There have been other animal-to-human COVID-19 cases documented in Canada with white-tailed deer and a hamster in Japan. \u2014 Detroit Free Press , 17 Apr. 2022",
"As our group \u2013 Bill Smith and Dave Zeug, both of Shell Lake, and I \u2013 hiked over a meandering trail on the public property, the only signs of other animal life were the tracks of a raven, a gray squirrel and a white-tailed deer . \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 25 Dec. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The angus beef burgers are standouts, including the Hawaiian burger (topped with cheddar, grilled pineapple and teriyaki) and the Mango Beach Burger (which comes with Swiss, avocado, mango salsa, chipotle mayo, and white sauce ). \u2014 Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 May 2022",
"Their Japanese white sauce mashes-up Alabama-style white barbecue sauce and a yum-yum sauce. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 2 June 2022",
"For the main course, choose from Anelletti pasta with meat sauce, mozzarella and ham, tagliatelle with pancetta tossed in a tomato cream sauce and potato gnocchi served in a white sauce with ham. \u2014 Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic , 16 May 2022",
"Across the board, however, one thing remains key: the legendary white sauce . \u2014 Zoha Qamar, ABC News , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Mashed potatoes, white sauce , anything custardy \u2014 all are off the table. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
"The Flourchild menu has a baker\u2019s dozen of topping combinations, such as white sauce , fontina, cheese curds, roasted garlic and caramelized onion on the Curd Your Enthusiasm. \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 3 Mar. 2022",
"His favorite dishes to cook include Seafood Fonduda, which is a red and white sauce mixed with vodka, pasta, and seafood. \u2014 Alexis Oatman, cleveland , 8 Mar. 2022",
"In the calzone part, there's a garlic white sauce , cheese and julienned pepperoni. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 28 Jan. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Fishing is good for landlocked salmon, lake trout, white perch , and smallmouth bass. \u2014 Virginia M. Wright, Outside Online , 8 Feb. 2021",
"Though bluefish depart cooler waters, gray trout and speckled trout become more accessible along with white perch , yellow perch and brackish water pickerel. \u2014 Bill May, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 3 Oct. 2021",
"Trips for Marburg Lake white perch , pond bass and bluegills and surf fishing for a variety of species were part of a heritage of family fishing adventures. \u2014 Jim Gronaw, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 5 Dec. 2021",
"Fall is also the time of year for big catches of schooling crappies and white perch . \u2014 Bill May, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 3 Oct. 2021",
"Anglers casting typical spinner rigs and nightcrawler for walleye in the shallows are also hooking lots of catfish, white perch and white bass. \u2014 D'arcy Egan, cleveland , 8 July 2021",
"So here are some recipes for small fish, panfish like bluegill types, crappie and white perch , and large fish, carp, and tips for easy fishing \u2014 particularly relevant to older and younger fishermen. \u2014 Bill May, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 22 May 2021",
"For white perch use a 1/8-ounce jighead with a white 2 to 3-inch curlytail grub crawled along the bottom. \u2014 Bill May, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 22 May 2021",
"Fly and spin tackle can be used, and mixed bags of smallmouth bass, stripers, white and hickory shad, white perch and channel catfish are common. \u2014 Bill May, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 10 Apr. 2021"
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"the whites of his eyes",
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"About 60% are in their twenties and 12% in their teens, with 39% white , 38% black, 25% Hispanic, and 6% Asian or Pacific Islander. \u2014 Erik Sherman, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
"Those clouds sailed above us in white fleets and flotillas, billowing shape-shifting masses of water droplets, forming mountains and crags and castles. \u2014 Martin Weil, Washington Post , 26 June 2022",
"Proponents blame both immigration as well as demographic changes, including white birth rates. \u2014 Jill Colvin, BostonGlobe.com , 26 June 2022",
"Powerball players choose five different numbers from 1 to 69 for the white balls; then select one number from 1 to 26 for the red Powerball. \u2014 Enquirer Staff, The Enquirer , 25 June 2022",
"Canelo \u00c1lvarez arrived Friday in a black velour polo and white pants with an entourage too deep for the Hollywood conference room. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 June 2022",
"Black babies in Alabama have an infant mortality rate of 10.9 per 1,000 live births, more than double that of white babies. \u2014 Sarah Swetlik | Sswetlik@al.com, al , 25 June 2022",
"Sacks of water hang from tunnel ceilings, and white fire retardant dusts the passageways like a fine layer of snow. \u2014 New York Times , 25 June 2022",
"Several hours later, when Ivy entered an exam room, a woman named Brittany, twenty-two, was perched on the table, her white T-shirt wrinkled and hands clenched. \u2014 Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker , 25 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"An Italian circus was also caught dying puppies black-and- white in an effort to pass them off as pandas in 2014. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 22 June 2022",
"There are also new ways to customize the lock screen, including different fonts and colors for text and time, and the ability to swipe to try different color filters, like black-and- white . \u2014 Samuel Axon And Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 6 June 2022",
"The packaging has also been stripped of the golden arches and left mainly blank white , perhaps a result of a hasty rebranding done in just 22 days. \u2014 Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post , 12 June 2022",
"Garza and Gladys Sicknick, Officer Brian Sicknick\u2019s mother, grew emotional as Edwards discussed seeing Sicknick clutching his head and turning white . \u2014 Grace Segers, The New Republic , 9 June 2022",
"The Metro Detroit Ford Dealers rounded up 40 new Mustangs \u2014 37 red, three white \u2014 to showcase the team. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 9 June 2022",
"Neat and sporty, Raducanu appears in all white with a crisp Oxford shirt over a T-shirt and Nike shorts. \u2014 Ian Malone, Vogue , 7 June 2022",
"Runners can also create a de facto blinking light by programming the watch lights to flash white as your wrist moves forward and red as your wrist flies back. \u2014 Jakob Schiller, Outside Online , 6 June 2022",
"Adults are reddish brown, while the babies are extremely tiny and yellowish- white in color. \u2014 Jerome Goddard, The Conversation , 3 June 2022"
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"The Snow whitener serum contains hallmark whitening agents hydrogen peroxide and carbamide peroxide, plus peppermint oil for a nice flavor. \u2014 Marielle Marlys, Good Housekeeping , 15 June 2022",
"It is also used as a tooth whitener in some toothpastes, and as a common household cleaning agent. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Aug. 2021",
"In May, sales of eye makeup, teeth whitener kits, false eyelashes and lipstick were up at least 20 percent compared to a year ago, according to NielsenIQ analytics. \u2014 NBC News , 6 July 2021",
"This whitener gel is great to use in addition to your usual toothpaste. \u2014 Akili King, Vogue , 10 June 2021",
"Perch boasts 70 brands in its stable of third-party sellers, including women\u2019s athleisure brand Satina, teeth whitener Cali White and kitchenware from Flathead. \u2014 Margherita Beale, Forbes , 26 May 2021",
"Deodorant, teeth whitener and condoms are in high demand. \u2014 Sarah Nassauer, WSJ , 24 May 2021",
"Just like the rush on toilet paper and hand sanitizer a year ago, people are grabbing deodorant, teeth whitener and condoms off of store shelves, The Wall Street Journal reports. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 24 May 2021",
"At Walmart, sales of teeth whitener are popping as customers take their masks off. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This loosening of dirt and excess oil allows for pimples and cystic acne to rise to the most surface level of the skin, encouraging a whitehead that'll take less time to clear up. \u2014 Jennifer Hussein, Allure , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Since BHAs remove the pore-cloggers that lead to acne, salicylic acid is best for preventing blackheads and whiteheads . \u2014 Katie Bourque, Good Housekeeping , 30 Mar. 2020",
"In other words, wait until the whitehead has completely formed beneath the skin, otherwise cysts or an infections can occur, warns Russak. \u2014 Bella Cacciatore, Glamour , 4 Oct. 2019",
"In fact actual whiteheads aren\u2019t even really poppable. \u2014 Sara Coughlin, SELF , 1 Aug. 2019",
"Find out how to identify and deal with the different kinds of acne, including blackheads, whiteheads , blind pimples, and cystic zits \u2014 because not all purported acne-fighting formulas effectively fight all types of acne. \u2014 Deanna Pai, Allure , 4 Mar. 2020",
"Dapsone is both antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory, and it\u2019s proven to help with blackheads, whiteheads , and deeper painful pimples. \u2014 Jessica Cruel, SELF , 8 Aug. 2019",
"If your lip pimple looks like whitehead , look for a spot treatment formulated with salicylic acid, which will get deep into your skin and help clear clogged pores. \u2014 Yerin Kim, Seventeen , 16 Jan. 2020",
"Unlike cysts, blackheads, or whiteheads , lipomas don't ooze or spew pus. \u2014 Megan Decker, refinery29.com , 3 Jan. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And then there is the port, the biggest of all the monuments to the Rajapaksas, a white elephant visited almost as much by actual elephants as by cargo ships before it was handed over to China in the face of impossible debt. \u2014 New York Times , 29 May 2022",
"The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, housed in an enormous glass pyramid that resembles a Las Vegas casino more than the basements, dives, and high school gymnasiums where the music was born, is a temple of white elephant art. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 4 May 2022",
"Perennials for sun and shade, bulbs, herbs, and unusual plants from members\u2019 own gardens will be available, along with a gardener\u2019s white elephant table. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 29 Apr. 2022",
"There\u2019s always a feast, including fish caught by my father and his friends, white elephant -style gift exchanges, and arguments over domino matches. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 1 Apr. 2022",
"What started as a visionary or vanity project, or both, has stalled out, leaving behind a white elephant in the Central African forest. \u2014 Michael M. Phillips, WSJ , 2 Jan. 2022",
"The Matrix, on the other hand, has always been white elephant art. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 16 Sep. 2021",
"Enjoy a free cup of coffee while shopping for baked goods, books, children\u2019s clothes, and white elephant treasures. \u2014 courant.com , 8 Oct. 2021",
"Such projects attract their fair share of criticism for being white elephant projects, economically unsustainable, poorly planned, overambitious, and sometimes doomed to fail. \u2014 Seth Onyango, Quartz , 23 Sep. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The wide-ranging white-footed mouse , well known among New Yorkers, and very closely related to the deer mouse, was predicted to be susceptible by a computer model that Barbara Han and her colleagues built. \u2014 Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker , 10 Feb. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Honeybees and other pollinators forage on patches of white clover blooming in lawns. \u2014 Jim Gilbert, Star Tribune , 3 June 2021",
"The bottle the team was looking for contains over a thousand seeds: 50 each of 21 different species, from black mustard to white clover to redroot amaranth. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2021",
"The other main plus to white clover , besides a long growing season and palatability, is that this plant is a perennial. \u2014 Gerald Almy, Field & Stream , 28 May 2020",
"Still others like chicory and lablab thrive in dry summer heat while plants like white clover struggle. \u2014 Gerald Almy, Field & Stream , 28 May 2020",
"Add some Dutch white clover (Trifolium species), English daisy (Bellis perennis), and baby blue eyes (Nemophila menziesii) around the edges to break up the sea of green. \u2014 Popular Science , 23 Apr. 2019",
"Their grave at Rosedale Cemetery has no headstone and is covered in white clover . \u2014 Joseph Goldstein, New York Times , 24 Jan. 2020",
"The paths around the beds, which would be a sloppy mess this year if left bare, are planted with a tough perennial cover crop named New Zealand white clover . \u2014 Washington Post , 24 July 2019",
"There are many different types of weeds that can spoil a lush, green lawn: crabgrass, dandelions, white clover , quack grass, wood sorrel, bindweed, broad-leaf plantain, cinquefoil and creeping charley to name a few. \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 19 Apr. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Understated yet alluring, the scent profile opens with fresh notes of violet and mandarin tree leaves, with a dynamic heart of white pepper , cedarwood, and nutmeg. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Apr. 2022",
"In a medium bowl, combine turkey, cranberries, walnuts, celery, red onion, mayonnaise, Greek yogurt and white pepper . \u2014 Bethany Thayer, USA TODAY , 8 June 2022",
"In a medium bowl, combine turkey, cranberries, walnuts, celery, red onion, mayonnaise, Greek yogurt and white pepper . \u2014 Bethany Thayer, USA TODAY , 8 June 2022",
"In a medium bowl, combine turkey, cranberries, walnuts, celery, red onion, mayonnaise, Greek yogurt and white pepper . \u2014 Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press , 4 June 2022",
"Rose de Russie doubles down on leather notes by adding in the spice of white pepper . \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"So, for Costner, childhood family vacations usually meant him and his brother in the back seat of a Buick with whitewall tires and no air-conditioning, exploring their home state. \u2014 Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure , 21 July 2021",
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"Any civilization advanced enough to figure out interstellar travel is probably also sufficiently advanced to scan the galaxy thoroughly enough to pick up the century\u2019s worth of white noise emanating from planet Earth. \u2014 Eric Mack, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
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"Starting Friday evening, begin to wind down earlier, and from Saturday to Sunday, use your evenings as a time to sleep sooner with melatonin or soft white noise so that once Monday comes around your mind and body will notice the difference. \u2014 Aley Arion, Essence , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The word-error rate with the research team\u2019s software was 80.2 percent, compared to 11.3 percent using white noise . \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 7 June 2022",
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"Their lineup of entrees is bound to make your mouth water, with options including kale and white bean stew, herbed mushroom risotto, and a Mexican quinoa bowl, plus old fashioned oatmeal for breakfast. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 28 June 2022",
"Use white beans in this ham hock and white bean stew from Bon Appetit. \u2014 Jennifer Mcclellan, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
"In 2019, food writer and cookbook author Melissa Clark published recipes for roast chicken with crunchy seaweed and potatoes; lemony pasta with kelp, chile, and anchovies; and creamy white bean and seaweed stew with Parmesan in the New York Times. \u2014 Hannah Selinger, Outside Online , 16 July 2021",
"The spread featured red cliff trout from Lake Superior smoked and shredded, a white bean dip made from Tepary beans, fresh tostada chips and a sauce of wild berries and sumac. \u2014 Chloe Sorvino, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
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"There\u2019s not just a single black-and- white way of looking at things. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune , 17 Aug. 2020",
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"Plus, it's paired with the Waterpik Sonic Electric Toothbrush, which uses sonic vibrations with 31,000 strokes per minute and features three modes (clean, whiten , and massage) to remove nine times as many stains as a regular toothbrush. \u2014 Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE.com , 24 Nov. 2021",
"The Waterpik Sonic Toothbrush polishes teeth while massaging gums to whiten and prevent gingivitis. \u2014 Chloe Irving, Health.com , 24 Nov. 2021",
"As the front pushes offshore, cold air arrives and may bring some snow showers that can whiten the ground across the higher elevations of Worcester County, the Berkshires, and certainly the hills of Northern New England. \u2014 Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com , 24 Nov. 2021"
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"John Haynes Williams' whistling swan decoy went for more than $348,000, the most ever for such a decoy and the artist. \u2014 CBS News , 12 May 2018"
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"At a recent dinner, a woman baking cookies told them that one of her most popular flavors is white chocolate peanut butter, and Cherng told Wei to add it to their list of potential flavors to try. \u2014 Abigail Abesamis Demarest, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"Davide Appendino, another top Turin chocolatier, uses a wide array of top quality biological cacao beans to make pistachio, coffee, white chocolate , dark chocolate and sugar free gianduiotti sold in colorful wraps. \u2014 Silvia Marchetti, CNN , 5 May 2022",
"Next, some white chocolate peppermint bark comes, before Aunt Mary's cherry mashers, which originate from Gaines's Magnolia Table, Volume 2 Cookbook. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 20 Dec. 2021",
"Dip the cookies into the white chocolate and allow chocolate to set completely at room temperature or in the refrigerator. \u2014 USA TODAY , 18 Dec. 2021",
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"Desserts are carrot cake, cr\u00e8me caramel, white chocolate cheesecake, frozen macchiato pie, mixed berry shortcake and affogato. \u2014 Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"Disney\u2019s Animal Kingdom theme park has had a handful of births this year, including a giraffe, a zebra, an aardvark, a porcupine and recently a white rhinoceros . \u2014 Orlando Sentinel Podcasts, orlandosentinel.com , 4 Nov. 2020"
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"Good luck running out of things to do at Lake Livingston State Park, located on the shores of an 83,000-surface-acre lake, with catfish, perch, crappie and white bass galore. \u2014 Perri Ormont Blumberg, Chron , 29 May 2022",
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"Job opportunities dried up with the disappearance of manufacturing plants and many small businesses that left during white flight . \u2014 Camille Squires, Quartz , 15 Feb. 2022",
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"The kids menu includes whitefish and popcorn shrimp baskets, plus desserts like key lime pie, funnel cake fries and chocolate cake with raspberry sauce. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 7 June 2022",
"In mid-March, the U.K. slapped a 35% tariff hike on Russian whitefish , including chip-shop staples cod and haddock. \u2014 Patrick Whittle, Anchorage Daily News , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Fly-fishing fans will find mountain creeks, streams, and rivers teeming with trout (brook, brown, and rainbow), while those who prefer fishing the still waters of lakes and ponds might snag a largemouth bass, whitefish , or catfish. \u2014 Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure , 31 May 2022",
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"Kip Louttit, executive director of the Marine Exchange of Southern California, a nonprofit that monitors ship traffic, said that a whale\u2019s blowhole can be easily confused with the whitecaps of the sea. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 Aug. 2019",
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"The previous day, the massive winds had churned the ocean up to IMAX proportions, crumbling slabs of icy whitecaps that exploded when the onshore winds threw them onto the rocky coast. \u2014 Billy Baker, BostonGlobe.com , 20 Mar. 2018",
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"About 60% are in their twenties and 12% in their teens, with 39% white , 38% black, 25% Hispanic, and 6% Asian or Pacific Islander. \u2014 Erik Sherman, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
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"Black babies in Alabama have an infant mortality rate of 10.9 per 1,000 live births, more than double that of white babies. \u2014 Sarah Swetlik | Sswetlik@al.com, al , 25 June 2022",
"Sacks of water hang from tunnel ceilings, and white fire retardant dusts the passageways like a fine layer of snow. \u2014 New York Times , 25 June 2022",
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"Garza and Gladys Sicknick, Officer Brian Sicknick\u2019s mother, grew emotional as Edwards discussed seeing Sicknick clutching his head and turning white . \u2014 Grace Segers, The New Republic , 9 June 2022",
"The Metro Detroit Ford Dealers rounded up 40 new Mustangs \u2014 37 red, three white \u2014 to showcase the team. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 9 June 2022",
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"Of the species of woods used for log homes, this one has the lightest color and is sometimes called white spruce . \u2014 Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press , 24 Oct. 2019",
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