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2150 lines
71 KiB
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"Byrd":{
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"Richard Evelyn 1888\u20131957 American admiral and polar explorer":[],
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"William 1543\u20131623 English composer":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"\u02c8b\u0259rd"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105514",
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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]
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},
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"by":{
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"around",
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"close",
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"hard",
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"in",
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"near",
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"nearby",
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"nigh"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": according to":[
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"called her by name",
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"sold by the pound"
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],
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": aside , away":[],
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": at or to another's home":[
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"stop by"
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],
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": being off the main route : side":[
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"a by passage"
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],
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": born or begot of":[
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"had two sons by his first wife",
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"one child by her second husband"
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],
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": close at hand : near":[
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"lives close by"
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],
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": during the course of":[
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"studied by night"
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],
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": in comparison with : beside":[],
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": in conformity with":[
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"acted by the rules"
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],
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": in or to the amount or extent of":[
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"win by a nose"
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],
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": in proximity to : near":[
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"standing by the window"
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],
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": in the direction of : toward":[
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"sailed north by east"
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],
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": in the opinion of : from the point of view of":[
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"OK by me"
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],
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": incidental":[
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"by effects"
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],
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": incidentally sense 2":[],
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": into the vicinity of and beyond : past":[
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"went right by him"
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],
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": not later than":[
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"be there by 2 p.m."
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],
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": on behalf of":[
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"did right by his children"
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],
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": past":[
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"saw him go by"
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],
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": sired or borne by":[
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"having foals by champion race horses"
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],
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": something of secondary importance : a side issue":[
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"by the by"
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],
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": through or through the medium (see medium entry 1 sense 2 ) of : via":[
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"enter by the door"
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],
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": through the agency (see agency sense 3 ) or instrumentality of":[
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"a poem written by Keats",
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"death by firing squad",
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"taken by force",
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"happened by luck"
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],
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": with respect to":[
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"a lawyer by profession"
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],
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": with the witness or sanction (see sanction entry 1 sense 4c ) of":[
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"swear by all that is holy"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Preposition",
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"His wife was sitting by him.",
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"They have a house by the lake.",
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"The bus went right by him without stopping.",
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"Some friends stopped by our house for a chat.",
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"Why don't you come by my place later",
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"Adverb",
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"The bus went right by without stopping.",
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"We stood and applauded as the parade went by .",
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"Why don't you come by later",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Preposition",
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"Palliative care is optimally delivered by an interdisciplinary team. \u2014 John Mulder, STAT , 3 July 2022",
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"Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport leads the way in Saturday delays among U.S. airports, followed by Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. \u2014 Timothy Bella, Washington Post , 2 July 2022",
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"Dispatches from Ukraine, provided by Forbes Ukraine\u2019s editorial team. \u2014 Katya Soldak, Forbes , 2 July 2022",
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"That is by far the largest liability listed in a statement of financial affairs filed Thursday evening in bankruptcy court. \u2014 Deborah Martin And Jim Kiest, San Antonio Express-News , 1 July 2022",
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"Nurkic got by far the biggest payday of his career, agreeing to a four-year, $70 million contract with Portland. \u2014 Tim Reynolds, ajc , 1 July 2022",
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"Hankey Capital is by far the largest creditor of the estate, having made three loans totaling more than $100 million to Crestlloyd starting in 2018 when Niami was in search of cash to finish the opulent mansion. \u2014 Laurence Darmientostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 1 July 2022",
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"The tax is built into the price of gas in California, which is about $6.30 per gallon \u2014 by far the highest in the nation. \u2014 Fifth & Mission Podcast, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 July 2022",
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"This site is protected by recaptcha Privacy Policy | Terms of Service Of the 178 shot so far this year, 33 of them were killed. \u2014 Ken Dilanian, NBC News , 1 July 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
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"The posting noted that some trains pass by at up to 90 mph. \u2014 Charlie Riedel And, BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
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"This lack of unique coloration on the sides of their bodies means that researchers like Alexander can't usually tell if one puma crosses a camera trap five times, or if five individual animals pass by . \u2014 Ashleigh Papp, Scientific American , 24 June 2022",
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"Yvonne Boggs never let a day pass by without speaking to her daughter Charlotte. \u2014 Kyani Reid, NBC News , 19 June 2022",
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"Clearly, the Seth Rogen of The Boys universe is becoming more and more of a shill for Vought as time goes by . \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 17 June 2022",
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"Allow any thoughts that come up to pass by \u2014don\u2019t engage with them. \u2014 Erin Urban, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
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"As its larger sister moons\u2014Io, Ganymede and Callisto\u2014pass by in their orbits, their gravity causes Europa to flex slightly, generating interior heat that prevents the water from freezing. \u2014 Jeffrey Kluger, Time , 21 Apr. 2022",
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"The coiffed, aging blonde behind the wheel in a traffic jam in Donetsk who\u2019s calmly smoking out the car window, watching life pass by . \u2014 Artem Chapeye, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"The association also wants the city to enforce minimum distancing between tents and buildings to create enough room for individuals with physical disabilities to pass by in their scooters or wheelchairs. \u2014 oregonlive , 19 Mar. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"These fears keep viewers engaged, with political violence as a by -product. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 17 May 2022",
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"The Cambridge family took in the traditional fly- by . \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 3 June 2022",
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"The Tom Cruise actioner had a spectacular red carpet premiere in Cannes on Wednesday, which even featured a fly- by from a squadron of French fighter jets. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022",
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"What is the name of the asteroid that NASA's Osiris Rex spacecraft is preparing to leave after collecting a sample and conducting a recent fly- by ",
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"In 2111, the probe will have a fly- by near the planet that lasts about two minutes. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 6 Dec. 2020",
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"Winemakers often bleed off juice to add intensity to their red wines, in this way the resulting ros\u00e9 is really a by -product of red wine. \u2014 Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"City workers were on stand- by , ready with axes, picks and crowbars to raze the market to the ground before anyone could protest the ruling. \u2014 Jeff Suess, The Enquirer , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"The mass resignations will require fresh by -elections in well over 100 seats. \u2014 NBC News , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Running backs coach Mike Jinks reiterated USC wants to employ less of a by -committee approach this fall, and Ingram has the look of a workhorse, with the ability to do damage in space and between the tackles. \u2014 Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times , 1 May 2021",
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"About 500 fast charging stalls will go live the by end of this year, GM said. \u2014 Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press , 28 Apr. 2021",
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"But even Alabama must face this stark reality: Smith, Waddle and Harris were generational talents capable of being replaced only with a by -committee approach. \u2014 USA Today , 16 Apr. 2021",
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"Clouds will increase by evening as the next rainy front approaches. \u2014 oregonlive , 29 Apr. 2020",
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"Partly sunny skies emerge for all by afternoon as temperatures struggle to move past the 30s to low 40s for highs. \u2014 Matt Rogers, Washington Post , 10 Dec. 2019",
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"Horton was a familiar face in the community by sight, if not by name. \u2014 Susan Hoffman, Daily Pilot , 15 July 2019",
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"JoJo\u2019 Robar, if not by name then by description \u2014 that guy with the 200-watt smile and his three-wheeled bike who rode all over, collecting cans and friends. \u2014 Bill Leukhardt, Courant Community , 13 June 2018",
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"In the church\u2019s library, retired religion scholar Herb Burhenn unpacks John 16 verse by verse as a dozen seniors seated around a long table listen and nod deferentially. \u2014 G. Jeffrey Macdonald, The Christian Science Monitor , 30 Oct. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
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"1567, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1709, in the meaning defined above":"Interjection",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Preposition",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2b":"Adverb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, preposition & adverb, from Old English, preposition, be, b\u012b ; akin to Old High German b\u012b by, near, Latin ambi- on both sides, around, Greek amphi":"Preposition, Adverb, Noun, and Adjective",
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"short for goodbye":"Interjection"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u012b",
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"before consonants also b\u0259",
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"b\u012b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"through",
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"via"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004733",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"interjection",
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"noun",
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"preposition"
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]
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},
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"by air":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": by flying in airplanes":[
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"travel by air"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180152",
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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]
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},
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"by ambulance":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": in an ambulance":[
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"She was taken by ambulance to the hospital."
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185822",
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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]
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},
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"by and by":{
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"antonyms":[
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"anon",
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"before long",
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"directly",
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"momentarily",
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"presently",
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"shortly",
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"soon"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a future time or occasion":[],
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": before long , soon":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Adverb",
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"we'll get under way by and by",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
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"The red oak leaves were staying put, by and by , of course. \u2014 Bob Timmons, Star Tribune , 16 Oct. 2020",
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"The previous GoT prequel project starring Naomi Watts, by and by , shot a pilot in Northern Ireland before HBO decided not to move forward with that one. \u2014 James Hibberd, EW.com , 14 Oct. 2020",
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"But by and by he allows himself to be coaxed into the fold. \u2014 Michael Friedrich, The New Republic , 24 May 2018",
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"Robert Frost would not gaze off into the snowy world, telling this tale with a sigh, by and by , not yet. \u2014 Mary O\u2019connell , Longreads , 18 Sep. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1526, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
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"1591, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccb\u012b-\u0259n-\u02c8b\u012b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"future",
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"futurity",
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"hereafter",
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"offing",
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"tomorrow"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214956",
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"type":[
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"by and large":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": on the whole : in general":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"by and large , that information is accurate",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Military court officials will have the training required to understand the nuances in a way that civilian courts will, by and large , not. \u2014 Robert Goldman, The Conversation , 23 May 2022",
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"But the site is, by and large , not a place one goes to anymore for colorful windows into Hollywood lives. \u2014 Will Oremus, Washington Post , 9 Apr. 2022",
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"The special committee will be made up of council committee chairs and vice chairs who Lightfoot chooses for those posts and who, by and large , support her agenda. \u2014 Gregory Pratt, chicagotribune.com , 23 Mar. 2022",
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"Study after study shows that the kids who get hospitalized for Covid-19 are, by and large , those who are unvaccinated ... \u2014 Richard Galant, CNN , 13 Mar. 2022",
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"Our tuition dollar is lower by and large , than a lot of our regional peer institutions. \u2014 al , 31 Jan. 2022",
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"And these were, by and large , students who had just been cleared to attend school in the baseline testing the week before. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 Jan. 2022",
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"People were, by and large , returning to normal life. \u2014 Jamie Ducharme, Time , 12 Aug. 2021",
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"With earnings season by and large in the rearview mirror, that leaves the focus on any economic data to be released in the coming weeks. \u2014 Jj Kinahan, Forbes , 6 June 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1707, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"altogether",
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"basically",
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"chiefly",
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"generally",
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"largely",
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"mainly",
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"mostly",
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"overall",
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"predominantly",
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"primarily",
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"principally",
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"substantially"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004545",
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"by contract":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": according to the terms stated in a contract : by a legal agreement":[
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"We are bound by contract to pay the full price."
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-111104",
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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]
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},
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"by force of arms":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": by using weapons : by military action":[
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"He feels that this conflict can only be resolved by force of arms ."
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122753",
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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]
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},
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"by one's own account":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": according to what one has said about one's own life or experiences":[
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"By her own account , that was the worst performance of her career.",
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"They had, by their own account , a wonderful time."
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200840",
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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]
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},
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"by one's own admission":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": according to oneself":[
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"By his own admission , he is a terrible cook."
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181407",
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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]
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},
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"by one's own hand":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": by one's own actions":[
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"Police said she died by her own hand , but they did not find a suicide note."
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183825",
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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]
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},
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"by prescription":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": by having a written message from a doctor that officially tells one to use a medicine, therapy, etc.":[
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"The drug is only available by prescription ."
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130715",
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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]
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},
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"by return mail":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": immediately by mail":[
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"Fill out the enclosed form and send it back by return mail ."
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123603",
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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]
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},
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"by the sweat of one's brow":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": by doing hard, physical work":[
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"He earned his money by the sweat of his brow ."
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191826",
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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]
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},
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"by-alley":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a side alley":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041520",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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},
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"by-altar":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a side altar : a secondary altar":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163133",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"by-and-by":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
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"anon",
|
|
"before long",
|
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"directly",
|
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"momentarily",
|
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"presently",
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"shortly",
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"soon"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a future time or occasion":[],
|
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": before long , soon":[]
|
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},
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"examples":[
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"Adverb",
|
|
"we'll get under way by and by",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
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"The red oak leaves were staying put, by and by , of course. \u2014 Bob Timmons, Star Tribune , 16 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"The previous GoT prequel project starring Naomi Watts, by and by , shot a pilot in Northern Ireland before HBO decided not to move forward with that one. \u2014 James Hibberd, EW.com , 14 Oct. 2020",
|
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"But by and by he allows himself to be coaxed into the fold. \u2014 Michael Friedrich, The New Republic , 24 May 2018",
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"Robert Frost would not gaze off into the snowy world, telling this tale with a sigh, by and by , not yet. \u2014 Mary O\u2019connell , Longreads , 18 Sep. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1526, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
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"1591, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccb\u012b-\u0259n-\u02c8b\u012b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"future",
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"futurity",
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"hereafter",
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"offing",
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"tomorrow"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163515",
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"type":[
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"by-blow":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a child born to parents who are not married to each other":[
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"\u2026 Aubrey noted that Shakespeare \u2026 had bedded down at the Crown Tavern in Oxford; that the innkeeper's wife was a very beautiful and witty woman; and that her poet son boasted of being Shakespeare's by-blow .",
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"\u2014 S. Schoenbaum",
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"\u2026 and now, after over twenty years of bachelorhood, Travis has suddenly discovered he has a daughter of seventeen, a by-blow from an earlier case.",
|
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"\u2014 Charles Nicol"
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],
|
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": a secondary or unintended consequence":[
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"As one of the by-blows of having my microwave books published in London, I have been going there more \u2026",
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"\u2014 Barbara Kafka",
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"\u2026 the lunar programme was a child of its time, a by-blow of the Cold War arms race \u2026",
|
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"\u2014 Daily Telegraph (London)"
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],
|
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": an indirect blow":[
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"While photographers snapped away, the two men chatted amiably about \u2026 the by-blows from Hurricane Esther, even then whipping through New York.",
|
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"\u2014 Time"
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8b\u012b-\u02ccbl\u014d"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"bastard",
|
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"love child",
|
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"whoreson"
|
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011907",
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"by-product":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
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"origin",
|
|
"root",
|
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"source"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a secondary and sometimes unexpected or unintended result":[
|
|
"Japan's success as an international exporter of manufactured goods is a by-product of the volatile trade among Japanese cities.",
|
|
"\u2014 Jane Jacobs",
|
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"As investor confidence grows, overspending and overborrowing are typically byproducts of an aging bull market.",
|
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"\u2014 Carolyn Bigda",
|
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"One of the by-products of the information age is an increasing number of data formats.",
|
|
"\u2014 John Was"
|
|
],
|
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": something produced in a usually industrial or biological process in addition to the principal product":[
|
|
"Sulfured molasses is a by-product of sugar refining.",
|
|
"\u2014 Wayne Gisslen",
|
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"Small amounts of amyloid beta are generated as an ordinary metabolic byproduct and are believed to do no harm, but larger amounts seem to be tied to Alzheimer's.",
|
|
"\u2014 January W. Payne",
|
|
"Meat by-products are parts other than meat, including organs, blood and bone \u2026",
|
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"\u2014 Amy D. Shojai",
|
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"Among the most commonly occurring and thoroughly studied chlorination byproducts are trihalomethanes \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 Consumer Reports"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1849, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8b\u012b-\u02ccpr\u00e4-d\u0259kt",
|
|
"\u02c8b\u012b-\u02ccpr\u00e4-(\u02cc)d\u0259kt"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"derivate",
|
|
"derivation",
|
|
"derivative",
|
|
"offshoot",
|
|
"outgrowth",
|
|
"spin-off"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005741",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"by-product coke":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": coke made in a by-product oven, usually obtained in various sizes, and when made by high-temperature carbonization having great structural strength and being especially suitable for use in blast furnaces and cupola furnaces":[]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-081835",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"by-product oven":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a coke oven consisting typically of rows of long narrow coking chambers that alternate with flues in which fuel gas is burned, used especially for high-temperature and medium-temperature carbonization of coal, and having provision for recovery of volatile products (such as gas, ammonia, light oils, and tar)":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-073353",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"by/from force of habit":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": without thinking because it is what one usually does":[
|
|
"He reached into his pocket for his keys by/from force of habit ."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130432",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bygone":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"extant",
|
|
"living"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{},
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"the bygone days of our ancestors",
|
|
"The stone wall is from a bygone age.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"In that bygone era, the miniseries Rich Man Poor Man in 1976 and Roots in 1977 each landed 13 acting noms, which remains the record for that program format (some of the acting categories in which they were nominated have been discontinued). \u2014 Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"But as a song from that bygone era said, everything old is new again, and so startups may soon confront a challenge that has no direct precedent in the era of venture financing. \u2014 Kevin Kelleher, Fortune , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"When compared with these existential threats, the liberal internationalist obsession with primacy is a relic of a bygone era. \u2014 Daniel Bessner, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"Recognizing the magic of this bygone era\u2019s music \u2014 both because of its greatness and their personal connection to it \u2014 the guys kept working, hunkering into their pandemic bubble in 2020 while much of the world did the same. \u2014 Katie Bain, Billboard , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"While the 2,900-square-foot residence has been modernly updated, there are several remaining features that tell the story of a bygone era, including the Fortuny silk headboard and walls in the primary suite that Garbo installed. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"The appeal of lavish period dramas that depict life in a bygone era is undeniable. \u2014 Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure , 5 June 2022",
|
|
"During this bygone era of mass political mobilization, adults saved some of themselves for the people around them and for civic service. \u2014 Carolyn Chen, CNN , 4 June 2022",
|
|
"His average sinker velocity of 90.3 mph is a relic of a bygone era, sitting in just the 12th percentile league-wide \u2014 an especially striking sight coming from a 6-foot-4 left-hander who looks the part of a fireballer. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 3 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8b\u012b-\u02ccg\u022fn",
|
|
"also -\u02ccg\u00e4n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypast",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"defunct",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"done",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"extinct",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"nonextant",
|
|
"vanished"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075007",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bylaw":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a local ordinance":[],
|
|
": a rule adopted by an organization chiefly for the government of its members and the regulation of its affairs":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the club's bylaws bar any member whose annual dues remain unpaid from voting in the election",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Meanwhile, debate over the bylaw has continued to ripple across the island. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
|
|
"An eligibility bylaw will allow a student manager or students with an intellectual or physical disability to participate one time in a varsity contest without needing to meet OHSAA academic requirements. \u2014 Matt Goul, cleveland , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"The NCAA Sports Medicine Handbook, a document frequently referenced in the case, has guidelines to prevent exertional rhabdomyolysis, but they are not codified in NCAA bylaw and thus carry no penalty for noncompliance. \u2014 James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"The Gender Equality on Beaches bylaw amendment passed with a vote of 327-242 following a debate at the annual town meeting in Nantucket. \u2014 Kim Elsesser, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"The bylaw , proposed by seventh-generation Nantucket resident Dorothy Stover, was passed with a 327-242 vote by the Gender Equality on Beaches, according to WCVB. \u2014 Fox News , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"In a way, a ban that applies nationwide would feel more fair than Brookline\u2019s bylaw , Audy added. \u2014 NBC News , 24 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"But there\u2019s something else to know: Before a bylaw can be voted upon, conference rules require it to be officially proposed to the board in a motion. \u2014 Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star , 10 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"But the sorority\u2019s national leaders opposed the expulsion, citing a bylaw stating that members cannot be punished for actions before joining the group. \u2014 Jeong Park Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 10 Feb. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English bilawe , probably from Old Norse *b\u0233l\u01ebg , from Old Norse b\u0233r town + lag-, l\u01ebg law":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8b\u012b-\u02ccl\u022f"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ground rule",
|
|
"reg",
|
|
"regulation",
|
|
"rule"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213512",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"byname":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a secondary name":[],
|
|
": nickname":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Thomas Edward Lawrence is better known to most people by his byname , Lawrence of Arabia.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Robert the Wise was a good teacher \u2014 and, as his byname suggests, a good role model. \u2014 Anne Th\u00e9riault, Longreads , 3 July 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8b\u012b-\u02ccn\u0101m"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alias",
|
|
"cognomen",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"moniker",
|
|
"monicker",
|
|
"nickname",
|
|
"sobriquet",
|
|
"soubriquet",
|
|
"surname"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092012",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bypass":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a channel carrying a fluid around a part and back to the main stream":[],
|
|
": circumvent":[
|
|
"attempting to bypass the law"
|
|
],
|
|
": shunt sense 1b":[],
|
|
": to avoid by means of a bypass":[
|
|
"bypass a congested area"
|
|
],
|
|
": to cause to follow a bypass":[],
|
|
": to neglect or ignore usually intentionally":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"The bridge is being rebuilt so we'll have to take the bypass .",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"To bypass the city, take the highway that circles it.",
|
|
"Is there a way to bypass the bridge construction",
|
|
"He bypassed the manager and talked directly to the owner.",
|
|
"She managed to bypass the usual paperwork.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Russin would have to open her brain and build a bypass around the aneurysm \u2014 a risky procedure. \u2014 Steve Lopez Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The section of 26th Avenue between Kemman and Maple avenues has long been a bypass for motorists looking for a way to avoid heavy traffic and slower roadways when entering or driving through the Village. \u2014 Hank Beckman, chicagotribune.com , 24 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Before the transplant, Bennett had been hospitalized for six weeks with a life-threatening arrhythmia and had been connected to a heart-lung bypass machine. \u2014 Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"Bennett survived the eight-hour procedure, but remained connected to a heart-lung bypass machine for a period of time after the surgery. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 10 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Bennett was bedridden and on a heart-lung bypass machine at the University of Maryland Medical Center from October 2021 until the transplant surgery. \u2014 Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY , 9 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The remaining patients Tuesday included 13 who were in intensive care, 12 who were on ventilators and one who was on a heart-lung bypass machine, Taylor said. \u2014 Andy Davis, Arkansas Online , 16 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"People in the Pacific Northwest medical community heard of a doctor in Washington who got COVID-19 and had to go on a heart-lung bypass machine. \u2014 Michael Armstrong, Anchorage Daily News , 17 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Bennett could be taken off the bypass machine as early as Tuesday, if all goes well, his doctors said. \u2014 Katie Campione, PEOPLE.com , 10 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Yet government agencies can legally purchase surveillance data and completely bypass the system of warrants designed to protect us. \u2014 Patrick Walsh, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
|
|
"Soon, though, players were dipping into old Dark Souls speedrunning tricks to bypass tough bosses or reach new map sections via careful, barely survivable jumps. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 11 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In their scramble to evacuate as many civilians as possible, local U.S. commanders decided to leave paths to the Abbey Gate airport entrance unguarded so Afghans could bypass Taliban checkpoints. \u2014 Mirzahussain Sadid, ProPublica , 5 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"To push such a button and become free of the cartel, the FBI, and everything else, essentially starting over, would be to cheat the audience and bypass the explosive finale that\u2019s waiting for us. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Cathay, unlike other airlines, has declined to clarify whether its planes will intentionally bypass Russia. \u2014 Lilit Marcus, CNN , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"However, many users in the country have been responding by downloading VPN apps, which can bypass the Kremlin\u2019s censorship. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 25 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"But Thibodeaux may be too tantalizing to bypass , especially after the Panthers' leading sack man in 2021, Haason Reddick, left for Philadelphia. \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"McCourt said these homemade guns bypass federal laws requiring registration and tracing. \u2014 Ivan Pereira, ABC News , 17 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1736, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
|
|
"1848, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8b\u012b-\u02ccpas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circumnavigate",
|
|
"circumvent",
|
|
"detour",
|
|
"skirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015818",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bypast":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"extant",
|
|
"living"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": bygone":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those bypast days when gasoline was cheap"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8b\u012b-\u02ccpast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"defunct",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"done",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"extinct",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"nonextant",
|
|
"vanished"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191527",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bypath":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": byway":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The new focus on the canals was rehabilitation by master plan, with every planter positioned, every caf\u00e9 table in conformity with rules of access, every bypath checked for liability, every inspiration \u2014 however lovely \u2014 thrashed out by committee. \u2014 Longreads , 10 Aug. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8b\u012b-\u02ccpath",
|
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"-\u02ccp\u00e4th"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200712",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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},
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"byword":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a frequently used word or phrase":[],
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": a proverbial saying : proverb":[],
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": epithet":[],
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": one that is noteworthy or notorious":[],
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": one that personifies a type":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Mom's favorite byword is \u201cYou can get more flies with honey than with vinegar\u201d.",
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"nationally, Beverly Hills' Rodeo Drive has become a byword for luxury retailing",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Their names were a byword for the very idea of Entertainment writ large. \u2014 Christina Catherine Martinez, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
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"Over the past decade, Edirisa\u2019s hiking and dugout canoeing tours, run not-for-profit and providing employment opportunities for dozens of local people, have become a byword for culturally sensitive travel that goes beyond the guidebooks. \u2014 Outside Online , 18 May 2015",
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"For now, a sorrowful procession arrives daily at the morgue in Bucha, a town whose name has become a byword for hideous suffering coming to light weeks after the fact. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"Now Bucha is a byword for war crimes, like Srebrenica or My Lai. \u2014 Time , 14 Apr. 2022",
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"In Nicaragua, President Daniel Ortega\u2019s Sandinista government has become a byword for overt power grabs and human rights abuses. \u2014 Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor , 29 Mar. 2022",
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"The graying West looks fearfully to Japan \u2014 itself a byword for overpopulation in the early 20th century \u2014 where crashing fertility threatens government finances, the economy, and the social order at large. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022",
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"These speakers are an exceptional creation that reignites the design, heritage and engineering brilliance that made B&O a byword for audio and design excellence back in the 1970s. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
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"Then, Los Angeles was a byword for racial unrest, still reeling from the uprising over the acquittal of four officers for beating Mr. King. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Feb. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u012b-\u02ccw\u0259rd"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"adage",
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"aphorism",
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"apothegm",
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"epigram",
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"maxim",
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"proverb",
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"saw",
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"saying",
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"sententia",
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"word"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075018",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"byzantine":{
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"antonyms":[
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"noncomplex",
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"noncomplicated",
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"plain",
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"simple",
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"uncomplicated"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a native or inhabitant of Byzantium":[],
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": intricately involved : labyrinthine":[
|
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"rules of Byzantine complexity"
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],
|
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": of or relating to the churches using a traditional Greek rite and subject to Eastern (see eastern sense 2 ) canon law":[],
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": of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient city of Byzantium":[
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"Byzantine art"
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],
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": of, relating to, or characterized by a devious and usually surreptitious manner of operation":[
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"a Byzantine power struggle"
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],
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": of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of architecture developed in the Byzantine Empire especially in the fifth and sixth centuries featuring the dome carried on pendentives over a square and incrustation with marble veneering and with colored mosaics on grounds of gold":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1651, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"b\u012b-\u02c8zan-",
|
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"\u02c8bi-z\u1d4an-\u02cct\u0113n",
|
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"b\u0259-\u02c8zan-\u02cct\u0113n",
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"-\u02cct\u012bn",
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"\u02c8b\u012b-"
|
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"baroque",
|
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"complex",
|
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"complicate",
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"complicated",
|
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"convoluted",
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"daedal",
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"elaborate",
|
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"intricate",
|
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"involute",
|
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"involved",
|
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"knotty",
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"labyrinthian",
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"labyrinthine",
|
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"sophisticated",
|
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"tangled"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210426",
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun"
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]
|
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},
|
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"byzen":{
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a disgraceful spectacle or example":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English bysen example, disgraceful spectacle, from Old English bisen, bysen example; akin to Old Norse b\u0233sn marvel, Gothic an abusns command, Old English b\u0113odan to command":""
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8b\u012bz\u0259n",
|
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"\u02c8b\u0113z-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194337",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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]
|
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},
|
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"by blood":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"idiom"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": by a relationship that connects two people through their natural parents, grandparents, etc.":[
|
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"My aunt and I are related by blood ."
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142245"
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},
|
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"Byblis":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a small genus of low Australian shrubs with a superficial resemblance to the sundews that in some classifications is isolated in a monotypic family but is more commonly included in Droseraceae":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8bibl\u0259\u0307s"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from Latin Byblis , a nymph, from Greek":""
|
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143359"
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},
|
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"by a nose":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"idiom"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": by a very short distance":[
|
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"His horse won the race by a nose ."
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145838"
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},
|
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"by one's own bootstraps":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"idiom"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": without help from other people : as a result of one's own hard work":[
|
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"Despite many obstacles, she has pulled herself up by her own bootstraps ."
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150055"
|
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},
|
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"by-bidder":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": one who bids at an auction in behalf of the auctioneer or owner in order to run up the price":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152748"
|
|
},
|
|
"Byatt":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"biographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"Dame Antonia Susan 1936\u2013 A.S. Byatt n\u00e9e Drabble British writer":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8b\u012b-\u0259t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152854"
|
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},
|
|
"by trade":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"idiom"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{},
|
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|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-160412"
|
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},
|
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"by return of post":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": immediately by mail":[
|
|
"I replied by return of post ."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-162122"
|
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},
|
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"by choice":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": because one wants to":[
|
|
"I live here by choice .",
|
|
"No one forced them to do it. They acted out of choice ."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-174842"
|
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},
|
|
"by appointment":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": by an agreement to meet at a particular time":[
|
|
"The doctor sees patients by appointment only."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-180318"
|
|
},
|
|
"by gum":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-185509"
|
|
},
|
|
"by-corner":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an out-of-the-way corner":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-192643"
|
|
},
|
|
"by forfeit":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": as a result of forfeiting by the opposing side":[
|
|
"We won the game by forfeit when the opposing side failed to show up."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-194951"
|
|
},
|
|
"by day":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": during the day : in daylight":[
|
|
"She's a student by day and a waitress at night.",
|
|
"The area looks a lot nicer by day ."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-212013"
|
|
},
|
|
"by any/no stretch of the imagination":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-232557"
|
|
},
|
|
"byrewoman":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a woman that tends cows":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8b\u012b\u0259 + \u02cc-",
|
|
"\u02c8b\u012b(\u0259)r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-010808"
|
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},
|
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"by force":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": using physical power":[
|
|
"He took the purse from her by force ."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-012149"
|
|
},
|
|
"by-child":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an illegitimate child":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-022752"
|
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},
|
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"by-trail":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a side trail":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-024359"
|
|
},
|
|
"bycoket":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a hat with a high crown and a wide brim turned up in back and coming to a point like a beak in front worn especially in the 15th century":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"(\u02c8)b\u012b\u00a6k\u00e4k\u0259\u0307t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English bycoket , from Middle English, from Middle French bicoquet; abacot, abococket alteration of a bycoket , from a entry 2 + bycoket":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-030232"
|
|
},
|
|
"bywalk":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a secluded or private walk : byway":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-042220"
|
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},
|
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"byway":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a little traveled side road":[],
|
|
": a secondary or little known aspect or field":[
|
|
"meandering more and more in the fascinating byways of learning",
|
|
"\u2014 The Times Literary Supplement (London)"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8b\u012b-\u02ccw\u0101"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"I prefer to take byways to town.",
|
|
"He's traveled the highways and byways of this country.",
|
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"the byways of the art world",
|
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"The book chronicles some of the interesting byways of legal history.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The historic scenic byway of U.S. Route 201, called the Old Canada Road, covers 78 miles from Fairfield to the Canadian border. \u2014 Megan Michelson, Outside Online , 18 June 2020",
|
|
"Once an ancient aboriginal trail, the path became a well-trodden byway for the workmen who built the Gilded Age mansions. \u2014 Amy Gamerman, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"This lakeside city serves as the gateway to the Creole Nature Trail, a lengthy scenic byway that spans more than 180 miles across southwestern Louisiana. \u2014 Jared Ranahan, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
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"The Natchez Trace Parkway is a scenic byway that runs through Tennessee and Alabama before cutting into Mississippi. \u2014 Outside Online , 7 Mar. 2022",
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"Minnesota\u2019s devotion to Bunyan \u2014 which includes claims to his birthplace being in Bemidji, multiple statues and even a scenic byway \u2014 could be related to when Bunyan stories made their way into print and popular culture. \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 8 Feb. 2022",
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"There were suggestions to select another street, a byway that cut through the whole city (Western Avenue",
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"Along the way, the book takes another byway into Arthurian legend, the better to explore Gage\u2019s weakening grip on the line between myth and reality. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Jan. 2022",
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"Scenic byway corridors that preserve the scenic vistas viewable from major highways. \u2014 Megan Becka, cleveland , 13 Jan. 2022"
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"by decree":{
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": because of an official order":[
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-063043"
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},
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"by way of explanation":{
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"definitions":{
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": as a reason or reasons":[
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]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-065758"
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},
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"by-form":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a parallel and sometimes less important form of a word, stem, or formative element in a given language or dialect":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u012b-\u02ccf\u022frm"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{
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"1885, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-085017"
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},
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"by some miracle":{
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": surprisingly : amazingly":[
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"By some miracle , I was on time for work every day this week."
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]
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-105037"
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"by-fellow":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a fellow of one of the colleges of Cambridge University holding a secondary often nominal fellowship":[]
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-111353"
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},
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"by-your-leave":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a request for permission":[
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"imposed \u2026 without so much as a by-your-leave",
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"\u2014 J. L. Granatstein"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccb\u012b-y\u0259r-\u02c8l\u0113v"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1894, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-114237"
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},
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"by return":{
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": immediately by mail":[
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"I wrote you by return ."
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]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-125900"
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},
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"by ourselves":{
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": without any help from other people":[
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"We did it (all) by ourselves ."
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],
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": with nobody else except us":[
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"We went to the movies by ourselves .",
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"We both live by ourselves ."
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]
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-134312"
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},
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"by/on/upon request":{
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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"definitions":{
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": by asking for something usually in a formal way":[
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"Catalogs are available by/on/upon request ."
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]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-150051"
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},
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"bystander":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": one who is present but not taking part in a situation or event : a chance spectator":[
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"innocent bystanders who were injured in the shooting"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u012b-\u02ccstan-d\u0259r"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"observer",
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"onlooker",
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"spectator",
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"viewer",
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"watcher"
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"examples":[
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"Two innocent bystanders were injured in the shooting.",
|
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"bystanders rushed to help the victim of the mugging",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Muth, who identifies as mixed race, recalled watching the bystander video of Floyd\u2019s dying moments from his home in the Minneapolis suburb of Burnsville. \u2014 Mohamed Ibrahim, USA TODAY , 26 May 2022",
|
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"Activists planned the vigil, along with a rally at the governor's residence in St. Paul, for the two-year anniversary of Floyd's death on May 25, 2020, which ignited protests in Minneapolis and around the world as bystander video quickly spread. \u2014 Mohamed Ibrahim, ajc , 25 May 2022",
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"Activists planned the vigil, along with a rally at the governor\u2019s residence in St. Paul, for the two-year anniversary of Floyd\u2019s death on May 25, 2020, which ignited protests in Minneapolis and around the world as bystander video quickly spread. \u2014 Mohamed Ibrahim, Chicago Tribune , 25 May 2022",
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"Muth, who identifies as mixed race, recalled watching the bystander video of Floyd's dying moments from his home in the Minneapolis suburb of Burnsville. \u2014 Mohamed Ibrahim, BostonGlobe.com , 25 May 2022",
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"In disturbing bystander video of the shooting, about 4 seconds passes between when Green opens the taqueria's front door and when a police officer shoots him. \u2014 Tim Stelloh, NBC News , 8 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Becker, a Republican, filed a second-degree murder charge Thursday against Grand Rapids Officer Christopher Schurr, whose fatal shot following a traffic stop on April 4 was recorded on a bystander \u2019s phone. \u2014 John Flesher And, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
|
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"Other cameras \u2014 from the officer\u2019s vehicle, a nearby doorbell security system and a bystander \u2019s cellphone \u2014 capture different portions of the encounter. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
|
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"Prior to the arrival of fire crews, a bystander initiated CPR. \u2014 Haleigh Kochanski, The Arizona Republic , 6 June 2022"
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],
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"1584, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-150406"
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},
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"by-stake":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a rod serving as an upright framing rod in a basket":[]
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-154207"
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},
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"byreman":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": cowman":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8b\u012b(\u0259)rm\u0259n",
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"\u02c8b\u012b\u0259m-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-161303"
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},
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"by magic":{
|
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": by the power of magic":[
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"a mop that gets rid of dirt as if by magic"
|
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]
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-163745"
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},
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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|
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"definitions":{
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": according to all of the different descriptions of something":[
|
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"By all accounts , the band put on a great show.",
|
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"She was, by all accounts , good at her job.",
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"They seemed, from all accounts , to have a happy marriage."
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]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-164940"
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},
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"by way of illustration":{
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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"definitions":{
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": as an example":[
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"By way of illustration , let us examine this poem."
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]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174341"
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},
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"bywork":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": work done on the side : work done in intervals of leisure":[
|
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"won popular fame \u2026 by a piece of bywork",
|
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"\u2014 Times Literary Supplement"
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]
|
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174517"
|
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},
|
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"by common consent":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"idiom"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": as agreed to by most people":[
|
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"This restaurant is, by common consent , the best in the city."
|
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]
|
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-175151"
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},
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"by marriage":{
|
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-183611"
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},
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"by/from all reports":{
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"type":[
|
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"idiom"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": according to what everyone says":[
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"By/from all reports , you are a very hard worker."
|
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]
|
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185316"
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},
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"by/in contrast":{
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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],
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": when compared to another : when looked at or thought about in relation to similar objects or people to set off dissimilar qualities":[
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"She had a big personality, which made her husband seem dull by contrast .",
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"\u2014 often + with or to In contrast with last year's profits, the company is not doing very well."
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]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-195115"
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},
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"bywoner":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a laborer or farmer working another person's land:":[],
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": squatter":[],
|
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": sharecropper":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u012b\u02ccv\u014dn\u0259(r)",
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"\u02c8b\u0101\u02ccv-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Afrikaans, from by with, at (from Middle Dutch b\u012b ) + woner dweller (from woon to dwell\u2014from Middle Dutch w\u014dnen \u2014+ -er ); akin to Old High German b\u012b with, at, and to Old High German won\u0113n to dwell":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-203024"
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},
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"by-channel":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a stream at one side of the main stream":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-204204"
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},
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"byssinosis":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": an occupational respiratory disease associated with inhalation of cotton, flax, or hemp dust and characterized initially by chest tightness, shortness of breath, and cough and eventually by irreversible lung disease":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccbi-s\u0259-\u02c8n\u014d-s\u0259s",
|
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"\u02ccbis-\u0259-\u02c8n\u014d-s\u0259s"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Latin byssinus of fine linen, from Greek byssinos , from byssos":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1881, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-210444"
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},
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"by sight":{
|
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": on the basis of one's looks":[
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"I know her by sight but not by name ."
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]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-210954"
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},
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"byssus":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a fine probably linen cloth of ancient times":[],
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": a tuft of long tough filaments by which some bivalve mollusks (such as mussels) adhere to a surface":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bi-s\u0259s"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Then comes the slightly tedious task, which is pulling off the byssus , or beard, a small length of what looks like black threads twisted together. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Oct. 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English bissus , from Latin byssus , from Greek byssos flax, of Semitic origin; akin to Hebrew b\u016b\u1e63 linen cloth":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-211615"
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},
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"byssoid":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": byssaceous":[],
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": cottony sense 1":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bi\u02ccs\u022fid"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin & Latin byss us + English -oid":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-213557"
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},
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"by definition":{
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": because of what something or someone is : according to the definition of a word that is being used to describe someone or something":[
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"A volunteer by definition is not paid.",
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"A glider is by definition an aircraft with no engine."
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-215857"
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},
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"by right":{
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": according to what is legally or morally correct":[
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"The money is mine by right ."
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221857"
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},
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"by oneself":{
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": without any help from other people":[
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"I shoveled the driveway by myself .",
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"I want you to figure it out by yourself ."
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],
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": with no one or nothing else : alone":[
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"The grandmother still lives in the house by herself .",
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"He went to the store by himself .",
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"They toured the city by themselves .",
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"The new law will help, but it can't solve the problem (all) by itself ."
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-225557"
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},
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"by the count of":{
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": by the time the speaker counts to (some specific number)":[
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"If you're not out of here by the count of three, I'm calling the police."
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-001834"
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},
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"by sea":{
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": by means of a ship":[
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"We traveled by sea ."
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-002251"
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},
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"by feel":{
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": by feeling with one's hands when one cannot see":[
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"It was too dark too see anything, so she had to find the door knob by feel ."
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],
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": by being guided by physical feelings, the senses, etc., instead of by rules or directions":[
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"an athlete who plays by feel"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-010948"
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},
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"by step":{
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": in a series of steps":[
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"The melody moves upward by step from D to C."
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-011519"
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},
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"by-hour":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a leisure hour":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-014134"
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}
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} |