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{
"CEMF":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"counter electromotive force":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073837",
"type":[
"abbreviation"
]
},
"Cedar Falls":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"city in northeastern Iowa northwest of Waterloo population 39,260":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130918",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Central Asian":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to the countries of central Asia or their inhabitants":[
"\u2014 usually used in reference to the now independent countries that were part of Soviet Central Asia"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1872, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130304",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"Central Basin":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to a phase of Woodland culture preceding and related to Hopewell and characterized by small habitation sites, flexed burials, and incised and stamped grit-tempered pottery":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably so called from sites in the Illinois river valley in central Illinois":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-105545",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"Cerenkov radiation":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": light produced by charged particles (such as electrons) traversing a transparent medium at a speed greater than that of light in the same medium":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1938, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"after P. A. cherenkov":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"ch\u0259-\u02c8re\u014b-k\u022ff-",
"ch\u0259r-\u02c8ye\u014b-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031255",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Ceres":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a dwarf planet that orbits within the asteroid belt with a mean distance from the sun of 2.7 astronomical units (260 million miles) and a diameter of 590 miles (950 kilometers)":[],
": the Roman goddess of agriculture \u2014 compare demeter":[],
"city in central California southeast of Modesto population 45,417":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin Cerer-, Cer\u0113s, probably personified noun derivative going back to an Indo-European adjective *\u1e31erh 3 -\u1e17s \"of grain,\" derivative of *\u1e31\u00e9rh 3 -o/es \"nourishment, grain,\" derivative of a verbal base *\u1e31erh 3 - \"feed, fill, satisfy,\" whence also Greek kor\u00e9\u014d \"(I) will satiate, fill,\" Lithuanian \u0161eri\u00f9, \u0161\u00e9rti \"to feed,\" Germanic *hersija- \"of grain\" (whence Old Saxon hirsi \"millet,\" Old High German hirso, hirsi )":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sir-(\u02cc)\u0113z"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230014",
"type":[
"geographical name",
"noun"
]
},
"Ceriantharia":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an order of Anthozoa coextensive with Cerianthidae and usually included in Actiniaria":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Cerianthus , type genus (from Greek k\u0113rion honeycomb\u2014from k\u0113ros wax\u2014+ New Latin -anthus ) + -aria":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccsir\u0113\u02ccan\u02c8tha(a)r\u0113\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000716",
"type":[
"adjective or noun",
"plural noun"
]
},
"Cerithiidae":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a family of slender elongated spirally coiled gastropod mollusks (order Pectinibranchia) comprising the horn shells of fresh and brackish waters":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Cerithium , type genus + -idae":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccser\u0259\u02c8th\u012b\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124640",
"type":[
"adjective",
"plural noun"
]
},
"Cerithium":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the type genus of Cerithiidae":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, modification of Greek keration , diminutive of kerat-, keras horn":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"s\u0259\u02c8rith\u0113\u0259m"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-104247",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ce n'est que le premier pas qui co\u00fbte":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": it is only the first step that costs : only the beginning is difficult":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"snek-l\u0259-pr\u0259-my\u0101-p\u00e4-k\u0113-k\u00fct"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072029",
"type":[
"French phrase"
]
},
"cease":{
"antonyms":[
"arrest",
"arrestment",
"cessation",
"check",
"close",
"closedown",
"closure",
"conclusion",
"cutoff",
"discontinuance",
"discontinuation",
"end",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finish",
"halt",
"lapse",
"offset",
"shutdown",
"shutoff",
"stay",
"stop",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"termination"
],
"definitions":{
": cessation":[
"\u2014 usually used with without I kept an eye upon her without cease \u2014 R. L. Stevenson"
],
": to become extinct : die out":[],
": to bring an activity or action to an end : discontinue":[
"they have been ordered to cease and desist"
],
": to cause to come to an end especially gradually : no longer continue":[
"they were forced to cease operations",
"cease to exist"
],
": to come to an end":[
"the fighting gradually ceased"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The fighting along the border has temporarily ceased .",
"The factory ceased operations last year.",
"The child would not cease his constant whining.",
"Noun",
"worked without cease for the betterment of humanity",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"At risk of stating the obvious, unless something changes to cause the birth rate to exceed the death rate, Japan will eventually cease to exist. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"At risk of stating the obvious, unless something changes to cause the birth rate to exceed the death rate, Japan will eventually cease to exist. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 9 May 2022",
"After all, without them, the company would not have money coming in and would essentially cease to exist. \u2014 Patrick Stokes, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"Those shares would then be canceled and cease to exist. \u2014 CBS News , 28 Apr. 2022",
"PlayStation Now will then cease to exist as an independent service. \u2014 PCMAG , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Given that, the idea that literary magazines will simply cease to exist is not one that Schappell buys. \u2014 Leah Asmelash, CNN , 8 Feb. 2022",
"But that testing will also cease to exist this summer without additional financial support. \u2014 Andrew Brown, courant.com , 20 Jan. 2022",
"As Ronnie sees it, if the mineral plant loses its water, so does Trona, and their home for 35 years would cease to exist. :: Water wars are central to the history of the American West. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Sep. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In the devastated city of Severodonetsk, a complete cease -fire is needed to facilitate the evacuation of 568 people trapped in a chemical plant, regional authorities said. \u2014 Amy Cheng, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
"That\u2019s the only way to get Mr. Putin to the negotiating table with any hope of a cease -fire on Ukrainian terms favorable to NATO. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"And many in Europe are eager to find a way, even if a temporary cease -fire, to get Ukrainian grain and foodstuffs back into the world market. \u2014 Steven Erlanger, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
"Whether there will be any talk of a cease -fire or negotiations is unclear. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
"One pity is that NATO countries did not assert some dominance early in the crisis, say, by escrowing Russia\u2019s energy revenues contingent on a cease -fire. \u2014 Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ , 7 June 2022",
"United Nations Secretary General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres reiterated the need for an immediate cease -fire, urging both sides to resolve the conflict via diplomacy. \u2014 Andrew Jeong, Washington Post , 4 June 2022",
"At the time, the talks established what those in attendance in Compton described as more of a temporary cease -fire than a long-term truce. \u2014 James Queallystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"However, both sides have at times accused the other of violating the cease -fire. \u2014 Noha Elhennawy, ajc , 2 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English cesen , from Anglo-French cesser , from Latin cessare to hold back, be remiss, frequentative of cedere":"Verb and Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0113s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for cease Verb stop , cease , quit , discontinue , desist mean to suspend or cause to suspend activity. stop applies to action or progress or to what is operating or progressing and may imply suddenness or definiteness. stopped at the red light cease applies to states, conditions, or existence and may add a suggestion of gradualness and a degree of finality. by nightfall the fighting had ceased quit may stress either finality or abruptness in stopping or ceasing. the engine faltered, sputtered, then quit altogether discontinue applies to the stopping of an accustomed activity or practice. we have discontinued the manufacture of that item desist implies forbearance or restraint as a motive for stopping or ceasing. desisted from further efforts to persuade them",
"synonyms":[
"break off",
"break up",
"close",
"conclude",
"dead-end",
"determine",
"die",
"discontinue",
"elapse",
"end",
"expire",
"finish",
"go",
"halt",
"lapse",
"leave off",
"let up",
"pass",
"quit",
"stop",
"terminate",
"wind up",
"wink (out)"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170704",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"ceaseless":{
"antonyms":[
"discontinuous",
"noncontinuous"
],
"definitions":{
": continuing without cease : constant":[
"ceaseless efforts"
]
},
"examples":[
"her ceaseless efforts to build and improve the business",
"there has been ceaseless rain for three days",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The image that emerges from the Drawing Center show is one of ceaseless intermixture resulting in endless variation of form. \u2014 Jonathon Keats, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"An urban battle defined by ceaseless shelling can shift quickly as one side\u2019s firepower temporarily overwhelms the other\u2019s. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"In Longyearbyen, roughly 40 plumbers and electricians are needed to help the 2,500 residents handle the harsh environment in months of ceaseless dark and endless sunlight. \u2014 New York Times , 19 May 2022",
"Watching ceaseless gun violence on the news moved Junior\u2019s third-generation owner, Alan Rosen, to action. \u2014 Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"The two clubs have spent all this season writing the most recent chapter in the ceaseless tale of this rivalry, going head-to-head for a Serie A title that seemingly nobody wanted to win. \u2014 Adam Digby, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"We are divided by class, race, and gender and united only in being the objects of a ceaseless corporate effort to accomplish our commodification. \u2014 Chris Lehmann, The New Republic , 3 Mar. 2022",
"But before the scar is fully formed (almost always within two weeks of the heart attack), the dead muscle is weak and can potentially rupture under the ceaseless work and constant pressure of the heart. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Largely as a result of the ceaseless war, energy experts expect oil prices to stay high for a while without big interventions like the U.S. reserve release. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1576, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0113s-l\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"continual",
"continued",
"continuing",
"continuous",
"incessant",
"nonstop",
"perpetual",
"running",
"unbroken",
"unceasing",
"uninterrupted",
"unremitting"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170853",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"ceaselessness":{
"antonyms":[
"discontinuous",
"noncontinuous"
],
"definitions":{
": continuing without cease : constant":[
"ceaseless efforts"
]
},
"examples":[
"her ceaseless efforts to build and improve the business",
"there has been ceaseless rain for three days",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The image that emerges from the Drawing Center show is one of ceaseless intermixture resulting in endless variation of form. \u2014 Jonathon Keats, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"An urban battle defined by ceaseless shelling can shift quickly as one side\u2019s firepower temporarily overwhelms the other\u2019s. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"In Longyearbyen, roughly 40 plumbers and electricians are needed to help the 2,500 residents handle the harsh environment in months of ceaseless dark and endless sunlight. \u2014 New York Times , 19 May 2022",
"Watching ceaseless gun violence on the news moved Junior\u2019s third-generation owner, Alan Rosen, to action. \u2014 Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"The two clubs have spent all this season writing the most recent chapter in the ceaseless tale of this rivalry, going head-to-head for a Serie A title that seemingly nobody wanted to win. \u2014 Adam Digby, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"We are divided by class, race, and gender and united only in being the objects of a ceaseless corporate effort to accomplish our commodification. \u2014 Chris Lehmann, The New Republic , 3 Mar. 2022",
"But before the scar is fully formed (almost always within two weeks of the heart attack), the dead muscle is weak and can potentially rupture under the ceaseless work and constant pressure of the heart. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Largely as a result of the ceaseless war, energy experts expect oil prices to stay high for a while without big interventions like the U.S. reserve release. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1576, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0113s-l\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"continual",
"continued",
"continuing",
"continuous",
"incessant",
"nonstop",
"perpetual",
"running",
"unbroken",
"unceasing",
"uninterrupted",
"unremitting"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085814",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"cedar camphor":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": cedrol":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084311",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cedar elm":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an elm ( Ulmus crassifolia ) of the southern U.S. and Mexico having spreading pendulous corky branches and yielding valuable timber":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-083345",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cede":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": assign , transfer":[
"ceded his stock holdings to his children"
],
": to yield or grant typically by treaty":[
"Russia ceded Alaska to the U.S. in 1867."
]
},
"examples":[
"Russia ceded Alaska to the U.S. in 1867.",
"she reluctantly ceded her position as leader",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At an online forum on Friday, Zelensky showed little willingness to cede land. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022",
"These days, Yeoh is happy (well, happy-ish) to cede the stage to stunt performers for any really dangerous shots. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 24 Feb. 2022",
"The censoring Church already belonged to the superstitious past, though the members of the clergy didn\u2019t know it, of course, and had not yet even begun to cede their immense authority. \u2014 James Wood, The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Lucca and Luhrmann discuss the lingering effects for athletes who cede internal authority, as well as how others groups of people\u2014such as evangelicals and those with schizophrenia\u2014experience the voices that guide or threaten them. \u2014 Harper\u2019s Magazine , 15 Feb. 2022",
"But scientists are divided over how quickly governments should cede decisions about acceptable risk to individuals. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Days later, a political shakeup saw Yemen's president cede power to a presidential council in a move backed by Saudi Arabia. \u2014 Abbas Al Lawati, CNN , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine were set to resume Monday, with discussions centered on Russia\u2019s demands for Ukraine to cede Crimea and parts of the Donbas regions in the east. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Will Amed Rosario play the bulk of his innings at shortstop, or move to left field and cede the position to Andres Gimenez (or Gabriel Arias)"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1743, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from French or Latin; French c\u00e9der , borrowed from Latin c\u0113dere \"to go, move away, withdraw, yield,\" perhaps, if derived from an originally transitive meaning \"drive away,\" akin to Sanskrit sedhati \"(she/he) chases away,\" Avestan siiazdat \"will chase away\"":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0113d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"cough up",
"deliver",
"give up",
"hand over",
"lay down",
"relinquish",
"render",
"surrender",
"turn in",
"turn over",
"yield"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162937",
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"ceibo":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a South American shrub or small tree ( Erythrina crista-galli ) with crimson and scarlet flowers":[],
": kapok":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"American Spanish, ceibo, ceiba tree, from Spanish ceiba":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0101(\u02cc)b\u014d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134907",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ceil":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to furnish (something, such as a wooden ship) with a lining":[],
": to furnish with a ceiling":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English celen , from Medieval Latin celare, caelare , perhaps from Latin caelare to carve, from caelum chisel; akin to Latin caedere to cut":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0113l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232807",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ceilidh":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a party with music, dancing, and often storytelling":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The wedding featured three musical moments in total: Italian jazz, followed by a ceilidh band, and then an \u201980s and \u201990s disco by DJ Henri, which had everyone dancing past 3 a.m. \u2014 Emma Elwick-bates, Vogue , 28 June 2022",
"She\u2019s a member of the Irish American Club and a traditional Irish ceilidh dancer. \u2014 Elissa Welle, Detroit Free Press , 9 Feb. 2022",
"But later in the episode, while attending a traditional Scottish ceilidh \u2014 think of the Gatherings featured on Outlander \u2014 at Borthwick Castle, McTavish and his hips are given their rightful time to shine. \u2014 Sarene Leeds, Vulture , 1 Mar. 2021",
"The week-long digital celebration features Scottish ceilidh and bagpipe bands, harpists, Highland dancers and former U.S. national Scottish fiddling champ Melinda Crawford Perttu. \u2014 Joan Rusek, cleveland , 22 Dec. 2020",
"The event will feature Scottish ceilidh and bagpipe bands, harpists, Highland dancers, and former U.S. National Scottish Fiddling Champion Melinda Crawford Perttu. \u2014 cleveland , 18 Dec. 2020",
"Revelers looking to get an early start on the fun should show up Friday evening for a ceilidh . \u2014 Greg Crawford And Ashley Zlatopolsky, Detroit Free Press , 3 Aug. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1875, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Irish c\u00e9il\u00ed & Scottish Gaelic c\u00e8ilidh visit, social evening, party with music and dancing, from Old Irish c\u00e9ilide visit, from c\u00e9ile servant, companion, neighbor; akin to Welsh cilydd companion, Old Breton kiled":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u0101-l\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102403",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ceiling":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": absolute ceiling":[],
": an upper usually prescribed limit":[
"a ceiling on prices, rents, and wages"
],
": material used to ceil a wall or roof of a room":[],
": service ceiling":[],
": something thought of as an overhanging shelter or a lofty canopy":[
"a ceiling of stars"
],
": the height above the ground from which prominent objects on the ground can be seen and identified":[],
": the height above the ground of the base of the lowest layer of clouds when over half of the sky is obscured":[],
": the overhead inside lining of a room":[
"The room has a high ceiling ."
]
},
"examples":[
"The house has low ceilings .",
"The airplane has a ceiling of 32,000 feet.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And the subtle yet snazzy silver textured wallpaper on the ceiling in the dining room really makes that room shimmer. \u2014 Ann Abel, House Beautiful , 24 June 2022",
"The star got on the mic and behind the booth with Warriors DJ Shabazz as images of the players' faces glowed on the ceiling above the crowd. \u2014 Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com , 20 June 2022",
"Starbucks said water began leaking again from a light on the ceiling at about 8:45 a.m Monday, and a store manager closed the cafe by 9:15 a.m. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2022",
"Original wood paneling can be found in the office and there's wood detailing on the ceiling in the great room. \u2014 Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star , 24 May 2022",
"Hidden amid artwork on the ceiling are names of people who were involved in the theater, written in Chinese. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
"Beams add charm on the ceiling and frame the nearby breakfast nook, where a custom banquette offers a cozy spot to look out to the pool. \u2014 Krissa Rossbund, Better Homes & Gardens , 5 May 2022",
"Demonstration pictures on Wi-Charge's website show the transmitter mounted on a ceiling , like a smoke detector. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 27 Apr. 2022",
"This innovative device will help her fall asleep more easily by projecting a gently pulsing light on the ceiling , creating a hypnotic effect that helps quell an anxious mind and slow down breathing to a sleep-inducing level. \u2014 Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health , 14 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1535, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English celing , from celen":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0113-li\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bound",
"boundary",
"cap",
"confines",
"end",
"extent",
"limit",
"limitation",
"line",
"termination"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040039",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"ceiling climbing":{
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"sa\u207f(n)-\u02c8tyu\u0307r",
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},
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"a trendy restaurant much favored by Tinseltown celebs",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"My clients are wearing a version of their childhood security blanket, or a similar outfit to what their favorite character or celeb wore. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 20 May 2022",
"Another celeb who is using his fame to inspire is Harry Styles. \u2014 Lisa Respers France, CNN , 14 May 2022",
"Joel acts as prosecutor, judge and jury, ultimately crowning one celeb the winner of the cook-off as well as helping the celebrities squash their beef once and for all. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 11 May 2022",
"In May 2021, just after Affleck rekindled his romance with Jennifer Lopez, a social media influencer went viral over a funny story about matching with Affleck on the celeb -friendly dating app. \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Bretman Rock's Day 1 look included an acid-wash matching set from celeb -favorite denim brand Diesel and white boots. \u2014 Kristin Koch, Seventeen , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The pinnacle of celeb Twitter may have come in 2014, when Academy Awards host DeGeneres strode into the crowd to snap a selfie with Meryl Streep, a stunt that Twitter\u2019s TV partnerships team had orchestrated. \u2014 Will Oremus, Washington Post , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Commencement season is in full swing, and Grownish star Yara Shahidi is the latest celeb to celebrate their big day. \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 31 May 2022",
"Pricey Remove peach fuzz with this celeb -loved razor that helps exfoliate skin while removing unwanted hairs on your face. \u2014 ELLE , 5 May 2022"
],
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"1907, in the meaning defined above":""
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"killjoy",
"party pooper"
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"examples":[
"The bishop will be the main celebrant .",
"the celebrant of the service",
"The celebrants lit their candles.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One particular Yulin celebrant will select this animal and decide this\u2014this heart-wrenching display of agonizing torment\u2014is today\u2019s lunch. \u2014 Liza Lentini, SPIN , 16 June 2022",
"Out of this grief, Hayes has cemented his place in country music as the consummate family man, the father of six (ages 6 to 16) and a musical celebrant of simple dreams. \u2014 Nancy Kruh, PEOPLE.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The couple's celebrant was The Summer Set lead vocalist Brian Dales \u2014 one of the couple's closest friends \u2014 who also wrote an original song for the pair. \u2014 Sarah Michaud, PEOPLE.com , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Historic Mankin Mansion, a private estate turned events venue, was instead officiated by Majel Stein, a friend of the couple, who was authorized a civil celebrant by the Henrico County Circuit Court. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Bob Dole, who overcame disabling war wounds to become a sharp-tongued Senate leader from Kansas, a Republican presidential candidate and then a symbol and celebrant of his dwindling generation of World War II veterans, has died at the age of 98. \u2014 J.d. Crowe | Jdcrowe@al.com, al , 6 Dec. 2021",
"The Diocese of Cleveland\u2019s current Bishop Edward Malesic will be the main celebrant . \u2014 Evan Macdonald, cleveland , 28 Sep. 2021",
"Jacoby is basically a celebrant of Broadway, and his film can get gushy. \u2014 Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor , 27 Aug. 2021",
"Then there\u2019s choreographed dancing, music, food and symbolic events marking a celebrant \u2019s arrival into adulthood. \u2014 Andrew Mendez, Los Angeles Times , 17 Aug. 2021"
],
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"1624, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"borrowed from Latin celebrant-, celebrans , present participle of celebr\u0101re \"to throng, frequent, observe (an occasion, festivity), praise\" \u2014 more at celebrate":""
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"The nation celebrates Memorial Day."
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": to mark (something, such as an anniversary) by festivities or other deviation from routine":[
"celebrated their 25th anniversary"
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"A priest celebrates Mass."
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"We are celebrating my birthday by going out to dinner.",
"The family gathered to celebrate Christmas.",
"We are celebrating our anniversary next week.",
"They are celebrating the birth of their third child.",
"The book celebrates the movies of the past.",
"Her lecture celebrated the genius of the artist.",
"He is celebrated for his contributions to modern science.",
"A priest celebrates Mass at the church daily.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And the longtime loves' stunning sartorial choices weren't limited to just the ceremony \u2014 everything from their rehearsal dinner outfits to the afterparty ensembles were carefully curated to celebrate their big weekend in style. \u2014 Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022",
"Others held demonstrations to celebrate it throughout the weekend. \u2014 Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic , 27 June 2022",
"Getting a diploma in the mail hardly means as much as striding across a stage in a robe among hundreds of people to celebrate you. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 June 2022",
"Men should also feel proud to celebrate themselves on Father\u2019s Day, no matter what the women in their lives do on that day. \u2014 Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence , 21 June 2022",
"Juneteenth happened to fall on Father's Day this year, and the Google Doodle to celebrate it was created, fittingly, by a father-son duo. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 20 June 2022",
"Both movements promised freedom, yet exerted pressure to use and celebrate it only in certain ways. \u2014 Joanna Scutts, The New Republic , 20 June 2022",
"More:What to know about Juneteenth Day and where to celebrate it in Milwaukee this year Federal employees get to take off Juneteenth \u2013 feted Sunday but observed on Monday this year. \u2014 La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel , 20 June 2022",
"Aside from the Tribune\u2019s sesquicentennial, there was a lot to celebrate in those years, especially on the city\u2019s sports scene, as Paul Sullivan notes. \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune , 19 June 2022"
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"unknown",
"unsung"
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"He is one of today's most celebrated young writers.",
"a celebrated author making an appearance on a talk show",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The celebrated \u2018\u2019Disco Demolition Night\u2019' results in a forfeit to the Detroit Tigers. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 26 June 2022",
"On Tuesday, the actress, 41, celebrated daughter Honor Marie's 14th birthday with an adorable video montage on Instagram featuring photos and clips of the teenager throughout the years. \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 8 June 2022",
"In other developments Friday, Zelenskyy announced that Russia has freed Yuliia Paievska, a celebrated Ukrainian medic who used a body camera to record her work in Mariupol while the port city was under Russian siege. \u2014 Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 18 June 2022",
"On Friday, Juneteenth NY launched its 13th annual festivities, a celebrated tradition in New York City commemorating the nation\u2019s newest federal holiday. \u2014 Boris Q'va, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
"If that\u2019s the case, Illinois lost three celebrated journalists in the past month. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
"All along, truth and trust aren\u2019t celebrated ; they\u2019re destabilized. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
"After nearly a decade as one of the most successful and celebrated groups on the planet, BTS will be going on hiatus, and the seven members will be focusing on solo projects in the near future. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 14 June 2022",
"Amber Heard believes that Johnny Depp\u2019s lengthy and celebrated career earned him fans in the courtroom too. \u2014 al , 14 June 2022"
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"The nation celebrates Memorial Day."
],
": to mark (something, such as an anniversary) by festivities or other deviation from routine":[
"celebrated their 25th anniversary"
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": to observe a holiday, perform a religious ceremony, or take part in a festival":[
"The holiday revelers celebrated all day long."
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": to perform (a sacrament or solemn ceremony) publicly and with appropriate rites":[
"A priest celebrates Mass."
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"We are celebrating my birthday by going out to dinner.",
"The family gathered to celebrate Christmas.",
"We are celebrating our anniversary next week.",
"They are celebrating the birth of their third child.",
"The book celebrates the movies of the past.",
"Her lecture celebrated the genius of the artist.",
"He is celebrated for his contributions to modern science.",
"A priest celebrates Mass at the church daily.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And the longtime loves' stunning sartorial choices weren't limited to just the ceremony \u2014 everything from their rehearsal dinner outfits to the afterparty ensembles were carefully curated to celebrate their big weekend in style. \u2014 Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022",
"Others held demonstrations to celebrate it throughout the weekend. \u2014 Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic , 27 June 2022",
"Getting a diploma in the mail hardly means as much as striding across a stage in a robe among hundreds of people to celebrate you. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 June 2022",
"Men should also feel proud to celebrate themselves on Father\u2019s Day, no matter what the women in their lives do on that day. \u2014 Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence , 21 June 2022",
"Juneteenth happened to fall on Father's Day this year, and the Google Doodle to celebrate it was created, fittingly, by a father-son duo. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 20 June 2022",
"Both movements promised freedom, yet exerted pressure to use and celebrate it only in certain ways. \u2014 Joanna Scutts, The New Republic , 20 June 2022",
"More:What to know about Juneteenth Day and where to celebrate it in Milwaukee this year Federal employees get to take off Juneteenth \u2013 feted Sunday but observed on Monday this year. \u2014 La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel , 20 June 2022",
"Aside from the Tribune\u2019s sesquicentennial, there was a lot to celebrate in those years, especially on the city\u2019s sports scene, as Paul Sullivan notes. \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune , 19 June 2022"
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"The actress lived a life of celebrity ."
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},
"examples":[
"The actress lived a life of celebrity .",
"There were many celebrities at the party.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"When Miller started showing up at Priki\u00f0 Kaffih\u00fas in Reykjav\u00edk, their unusual behavior was at first chalked up to the eccentric whims of a visiting celebrity . \u2014 Manori Ravindran, Variety , 1 July 2022",
"And now the latest celebrity nonsense terrorizing the internet is a herby chickpea and bulgur salad that Jennifer Aniston supposedly ate every day for 10 years while filming Friends. \u2014 Ali Francis, Bon App\u00e9tit , 30 June 2022",
"Duhamel and Mari enjoyed a springtime date night at the celebrity hotspot, Nobu. \u2014 Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE.com , 30 June 2022",
"Amazon is home to celebrity -beloved and editor-approved products like this gua sha tool and Bioderma micellar water. \u2014 Laura Jackson, Vogue , 30 June 2022",
"What was envisioned as a way for college athletes to make some pocket money based on their celebrity has turned into bidding wars for top recruits and transfers who can command millions for their services. \u2014 Eric Olson, Chron , 30 June 2022",
"Then, well-wishers rallied around the local celebrity and raised more than $33,000 on a GoFundMe page in support of his recovery. \u2014 Dia Gill, Chicago Tribune , 30 June 2022",
"Many years and a celebrity -beloved sustainable clothing line later, Mir\u00f3's knack for turning old apparel into something new hasn't faded. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 30 June 2022",
"Here, Nayeon talks to ELLE.com from her label\u2019s headquarters in Seoul about her debut album, separating her celebrity from herself, and what drives her to keep creating. \u2014 Crystal Bell, ELLE , 30 June 2022"
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"Celerity of movement is vital in war."
]
},
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"a journalist who writes his well-crafted stories with remarkable celerity",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Electrons in solids tend to bump into atoms instead of moving uninterrupted, so being able to control them with such celerity was crucial for the team to carry out its Peter-Pan-and-his-shadow manipulation of the electron and the hole. \u2014 Karmela Padavic-callaghan, Scientific American , 8 Dec. 2021",
"The list goes on, but the difference between now and centuries ago is the frequency and celerity with which materials move between continents and the increasing intensity of climate change. \u2014 Claire Marie Porter, WIRED , 2 Aug. 2019",
"People solve mysteries and puzzles with shocking celerity . \u2014 Daniel Payne, National Review , 20 July 2019"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Middle English celerite , borrowed from Anglo-French celeritee , borrowed from Latin celerit\u0101t-, celerit\u0101s from celer \"swift, speedy\" + -it\u0101t-, -it\u0101s -ity \u2014 more at accelerate":""
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"fastness",
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"speed",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035428",
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"Tartarean"
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"\u2014 Tanya Wenman Steel"
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"\u2014 Leonard Bacon"
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},
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"Adjective",
"stars, planets, asteroids, and other celestial bodies",
"The late afternoon sunlight gave the room a celestial glow.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Come night-time, resident astronomers reveal the secrets of the dark skies, which are suddenly scattered with countless celestial bodies, as if God has turned on a gazillion lights. \u2014 Angelina Villa-clarke, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"Scientists already knew other celestial bodies experience quakes. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 16 June 2022",
"Newton unified terrestrial and celestial gravity \u2014 apples and planets. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 July 2021",
"Newton unified terrestrial and celestial gravity \u2014 apples and planets. \u2014 New York Times , 25 July 2021",
"Constructed in multiple stages between 3000 and 1500 B.C.E., the henge aligns with celestial bodies. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 2 June 2022",
"Quakes on rocky celestial bodies can be triggered by a number of different things: fault lines, volcanoes, meteor strikes and even the influence of other planets. \u2014 Joanna Thompson, Scientific American , 24 May 2022",
"The idea is that decades from now, researchers will have much better technology to unlock the secrets of celestial bodies. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 2 Apr. 2022",
"Sagittarius A* is stretching some nearby celestial objects like taffy, as black holes are wont to do, but those objects are hundreds of times bigger than models predict. \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 12 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Curry manages to be both ordinary in size and celestial in talent. \u2014 Jerry Brewer, Anchorage Daily News , 18 June 2022",
"Here were two views of the divine, an earthly aristocracy versus the celestial . \u2014 Laura Jacobs, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"Sitting up there puts a viewer a little bit closer to heaven, the cinematic kind as well as the celestial . \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 6 May 2022",
"But the hue can denote the serene and the celestial , which are also evoked by the exhibition, first shown at Cross\u2019s home gallery and now on display in condensed form at Waddell Art Gallery at Northern Virginia Community College\u2019s Loudoun Campus. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Oct. 2021",
"Quanta Magazine spoke with Coppari about how the terrestrial can provide insight into the celestial . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 15 June 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1573, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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"-\u02c8lesh-",
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": the great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Sun will rise due east, follow an arc right along the celestial equator and set due west. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 19 Sep. 2021",
"The Sun will rise due east, follow an arc along the celestial equator and then set due west. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 1 Sep. 2021",
"On this date the Sun moves across the celestial equator , essentially moving into the other hemisphere. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 17 June 2021",
"The Ecliptic crosses the celestial equator at two points. \u2014 Curtis Roelle, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 6 Mar. 2021",
"If located directly on the celestial equator its declination is 0\u00b0. \u2014 Curtis Roelle, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 6 Mar. 2021",
"The angular distance of the object north or south of the celestial equator is its declination. \u2014 Curtis Roelle, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 6 Mar. 2021",
"Equinox is the moment in Earth\u2019s orbit around the Sun when our star appears to cross the celestial equator . \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 26 Feb. 2021",
"During the equinox, the sun moves north along the celestial equator . \u2014 Lisa Stardust, Teen Vogue , 19 Mar. 2020"
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": a globe depicting the celestial bodies":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The tower\u2019s first floor opens into the National Library of the Czech Republic, with its spiraling wood columns and collection of celestial globes , a hall little changed since 1722. \u2014 Alex Schechter, National Geographic , 4 Nov. 2019",
"Green, representing the country's abundant fields and forests, gold for the country's raw wealth and the blue celestial globe representing the night sky over Brazil. \u2014 Bianca Britton, CNN , 4 May 2018",
"Green, representing the country's abundant fields and forests, gold for the country's raw wealth and the blue celestial globe representing the night sky over Brazil. \u2014 Bianca Britton, CNN , 4 May 2018",
"In the astronomy room, which is dominated by a 400-year-old celestial globe , visitors discover the constellations that share names with characters in the book, including Bellatrix LeStrange and Sirius Black. \u2014 Karla Adam, Washington Post , 29 Oct. 2017"
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": the highest of the three Mormon degrees or kingdoms of glory attainable in heaven \u2014 compare telestial glory , terrestial glory":[]
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": either of the two points on the celestial sphere around which the diurnal rotation of the stars appears to take place":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Starlings orient north from the celestial pole around which the stars turn. \u2014 Jo Marchant, Wired , 1 Sep. 2020",
"The concept of a celestial pole , that a direct connection between heaven and Earth existed at the North Pole, led to a useful innovation as well. \u2014 David James, Anchorage Daily News , 3 Aug. 2019",
"The continent stretched toward the celestial pole , after all. \u2014 David James, Anchorage Daily News , 3 Aug. 2019"
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": an imaginary sphere of infinite radius against which the celestial bodies appear to be projected and of which the apparent dome of the visible sky forms half":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Arkani-Hamed considers the fact that concepts of space and time break down on the celestial sphere to be a feature, not a bug. \u2014 Katie Mccormick, Quanta Magazine , 12 Jan. 2022",
"Declination and right ascension are the two primary axes of the celestial sphere . \u2014 Reece Rogers, Wired , 19 Dec. 2021",
"As for how the researchers deduce from where on the celestial sphere such gravitational waves originate",
"Next imagine that the orange expands until its completely fills the celestial sphere . \u2014 Curtis Roelle, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 6 Mar. 2021",
"That's because it's located so far south on the celestial sphere . \u2014 Star Tribune , 14 Feb. 2021",
"Such imagery represents an incredible angular resolution of better than 0.001 second of arc (there are 3,600 seconds of arc in one degree, and the entire celestial sphere is 360 degrees). \u2014 Mark J. Reid, Scientific American , 17 Mar. 2020",
"The classical celestial spheres , depicted in a 17th century engraving. \u2014 Adam Kirsch, WSJ , 28 June 2019",
"Together, the cameras will stare at a vertical strip of the celestial sphere stretching from the pole to the equator, proceeding to a new strip every 27 days. \u2014 Amina Khan, latimes.com , 13 Apr. 2018"
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"celio tomy"
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"\u2014 David P. Hamilton"
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"a celiac diet"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"With any of these dishes, diners can substitute celiac -safe gluten-free pasta made in house. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
"Gluten-free or celiac customers can inform the staff of their restrictions and have the meal made without ingredients containing gluten. \u2014 Dallas News , 6 July 2020",
"Typically, celiac causes gastrointestinal symptoms such as constipation, diarrhea and bloating. \u2014 Amanda Keener, New York Times , 17 Apr. 2020",
"In years past, non- celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS) wasn't taken very seriously, including by a wide swath of the medical community. \u2014 Carolyn Todd, Allure , 21 May 2018",
"Non- celiac gluten sensitivity: This sensitivity often is diagnosed when doctors rule out celiac disease and a wheat allergy but recognize there is a medical concern present. \u2014 Hannah Drown, cleveland.com , 3 Apr. 2018",
"That said, non- celiac gluten sensitivity is still a pretty misunderstood condition. \u2014 Christine Byrne, SELF , 22 Sep. 2017",
"But what if this newfound awareness triggers concern that your child may be suffering from celiac disease",
"Whole-grain vs. gluten-free bread: Gluten-free foods were created for people with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity. \u2014 Cara Rosenbloom, charlotteobserver , 22 Aug. 2017"
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"1662, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"1976, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"Latin coeliacus , from Greek koiliakos , from koilia cavity, from koilos hollow \u2014 more at cave":"Adjective"
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": a chronic hereditary intestinal disorder in which an inability to absorb the gliadin portion of gluten results in the gliadin triggering an immune response that damages the intestinal mucosa":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The label gives people, especially those with celiac disease , an auto-immune reaction to eating gluten, a way to avoid foods that may cause serious symptoms, which are largely gastrointestinal. \u2014 Michelle Cheng, Quartz , 2 June 2022",
"Two years ago, after experiencing stomachaches, Bianca was also diagnosed with celiac disease , another autoimmune health condition that causes an adverse reaction to gluten. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 May 2022",
"Also, the same is true for anyone with celiac disease . \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 11 May 2022",
"Johnson points out that those with celiac disease must completely avoid gluten to prevent long-term intestinal damage and other negative side effects. \u2014 Christine Byrne, Outside Online , 12 Mar. 2021",
"If the issue is celiac disease or gluten intolerance, consider what role bread plays in the meal. \u2014 Debi Lewis, Bon App\u00e9tit , 4 May 2022",
"Although there was some inflammation in the small intestine suggestive of celiac disease , blood tests ruled that out. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Similarly, people with wheat sensitivities and those suffering from conditions like celiac disease might be at risk. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 12 Apr. 2022",
"With celiac disease , it\u2019s the gluten in wheat that can lead to an abnormal immune system reaction. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 12 Apr. 2022"
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"a widower who has maintained absolute celibacy since the death of his wife",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Shakers, a Christian group that celebrated simplicity and celibacy , immigrated in the late 18th century from England, where the family of Ms. de Boer\u2019s mother hails from. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Gambling was a hard no and celibacy was expected, except for married couples who were permitted to conjugate for purposes of procreation \u2014 but only after chanting for five hours. \u2014 Ashley Stimpson, Longreads , 19 Feb. 2022",
"With the evolution of HIV-testing capabilities, deferral windows have been modified: The lifetime ban was shortened to a year of celibacy in 2015 and then reduced to three months in April 2020. \u2014 Ushma S. Neill And Lala Tanmoy Das, CNN , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Chastity, Sister Kate says, is not to be confused with celibacy . \u2014 Corrine Ciani, Rolling Stone , 25 Dec. 2021",
"Various ideas about her status have played into debates about sexuality, celibacy and women\u2019s role in Christian institutions. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 14 Dec. 2021",
"For everyone who took up knitting during the pandemic, only to be mocked by their close ones \u2014 think: jokes about Meredith Grey celibacy knitting and becoming a grandma at 25 \u2014 joke\u2019s on them. \u2014 Eliza Huber, refinery29.com , 12 May 2021",
"How is celibacy like an afternoon fling between bank tellers",
"Continuing to manage her aplastic anemia, a life-long and life-threatening condition that causes bone marrow failure and weakens her immune system, Stephanie is now in remission and is looking to end her celibacy after two and a half years. \u2014 Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com , 6 Oct. 2021"
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"1646, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"celib ate \"state of not being married\" (borrowed from Latin caelib\u0101tus , from caelebs \"not having a spouse, unmarried\" + -\u0101tus -ate entry 2 ) + -acy \u2014 more at celibate entry 1":""
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"\u02c8se-l\u0259-b\u0259-s\u0113"
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"\u2014 Daniel McGinn",
"I have met a few celibate monks in whom celibacy is truly a gift, a charism from which all\u2014married or not\u2014can learn \u2026",
"\u2014 John Garvey",
"The Shakers, a celibate religious community, stress pacifism, equality and the communal ownership of material goods.",
"\u2014 Lyn Riddle"
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"\u2014 Faith McNulty",
"He pursued her avidly, writing her as many as three letters a day and even offering a celibate marriage to appease her fear of sex.",
"\u2014 Ruth Franklin",
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"\u2014 Sue Grafton"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But this ostensibly confirmed celibate oozes a gentle, undeniable sensuality. \u2014 Ben Brantley, New York Times , 13 Oct. 2016"
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"1724, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
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"Latin caeleb-, caelebs \"not having a spouse, unmarried\" (perhaps a derivative from *kail-i- \"whole,\" going back to Indo-European *keh 2 i-lo- ) + -ate entry 3 \u2014 more at whole entry 1":"Adjective",
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": a constituent of portland-cement clinker now identified as brownmillerite":[]
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"The suspect was in the police station's holding cell overnight.",
"his mission was to locate and infiltrate the terrorist cell that was believed to be hiding in the city",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The hearing opened with a calm, even-spoken Hutchinson explaining her job responsibilities advising Meadows, often handling his cell phones, as the committee showed an architectural rendering of the layout of the West Wing. \u2014 Lisa Mascaro, Chicago Tribune , 28 June 2022",
"Today\u2019s real-world soundscapes are rich with the thrums and hiccups of digital technology: chirping cell phones, irate laptop fans, the unsettling, quiet whine of electric vehicles. \u2014 Anna Wiener, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
"Don\u2019t leave valuable electronic equipment, such as cell phones and GPS units, sitting in hot cars. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 23 June 2022",
"Robinson, however, was not released from the jail and instead put into an isolated cell that had no running water, the lawsuit said. \u2014 Adam Ferrise, cleveland , 6 June 2022",
"Sitting in traffic and an office cell all day is now being replaced by coffee at the lake and a Zoom call from the park bench. \u2014 Joseph Edgar, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"Homecoming \u2014 suddenly appear in an empty jail cell . \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The only trial in US court for a member of an infamous terrorist cell is set to begin Tuesday, as El Shafee Elsheikh stands accused of taking part in the capture and murder of journalists and aid workers by the Islamic State. \u2014 Rachel Weiner, BostonGlobe.com , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Fayette County Sheriff\u2019s Office jail personnel discovered Robert Lee Stevenson, 60, unresponsive in an infirmary cell Friday morning, according to police. \u2014 Liset Cruz, ajc , 20 Feb. 2022"
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": a branch of biology dealing with the structure, function, and life history of cells and their constituents : cytology sense 1a":[]
},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For the past 20 years, Suhr and Senut have worked on various projects by studying cell biology at institutions around the county. \u2014 Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic , 25 Apr. 2022",
"This payload\u2014alongside the diverse proteins and other biomolecules also found in exosomes\u2014make these tiny droplets a potent engine for regulating cell biology . \u2014 Michael Eisenstein, Scientific American , 17 June 2020",
"Tavares, a single- cell biology program manager at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, is currently in the process of donating his kidney to a stranger. \u2014 Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Other work is focused not on diagnostics or cell biology experiments in a dish, but rather the use of this technology for clinical use in humans. \u2014 Gabriel A. Silva, Forbes , 23 Sep. 2021",
"This means that the intensity of their colors fades slowly over time, in contrast to other molecular markers often used in cell biology . \u2014 Gabriel A. Silva, Forbes , 23 Sep. 2021",
"Bruce Blumberg, a professor of developmental and cell biology at UC Irvine, still remembers the trucks that used to spray massive amounts of DDT in farms and neighborhoods. \u2014 Rosanna Xia, Star Tribune , 22 Apr. 2021",
"Amgen is among the drugmakers that have reoriented their research efforts around insights gleaned from scientific advances in understanding the role of genetics and cell biology in disease. \u2014 Joseph Walker, WSJ , 28 May 2021",
"Sleep was still largely the domain of psychologists, Sehgal says, rather than scientists who studied genetics or cell biology . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 18 May 2021"
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"Perfectly drinkable now, but will cellar nicely for another 3\u20135 years.",
"\u2014 Wine Enthusiast Magazine"
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"Each batch is handmade to achieve a delicate soft texture, then cellared for a month to complete the aging \u2026",
"\u2014 Juliet Harbutt"
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"The cellar has a dirt floor.",
"a restaurant with an impressive cellar",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The first level is above ground with a two-car garage, a furnace/utility room, and the cellar itself. \u2014 Mark Philben, BostonGlobe.com , 26 June 2022",
"The Tigers have been battling for the American League Central cellar with the Kansas City Royals. \u2014 Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic , 25 June 2022",
"Order a bottle of wine\u2014the hotel\u2019s cellar has 12,000 bottles\u2014and enjoy the scenic views of the Pacific. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 23 June 2022",
"The cellars run under the majority of the house and include an original silver vault, a beer cellar and wine bins. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 20 June 2022",
"And those tomatoes will still taste good, without a hint of bitterness of war that slipped into those earthy root- cellar walls. \u2014 Anna Voloshyna, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"The cellar , a floor below the garden-level basement, holds a gym, a DJ room for the record-loving husband, and a craft area for the whole family to enjoy. \u2014 Camille Okhio, ELLE Decor , 1 June 2022",
"His voice boomed across the dark subterranean room \u2014 a school cellar arranged like a military bunker, plastered with posters about different weapons and tires for exercise drills. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
"The head of the village, Nina Kurylo, said Russian soldiers searched her attic and cellar for weapons. \u2014 Isabel Coles, WSJ , 15 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"This handy gadget will bring reds to cellar temperature in 15 minutes and keep your whites cool for about 60 minutes. \u2014 Maureen Farrar, Outside Online , 9 June 2022",
"Definitely a wine to cellar for a special occasion. \u2014 Joseph V Micallef, Forbes , 2 Sep. 2021",
"Classic example that can cellar for a few more years. \u2014 Lana Bortolot, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2021",
"Former President Bill Clinton cellared Grand Staircase-Escalante a national monument in 1996 and former President Barack Obama protected Bears Ears in 2016, both using the 1906 Antiquities Act. \u2014 TheWeek , 7 Feb. 2020",
"Also, grab an extra bottle to cellar for next year; this is one of those beers that gets better with age. \u2014 Ac Shilton, Outside Online , 6 Dec. 2019",
"Keeping carrots and cellaring them, that concentrates the sugars. \u2014 Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 9 July 2018",
"And seldom are fragrances lovingly cellared in oak barrels. \u2014 John Brodie, Town & Country , 30 Apr. 2018",
"Their 2014 is an intense and tightly wound wine that needs decanting or, better yet, cellaring a few years. 3. \u2014 Lettie Teague, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2018"
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"\u2026 any team in the majors\u2014including the cellar dwellers from the season before\u2014has the chance to be the best in the game.",
"\u2014 Tracy Ringolsby",
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"\u2014 T. W. Smith"
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"A win would cement her reputation as a strong competitor.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"It\u2019s not just that more cement is being made and used. \u2014 Seth Borenstein, Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
"And the third company is Baiaoheng, which is developing a process of turning slag\u2014a byproduct from the smelting industry\u2014to make a cement -like material. \u2014 Mary Hui, Quartz , 23 June 2022",
"Companies built plants to take carbon out of concrete, cement and steel factories to be repurposed or stored in geological formations permanently. \u2014 Pranshu Verma, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
"History, opposition and extinction Growing up in Vernal, Melinda Barlow remembers her backyard being filled with three things: rebar, buckets of cement and dinosaur statues taller than her house. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"There were dead trees, pieces of cement and asphalt that was dumped here. \u2014 Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
"Concrete brick pavers can be treated similar to clay brick pavers, but look for commercial products approved for cement and concrete. \u2014 Kristina Mcguirk, Better Homes & Gardens , 16 June 2022",
"Software, insurance, and cement were the top sub-sectors while energy exploration, coal mining, and lithium were off. \u2014 Brendan Ahern, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Lesser talked about a major tech company that opted to use green cement to build one of its newest sites. \u2014 Kristine Gill, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Personalization can help keep prospects and customers engaged and cement their loyalty. \u2014 John Hall, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
"The 1998 state settlement helped the Big Four Tobacco companies grow profits and cement their market share, as our columnist Holman Jenkins has noted. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 22 June 2022",
"Access to rare, often imported ingredients like artichokes and pineapples\u2014along with a gaggle of talented chefs\u2014allowed the uppermost echelons to flex their wealth and cement their status while also providing entertainment for guests. \u2014 Maggie Hennessy, Bon App\u00e9tit , 16 May 2022",
"The notion that Stephen Curry must win an NBA Finals MVP to cement his legacy is ridiculous. \u2014 John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 June 2022",
"But on Thursday, Mr. Biden abandoned that approach, deciding instead to lay down a marker that will cement his legacy as a president who fought for tougher gun laws, successful or not. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"In 1942, Moeller's gained a prized piece of equipment that would help cement the bakery's success for years to come. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 25 May 2022",
"Grass expects more people returning to the office will help cement the company as a leader in the corporate food-tech industry. \u2014 Douglas Yu, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"To cement her legacy, a permanent plaque was installed in New York City's Times Square with Roberts' name on it, so fans can visit and honor her themselves. \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 14 Apr. 2022"
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"Middle English sement , from Anglo-French ciment , from Latin caementum stone chips used in making mortar, from caedere to cut":"Noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Iraq deal comes less than a month after Weatherford landed a five-year deal to provide cementation , completions, liners, solid expandables and casing exit services to Saudi Aramco. \u2014 Sergio Chapa, Houston Chronicle , 8 Oct. 2019",
"Financial terms were not disclosed but Weatherford described the deal as a five-year corporate procurement agreement to deliver cementation , completions, liners, solid expandables and casing exit technologies to Saudi Aramco. \u2014 Sergio Chapa, Houston Chronicle , 18 Sep. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"An annulus, or dark ring, is formed each winter between the cementum formed in spring and summer growth periods. \u2014 Alan Clemons, Outdoor Life , 18 Mar. 2021",
"From the moment a tooth emerges from the gum, cementum starts to form annual layers, similar to a tree's rings. \u2014 Jack Guy, CNN , 25 Mar. 2020",
"The researchers are also working with high-resolution CT scans to develop a non-destructive method of studying cementum . \u2014 Jack Guy, CNN , 25 Mar. 2020",
"In a similar vein, a substance called cementum protects your teeth\u2019s roots, which contain the pulpy center that holds blood vessels and nerves. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 18 Apr. 2018",
"Instead, the tooth bases were caked in cementum , a bony material that affixed the teeth to the jaw, and Caldwell says that the teeth appeared to have been dislodged during fossilization. \u2014 Michael Greshko, National Geographic , 2 Nov. 2016"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Franciscan convent has been around since 1851, its nuns buried in the cemetery nearby. \u2014 Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star , 30 June 2022",
"Her family buried the baby in a cemetery a 20-minute walk from her house. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"Allowing the headstone to remain in place could act as a kind of slippery slope allowing for more hateful messages to be placed in the cemetery , the representative said. \u2014 Zoe Sottile, CNN , 19 June 2022",
"Their main source of evidence: the bodies of three women buried in the cemetery of a medieval community near Lake Issyk Kul in the foothills of the Tian Shan mountains, reports Reuters\u2019 Will Dunham. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 June 2022",
"In 2003, after a chance meeting with Trustee Jim Gill in the cemetery , Edward Mears donated his estate to the Friends. \u2014 Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland , 14 June 2022",
"In 2021, their cousin Deborah Wilcox was the last person buried in the cemetery . \u2014 Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News , 24 Apr. 2022",
"In a cemetery on the city\u2019s outskirts, dozens of new graves have been dug. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Three years after she was found, the unidentified woman was buried in a cemetery near Waupun. \u2014 D. Kwas, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 29 Mar. 2022"
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"Middle English cimitery , from Anglo-French cimiterie , from Late Latin coemeterium , from Greek koim\u0113t\u0113rion sleeping chamber, burial place, from koiman to put to sleep; akin to Greek keisthai to lie, Sanskrit \u015bete he lies":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Joseph belonged to the Two Hearts as One and Prayer House of All Graces Ministry in Southington, Connecticut and has traveled to many states praying the Most Holy Rosary and other Catholic prayers at religious prayer cenacles . \u2014 courant.com , 16 Aug. 2019"
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": an official who examines materials (such as publications or films) for objectionable matter":[
"Government censors deleted all references to the protest."
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"\u2014 Colleen McCullough"
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"Verb",
"The station censored her speech before broadcasting it.",
"His report was heavily censored .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Suggestions, thank heavens, come directly from the audience, not via a censor /moderator. \u2014 Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"The word dates to ancient Rome, where the censor was a powerful government post with responsibility for conducting the census \u2014 and upholding public morality. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 May 2021",
"The quiet self-certainty of fellow citizens stifled dissent with a reach and power that a censor \u2019s office could only envy. \u2014 Jedediah Britton-purdy, The New Republic , 22 Apr. 2022",
"And the Chinese companies that hold the rights to international films in the country often self- censor to appease regulators before general releases. \u2014 Michelle Toh, Nectar Gan, And Cnn's Beijing Bureau, CNN , 7 Feb. 2022",
"The move has had a predictable chilling effect on what is left of the country\u2019s independent media, causing journalists to self- censor , sources to clam up, and alternative views of the conflict to be drowned out by official Russian disinformation. \u2014 Ilan Berman, National Review , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Novaya Gazeta, one of Russia\u2019s last independent newspapers, closed its doors on Monday after warnings from the state censor . \u2014 Francine Hirsch, The New Republic , 29 Mar. 2022",
"All of this is having an effect: Librarians in many places are starting to self- censor . \u2014 Hannah Natanson, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Mar. 2022",
"The algorithmic censor in my head kept pinging away. \u2014 Jessica Winter, The New Yorker , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"But prosecutors object to the defense's efforts to censor their court filings and courtroom comments. \u2014 Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press , 22 June 2022",
"The move was in response to complaints from conservatives and former President Donald Trump that the social media sites censor their voices and viewpoints. \u2014 Chelsey Cox, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
"Efforts to censor material usually fail, but the process can still be divisive and counterproductive, said Whitney Strub, a history professor at Rutgers University. \u2014 Jeremy Schwartz, ProPublica , 7 Feb. 2022",
"The White House began publicly pressuring social-media companies to censor vaccine skeptics. \u2014 Alex Berenson, WSJ , 15 May 2022",
"In the seventies, Indian leaders used colonial emergency powers embedded into their constitution to censor the press, jail political opposition, clear urban slums and even sterilize their residents. \u2014 The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
"But critics say that the rules would allow the government to censor dissent. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 26 May 2021",
"Yet the scientist doesn\u2019t believe that Twitter should censor erroneous views, because the scientific process necessarily involves argument. \u2014 Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor , 4 May 2022",
"Food has run low at times and heavy-handed enforcement and a lack of preparation have prompted heavy criticism, despite government efforts to censor it. \u2014 Ken Moritsugu, ajc , 29 Apr. 2022"
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"borrowed from Latin c\u0113nsor \"Roman magistrate tasked with registering citizens, removing persons from the register whose conduct was found wanting, and leasing public contracts,\" from c\u0113ns\u0113re \"to give as an opinion, assess, appraise, perform the duties of a censor\" (going back to an Indo-European verbal base *k\u0301ems- \"announce, evaluate publicly,\" whence Sanskrit \u015ba\u1e41ati \"declares solemnly, praises,\" Avestan s\u0259nghait\u012b \"announces, names\") + -tor , agent suffix":"Noun",
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"\u2026 the annual announcement of the list of censored stories is a genuine media event \u2026",
"\u2014 William Powers",
"\u2026 during the nineteenth century intellectuals would meet to read a variety of foreign newspapers, searching for information withheld from the heavily censored press.",
"\u2014 Michael Balter"
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"a censorious critic"
]
},
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"The stunt earned her the scorn of her censorious older sister.",
"I was surprised by the censorious tone of the book review.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ironically, like every such censorious effort, Drs. \u2014 WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"That\u2019s because, according to a letter New York\u2019s Office of Cannabis Management sent TikTok this week and shared exclusively with Rolling Stone, the notoriously censorious platform won\u2019t allow it. \u2014 Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone , 26 May 2022",
"Broadly speaking, Musk has said that Twitter is a censorious entity that has too many stringent rules about what its users can post on the platform. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 10 May 2022",
"Now Musk is earning more affection in the heartland for his latest gambit: purchasing Twitter for $44 billion, carrying coastal elites kicking and screaming into a bold new era for the censorious social giant. \u2014 Dale Buss, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
"Musk\u2019s argument is that under this method of corporate accountability, Twitter has lost its way and become censorious ; that the company needs to hand power to a benevolent dictator \u2014 himself \u2014 to bring freedom back for more users. \u2014 Matt Pearcestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Better to provoke students with his censorious antagonist, James Fitzjames Stephen. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The woke left may be the new religious right: preachy, censorious , humorless, judgmental, constantly policing popular culture for impure thoughts. \u2014 W. James Antle Iii, The Week , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Since beginning on the South Side of Chicago in the early 2010s, drill music has frequently been criticized by censorious listeners who see its bleak sounds and menacing lyrics as dangerous. \u2014 Simon Vozick-levinson, Rolling Stone , 11 Feb. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hollywood studio executives are still mostly hesitant to address the China censorship issue directly. \u2014 Adario Strange, Quartz , 28 June 2022",
"The film had already received approval under the previous version of the censorship regulations and had screened in the city in March 2021. \u2014 Vivienne Chow, Variety , 27 June 2022",
"Most internet users trying to get past China\u2019s Great Firewall search for a cyber tunnel that will take them outside censorship restrictions to the wider web. \u2014 Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"Conservatives in Congress have good reason to rage at Big Tech censorship . \u2014 Robert H. Bork Jr., National Review , 17 June 2022",
"Film censorship agencies in Malaysia and Indonesia have also flagged the movie for review, the New York Times reported. \u2014 Colin Lodewick, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
"DeSantis signed laws to dissolve Disney World\u2019s Reedy Creek Improvement District and void Disney\u2019s exemption under social media censorship legislation. \u2014 Katie Rice, Orlando Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
"The pullback is the latest for American tech giants operating in China, which has some of the world\u2019s most stringent censorship rules and a fiercely competitive homegrown technology ecosystem. \u2014 Dan Strumpf, WSJ , 2 June 2022",
"Under former Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi, state censorship put a stranglehold on literature. \u2014 Abbas Al Lawati, CNN , 1 June 2022"
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"\u2014 Charlotte Bront\u00eb"
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"\u2014 Emma Loop"
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"Noun",
"The country faces international censure for its alleged involvement in the assassination.",
"a rare censure of a senator by the full United States Senate for misconduct",
"Verb",
"He was censured by the committee for his failure to report the problem.",
"a vote to censure the President for conduct that was unbecoming to his office",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Instead, the House could take other actions, including a vote of public censure of McCarthy and the four GOP lawmakers, a referral to the Ethics Committee, the imposition of fines or even the stripping of their committee assignments. \u2014 Lisa Mascaro, ajc , 14 May 2022",
"While only one other country has faced that kind of censure -- Libya in 2011 after Muammar Gaddafi's forces opened fire on protesters -- Russia has already dismissed the efforts, with Nebenzya vowing nothing will stop the Kremlin's campaign. \u2014 Conor Finnegan, ABC News , 5 Apr. 2022",
"The rest are pure Muck \u2014 instances of censure motivated by fear. \u2014 David Thomas, National Review , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The most consequential element of the censure is a call for the party to no longer support Cheney and Kinzinger as Republicans. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 5 Feb. 2022",
"That Representative Paul Gosar forthwith present himself in the well of the House for the pronouncement of censure . \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 19 Nov. 2021",
"All Democrats and two Republicans voted in favor of the censure , and Gosar was stripped of his two committee assignments, reports BuzzFeed News. \u2014 Summer Meza, The Week , 17 Nov. 2021",
"But singling them out for censure , in a party that also includes the likes of Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar, was a serious misjudgment. \u2014 Nr Editors, National Review , 17 Feb. 2022",
"While all 221 House Democrats voted for censure , they were joined by only two of their Republican colleagues. \u2014 Kara Alaimo, CNN , 17 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Members of the Arizona Democratic Party executive committee passed Saturday a resolution to censure Sen. Kyrsten Sinema over her vote to keep the filibuster. \u2014 Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, The Arizona Republic , 22 Jan. 2022",
"The resolution to censure Gosar currently has 78 co-sponsors, all Democrats. \u2014 Savannah Behrmann, USA TODAY , 17 Nov. 2021",
"Aides say that's largely because the resolution to censure Rep. Paul Gosar, Republican of Arizona, and strip him of his committee assignments is going to take center stage, but be on the lookout for how that affects the calendar. \u2014 Lauren Fox And Phil Mattingly, CNN , 17 Nov. 2021",
"Costa has been among the residents making impassioned pleas asking council to censure DiPierro, likening their tolerance of racist language to acceptance of white supremacy. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 May 2022",
"The House voted this week to censure Gosar, with virtually no Republicans backing the resolution. \u2014 John Blake, CNN , 20 Nov. 2021",
"The Republican majority can also potentially censure Democrats and strip them of committee assignments. \u2014 New York Times , 13 July 2021",
"The Republican National Committee punished both for their participation; earlier this month, a resolution to formally censure the two passed without any debate or discussion. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Does a resolution to censure one of those members violate the First Amendment"
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"According to the latest census , the racial makeup of the town has changed dramatically in the last 50 years.",
"a thorough census of all the grizzly bears living within the national park",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Aaron Navarro is an associate producer for the political unit at CBS News, focusing on House and gubernatorial campaigns as well as the census and redistricting. \u2014 Aaron Navarro, CBS News , 1 July 2022",
"Seventy-two years after each census , the government releases every sheet of data collected by enumerators in a single, magnificent data dump. \u2014 Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"The heavily Democratic 1st Congressional District that Jackson will now run in November to represent was redrawn after the 2020 census and now stretches from Chicago\u2019s South Side to Kankakee. \u2014 Will Weissert, BostonGlobe.com , 29 June 2022",
"For decades, after each new census , the Florida legislature has redrawn voting districts. \u2014 Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"San Antonio may find out During redistricting \u2014 conducted every 10 years soon after the latest census \u2014 district boundaries are redrawn based on the latest population numbers. \u2014 Megan Stringer, San Antonio Express-News , 15 June 2022",
"The districts are redrawn every 10 years after the census . \u2014 Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online , 12 June 2022",
"That changed, however, when a citizen commission took over the redistricting process starting after the 2010 census . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"The top two candidates in each race will face each other in November\u2019s general election, regardless of party, to represent districts that were redrawn after the last census . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 June 2022"
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"borrowed from Latin c\u0113nsus , from c\u0113ns\u0113re \"to give as an opinion, assess, appraise, perform the duties of a censor\" + -tus , suffix of verbal action \u2014 more at censor entry 1":""
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"Noun",
"the center of the room",
"The staircase is in the center of the building.",
"They are at the center of a furious debate over whether or not to expand the city's public transportation system.",
"The vaccine is being tested at several medical centers around the country.",
"Verb",
"Center the picture on the wall.",
"centered administrative duties under the command of a single person",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The company has said the sedan will be Cadillac\u2019s premier offering and custom-built at its engineering center near Detroit. \u2014 Mike Colias, WSJ , 24 June 2022",
"It\u2019s the messaging that led employees to believe their center was targeted for their pro-life views. \u2014 Sarah Raza, Detroit Free Press , 23 June 2022",
"This classic bistro-style warm cheese salad satisfies with its warm center , crispy coating, and a tumble of cool tender greens. \u2014 Kim Sun\u00e9e, Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
"The co-director wishes the film would get its due for centralizing a non-romance at its center . \u2014 Zack Sharf, Variety , 22 June 2022",
"Spain\u2019s largest lender will implement this policy, which equates to a little more than one WFH day a week, for staff in its home market and at its corporate center , according to a person familiar with the plan. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
"Check the stunning globe mural displaying Houston at its center . \u2014 Robin Soslow, Chron , 19 June 2022",
"Its call center also helps close the sale, with 35% of revenue connected with it. \u2014 Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"But Sophie Hyde's two-handed chamber piece turns out to be bolder and sweeter and less predictable than that: a tender coming-of-late-middle-age drama with a quietly radical idea of self-acceptance at its center . \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 17 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The key is to center the conversation around community-specific facts and data, and then listening. \u2014 Bill Frist, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"The new space will center on an unassigned desk arrangement, allowing for those who do come in the freedom to work from different areas throughout the day, said Dustin Sarnoski, the company\u2019s head of global realty. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022",
"Most tales of dynastic drama\u2014criminal or otherwise\u2014 center around a patriarch. \u2014 Leena Kim, Town & Country , 19 June 2022",
"Skewing toward the absurd, the grotesque, sometimes the scatological, her books often center on drug- or alcohol-addicted protagonists mired in their own misery. \u2014 Annabel Graham, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
"These things center around a family and that family wants value for their grocery business. \u2014 Jenna Schnuer, Fortune , 9 June 2022",
"Taylor\u2019s hope is that the 200 pages of Watermelon & Red Birds will center Black celebrations, Black creations and Black life, with food as the gateway to all that. \u2014 Essence , 2 June 2022",
"For Heard, the appeal would likely center on the same issue. \u2014 Maria Puente, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
"The response should center on neutralizing the gunman, the program says, and then on getting medical aid to anyone who has been injured. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 28 May 2022"
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"a fly ball to center field",
"She used to be a shortstop but now she plays center field .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hiura, a righty batter sandwiched between lefties, drilled a first-pitch fastball over the fence in center field . \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer , 18 June 2022",
"None was more glaring than in the seventh, when Kyle Farmer misread a double off the wall in center field and held up at first base just long enough for a Diamondbacks\u2019 relay to beat him at the plate. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022",
"Pache started 49 of the A\u2019s first 57 games in center field . \u2014 Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 June 2022",
"Milwaukee got out to a great start as Christian Yelich slugged the fifth pitch from Corbin 422 feet over the wall in center field for his first homer since May 11 at Cincinnati, a span of 26 games. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel , 11 June 2022",
"Wegner, who throws and bats from the right side, started 42 games in left field and five games in center field . \u2014 Richard Davenport, Arkansas Online , 7 June 2022",
"Pinch hitter Wyatt Grant crushes a solo homer to center field , but that\u2019s all the Redhawks can manage. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 June 2022",
"Maryland reliever Nigel Belgrave struck out the next two batters, but Donlan, 0-for-7 in the regional to that point, hit an 0-1 pitch over the high wall in center field to give UConn a 6-2 lead. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 4 June 2022",
"Ohtani was the only Angel who came close to registering a hit through seven innings, driving a fly ball to the wall in center field in the first inning and hitting a hard one-hopper up the middle in the seventh. \u2014 Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Use a center punch and a hammer to mark the location of the hole and to give the drill bit a place to start without wandering. \u2014 Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics , 30 Sep. 2021",
"The Penguins\u2019 1-2 center punch , until the big dogs return, might be Jake Guentzel and Jeff Carter. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 11 Sep. 2021",
"Start each hole with a center punch , and bore the 1-inch intake holes with a step bit [8]. \u2014 Joe Kohl-riggs, Popular Mechanics , 26 June 2021",
"Prevent the drill bit from wandering by first marking the center of each part with a center punch . \u2014 David Agrell, Popular Mechanics , 12 Dec. 2020",
"Oryx center punched with a triad of .300 Winchester Magnum loads loped into the sands of the Kalahari, never to be seen again. \u2014 Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life , 13 Jan. 2020",
"Buy a center punch and strike it with a ball-peen hammer. \u2014 Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics , 5 Feb. 2014"
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"Better is the mid-film section when Minions take center stage , including an extended training riff with Michelle Yeoh playing an acupuncturist who is also a kung-fu master. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"Many of the bedrooms, especially the primary suite, wouldn\u2019t look out of place in a five-star hotel, with sumptuous drapery and a white-and-ivory color palette that allows the greenery through the windows to take center stage . \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 20 June 2022",
"Whereas meat dishes are the focus at Sloppy Chops \u2014 as the name implies, thick-cut pork and lamb chops shine here \u2014 seafood staples take center stage at Sloppy Crab. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 19 June 2022",
"The collection is both wearable and dramatic, with many notable looks that will take center stage for upcoming events. \u2014 Jailynn Taylor, Essence , 8 June 2022",
"Hearings into the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol take center stage in Washington this week. \u2014 John Dickerson, CBS News , 5 June 2022",
"Aurora\u2019s museums will take center stage as Aurora Museum Week begins Sunday. \u2014 Annie Alleman, Chicago Tribune , 4 June 2022",
"After a successful bid for the 2020 DNC, Milwaukee was set to take center stage in national politics, but with on-going concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic, the convention became a mostly virtual event. \u2014 Vanessa Swales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 27 May 2022",
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"resolution of the original dispute became the centerpiece of the negotiations",
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"The pit would be filled with water and be the centerpiece of park restorations alongside the White River. \u2014 John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star , 29 June 2022",
"Williamson was the centerpiece of the Reds\u2019 return for Jesse Winker and Eugenio Su\u00e1rez in their six-player trade with the Seattle Mariners. \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer , 28 June 2022",
"Martin was the centerpiece of the trade that sent right-hander Zack Greinke to the Houston Astros three years ago. \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 22 June 2022",
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"The battery of Goodwin and Kavanagh was the centerpiece of a team brimming with talent. \u2014 Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
"In late March 2022, it was announced that one of the world\u2019s premier T. rex skeletons, nicknamed Stan, would be the centerpiece of a new museum being constructed in Abu Dhabi. \u2014 Steve Brusatte, The Atlantic , 7 June 2022",
"The centerpiece is the Juneteenth Jubilee Parade, from 9 to 11 a.m., starting at North 14th Street and West Atkinson Avenue and ending at Burleigh Street and King Drive. \u2014 Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
"The centerpiece of the park in Columbia Falls, Maine, will be a soaring flagpole that equals the height of One World Trade Center, the tallest building in the nation. \u2014 Kerry J. Byrne, Fox News , 11 June 2022"
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"That is because central banks from the U.S. to India and New Zealand plan to keep raising interest rates to try to rein in inflation. \u2014 Akane Otani, WSJ , 30 June 2022",
"The Federal Reserve and other central banks have been aggressively raising interest rates to try and slow economic growth in order to cool inflation. \u2014 Alex Viega, BostonGlobe.com , 30 June 2022",
"This reflects the outsized role of government and central banks in our economy. \u2014 Alex Tapscott, Fortune , 28 June 2022",
"Such innovations have been developed, at least in part, to remove the involvement of traditional frameworks like court systems, real estate agencies and central banks from a wide variety of transactions. \u2014 Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
"That's forced central banks to more aggressively withdraw support for the economy, generating angst on Wall Street. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 28 June 2022",
"Rising inflation raises possibility of recession Stubborn inflation pressures have driven a stark shift in policy from central banks, which are raising rates to try and temper inflation after years of holding rates down to help economic growth. \u2014 Damian J. Troise And Alex Veiga, USA TODAY , 28 June 2022",
"The numerous tests and pilots underway involving a digital format of the euro have taken place within regulatory compliant conditions, in close collaboration with central banks, legislators, and policymakers. \u2014 Diana Barrero Zalles, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Since gold is widely held in reserve by central banks around the world, Russia had a ready market. \u2014 Patricia Cohen, New York Times , 27 June 2022",
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"Most models put the strong winds in the central to southern part of the Willamette Valley. \u2014 oregonlive , 27 May 2022",
"In 1986 Dakine had moved to windsurfing- central in Hood River, Ore., and begun years of expansion into bike and snow sports, apparel and more. \u2014 Valerie Stivers, WSJ , 10 May 2022",
"Reactions to their antics are part of the massive PR machination central to their relevancy and economic status. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The designation ensures independent federal oversight of cleanup of some 262 acres of Bradford Island, the central of three islands in the Columbia comprising the hydroelectric dam near Cascade Locks. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Indiana was on the second night of a back-to-back after winning at San Antonio on Saturday night and lost two hours of recovery time due to switching from the central to eastern time zone and daylight savings. \u2014 James Boyd, The Indianapolis Star , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Below normal precipitation - central to southern Rockies, Great Plains, Florida, and the Southwest (first three months). \u2014 Marshall Shepherd, Forbes , 19 Oct. 2021",
"Even a persona as dazzling as Lil Nas X makes biographical show-and-tell central . \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Former President Barack Obama made Youngkin's integrity and his ties to the Trump base of the Republican Party central to his rebuke of the Republican, questioning a disconnect between his public and private personas. \u2014 Dan Merica, CNN , 30 Oct. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On the monetary policy front, China\u2019s central bank last month cut interest rates for first-time home buyers, while slashing its benchmark reference rate for mortgages by 0.15 percentage point. \u2014 Jonathan Cheng, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Russia\u2019s central bank cut interest rates back to their prewar levels Friday, saying inflation and economic activity were developing better than expected despite sweeping Western sanctions imposed in response to the war in Ukraine. \u2014 Ella Lee, USA TODAY , 11 June 2022",
"India\u2019s central bank is most likely to raise the benchmark interest rate by 40 basis points tomorrow to 4.8% in its monetary policy statement, according to a Bloomberg survey. \u2014 Mimansa Verma, Quartz , 7 June 2022",
"Canada\u2019s central bank hiked interest rates a half-percentage point this week as well. \u2014 Kathy Orton, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
"Russia\u2019s central bank cut interest rates again, in the latest effort by Moscow to try to stabilize its economy, which has been harmed by sanctions and months of fighting in Ukraine. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
"But those risks were thrown into sharp relief when Germany\u2019s central bank warned Friday that a cutoff of Russian natural gas could cause Germany\u2019s economic output to fall by up to 5%. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Chile\u2019s central bank publishes its survey of traders\u2019 inflation and interest rate expectations on Monday. \u2014 Fortune , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Chile\u2019s central bank will probably raise its key interest rate by 150 basis points to 7.0% on Tuesday, according to Bloomberg Economics, followed by a 150 basis point hike by Colombian policy makers expected on Thursday to 5.5%. \u2014 Sydney Maki, Bloomberg.com , 27 Mar. 2022"
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"Su\u00e1rez looks like central casting \u2019s version of a race car driver at a cockpit-friendly 5-foot-9 and 166 pounds, with intense brown eyes and an angular face covered in scruffy stubble. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"The rental is straight out of real estate central casting . \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2022",
"As the creepy events around Harper grow more malevolent, easy explanations are scarce, but the film is littered with symbolism beyond its central casting , giving viewers plenty to gnaw on during repeat viewings. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 14 May 2022",
"McManamy, too, was a character out of heli-ski guide central casting . \u2014 Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online , 10 Apr. 2021",
"While Asia was on holiday, western media called central casting for the China bears. \u2014 Brendan Ahern, Forbes , 21 Sep. 2021",
"That the storyline is familiar, and the characters straight out of central casting , does not detract from the novel\u2019s appeal. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022",
"General Maslin was, to look at him, every bit the Russian general, as if pulled from central casting . \u2014 New York Times , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The gym-fit Paulides, who moved from California to Colorado in part for the skiing, is right out of central casting for a detective film. \u2014 Jon Billman, Outside Online , 13 Mar. 2017"
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"While most people infected with the virus likely experience no symptoms or a mild flu-like illness, some people will develop severe illness affecting the central nervous system . \u2014 Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant , 8 June 2022",
"Cannabinoids are a chemical found in hemp that can affect the entire body including the central nervous system and the immune system. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Most people infected with the virus experience no symptoms or a mild flu-like illness, but some develop severe illness affecting the central nervous system . \u2014 Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY , 8 June 2022",
"While most people infected with the virus likely experience no symptoms or a mild flu-like illness, some people will develop severe illness affecting the central nervous system . \u2014 Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant , 8 June 2022",
"These are nausea, vomiting, headache, blurred vision, coma, seizures, permanent blindness, permanent damage to the central nervous system , or death. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Substantial exposure to methanol can cause serious health problems, including nausea, vomiting, headache, blurred vision, coma, seizures, permanent blindness, permanent damage to the central nervous system , or death. \u2014 Zoe Sottile, CNN , 2 Apr. 2022",
"It might be caused by damage to the central nervous system during the initial infection, an over-active immune response, a persistent viral load or some combination of the three. \u2014 Prudy Gourguechon, Forbes , 10 June 2021",
"While most people infected with the virus likely experience no symptoms or a mild flu-like illness, some people will develop severe illness affecting the central nervous system . \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, Hartford Courant , 5 May 2022"
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"All shipping operations have been centralized at the Miami office.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Teams can decide to centralize decisions on critical global purchases, streamlining costs and reducing duplicate efforts. \u2014 Forbes , 11 Oct. 2021",
"The latter reference was to Johnson\u2019s Trump-like attempts to centralize power in his own office, neutering his Cabinet as well as Parliament itself. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 7 June 2022",
"Discovery+ has launched Always Proud, a hub that will live on the streaming service year-round with regular updates to centralize LGBTQ stories. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 26 May 2022",
"For example, one major advertising and PR firm eliminated 6,000 roles (paywall) and is coalescing under six brands following years of acquisitions to centralize , consolidate offerings and streamline operations. \u2014 Brian Dolan, Forbes , 22 June 2021",
"Even before the pandemic, Vyaire identified a need to centralize data and set out to build a technology platform around it. \u2014 Forbes , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Web3 has different colored hair, but the same DNA as these earlier web paradigms, which decentralized services at an unprecedented scale in order to turn around and centralize wealth again at an unprecedented scale to a select few. \u2014 Scott Galloway, CNN , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The potential to establish monopoly power by owning the rails -- that is, to centralize -- is increasingly what venture capitalist (VC) funds seek out and fund. \u2014 Scott Galloway, CNN , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The move was reportedly made to centralize park operations and take advantage of lucrative state tax credits. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 21 Mar. 2022"
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"SpinLaunch, as the startup is called, wants to \u2014 as the name implies \u2014 spin projectiles, using centrifugal force to drum up enough energy to send an object to space. \u2014 Jackie Wattles; Video By Milly Chan, CNN , 14 June 2022",
"Simply place each can on a table and rotate it along its axis, and the centrifugal force will make the pernicious bubbles go away. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 24 May 2022",
"The mysterious event becomes the centrifugal force of the book. \u2014 Margaret Wappler, Los Angeles Times , 14 Mar. 2022",
"For instance, with a shearing force, the area of the raft was much smaller than when the ants encountered just centrifugal force . \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Manage the dough from the top, and allow gravity and a little centrifugal force to do the work. \u2014 Carlo Mirarchi, Robb Report , 30 Nov. 2021",
"This means that that block of water on Earth\u2019s surface facing the moon would have a centrifugal force of 3.55 Newtons pulling it toward the moon. \u2014 Rhett Allain, Wired , 24 Sep. 2021",
"Tides are caused by a combination of three forces: the gravitational force from Earth, the force from the moon, and a centrifugal force due to Earth's motion as the moon pulls on it. \u2014 Rhett Allain, Wired , 24 Sep. 2021",
"Clive later discouraged a young adult Fred from working in the record business, though Fred, like his siblings, would later let himself be tugged by sheer centrifugal force into the industry\u2019s orbit. \u2014 Amy X. Wang, Rolling Stone , 9 Sep. 2021"
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"Caruso, who has presented himself as a centrist in opposition to the progressive Bass, has made tackling crime and homelessness a central theme of his campaign. \u2014 Siladitya Ray, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Both candidates represent a stunning rebuke of the centrist left and right parties that have alternated governing Chile since 1990, after the 17-year military rule of the late Gen. Augusto Pinochet. \u2014 Jorge Poblete, Los Angeles Times , 19 Dec. 2021",
"On the City Council, Wu and Janey are considered progressives, and Essaibi George more of a centrist . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 25 Sep. 2021",
"Projections at the close of voting, which are generally reliable, showed Mr. Macron, a centrist , gaining 58.5 percent of the vote to Ms. Le Pen\u2019s 41.5 percent. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Vers une Europe forte et unie! Macron, a centrist in French politics, has been an emissary to Zelensky and Putin. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Macron, 44, a centrist who is ardently pro-EU, has relentlessly blasted his adversary as a danger and framed their election showdown as an ideological battle for the soul of the nation. \u2014 Elaine Ganley, USA TODAY , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Macron, 44, a centrist who is ardently pro-EU, has relentlessly blasted his adversary as a danger and framed their election showdown as an ideological battle for the soul of the nation. \u2014 Elaine Ganley, ajc , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Macron, a centrist , is asking France\u2019s 48 million voters for a second five-year term \u2014 but there are 11 other candidates and widespread voter apathy standing in his way. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Apr. 2022"
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"While this inflammatory response does diminish over time in the body\u2019s organs, these transcriptional changes persist much longer in the olfactory bulbs, striatum, thalamus and cerebellum . \u2014 Robin Lloyd, Scientific American , 7 Feb. 2022",
"The participants' brain scans further revealed that their cognitive decline was associated with the loss of brain cells in the cerebellum , which plays a vital role in mental function. \u2014 Anuradha Varanasi, Health.com , 9 Mar. 2022",
"More than 1 million new neural connections form every second in the first few years of a child\u2019s life; the cerebellum , responsible for balance and motor development, more than doubles in size in the first year alone. \u2014 Julie Bogen, The Atlantic , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Virtually every movement the body makes requires several muscles working together \u2014 a collaboration that occurs in the cerebellum . \u2014 New York Times , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Luj\u00e1n, 49, underwent decompressive surgery on Tuesday to ease swelling after he was found to have suffered a stroke in his cerebellum that affected his balance last Thursday. \u2014 Ed O'keefe, CBS News , 2 Feb. 2022",
"The stroke was in his cerebellum and was affecting his balance, which led to the decompressive surgery, Mr. Sanchez said. \u2014 Natalie Andrews, WSJ , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Maddie was diagnosed with medulloblastoma, a brain tumor of the cerebellum at the base of the skull that controls motor skills. \u2014 Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News , 30 Jan. 2022",
"And it\u2019s not a word game, but the tile-by-elimination board game series Azul tickles the cerebellum in a most pleasing way that Wordle players may find just as consuming. \u2014 Omar L. Gallaga, Wired , 25 Jan. 2022"
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"At times, Strange New Worlds feels like a more cerebral version of what Kurtzman, J.J. Abrams, and company did with the 2009 Star Trek film: recasting all our old favorites and giving them a slightly modern touch-up. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 4 May 2022",
"The finale is divided into these two parts \u2014 this very dark, action-heavy first half and then the more cerebral , diplomatic second half. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 19 Feb. 2022",
"Some lend themselves to more cerebral work; others can be more graphic and symbolic. \u2014 Fran\u00e7oise Mouly, The New Yorker , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Instead of setting an ambitious money goal in the new year, consider some smaller and more cerebral ways to make your financial life happier. \u2014 Anne Tergesen, WSJ , 27 Dec. 2021",
"The cerebral film arrived significantly behind expectations, scraping together $12 million from 3,552 cinemas over the weekend and $22.5 million since Wednesday. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 26 Dec. 2021",
"In women\u2019s college hockey, it has been said that Eastern teams are more cerebral and Western teams are more physical, though that old stereotype is changing. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 Oct. 2021",
"The spectrum of comedic work Huppert herself has covered is vast, from light slapstick to the more cerebral . \u2014 Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times , 21 July 2021",
"Disco Elysium is a more cerebral take on classic role-playing games, with the most obvious difference being that there is no combat. \u2014 Britton Peele, Dallas News , 16 June 2021"
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"Generally, spasticity happens when the cerebral cortex (a region of the brain that helps control movement) or the brainstem (which helps connect the brain to the spinal cord) are damaged after a stroke. \u2014 Sara Gaynes Levy, SELF , 16 May 2022",
"An organ called the olfactory bulb shunts the chemical messages straight to the part of the brain that deals with stored feelings and memories, bypassing the cerebral cortex , the main part of the brain. \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 11 June 2022",
"Live events offer intellectual stimulation that light up much in the cerebral cortex . \u2014 Regan Hillyer, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"And because stingrays don\u2019t even have a cerebral cortex , this strongly suggested that nobody needs an enormous brain to learn how to perform basic math. \u2014 Joe Queenan, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"Instead any action a person takes involves the brain's motor areas informing the rest of the cerebral cortex about the action initiated\u2014a message known as a corollary discharge. \u2014 Gy\u00f6rgy Buzs\u00e1ki, Scientific American , 14 May 2022",
"In 1907 German psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer published a case report of an unusual illness affecting the cerebral cortex . \u2014 Jason Ulrich, Scientific American , 1 Aug. 2021",
"In addition to sensory nerves going up, there are pathways from sensory and motor areas of the cerebral cortex going down to the cuneate nucleus. \u2014 Sliman Bensmaia, Scientific American , 16 May 2022",
"The likely imminent overturn of Roe vs. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court is occupying my cerebral cortex and my waking hours (which seem to come, more frequently, at midnight). \u2014 Carolina A. Mirandacolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 7 May 2022"
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"When Mikayla was born at 32 weeks and just 1 pound 15 ounces, Dane pushed for additional testing, which revealed porencephaly, cysts or cavities in her cerebral hemisphere . \u2014 IndyStar , 6 May 2021",
"Glioblastomas can grow anywhere in the brain or spinal cord, but most are commonly found in the cerebral hemispheres , according to the American Brain Tumor Association. \u2014 Daniela Hernandez, WSJ , 19 July 2017",
"This means his brain had started to shrink and there were holes in the membrane that divides the two cerebral hemispheres . \u2014 Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com , 19 Oct. 2017",
"The cerebral hemispheres , the brain regions with the organ\u2019s signature folds, control functions like speech, movement and cognition. \u2014 Daniela Hernandez, WSJ , 19 July 2017"
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"The series, created by Ryan O\u2019Connell, is semi-autobiographical, and an account of his life as a gay man living with cerebral palsy . \u2014 Katherine Singh, refinery29.com , 10 June 2022",
"Her second daughter, Elizabeth, was born at less than two pounds with cerebral palsy . \u2014 Jane Hanson, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"At the press conference, DeSantis was joined by the family of golfer Isabella Valle, who has cerebral palsy , epilepsy and a shunt in her brain. \u2014 Byjay O'brien, ABC News , 3 June 2022",
"The centers, which are private nonprofits, provide case management and arrange for services for people with cerebral palsy , autism, epilepsy and intellectual disabilities. \u2014 Emily Alpert Reyesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
"Isabella Valle uses a wheelchair and has cerebral palsy , epilepsy and a shunt in her brain to prevent the build-up of fluid. \u2014 Kate Santich, Orlando Sentinel , 13 May 2022",
"Spasticity can occur after other causes of brain damage too, including certain neurological conditions like multiple sclerosis and cerebral palsy . \u2014 Sara Gaynes Levy, SELF , 16 May 2022",
"Lynn also regularly helped out at their church and participated in charity events for muscular dystrophy and cerebral palsy . \u2014 NBC News , 24 Apr. 2022",
"The cognitive disorder affects about 2 million Americans, making itmore common than Parkinson\u2019s disease, cerebral palsy or muscular dystrophy, according to the National Aphasia Assn. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Mar. 2022"
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"One of the most surprising discoveries noted in the report was Danionella cerebrum , found in southern Myanmar. \u2014 Veronika Perkov\u00e1, Scientific American , 25 Mar. 2022",
"While having a parasitic infection in the brain is rare in the United States, some medical mysteries in recent years have ended with tapeworms in the cerebrum . \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Nov. 2021",
"And from thereon, tug at the medulla and crisscross the cerebrum . \u2014 Piyush Jha, Forbes , 4 June 2021",
"The tissue had come from a part of Zimmer\u2019s cerebrum that helps with language development instead of from his cerebellum, his lawsuit alleges. \u2014 oregonlive , 16 Feb. 2020",
"But a large region of the brain called the cerebrum seemed to have undergone major evolutionary changes that were possibly the reason for the expansion of cognitive abilities. \u2014 Onur Gu\u0308ntu\u0308rku\u0308n, Scientific American , 1 Jan. 2020",
"Three doctors have declared the girl brain dead based on exams and tests showing no blood flow or electrical activity in either her cerebrum or the brain stem that controls breathing. \u2014 CBS News , 6 Jan. 2014"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"His half-brother, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, was swiftly named the country's new president, but the change appears largely ceremonial since Mohamed began serving as de facto leader after Khalifa suffered a stroke in 2014. \u2014 Nicholas Reimann, Forbes , 14 May 2022",
"In a ceremonial move, the Blue House presidential compound opened to the public at the end of the inauguration. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
"The biggest shell middens towered up to 30 feet (9 meters) and were important ceremonial , sacred and symbolic structures. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 3 May 2022",
"The insurrection left lawmakers scrambling for safety and delayed for several hours the largely ceremonial , but constitutionally required, process. \u2014 Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Of course, the RNC cannot formally control who serves in Congress, so any potential resolution would not be binding but more ceremonial in nature. \u2014 Rick Klein, ABC News , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Though an often- ceremonial position, the role is also imbued with enormous powers, especially in political crises \u2014 allowing the president to select prime ministers and the government, deny mandates to weak coalitions and dissolve Parliament. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Jan. 2022",
"While Aldovia initially appears not to be a principality, with the first film introducing us to a prime minister, the sequel reveals that this role is largely ceremonial (if not an outright sham). \u2014 Amelia Tait, Wired , 24 Dec. 2021",
"Like a multi-step skincare routine, making coffee with these tools every morning feels ceremonial . \u2014 Justin Fenner, Robb Report , 14 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"There are at least two reasons for this: adding the retail margin to boost profits and controlling the selling ceremonial in stores. \u2014 St\u00e9phane Jg Girod, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
"The park district in May held a ceremonial groundbreaking to kick off the project and a construction fence, blocking entry to the park, was installed several days later. \u2014 Jennifer Johnson, chicagotribune.com , 12 Aug. 2021",
"This process is in some respects ceremonial , because by January the media has declared a winner and usually a concession speech has been given. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 27 Sep. 2020",
"This process is in some respects ceremonial , because by January the media has declared a winner and usually a concession speech has been given. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 27 Sep. 2020",
"This process is in some respects ceremonial , because by January the media has declared a winner and usually a concession speech has been given. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 27 Sep. 2020",
"Speaking of experts and politicians, a Palm Beach County position that is typical thought of as ceremonial was anything but that for Palm Beach County Mayor Dave Kerner. \u2014 Eileen Kelley, sun-sentinel.com , 16 Oct. 2020",
"This process is in some respects ceremonial , because by January the media has declared a winner and usually a concession speech has been given. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 27 Sep. 2020",
"Coming at the very pinnacle of Paris, the fashion ceremonial that is the Louis Vuitton show is always the grand finale, the last word, on the very last day, of a month of shows in four capitals. \u2014 Sarah Mower, Vogue , 6 Oct. 2020"
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"Obviously, this is a heroic moment for Kanye, and a ceremonious moment of closure for Kim, who, at one point, picks up the computer\u2019s mouse and then sets it back down. \u2014 Vogue , 29 Apr. 2022",
"An elegant, ceremonious man, Karzai urged green tea on me and spoke about poetry. \u2014 Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022",
"For the first time since the world has come to known COVID-19, water leaped from the mouths of four bronze sea horses, and the people clapped and danced as Mayor Lori Lightfoot exchanged fist bumps in front of the ceremonious display. \u2014 Paige Fry, chicagotribune.com , 22 May 2021",
"Then, with a ceremonious flair, my dad pushed the shim rock into place. \u2014 Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics , 10 Apr. 2021",
"Trading in bulky knits and fleece bottoms for something light and airy feels almost ceremonious right now, and few silhouettes combine the easygoing nature of a house dress with the casual elegance of a button-down just so. \u2014 Talia Abbas, Glamour , 8 Mar. 2021",
"The master of ceremonious Eros is, for once, hanging out with random guys. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 8 Feb. 2021",
"The veteran winger was on the ice when Kaprizov set up the team's first two goals, scooping up the ceremonious puck after Kaprizov's first NHL point. \u2014 Sarah Mclellan, Star Tribune , 16 Jan. 2021",
"And so there were two transitions \u2014 the public and the private, the ceremonious and the suspicious, the one that treated Trump as the legitimate president-elect and the one that was interrogating his relationship with Russia. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Jan. 2017"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for ceremonious ceremonial , ceremonious , formal , conventional mean marked by attention to or adhering strictly to prescribed forms. ceremonial and ceremonious both imply strict attention to what is prescribed by custom or by ritual, but ceremonial applies to things that are associated with ceremonies a ceremonial offering , ceremonious to persons given to ceremony or to acts attended by ceremony. made his ceremonious entrance formal applies both to things prescribed by and to persons obedient to custom and may suggest stiff, restrained, or old-fashioned behavior. a formal report the headmaster's formal manner conventional implies accord with general custom and usage conventional courtesy and may suggest a stodgy lack of originality or independence. conventional fiction",
"synonyms":[
"correct",
"decorous",
"formal",
"nice",
"proper",
"punctilious",
"starchy",
"stiff",
"stiff-necked",
"stilted"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041326",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"ceremony":{
"antonyms":[],
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": a conventional act of politeness or etiquette":[
"the ceremony of introduction"
],
": a formal act or series of acts prescribed by ritual, protocol, or convention":[
"the marriage ceremony"
],
": a routine action performed with elaborate pomp":[
"Liz Claiborne Inc. chief executive officer William McComb and Liz Claiborne New York creative director Isaac Mizrahi rang the closing bell [of the New York Stock Exchange], a daily ceremony they followed with the first-ever fashion show on the trading floor.",
"\u2014 Marc Karimzadeh"
],
": an action performed only formally with no deep significance":[
"the custom had probably been long a mere ceremony",
"\u2014 C. Thirlwall"
],
": observance of an established code of civility or politeness":[
"opened the door without ceremony and strode in"
],
": prescribed procedures : usages":[
"the ceremony attending an inauguration"
]
},
"examples":[
"There will be a ceremony honoring the town's veterans next week.",
"With great ceremony , the children presented each of the visitors with a gift.",
"He told them abruptly and without ceremony that they would have to leave.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Barker and Kardashian wed in a stunning ceremony in Portofino, Italy, last month, celebrating their nuptials with family, friends, and loved ones over the course of three days. \u2014 Olivia Jakiel, PEOPLE.com , 28 June 2022",
"The hospitalization comes just one month after Barker and Kardashian tied the knot in a lavish wedding ceremony in Portofino, Italy. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 28 June 2022",
"The winners will be announced on Sept. 7 at a ceremony in Naples, Italy. \u2014 Jonmaesha Beltran, The Arizona Republic , 28 June 2022",
"Netrebko became one of Russia\u2019s most famous cultural ambassadors, and in 2008 Putin awarded her the title of People\u2019s Artist, the country\u2019s highest honor for performers, at a ceremony in St. Petersburg that also featured Gergiev. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"Dillon\u2019s career as an actor and director will be celebrated by the Swiss fest dedicated to indie cinema during a ceremony on Aug. 4 in the 8,000-seat Piazza Grande outdoor screening venue, followed by an onstage conversation the next day. \u2014 Nick Vivarelli, Variety , 21 June 2022",
"The upcoming honors will come just months after the 12th Governors Awards, which honored Danny Glover, Samuel L. Jackson, Elaine May and Liv Ullman with a ceremony in March, delayed from its original January date due to the spread of COVID-19. \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 21 June 2022",
"Some Hong Kong media have said President Xi Jinping is expected to attend Lee\u2019s swearing-in ceremony in Hong Kong, but it was not confirmed if senior mainland leaders would attend. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 19 June 2022",
"This year\u2019s tree hunt runs until Aug. 19, after which there will be a closing ceremony in the fall. \u2014 Sarah Raza, Detroit Free Press , 16 June 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English ceremonie , from Middle French ceremonie , from Latin caerimonia":""
},
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"\u02c8ser-\u0259-\u02ccm\u014d-n\u0113",
"\u02c8se-r\u0259-"
],
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"ceremonial",
"form",
"formality",
"observance",
"rite",
"ritual",
"solemnity"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231150",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cereous":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": like wax : waxen":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin cereus , from cera wax":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041531",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"cereus":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": any of various cacti (as of the genus Cereus ) of the western U.S. and tropical America":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Samples of the allergy remedy were tested and traces of Bacillus cereus were found. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 9 June 2022",
"Allergy Bee Gone for Kids tested positive for traces of Bacillus cereus , which can lead to life-threatening illnesses in some people. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 13 June 2022",
"Furthermore, the samples also tested positive for the Bacillus cereus bacteria. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 9 June 2022",
"And the company initiated the recall after discovering the presence of a bacteria (Bacillus cereus ) in a bottle from that lot. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 25 Feb. 2022",
"The announcement for this wound care gel recall explains that patients who use the product risk developing an infection with the Bacillus cereus bacteria. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Experts warn against improperly storing leftover rice because rice, pasta and other foods contain a bacterium called Bacillus cereus . \u2014 Abbey Monsour, USA TODAY , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Bacillus cereus is a bacterium found in soil, vegetables, and raw and processed foods. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 15 Dec. 2021",
"Bacillus cereus is common bacteria in the environment that creates two different toxins. \u2014 Colleen Stinchcombe, SELF , 16 Dec. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1731, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, genus name, from Latin, wax candle, from cera wax \u2014 more at cerumen":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sir-\u0113-\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181532",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cereza":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": any of several plants having fruits resembling cherries (as Malpighia glabra, M. coccigera , and various species of Cordia )":[],
": capulin sense 1":[],
": the fruit of these plants":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"American Spanish, from Spanish, cherry, from Late Latin ceresia":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u0101s\u0259",
"-re-",
"s\u0259\u02c8r\u0101z\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183101",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ceria":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the cerium oxide CeO 2":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from cerium + -a":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sir\u0113\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-082347",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cerium":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a metallic chemical element that is the most abundant of the rare-earth group and is a chief component of misch metal \u2014 see Chemical Elements Table":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Enriched with antioxidant-rich algae extract, blue-light thwarting cerium and moisture-boosting fermentation factors, Sueprgoop\u2019s daily moisturizer has major muscle as a hydrator. \u2014 Adam Hurly, Robb Report , 4 Apr. 2022",
"To combat the baldness-causing condition, scientists coated cerium nanoparticles in a biodegradable polyethylene glycol-lipid compound. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 28 Dec. 2021",
"The composition of the deposit, however, is such that more than three-quarters of the rare earth elements are the light rare earths cerium and lanthanum, used in oil refining equipment and catalytic converters in internal combustion engine vehicles. \u2014 Mary Hui, Quartz , 15 July 2021",
"The problem is that while demand for praseodymium and neodymium is high there is limited demand for other elements which are mined in conjunction, such as cerium and lanthanum. \u2014 Tim Treadgold, Forbes , 3 Mar. 2021",
"Ferrocerium is an alloy made from iron, along with cerium , lanthanum, and several other rare-earth minerals. \u2014 Tim Macwelch, Outdoor Life , 2 Dec. 2020",
"Lanthanum and cerium are as abundant as copper and lead, and are used in such pedestrian applications as pool cleaner and cigarette-lighter flints. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 May 2019",
"Marine scientists at China\u2019s Guangxi Key Laboratory recently deduced the strength of East Asian winter monsoons over the past 150 years by measuring levels of rare earth elements, such as lanthanum and cerium , in each layer of a Porites coral core. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 29 May 2018",
"Next door to the oven, more than 150 bags of neodymium and praseodymium and cerium sat on a warehouse floor to be shipped to customers around the world. \u2014 Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times , 11 July 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1804, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Ceres , an asteroid":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sir-\u0113-\u0259m"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-085708",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cerium metal":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": any of a group of rare-earth metals separable as a group from other metals occurring with them and in addition to cerium including lanthanum, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, and sometimes europium":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-104248",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cerium oxide":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-104906",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"certain":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": as a certainty : assuredly":[
"the cause is not known for certain"
],
": assured in mind or action":[
"I am certain they are right"
],
": certain ones":[
"certain of my generation",
"\u2014 W. B. Yeats"
],
": dependable , reliable":[
"a certain remedy for the disease"
],
": fixed , settled":[
"a certain percentage of the profit"
],
": incapable of failing : destined":[
"\u2014 used with a following infinitive she is certain to do well"
],
": inevitable":[
"the certain advance of age"
],
": known or proved to be true : indisputable":[
"it is certain that we exist"
],
": of a somewhat advanced age : no longer young":[
"remembered by people of a certain age"
],
": of a specific but unspecified character, quantity, or degree":[
"the house has a certain charm"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"I'm fairly certain that I'll be on time.",
"a certain person told me that today is your birthday",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Energy bills are certain to rise with the October energy price-cap for UK customers likely to rise by over 50% (data from Cornwall Insight). \u2014 Kate Hardcastle, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"Alonso is certain that Chatman is innocent of the Georgia RICO charge. \u2014 Charles Bethea, The New Yorker , 24 June 2022",
"Less than one-third of the Senate's 50 GOP senators backed the measure and solid Republican opposition is certain in the House. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 24 June 2022",
"Many of us were certain this day would come, long before the leak last month of Justice Samuel Alito\u2019s chilling draft decision overturning Roe. \u2014 Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
"The proposal is almost certain to be challenged by conservatives, and it is expected to lead to new legal battles over the rights of transgender students in schools, especially in sports. \u2014 Collin Binkley, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"Less than one-third of the Senate\u2019s 50 GOP senators backed the measure and solid Republican opposition is certain in the House. \u2014 Alan Fram, Hartford Courant , 23 June 2022",
"Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect that the eyewitness to Wednesday's activity was not certain what agency the officials were from. \u2014 Katherine Faulders, ABC News , 23 June 2022",
"The proposal is almost certain to be challenged by conservatives, and it is expected to lead to new legal battles over the rights of transgender students in schools, especially in sports. \u2014 Collin Binkley, Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Pronoun, plural in construction"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English certeyn, certayne , borrowed from Anglo-French certein, certain , going back to Vulgar Latin *cert\u0101nus , from Latin certus \"fixed, settled, indisputable,\" originally past participle of cernere \"to sift, discern, decide, determine\" (going back to an Indo-European present stem *kri-n- , verbal adjective *kri-to- , from a verbal base *krei\u032f\u032f\u032f(h 1 )- \"sift, separate,\" whence Greek kr\u012b\u0301nein \"to separate, choose, decide,\" verbal adjective krit\u00f3s , Welsh go grynu \"to sift\") + -\u0101nus + -an entry 2":"Adjective",
"Middle English certyn , derivative of certeyn certain entry 1":"Pronoun, plural in construction"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0259r-t\u1d4an"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for certain Adjective sure , certain , positive , cocksure mean having no doubt or uncertainty. sure usually stresses the subjective or intuitive feeling of assurance. felt sure that I had forgotten something certain may apply to a basing of a conclusion or conviction on definite grounds or indubitable evidence. police are certain about the cause of the fire positive intensifies sureness or certainty and may imply opinionated conviction or forceful expression of it. I'm positive that's the person I saw cocksure implies presumptuous or careless positiveness. you're always so cocksure about everything",
"synonyms":[
"anonymous",
"given",
"one",
"some",
"unidentified",
"unnamed",
"unspecified"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124119",
"type":[
"adjective",
"pronoun",
"pronoun, plural in construction"
]
},
"certainly":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": in a manner that is certain : with certainty":[],
": it is certain that : assuredly":[]
},
"examples":[
"It will certainly rain tomorrow.",
"This year's festival was certainly much better than last year's.",
"I'm certainly going to try.",
"The new version is most certainly easier to use.",
"The snake that bit her was almost certainly poisonous.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"However, the decision is almost certainly going to be challenged in court. \u2014 Nicholas Florko, STAT , 28 June 2022",
"The Federal Reserve chair said this week in this country that recession is certainly a possibility, in part because of higher interest rates. \u2014 CBS News , 26 June 2022",
"This is a branch of government that was set up to be sort of insulated from public pressure and political pressure, certainly . \u2014 James Brown, USA TODAY , 26 June 2022",
"Mathews said the city is certainly supportive of creative projects like the food truck park, but there were challenges. \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant , 26 June 2022",
"Adams was certainly familiar with the colonial sentiment. \u2014 Kerry J. Byrne, Fox News , 25 June 2022",
"And there are certainly ex-Mormons in the documentary who are bitter about their experiences. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 June 2022",
"With the humidity, that heat index certainly is going to be somewhere around 105, 107. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 21 June 2022",
"Biden announced a trip to Saudi Arabia next month, and the global supply of oil is certainly going to be on the agenda. \u2014 Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver , 21 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0259r-t\u1d4an-l\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"all right",
"alright",
"assuredly",
"clearly",
"definitely",
"doubtless",
"easily",
"forsooth",
"hands down",
"inarguably",
"incontestably",
"incontrovertibly",
"indeed",
"indisputably",
"plainly",
"really",
"so",
"sure",
"surely",
"truly",
"unarguably",
"undeniably",
"undoubtedly",
"unquestionably"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033426",
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"certainly not":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not at all":[
"\"Did I offend you"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235425",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"certainness":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": certainty":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-n(n)\u0259\u0307s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191539",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"certainty":{
"antonyms":[
"doubt",
"incertitude",
"nonconfidence",
"uncertainty"
],
"definitions":{
": something that is certain":[],
": the quality or state of being certain especially on the basis of evidence":[]
},
"examples":[
"Scientists still do not know with any degree of certainty why the disease spread so quickly.",
"We cannot predict the outcome with absolute certainty .",
"There was no certainty that the package would arrive in time.",
"Her certainty about these complex moral issues is surprising.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Their membership, held up for now by objections from Turkey, likely won\u2019t be resolved over the two days of meetings but is considered an eventual certainty . \u2014 Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times , 24 June 2022",
"Those figures are likely to worsen with more Fed rate increases a near certainty and layoffs in the housing sector have already begun. \u2014 Matt Ott, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"As rates increase, the certainty of earning money today from a bond or certificate of deposit becomes a better financial proposition than placing a bet on a risky new technology company that may only begin posting profits in a few years. \u2014 David J. Lynch, Anchorage Daily News , 20 June 2022",
"Given the near certainty that there will be more delays, the Artemis Program is probably at least 15 years from having a semi-permanent habitat on the surface of the Moon. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 20 June 2022",
"As rates increase, the certainty of earning money today from a bond or certificate of deposit becomes a better financial proposition than placing a bet on a risky new technology company that may only begin posting profits in a few years. \u2014 David J. Lynch, Washington Post , 19 June 2022",
"Compared to CEOs, other C-suite executives expressed slightly less certainty that a recession is coming. \u2014 Christine Mui, Fortune , 17 June 2022",
"Those figures are likely to worsen with more Fed rate increases a near certainty . \u2014 Matt Ott, Chron , 16 June 2022",
"Those figures are likely to worsen with more Fed rate increases a near certainty . \u2014 CBS News , 16 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English certeinte , borrowed from Anglo-French certeint\u00e9 , from certein, certain certain entry 1 + -t\u00e9 -ty":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0259r-t\u1d4an-t\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for certainty certainty , certitude , conviction mean a state of being free from doubt. certainty and certitude are very close; certainty may stress the existence of objective proof claims that cannot be confirmed with scientific certainty , while certitude may emphasize a faith in something not needing or not capable of proof. believes with certitude in an afterlife conviction applies especially to belief strongly held by an individual. holds firm convictions on every issue",
"synonyms":[
"assurance",
"assuredness",
"certitude",
"cocksureness",
"confidence",
"conviction",
"doubtlessness",
"face",
"positiveness",
"satisfaction",
"sureness",
"surety"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163054",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"certifiable":{
"antonyms":[
"bogus",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"false",
"mock",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pseudo",
"sham",
"spurious",
"suppositious",
"supposititious",
"unauthentic",
"unreal"
],
"definitions":{
": capable of being certified":[
"certifiable teachers"
],
": fit to be certified as insane : crazy":[
"downright certifiable behavior",
"Anyone and everyone who says they can't live without a telephone (and that includes me) is clearly certifiable .",
"\u2014 Camilla Sorsbie"
],
": genuine , authentic":[
"a certifiable liar",
"a certifiable movie star"
]
},
"examples":[
"Anyone who would run in front of a car like that is certifiable .",
"We called in a certifiable expert on legal issues.",
"A handful of cinema's certifiable masterpieces are in need of restoration.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Lyriq has already proven to be a certifiable hit. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 28 June 2022",
"Plenty of research has shown that attractive people are heavily rewarded in all aspects of life; beauty is a certifiable privilege. \u2014 Carrie Battan, The New Yorker , 8 Nov. 2021",
"In the most basic terms, an NFT is a token that represents certifiable ownership of a specific, unique digital asset. \u2014 Alison Mccauley, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021",
"Investing in electric vehicles or EVs is an example of hoping to profit from a certifiable trend, fueled by reactions to climate change and rising gasoline prices. \u2014 Next Avenue, Forbes , 2 Sep. 2021",
"The Mexican actor-writer-director-producer, 59, is a certifiable superstar, having achieved a level of personal popularity, television ubiquity, and reliably boffo box-office appeal in Mexico on a par with Kevin Hart\u2019s in the U.S. \u2014 Chris Lee, Vulture , 10 Aug. 2021",
"Nikola Jokic have made big men fashionable again by promptly establishing themselves as certifiable candidates for the Most Valuable Player Award with their player-of-the-month-winning performances in January. \u2014 Marc Stein, New York Times , 3 Feb. 2021",
"This would be especially true for a Knicks team that doesn\u2019t have anything close to a certifiable franchise player at the moment. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Dec. 2020",
"This year especially, which will go down in the history books as a certifiable dumpster fire, nails are proving to be more of a delight than ever. \u2014 Lindsay Schallon, Glamour , 15 Dec. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1688, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccs\u0259r-t\u0259-\u02c8f\u012b-",
"\u02c8s\u0259r-t\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b-\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"certified",
"dinkum",
"echt",
"genuine",
"honest",
"pukka",
"pucka",
"real",
"right",
"sure-enough",
"true"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185851",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"certifiably":{
"antonyms":[
"bogus",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"false",
"mock",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pseudo",
"sham",
"spurious",
"suppositious",
"supposititious",
"unauthentic",
"unreal"
],
"definitions":{
": capable of being certified":[
"certifiable teachers"
],
": fit to be certified as insane : crazy":[
"downright certifiable behavior",
"Anyone and everyone who says they can't live without a telephone (and that includes me) is clearly certifiable .",
"\u2014 Camilla Sorsbie"
],
": genuine , authentic":[
"a certifiable liar",
"a certifiable movie star"
]
},
"examples":[
"Anyone who would run in front of a car like that is certifiable .",
"We called in a certifiable expert on legal issues.",
"A handful of cinema's certifiable masterpieces are in need of restoration.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Lyriq has already proven to be a certifiable hit. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 28 June 2022",
"Plenty of research has shown that attractive people are heavily rewarded in all aspects of life; beauty is a certifiable privilege. \u2014 Carrie Battan, The New Yorker , 8 Nov. 2021",
"In the most basic terms, an NFT is a token that represents certifiable ownership of a specific, unique digital asset. \u2014 Alison Mccauley, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021",
"Investing in electric vehicles or EVs is an example of hoping to profit from a certifiable trend, fueled by reactions to climate change and rising gasoline prices. \u2014 Next Avenue, Forbes , 2 Sep. 2021",
"The Mexican actor-writer-director-producer, 59, is a certifiable superstar, having achieved a level of personal popularity, television ubiquity, and reliably boffo box-office appeal in Mexico on a par with Kevin Hart\u2019s in the U.S. \u2014 Chris Lee, Vulture , 10 Aug. 2021",
"Nikola Jokic have made big men fashionable again by promptly establishing themselves as certifiable candidates for the Most Valuable Player Award with their player-of-the-month-winning performances in January. \u2014 Marc Stein, New York Times , 3 Feb. 2021",
"This would be especially true for a Knicks team that doesn\u2019t have anything close to a certifiable franchise player at the moment. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Dec. 2020",
"This year especially, which will go down in the history books as a certifiable dumpster fire, nails are proving to be more of a delight than ever. \u2014 Lindsay Schallon, Glamour , 15 Dec. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1688, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"\u02ccs\u0259r-t\u0259-\u02c8f\u012b-",
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"She has a certificate in midwifery.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"For instance, an English degree plus a cybersecurity certificate can be very attractive, whereas one of them alone may not be. \u2014 Rod Berger, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"April\u2019s gift item is a $50 certificate to Chuck\u2019s Steak House & Margarita Grill in Mansfield. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 22 Apr. 2022",
"On Sunday, Berryhill received her certificate of achievement in case management and expects to earn an associates degree in human service administration. \u2014 John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
"In a Twitter post from March, M\u00fcller shared a snapshot of proud-looking Molly with her Guinness World Record certificate . \u2014 Mary Ellen Cagnassola, PEOPLE.com , 3 June 2022",
"As part of the plea agreement, Winstead will resign from the department, surrender his Ohio Peace Officers Training Academy certificate and serve two years of probation. \u2014 Cameron Knight, The Enquirer , 1 June 2022",
"Lexi had been awarded the honor roll on the morning of the shooting, smiling in a photo against a gold background with her certificate and parents. \u2014 Douglas Belkin, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
"Hudbay is also fighting battles for permits at the state level, including for an extension of their certificate of environmental compliance from the Arizona Corporation Commission. \u2014 Zayna Syed, The Arizona Republic , 17 May 2022",
"Travelers must upload their vaccination certificate onto the Vaccination Check Portal and download the TraceTogether app. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 12 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Figures released by Britain\u2019s Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that 29,648 deaths were registered in England and Wales with COVID-19 mentioned on the death certificates through April 24. \u2014 Fox News , 5 May 2020",
"In addition to the search bar changes, Firefox 75's release notes also include security fixes and the following bullet points: Firefox will locally cache all trusted Web PKI Certificate Authority certificates known to Mozilla. \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 7 Apr. 2020",
"Reimbursement for continuing education: This valuable benefit is tougher to find, but some employers still help pay for undergraduate, graduate and certificate classes. \u2014 Jill Schlesinger, chicagotribune.com , 6 Nov. 2019",
"In regular session at 6:30 p.m., the board will consider final approval of a salary schedule for unrepresented employees, and classified, certificated management and confidential employees. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 Sep. 2019",
"Eric began taking yoga in 1993 and excelled as student, which led to receiving certification as a Satyananda (Bihar) teacher in 2005, Silver-Age yoga teacher in 2007 and completing the Duke Medical Center Yoga for Seniors certificate in 2009. \u2014 sun-sentinel.com , 24 Oct. 2019",
"Vehicles older than 15 years must now undergo mandatory fitness renewal certificates every six months. \u2014 Sangeeta Tanwar, Quartz India , 18 Oct. 2019",
"In regular session, the board gave final approval to a salary schedule for unrepresented employees, and classified, certificated management and confidential employees. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Sep. 2019",
"In regular session, the board heard the San Dieguito Faculty Association\u2019s certificated collective bargaining proposals and adopted the district\u2019s proposal to open negotiations with the association. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Aug. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"If the student works at the high school\u2019s aquatics center, the school pays for the certification . \u2014 Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"Commissioners opted 2-1 to certify during an emergency meeting as New Mexico counties faced a deadline Friday for certification of the vote. \u2014 Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 19 June 2022",
"After the auction, Las-Vegas based LTD failed to file paperwork for certification in Oklahoma in time to meet an FCC deadline. \u2014 Ryan Tracy, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"The building is eligible for certification after at least a year of operations. \u2014 Marshall Shepherd, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Grassley or another senior Republican majority member would become the presiding officer of the joint session and begin the election certification . \u2014 Robert Legare, CBS News , 3 June 2022",
"As the beauty industry evolves to become more sustainable, more brands will apply for a B Corp certification to verify their claims. \u2014 Cristina Montemayor, SELF , 23 May 2022",
"But two months of lies emanating from the Trump White House were set to culminate in a protest headlined by the president, timed to coincide with the election certification . \u2014 Nicole Hemmer, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
"And consumers might not know to look for a certification of good practices. \u2014 Darius Tahir, Fortune , 18 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Producers Guild of America has attempted to clarify some of the confusion with the PGA certification mark . \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 26 Oct. 2021",
"The sinks displayed counterfeit Uniform Plumbing Code certification marks , which is required by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials to be on all plumbing products. \u2014 Brittany Brown, baltimoresun.com , 26 June 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"During a catchup call with coworker Froelich\u2014who is also a certified personal trainer specializing in training seniors\u2014Reed found out that Froelich was virtually training her grandparents with cardio boxing over FaceTime. \u2014 Geri Stengel, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2022",
"After a solid warm-up, Rhandi Orme, a certified run coach and personal trainer, and trainer Quan Bailey will lead you through a routine that\u2019s centered on two separate circuits of three exercises each. \u2014 Christa Sgobba, SELF , 20 Apr. 2022",
"To do so, a doctor not only needs to pass the board examinations (not everyone does), but needs to have successfully completed the medical school internship and residency (and sometimes fellowship) needed to become certified for the board. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 16 Nov. 2021",
"The initiative\u2019s program would let people become certified as a social equity applicant under the Ohio Department of Development to potentially win marijuana business licenses. \u2014 Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland , 13 Aug. 2021",
"Fidelity will offer training to new employees who want to become certified or learn more about the financial services industry. \u2014 Jeanne Houck, The Enquirer , 22 July 2021",
"In open session, the board approved adding a Juneteenth holiday to the contracts and work calendars for certified and classified employees for 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 May 2022",
"Founded by aesthetician and certified medical technician Deisy M Suarez, Desuar Spa is a true oasis of relaxation. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
"In other news, the School Board will also vote in January on a potential salary increase for certified and classified personnel for the district's 2022-2023 salary schedule. \u2014 Mary Jordan, Arkansas Online , 17 Dec. 2021"
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"He sent the contract by certified mail ."
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Calzi got his undergraduate degree from the University of Kentucky and went on to become a certified public accountant , working at both Ernst and Young and Andersen for nearly 40 years as an accountant and consultant. \u2014 Ayana Archie, The Courier-Journal , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Tax returns for Mothers for Moderation were prepared by the same Jacksonville certified public accountant and on the same day as Center for Popular Progressive Values and Democracy and Florida Promise, the groups in Alexander\u2019s name. \u2014 Annie Martin, orlandosentinel.com , 26 Aug. 2021",
"Rubin is a licensed professional fiduciary and certified public accountant (CPA) who, according to his website, has ten years of experience and has managed complex portfolios with financial assets valued over $35 million. \u2014 Ashley Cullins, Billboard , 26 July 2021",
"Many widows or widowers fail to use this strategy, says St. Louis certified public accountant Mike Piper, who operates the opensocialsecurity.com benefits calculator. \u2014 Neal Templin, WSJ , 9 May 2021",
"Richard Kim immigrated from South Korea to the United States in 1970, earned a master\u2019s degree in business administration from Columbia University and became a certified public accountant . \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2021",
"By 1983, Calkins had passed the certified public accountant exam. \u2014 Tax Notes Staff, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2021",
"Denny, who serves as a Mayfield Village councilman, earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in accounting from Ohio University in Athens and became a certified public accountant . \u2014 cleveland , 26 Mar. 2021",
"The one-year program, which starts in July, is also intended to help students reach the 150-credit requirement to become a certified public accountant ; most four-year undergraduate accounting-degree programs are 30 credits short of this goal. \u2014 Patrick Thomas, WSJ , 3 Mar. 2021"
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"A judge must certify the contract.",
"The document has been certified by the court.",
"The car dealer certifies each car before it is sold.",
"Has your doctor been certified ",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"State attorney general's office spokesman John Sadler confirmed that Nevada law sets 11:59 p.m. Friday as the deadline to certify results of the June 14 primary. \u2014 CBS News , 24 June 2022",
"Clark had been circulating a proposal that would have the legislatures from battleground states not certify their election results. \u2014 Lisa Mascaro And Mary Clare Jalonick, Anchorage Daily News , 24 June 2022",
"Clark had been circulating a proposal that would have the legislatures from battleground states not to certify their election results. \u2014 Lisa Mascaro And, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"Clark had been circulating a proposal that would have the legislatures from battleground states not certify their election results. \u2014 Lisa Mascaro And Mary Clare Jalonick, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"State elections officials plan to finish counting ballots from the special primary on Tuesday and to certify the race results by Saturday. \u2014 Becky Bohrer, USA TODAY , 21 June 2022",
"As clerks, these administrators attempt to run a fair mail-in and Election Day operation, tally the votes, announce a winner and certify the results. \u2014 Charlie Dent, CNN , 21 June 2022",
"His track record includes refusing to certify the presidential election results in Pennsylvania and Arizona, and declining to impeach Trump for his role in the insurrection or vote for an independent commission to investigate it. \u2014 Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
"New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver has now called on the state Supreme Court to order the commission to certify the results, and on Wednesday, the court ordered the commission to approve the results by Friday. \u2014 Rick Klein, ABC News , 16 June 2022"
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"\u2014 John Grisham"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This spring, once the Supreme Court had granted certiorari for the New York City case, lawyers on all sides of the gun issue recognized that the travel ban was indefensible under ordinary constitutional standards. \u2014 David B. Kopel, National Review , 12 Sep. 2019",
"Justices Thomas and Gorsuch dissented from denial of certiorari in a 2017 California case, Peruta v. San Diego. \u2014 David B. Kopel, National Review , 12 Sep. 2019",
"If Elliott defied the odds and was granted certiorari , his case would not be heard until 2018, and his suspension would be stayed until after a Supreme Court ruling. \u2014 Michael Mccann, SI.com , 12 Oct. 2017",
"One other twist: The request for a hearing \u2014 known to lawyers as a petition for certiorari \u2014 requires only four votes to be granted. \u2014 Greg Stohr, The Seattle Times , 21 June 2017",
"Jason Michael Sharp and James Osgood both filed for a writ of certiorari to the state's highest court-- a petition that asks the court to hear their separate cases. \u2014 Ivana Hrynkiw, AL.com , 16 June 2017",
"But the tweets could bolster his opposing counsels\u2019 arguments in applications for stays and petitions for certiorari , enabling his opponents to at least temporarily block or hamstring the president\u2019s efforts. \u2014 Danielle Tcholakian, Longreads , 5 June 2017",
"On Thursday of last week, Wall had filed a petition for certiorari in International Refugee Assistance Program v. Trump. \u2014 Garrett Epps, The Atlantic , 5 June 2017"
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"\u2014 Anne M. Johnson"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Kmet has seen the way the Bears\u2019 new offense puts Fields on the move more frequently and has heard the certitude in the way Fields has called plays. \u2014 Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune , 2 June 2022",
"During the pandemic, serious scientists\u2014in and out of public life\u2014have let their status as discoverers of important but ever-contingent knowledge be hijacked by the authoritarians of certitude . \u2014 Daniel Henninger, WSJ , 12 Jan. 2022",
"In their writings and lectures, both men tended not so much to argue their positions as to proclaim them, embracing a certitude that sometimes comes off as smug, even arrogant. \u2014 Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 Dec. 2021",
"That column the other day assailing extremist certitude and extolling glorious ambivalence ... \u2014 John Brummett, Arkansas Online , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Regardless of ideology, holding oneself above others based on certitude is dangerous. \u2014 Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Instead of encouraging the dialogue of democratic process, the fundamentalists seek to impose their own rigid certitude unilaterally. \u2014 Salvatore J. Cordileone And Jim Daly, WSJ , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Armed with nothing but tenacity and moral certitude , the surgeons painstakingly piece together Duntsch's history of dangerous incompetence. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 8 July 2021",
"But one certitude at an uncertain moment is that that, at least, will not happen. \u2014 Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker , 1 July 2021"
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"Still, word of the negotiations gives a glimmer of hope of a cessation of hostilities even as the fighting \u2014 now in its fourth day \u2014 has brought fierce battles on the streets of Kharkiv, Ukraine\u2019s second-largest city. \u2014 Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times , 27 Feb. 2022",
"But, now, with the worry about the Delta-variant, the cessation of most unemployment benefits, and the end of the eviction and mortgage payment moratoriums, the Q4 outlook for consumption, the major driver of GDP, has dimmed. \u2014 Robert Barone, Forbes , 2 Oct. 2021",
"The eradication of smallpox in 1980 and the cessation of use of smallpox vaccine \u2014 which offers some protection against monkeypox \u2014 created an ecological void experts feared another poxvirus might fill. \u2014 Helen Branswell, STAT , 29 May 2022",
"The diplomatic silence also narrows any channel for talks that could curb the conflict and explore a possible cessation to hostilities. \u2014 Alan Cullison, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"The budget-writing appropriations committee funded a wide variety of state services, including child care, workforce training, domestic violence prevention, open space, smoking cessation , government accountability and clean air, among others. \u2014 Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The last coordinated cessation of hostilities nationwide was during peace talks in 2016. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Apr. 2022",
"The cessation of cigarette sales can have a big impact on public health. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 28 Mar. 2022"
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"Roche predicted that central banks would continue to raise interest rates over the next six to nine months which in turn would hurt stocks, reduce economic growth and help to precipitate his war- cession . \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 20 June 2022",
"At the turn of the century, following cession of land from the Indigenous Clatsop people, Seaside became a bustling tourist destination on the north Oregon coast, accessible by a short train ride from Portland. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Meanwhile, there was no such She- cession in the UK, where employment fell less for females than for males. \u2014 CNN , 3 Feb. 2022",
"The economic depression caused by the COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected women more than men, leading some to call it a she- cession . \u2014 Kaleb Nygaard, Fortune , 16 June 2021",
"The team brushed off a shaky start and early goal cession to rumble back for a 3-1 victory, highlighted by a pair of goals from rookie Daryl Dike. \u2014 Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com , 27 Aug. 2020",
"Indigenous people were adapting, while the United States won partial and patchy land cessions , a process accelerated by the War of 1812. \u2014 Caitlin Fitz, The Atlantic , 8 Apr. 2020",
"Indeed, the United States Supreme Court has applied the canons to treaties that do not involve the cession of land to the United States. \u2014 Jennifer Kraus, Twin Cities , 22 Dec. 2019",
"These land cessions are known as the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek (Choctaw tribe); Treaty of Cusseta (Creek); Treaty of Pontotoc (Chickasaw); and Treaty of New Echota (Cherokee). \u2014 al , 28 Nov. 2019"
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"The early 2000s were a cesspool of tabloid headlines for celebrities like Lopez. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 14 June 2022",
"Once again, the famed Monarchs football program appears to be a cesspool of arrogance, entitlement and callousness. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
"While Swimming With Sharks is quick to acknowledge that power relations in Tinseltown are a cesspool that poisons everything and everybody that comes through the Dream Factory, that\u2019s not really what the show is about. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Her father, Dan Pazienza, runs a successful cesspool service company, and her parents live in Port Jefferson, an upscale suburb in Long Island. \u2014 Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News , 30 Mar. 2022",
"On social media, the typical cesspool was replaced by an ocean of goodwill. \u2014 Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 Mar. 2022",
"His social media feeds are a cesspool of misogyny, bigotry and bizarre fringe conspiracy theories. \u2014 Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Jan. 2022",
"Lana was skipping through the courtyard on dairy property near the Pleasant Valley Baptist Church one day in June 1951 when the ground beneath her gave way, swallowing her into a cesspool of raw sewage 35 feet below. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Because even though the platform is a cesspool of toxicity, there are reasons to stay. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Nov. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The steel blade\u2019s teeth are made of cermet carbide teeth, which combine the heat resistance of ceramic with the toughness of metal. \u2014 Popular Mechanics , 14 June 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The English missionaries, the French authorities, the Tahitians who adopted foreign ways that had been framed as superior\u2014all had conspired to endanger traditions from tattooing to cooking to celestial navigation . \u2014 Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure , 30 Jan. 2022",
"Future ballistic missiles will also include advanced celestial navigation . \u2014 David Hambling, Popular Mechanics , 25 Apr. 2021",
"Traditional celestial navigation requires measuring the angle of a star or planet in the sky. \u2014 David Hambling, Popular Mechanics , 25 Apr. 2021",
"As Polynesia was colonized and modernized, the secrets of celestial navigation were nearly forgotten. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 15 May 2021",
"As Polynesia was colonized and modernized, the secrets of celestial navigation were nearly forgotten. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 15 May 2021",
"As Polynesia was colonized and modernized, the secrets of celestial navigation were nearly forgotten. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 15 May 2021",
"As Polynesia was colonized and modernized, the secrets of celestial navigation were nearly forgotten. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 15 May 2021",
"The post represents the M\u0101ori\u2019s connection to Antarctica, the use of celestial navigation and the spirit of exploration. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 14 June 2021"
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"definitions":{
": a waxy crystalline alcohol C 16 H 34 O obtained by the saponification of spermaceti or the hydrogenation of palmitic acid and used especially in pharmaceutical and cosmetic preparations and in making detergents":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Fatty alcohols, like cetyl alcohol , do just the opposite. \u2014 Devon Abelman, Allure , 17 July 2021",
"But fear not, cetyl alcohol is nothing of the sort. \u2014 Devon Abelman, Allure , 17 July 2021"
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"A cease and desist order was issued by the state.",
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"In addition to the $7 million penalty, Wells Fargo Advisors, without admitting or denying the SEC\u2019s findings, agreed to a censure and a cease and desist order . \u2014 Rob Wile, NBC News , 20 May 2022",
"An organization that provides food for individuals experiencing homelessness received a cease and desist order from the city of Santa Cruz. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Federal education officials filed a complaint with the agency's Office of Administrative Law Judges seeking a cease and desist order against Florida, as well as a ruling that the state is in violation of federal law. \u2014 Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Tre Siggers issued a cease and desist order to his former teammates at North Texas. \u2014 Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News , 10 Sep. 2021",
"Auerfarm, the Bloomfield farm where the festival was slated to be held, was served with a cease and desist order from the town\u2019s Department of Planning and Zoning. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 2 July 2021",
"The Fed then filed a cease and desist order , laying out steps the bank needed to take to improve its security, while the Office of the Comptroller of Currency filed an $80 million civil penalty against the bank. \u2014 Moira Ritter, CNN , 30 June 2021",
"Ohio State also banned the therapist from campus and locations where students live and served her a cease and desist order pertaining to future contact with students, coaches or staff. \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 13 May 2021",
"Although a cease and desist order was issued, state agencies can't enforce those orders. \u2014 Jessica Boehm, The Arizona Republic , 26 Mar. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
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"first_known_use":{
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"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-172658"
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"definitions":{
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"By definition, such cells are proficient at concentrating gene products into vesicles and then removing them from the cell body through secretion. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 16 Aug. 2021",
"The dendrites transmit signals to the neuron\u2019s cell body , where the signals are integrated. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 18 Feb. 2021",
"The reconstructed map, described today in Nature, showed that while one type of bipolar cell connects to the amacrine cells' filaments close to the cell body , another does do so farther away along the length of the filaments. \u2014 Mo Costandi, Scientific American , 5 May 2014",
"Those signals would then get combined in the cell body , which would determine how the neuron as a whole would respond. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 14 Jan. 2020",
"Gray matter, on the other hand, is the pinkish-gray tissue rich in neuronal cell bodies . \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 24 July 2019",
"So the microbe must somehow get the electrons out of its cell body and attach them to rust particles. \u2014 New York Times , 1 July 2019",
"Cajal also developed the Theory of Dynamic Polarization, which poses that information flows in one direction \u2014 into a neuron\u2019s dendrites, through its cell body , and out its axon. \u2014 Cate Mcquaid, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2018",
"Second, the electrical signals those cells generate flow through neurons in one direction: branching dendrites receive the pulse, pass it to the main cell body and then along their axons\u2014long projections that can connect distant parts of the brain. \u2014 Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian , 23 Jan. 2017"
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"definitions":{
": a foldout that is the center spread of a magazine":[]
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"\u02c8sen-t\u0259r-\u02ccf\u014dld",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Minx so special slip away, including dismissing Bambi as centerfold coordinator. \u2014 Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Apr. 2022",
"In the first episode, sensitive hunk Shane (Taylor Zakhar Perez) stumbles half-naked into the Bottom Dollar offices for an audition and soon becomes Minx magazine's first centerfold . \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 21 Mar. 2022",
"This is most aptly depicted shortly into the first episode, when the Minx team tries to cast their inaugural male centerfold . \u2014 Katherine Singh, refinery29.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
"These moonlighting gigs were often a necessary financial fallback because Playboy had structured centerfold compensation in a way that meant full payment could take as long as two years, according to Thom. \u2014 Lanford Beard, PEOPLE.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Instead, the capsule contained a centerfold from an 1865 issue of Harper\u2019s Weekly featuring a woman over the 16th president\u2019s coffin. \u2014 Joseph Pisani, WSJ , 28 Dec. 2021",
"For 2022, the calendar distributed in restaurants across the country features Gianna Tulio of Boca Raton on the cover and Deeanna Krakowski of Weston as the centerfold . \u2014 Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com , 18 Nov. 2021",
"His sense of humor was always front and center, including famously posing nude for a centerfold in Hits magazine. \u2014 Roy Trakin, Variety , 3 Nov. 2021",
"For decades, the standard test image in the signal processing community was a picture, cropped to a headshot, of Lena Forsen, a Playboy centerfold model in 1972. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Sep. 2021"
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"1675, in the meaning defined above":""
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"For those planning their own pilgrimages, note that next year will mark the centennial of the country music legend\u2019s birth, and the state is already gearing up to celebrate. \u2014 Richard Selden, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
"Miranda, behind on her latest novel and suffering from writer\u2019s block, returns home to reset and reinspire herself while helping her mother plan the centennial of the local Shakespeare festival. \u2014 Mary Cadden, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
"Those repairs, officials said, cost $13.7 million and took 10 months, a delay that postponed plans to celebrate the centennial of the castle\u2019s construction. \u2014 Christopher Reynoldsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Variety is marking the half- centennial of the movie by talking with three key actors on the film about their memories of making a movie classic. \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Known for perpetually being in good spirits, Prcela was joined by about 250 friends March 13 to celebrate his centennial birthday at the Mayfield Village Community Room. \u2014 cleveland , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Countless others have been honoring White on what would have been her centennial birthday through the #BettyWhiteChallenge. \u2014 Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com , 17 Jan. 2022",
"After the 100th class of Elder students graduated May 17 at Xavier University, the yard signs are bringing further recognition to the centennial as events take place until May 2023. \u2014 Abby Miller, The Enquirer , 6 June 2022",
"Two made it to the event to hear Vice Adm. Kenneth Whitesell, commander of Naval air forces, talk about the legacy of the battle and tie it to another anniversary: the centennial of the commissioning of the first U.S. aircraft carrier, the Langley. \u2014 John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In Mississippi, as Ms. Magazine reported, an uninsured mother had to resort to her husband packing her cesarean section wound to keep her stomach together because staples from the procedure had come out. \u2014 Zoe Jacoby And Reshma Ramachandran, CNN , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Becoming Mom podcast, sharing why she's grown to be proud of the scar left from her cesarean section . \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 6 Nov. 2021",
"Jorgensen, who was eight months pregnant at the time, had to get an emergency cesarean section , but her baby died six days later. \u2014 Holly Thomas, CNN , 1 June 2022",
"After giving birth via emergency cesarean section in 2017, doctors found life-threatening blood clots in Williams' body. \u2014 Hattie Lindert, PEOPLE.com , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Jill was scheduled for a cesarean section at the Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Anaheim on May 5 because doctors discovered her son, Oliver, was in a breech position. \u2014 Diane Herbst, PEOPLE.com , 12 May 2022",
"After having children via cesarean section , her stomach has no muscles left to hold it together. \u2014 cleveland , 1 May 2022",
"After having children via cesarean section , her stomach has no muscles left to hold it together. \u2014 Annie Lane, oregonlive , 1 May 2022",
"Prince arrived after Martin underwent an emergency cesarean section following 13 hours of labor, according to Carter's social media account of the delivery. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 31 Dec. 2021"
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"from the legendary association of such a delivery with the Roman cognomen Caesar":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The centipede represents technology - both the life giving-force and the dangers of it, the juxtaposition of dark and light. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 12 May 2022",
"Bay to Breakers also features a centipede division: teams of 13 or more runners that run the full 12K course as a unit, usually linked by a bungee cord. \u2014 Molly Hanson, Outside Online , 25 Jan. 2022",
"The number of legs on a centipede varies from 30 to 354. \u2014 Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2021",
"For lawn grasses that can be seeded, such as common bermuda, seed grow cultivars of bermuda and centipede , the time to do this is when the weather warms up in April or May. \u2014 Dan Gill, NOLA.com , 3 Feb. 2021",
"In it, Gan, a young man on an unnamed planet, must decide whether to allow himself to be impregnated by his family\u2019s alien patron, a velvety centipede -like being with a stinging tail named T\u2019Gatoi. \u2014 Julian Lucas, The New Yorker , 8 Mar. 2021",
"Bermuda is easier and faster to grow a lawn from seeds than centipede . \u2014 Dan Gill, NOLA.com , 28 Oct. 2020",
"Atrazine is labeled for use on centipede and St. Augustine lawns. \u2014 Dan Gill, NOLA.com , 30 Dec. 2020",
"Five 5-gallon buckets of outdoor paint in primary hues helped transform the courtyard into a home for the centipede as well as four-square areas, ladders and other fun designs. \u2014 Laura Garcia, ExpressNews.com , 2 Nov. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Among its many functions are import and export packaging of RNA from the nucleus, synthesis of genomic RNA, cell cycle manipulation of the host cell, and suppression of interferon responses to name a few. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"This gene is considered a master regulator of the cell cycle and without it, cells are transformed and immortalized into the continually-dividing cells common to all cancers. \u2014 Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic , 25 Apr. 2022",
"But being able to place a fossilized cell into a specific spot within the cell cycle is quite new in paleontology. \u2014 David Bressan, Forbes , 24 Sep. 2021",
"But this time, in addition to observing the normal cell cycle under the microscope, the researchers were able to tweak the process without a mutation in a follow-up experiment. \u2014 Katrina Miller, Wired , 8 July 2021",
"Amir is particularly interested in whether this process translates to the bacterial cell cycle . \u2014 Katrina Miller, Wired , 8 July 2021",
"If the combination of signals is not right, then TP53 triggers a response such as stopping the cell cycle to repair DNA. \u2014 Viviane Callier, Smithsonian Magazine , 5 May 2020",
"Examples of such groups of genes are those involved in regulating the cell cycle and programmed cell death, and pathways for immune function and DNA repair. \u2014 Amanda Kowalczyk, The Conversation , 1 July 2020",
"The answer could have implications for treatment \u2014 cells that divide more rapidly, for example, would be more vulnerable to drugs that effect replication or the cell cycle . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 13 Nov. 2013"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As a borfie, with a long snout, Nathan has a lower cephalic index . \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Aug. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1866, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Cancer is the term given to hundreds of diseases that share uncontrolled cell division and the potential to spread to other parts of the body. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Centromeres are structures in the middle of chromosomes that are filled with repeating sequences of code and integral to the cell division process. \u2014 NBC News , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Co-option is an important driver of evolutionary innovation, and often begins with the accidental duplication of genes during cell division . \u2014 Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Chromosomes, the bundles of DNA that star in the mitotic ballet of cell division , play a leading role in complex life. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 2 Feb. 2022",
"During cell division , structural proteins and enzymes coordinate the duplication of DNA, the division of a cell\u2019s cytoplasmic contents, and the cinching of the membrane that cleaves the cell. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 23 Nov. 2021",
"One spray might interfere with genes that control fungal cell division , while another might target genes that help the fungi produce toxins. \u2014 (old) Matt Reynolds, Wired , 8 Nov. 2021",
"The content marketplace is already undergoing a form of rapid-fire cell division around the world. \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 28 Nov. 2021",
"Neither of these issues means that heat didn\u2019t play a role in early cell division , only that Attal\u2019s mathematical model may not be the most accurate, Wang says. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 23 Nov. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sus probabilidades cayeron a cero a partir de las 2 p.m. del lunes. \u2014 Cindy Krischer Goodman, sun-sentinel.com , 10 Aug. 2021"
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"modification of Spanish sierra saw, cero":""
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"type":[
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"\u02c8sel-\u02c8m\u0113-d\u0113-\u02cc\u0101-t\u0259d",
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"type":[
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"core",
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"focus",
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"hub",
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"mecca",
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"compact",
"concenter",
"concentrate",
"consolidate",
"polarize",
"unify",
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"the center of the room",
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"Center the picture on the wall.",
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"The company has said the sedan will be Cadillac\u2019s premier offering and custom-built at its engineering center near Detroit. \u2014 Mike Colias, WSJ , 24 June 2022",
"It\u2019s the messaging that led employees to believe their center was targeted for their pro-life views. \u2014 Sarah Raza, Detroit Free Press , 23 June 2022",
"This classic bistro-style warm cheese salad satisfies with its warm center , crispy coating, and a tumble of cool tender greens. \u2014 Kim Sun\u00e9e, Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
"The co-director wishes the film would get its due for centralizing a non-romance at its center . \u2014 Zack Sharf, Variety , 22 June 2022",
"Spain\u2019s largest lender will implement this policy, which equates to a little more than one WFH day a week, for staff in its home market and at its corporate center , according to a person familiar with the plan. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
"Check the stunning globe mural displaying Houston at its center . \u2014 Robin Soslow, Chron , 19 June 2022",
"Its call center also helps close the sale, with 35% of revenue connected with it. \u2014 Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"But Sophie Hyde's two-handed chamber piece turns out to be bolder and sweeter and less predictable than that: a tender coming-of-late-middle-age drama with a quietly radical idea of self-acceptance at its center . \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 17 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The key is to center the conversation around community-specific facts and data, and then listening. \u2014 Bill Frist, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"The new space will center on an unassigned desk arrangement, allowing for those who do come in the freedom to work from different areas throughout the day, said Dustin Sarnoski, the company\u2019s head of global realty. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022",
"Most tales of dynastic drama\u2014criminal or otherwise\u2014 center around a patriarch. \u2014 Leena Kim, Town & Country , 19 June 2022",
"Skewing toward the absurd, the grotesque, sometimes the scatological, her books often center on drug- or alcohol-addicted protagonists mired in their own misery. \u2014 Annabel Graham, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
"These things center around a family and that family wants value for their grocery business. \u2014 Jenna Schnuer, Fortune , 9 June 2022",
"Taylor\u2019s hope is that the 200 pages of Watermelon & Red Birds will center Black celebrations, Black creations and Black life, with food as the gateway to all that. \u2014 Essence , 2 June 2022",
"For Heard, the appeal would likely center on the same issue. \u2014 Maria Puente, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
"The response should center on neutralizing the gunman, the program says, and then on getting medical aid to anyone who has been injured. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 28 May 2022"
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"Middle English centre , borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin centrum \"point of the stationary leg of a pair of compasses, midpoint of a circle or sphere,\" borrowed from Greek k\u00e9ntron \"sting, goad, point, stationary point of a pair of compasses, midpoint of a circle or sphere,\" probably reshaping (after the base verb kente\u00een ) of k\u00e9stron \"toothed implement, name for several nettle-like plants,\" from kent\u00e9\u014d, kente\u00een \"to sting, goad, prick\" (going back to Indo-European *k\u0301ent-, *k\u0301nt- \"sting, prick,\" whence Old High German hantag \"pointed,\" Latvian s\u012bts \"hunting spear\") + -tron , suffix of instruments":"Noun",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1555, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a yellow-flowered Eurasian biennial herb ( Chelidonium majus ) of the poppy family naturalized in the eastern U.S.":[],
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"-\u02ccd\u0113n",
"\u02c8sel-\u0259n-\u02ccd\u012bn, -\u02ccd\u0113n",
"\u02c8se-l\u0259n-\u02ccd\u012bn"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Lesser celandine can be easily confused with marsh marigold (Caltha palustris) \u2014 a native plant found in wetland habitats and in some home gardens with moist areas. \u2014 Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune , 1 May 2022",
"Lesser celandine can be easily confused with marsh marigold (Caltha palustris), a native plant found in wetland habitats and also planted in some gardens with moist areas. \u2014 Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com , 2 May 2021"
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"Middle English celidoine , from Anglo-French, from Latin chelidonia , from feminine of chelidonius of the swallow, from Greek chelidonios , from chelidon-, chelid\u014dn swallow":""
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"The genealogy database was able to compare the DNA profile of the suspect with a large network of genetic profiles, and then measure the similarity of those DNA profiles through a measurement called centiMorgans . \u2014 Jeff Rumage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 30 Oct. 2019",
"The number of centiMorgans indicates how closely the person in the database is related to the DNA sample collected from the murder scene. \u2014 Jeff Rumage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 30 Oct. 2019",
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"American leadership provides the centripetal force to consolidate documentation efforts and incorporate the rapidly coalescing array of private documentation efforts. \u2014 Michael A. Newton, CNN , 15 Mar. 2022",
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"Instead, activists and political neophytes drawn into the centripetal force of Black Lives Matter in 2020 have been chastised, denigrated, and dismissed as na\u00efve and out of touch. \u2014 Keeanga-yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker , 19 Nov. 2021",
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"The virus has been a centripetal force pushing us physically together \u2014 my children, my spouse, my work, and me \u2014 but in the best case scenario, that force will weaken soon. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 May 2021",
"The modern city was a centripetal force spinning beyond control, operating at a scale and pace that could only be inhuman. \u2014 Richard Cooke, The New Republic , 4 Jan. 2021",
"The spod flies through the air- centripetal force holds the crud glob in place until splashdown-then the rocker rights itself, raining a sloppy food cloud onto the lake bottom. \u2014 Kirk Deeter, Field & Stream , 5 Dec. 2020",
"Think back to the vaguely familiar high school science terms of centripetal force and angular momentum. \u2014 Jeff Berardelli, CBS News , 8 Oct. 2020"
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"As the visual introduction to the rest of the house, the cerise entrance gives an inkling of the rich colors beyond. \u2014 Camille Okhio, ELLE Decor , 9 May 2022",
"McMillan laced herself up with Bowie-esque flair: all cerise eye-shadow, quiffed hair, and Gloss Bombed lips. \u2014 Vogue , 18 Jan. 2022",
"But don't fret, quite a few colors are still available (for now), including vibrant orange flame, red cerise , and bright blue Marseille. \u2014 Christina Butan, PEOPLE.com , 5 Oct. 2021",
"Across a gravel path from the greenhouse is the potting shed, where Bamford stops to show me the jewel of her collection, Attar of Roses, a variety with narrow, daisylike petals in a pale, icy pink and deep cerise -colored stamens. \u2014 New York Times , 28 July 2021",
"Her current approach, which can be seen on the feeds of in-the-know Angelenos, is gluten-, nut-, and grain-free, to suit her dietary restrictions, and comes in striking shades of blush, rose, and cerise . \u2014 Zoe Ruffner, Vogue , 10 Aug. 2020",
"Queen Letizia wore an intricate tiara to the banquet and a formal cerise princess gown adorned with floral embroidery. \u2014 Amy Mackelden, Harper's BAZAAR , 22 Oct. 2019",
"The word cherry originates in the northern French dialect word cherise (a variant of the standard modern French cerise ), which was adopted into English after the Norman Conquest of 1066. \u2014 Simon Horobin, Quartz , 10 Nov. 2019",
"Eye-popping colors \u2014 cerise pink, bright medium blue, lavender blue, straw yellow and Venetian red \u2014 added a summer\u2019s lift to simple silhouettes that let the pleats do the talking. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 June 2019"
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"The actor seems always right at home in Almod\u00f3var\u2019s off-kilter universe, where the gravitational pull of philosophical pathos and nakedly honest emotion balances out the centripetal forces of absurdist humor and erotic camp. \u2014 Sergio Burstein, Los Angeles Times , 18 June 2022",
"But filmmakers soon grasped the centripetal seductions of the human face in tight focus. \u2014 Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker , 6 Dec. 2021",
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"The contemporary designs in the show, with their striking colors, detailed craftsmanship and conceptual twists, can seem light years away from their sturdy, functional ancestors, like a centripetal spring chair made by Thomas Warren in 1849. \u2014 Emily Ferguson, WSJ , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Centrifugal throws things out and away, and centripetal pulls inward like a whirlpool. \u2014 Julie Beck, The Atlantic , 23 July 2021",
"These emerging centripetal forces couldn\u2019t have come at a more inopportune time, with the U.K. hailing its departure from the EU as a fundamental reason behind its successful vaccination rollout. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 21 May 2021",
"But even this most epic of tales is shaped by the centripetal forces of human nature. \u2014 Megan Garber, The Atlantic , 5 May 2021",
"The clean, centripetal choreography that once stood for the global has given way to contaminated streams and surges. \u2014 Jason Farago, New York Times , 25 Mar. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Once she was left in tears, feeling helpless when a woman of color was threatened during labor with a court order for wanting to hold off on a cesarean . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Nov. 2021",
"Born by cesarean in September 2020, both babies did have to spend time in separate neonatal intensive care units (NICU). \u2014 John Bonifield And Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 16 Apr. 2021",
"Another died at the age of 26 after an emergency cesarean . \u2014 Jasmine Vaughn-hall, USA TODAY , 19 Nov. 2020",
"Typically, developers based their algorithms on studies showing a correlation between race and some medical outcome, assuming race explained or was even the cause of, say, a poorer outcome (from a vaginal birth after a cesarean , say). \u2014 Sharon Begley, STAT , 17 June 2020",
"In fact, said Dr. Rossiter, cord compression is a common cause of emergency cesareans . \u2014 New York Times , 18 Apr. 2020",
"According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, a vaginal birth after cesarean , or VBAC, is an option for some women, depending on the type of incision made in the earlier surgery and the birth facility, among other factors. \u2014 Katherine Hobson, New York Times , 17 Apr. 2020",
"Kaiser Southern California has delayed such inductions, as well as planned cesareans due to coronavirus. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2020",
"Fecal samples were taken from babies age four, seven or 21 days old, who had been born in UK hospitals by vaginal delivery or cesarean . \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 18 Sep. 2019"
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"This year marks the centenary of the building's construction.",
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"On the outskirts of town, the Ojai Valley Inn will celebrate its centenary next year. \u2014 Dania Maxwell, Los Angeles Times , 22 May 2022",
"Meghan and Harry also joined royals on the iconic balcony to watch a flypast to mark the centenary of the Royal Air Force in July 2018. \u2014 Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The movie event will screen in 900 movie theaters nationwide on Jan. 17, 2022, the day of White\u2019s centenary . \u2014 J. Kim Murphy, Variety , 16 Dec. 2021",
"Last year, Gucci\u2019s current creative director Alessandro Michele celebrated the house\u2019s centenary with a nostalgic runway extravaganza. \u2014 Alice Cary, Vogue , 13 Jan. 2022",
"There have been several such tours in this century, including one, meant to mark the centenary of the tomb\u2019s discovery, that was interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. \u2014 Casey Cep, The New Yorker , 7 Feb. 2022",
"There\u2019s the centenary of all sorts of events in his career coming up, but the connection to our own era feels deeper. \u2014 Jo Livingstone, The New Republic , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Grainger made further sense because this year is the centenary of his birth. \u2014 Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
"That third special will coincide with the BBC's centenary . \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 3 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The infotainment central processing unit may overheat during the preparation or process of fast-charging, causing the CPU to lag or restart. \u2014 USA TODAY , 19 May 2022",
"On Tuesday at a company event, Chief Executive Jensen Huang unveiled a new generation of chip technology for artificial-intelligence calculations and a central processing unit aimed at the AI market. \u2014 Asa Fitch, WSJ , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The chip at the heart of most computers, known as the central processing unit (CPU), is designed to be flexible enough to carry out any logical operation. \u2014 Will Knight, Wired , 27 Dec. 2021",
"To get there, Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger laid out a plan Monday for the company to introduce at least a new central processing unit \u2014the brains of the modern computer\u2014every year between 2021 and 2025. \u2014 Asa Fitch, WSJ , 26 July 2021",
"Ingenuity uses cell phone processor technology including a quad-core central processing unit (CPU) employing the Linux operating system. \u2014 Curtis Roelle, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 1 May 2021",
"On Monday, Nvidia added to that pressure by announcing plans to launch its first central processing unit (CPU) chips for servers \u2014 a move that will put it in direct competition with Intel in the key data center market. \u2014 Clare Duffy, CNN , 12 Apr. 2021",
"Your child\u2019s age is an essential factor to consider when buying a laptop, because a younger child will usually require minimal features and the central processing unit (CPU) performance doesn't need to be super-fast. \u2014 Kevin Luna, chicagotribune.com , 9 Apr. 2021",
"All computers have a brain, which is called the central processing unit . \u2014 Allen Foster, chicagotribune.com , 25 Feb. 2021"
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"Octopus bimaculoides, or the California two-spot octopus, is a common lab cephalopod that scientists can get from the wild. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Apr. 2022",
"While gene editing with the lesser Pacific striped octopus remains elusive, the species could help tackle another cephalopod mystery. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Yet even then the hush under water, where these creatures lived, was probably punctuated only by the skittering of arthropod feet across sand or the faint grinding of a cephalopod breaking a shell. \u2014 Michael B. Habib, Scientific American , 1 Jan. 2022",
"To evaluate a cephalopod 's beak, taxonomists will use chemicals to dissolve the tissues around the mouth, reports Hakai. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Apr. 2021",
"The cephalopod in question is called a ram\u2019s horn squid (Spirula spirula), the only living member of a unique family of squid. \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 Nov. 2020",
"The 13-foot-high cephalopod which has popped up in Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture, has eight pink arms and zero protection against airborne viruses. \u2014 Maureen O'hare, CNN , 8 May 2021",
"Human viewers empathize with this cephalopod , whose intelligence and curiosity are apparent in the documentary. \u2014 Anna Blaustein, Scientific American , 23 Apr. 2021",
"What is My Octopus Teacher if not a cephalopod Mister Rogers"
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"Its stars have faded, with a single exception whose centaur masculinity proves the rule. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
"On the 13th, healing centaur Chiron shares a minor aspect with the Sun, giving us the chance to mend and evolve our hearts. \u2014 Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com , 13 Feb. 2022",
"It's also represented by an archer, but this archer is a mythical centaur , a creature that is half-man, half-horse. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Markece tattooed a centaur with a bow and arrow on his client's neck. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 2 Feb. 2022",
"This backwards shift occurs the same day that the centaur Chiron ends its five-and-a-half month moonwalk in Aries, and as a result, the forty days and nights of Venus retrograde will centre around healing relationships with money and others. \u2014 Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com , 4 Dec. 2021",
"But all of this is trivial when held in comparison to Pythia giving runway innovation, giving Fantasia, giving War Horse puppetry, giving Adam Driver cologne ad even, with a centaur reveal. \u2014 Rebecca Alter, Vulture , 3 Dec. 2021",
"The scene cuts back and forth between Driver and the horse until the two become one as a centaur \u2014 imagery that left social media users swooning for the actor. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 7 Aug. 2021",
"Berry is Shlub, Tyrannis\u2019 father, a mantitaur (half centaur [horse + human], half manticore [lion + human + scorpion]). \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 8 Sep. 2021"
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"a rare censure of a senator by the full United States Senate for misconduct",
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"a vote to censure the President for conduct that was unbecoming to his office",
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"Instead, the House could take other actions, including a vote of public censure of McCarthy and the four GOP lawmakers, a referral to the Ethics Committee, the imposition of fines or even the stripping of their committee assignments. \u2014 Lisa Mascaro, ajc , 14 May 2022",
"While only one other country has faced that kind of censure -- Libya in 2011 after Muammar Gaddafi's forces opened fire on protesters -- Russia has already dismissed the efforts, with Nebenzya vowing nothing will stop the Kremlin's campaign. \u2014 Conor Finnegan, ABC News , 5 Apr. 2022",
"The rest are pure Muck \u2014 instances of censure motivated by fear. \u2014 David Thomas, National Review , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The most consequential element of the censure is a call for the party to no longer support Cheney and Kinzinger as Republicans. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 5 Feb. 2022",
"That Representative Paul Gosar forthwith present himself in the well of the House for the pronouncement of censure . \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 19 Nov. 2021",
"All Democrats and two Republicans voted in favor of the censure , and Gosar was stripped of his two committee assignments, reports BuzzFeed News. \u2014 Summer Meza, The Week , 17 Nov. 2021",
"But singling them out for censure , in a party that also includes the likes of Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar, was a serious misjudgment. \u2014 Nr Editors, National Review , 17 Feb. 2022",
"While all 221 House Democrats voted for censure , they were joined by only two of their Republican colleagues. \u2014 Kara Alaimo, CNN , 17 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Members of the Arizona Democratic Party executive committee passed Saturday a resolution to censure Sen. Kyrsten Sinema over her vote to keep the filibuster. \u2014 Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, The Arizona Republic , 22 Jan. 2022",
"The resolution to censure Gosar currently has 78 co-sponsors, all Democrats. \u2014 Savannah Behrmann, USA TODAY , 17 Nov. 2021",
"Aides say that's largely because the resolution to censure Rep. Paul Gosar, Republican of Arizona, and strip him of his committee assignments is going to take center stage, but be on the lookout for how that affects the calendar. \u2014 Lauren Fox And Phil Mattingly, CNN , 17 Nov. 2021",
"Costa has been among the residents making impassioned pleas asking council to censure DiPierro, likening their tolerance of racist language to acceptance of white supremacy. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 May 2022",
"The House voted this week to censure Gosar, with virtually no Republicans backing the resolution. \u2014 John Blake, CNN , 20 Nov. 2021",
"The Republican majority can also potentially censure Democrats and strip them of committee assignments. \u2014 New York Times , 13 July 2021",
"The Republican National Committee punished both for their participation; earlier this month, a resolution to formally censure the two passed without any debate or discussion. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Does a resolution to censure one of those members violate the First Amendment"
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"Male members of the court of Louis XIV in France painted on beauty marks, while Elizabethan Englishmen powdered their faces with ceruse , a toxic mixture of vinegar and white lead. \u2014 New York Times , 10 May 2021",
"The oak floors were given a ceruse treatment (essentially a lime wash that brings out the wood\u2019s grain). \u2014 Janice O'leary, Robb Report , 22 Apr. 2021",
"Even once these side effects were well known, ceruse remained popular for centuries. \u2014 Serah-marie Mcmahon, Teen Vogue , 12 Apr. 2019",
"Which, of course, requires more ceruse to cover up these new imperfections. \u2014 Serah-marie Mcmahon, Teen Vogue , 12 Apr. 2019",
"For thousands of years ceruse was liberally applied to eyes, mouths, and skin. \u2014 Serah-marie Mcmahon, Teen Vogue , 12 Apr. 2019",
"Since most of us don't have flawless porcelain complexions, the Elizabethans \u2014 at least those who could afford it \u2014 used a product called ceruse , which was a blend of vinegar and, wait for it, white lead. \u2014 Donna Freydkin, Allure , 21 Aug. 2017",
"This mixture of lead and vinegar that Elizabeth used was known as Venetian ceruse , or the spirits of Saturn. \u2014 National Geographic , 22 Sep. 2016"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Larger cells lack flagella and instead use the centrioles full time for cell division. \u2014 Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS , 28 June 2018"
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"The book looks directly, unflinching, at the blood draw, the placement of the central line , the sheer horror of being that close to death. \u2014 Jessica Ferri, Los Angeles Times , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Comments like this, that proliferated from conservatives on social media Thursday during Biden\u2019s news conference, hearken back to a central line of attack employed by the Trump campaign during the 2020 presidential race. \u2014 David M. Drucker, Washington Examiner , 25 Mar. 2021",
"His decision not to prosecute became his Democratic opponent's central line of attack in the race. \u2014 Marc Levy, Star Tribune , 12 Feb. 2021",
"Recently, a central line was placed in Takyra\u2019s chest to help ease the discomfort of constant blood draws and administering medicines, Vance said. \u2014 Deanese Williams-harris, chicagotribune.com , 16 Oct. 2020",
"The hospital system\u2019s coronavirus recovery center, which began accepting calls Wednesday, is a central line that patients can call in order to be matched up with the appropriate specialist or specialists, Kumar said. \u2014 Emily Brindley, courant.com , 14 Oct. 2020",
"The next morning, the day he is scheduled for surgery to install a central line for chemotherapy drugs, Amylynne takes Nicholas straight to the emergency room. \u2014 Mark Johnson And Kathleen Gallagher, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 25 Dec. 2010",
"During that procedure, Jaden will also receive a central line for chemotherapy, Joey says. \u2014 Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com , 28 Aug. 2020",
"Her challengers in the Democratic primary also made the Smollett case a central line of attack. \u2014 Michael Tarm, Star Tribune , 18 Aug. 2020"
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"Like Charlie, Reid is adept at play design, analyzing game film, tried to keep his ace centered ... \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 26 May 2022",
"Key decisions and core tasks such as product design still remain centered in Cupertino, the people said. \u2014 Yoko Kubota, WSJ , 9 May 2022",
"This time around, however, the scene is less centered on angry young White men and more on women and people of color, like the members of Pinkshift. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 May 2022",
"Keep your torso straight and your knee centered and stable throughout the movement. \u2014 Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online , 21 May 2020",
"This plant formula was created to help relieve physical signs of burnout, improve energy and bring a calm, centered focus to your day. \u2014 Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Zelensky set them aside and emerged to lead as a centered and liberated version of himself. \u2014 Erica Ariel Fox, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022",
"But that opposition will likely stay centered on her judicial record, Republican strategists say. \u2014 Madeleine Carlisle, Time , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Just as the fashion world has evolved to be more and more centered on coziness, with athleisure becoming all the rage, people are asking the interior design world to create environments that promote comfort as well. \u2014 Jennifer Castenson, Forbes , 3 Nov. 2021"
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"Opillonids, also called harvestmen, consist of one basic body segment \u2014 plus legs \u2014 while spiders have two main body parts: the cephalothorax and abdomen. \u2014 Fox News , 3 Jan. 2014",
"During the molting process, tarantulas contract their abdomens, which pushes fluid into the upper body, or cephalothorax . \u2014 National Geographic , 24 May 2017"
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"Cain was placed on administrative leave on April 8 due to the ongoing investigation into the sanitization of his cell phone , nearly three years after the Black motorist\u2019s death. \u2014 Nick Valencia, CNN , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"The women were identified by law enforcement after a tipster called the FBI field office in Dallas on Jan. 15, 2021, and reported that DiFrancesco had sent photos from her cell phone from inside the Capitol, according to the complaint. \u2014 Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune , 2 June 2022",
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"The war in Ukraine and the rise in global oil prices have only underscored oil-rich Saudi Arabia\u2019s geopolitical centrality . \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"As businesses try to adapt to the centrality of logistics to their operations, both technology adoption and capital allocation have each accelerated to meet the moment. \u2014 Jake Medwell, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
"Despite its centrality to Japan\u2019s popular identity, the anime industry has always had a darker side \u2014 studios known for punishing hours, exploitative conditions with few benefits and a workforce that many employers viewed as disposable. \u2014 Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 May 2022",
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"Studies of the self-portrait have often emphasized the centrality of the mirror to the development of the genre, but Jennifer Higgie argues that its reflecting surface proved particularly liberating for female painters. \u2014 Ruth Bernard Yeazell, The New York Review of Books , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"When interleukin-17 proteins interact with their corresponding interleukin-17 receptors on the cell membrane , a cascade of reactions is induced within the cell. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"Some help cells pump out natural and artificial antibiotics; others move lipids; and still more pass peptides through the cell membrane . \u2014 Maddie Bender, STAT , 15 Nov. 2021"
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"Based on literature precedent, researchers aimed for a 50nM concentration of PRN100 in the cerebrospinal fluid . \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Researchers are attempting to identify potential biomarkers in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid that could be used to detect Alzheimer\u2019s early. \u2014 Dominique Mosbergen, WSJ , 22 May 2022",
"Published last week, Iram found that giving a week of infusions of cerebrospinal fluid from a younger mouse can help an older mouse\u2019s memory. \u2014 Mike Wehner, BGR , 19 May 2022",
"Catch a glimpse of it when unprepared, and your cerebrospinal fluid will boil off. \u2014 John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver , 20 Apr. 2022",
"For example, Cassava has pointed to changes in the levels of certain molecules in cerebrospinal fluid , or C.S.F., as evidence of simufilam\u2019s effectiveness. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The corpus callosum is a communication network filled with cerebrospinal fluid that connects both the brain's left and right hemispheres. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Harley came home to Alfred, our hydrocephalic ( cerebrospinal fluid buildup) bulldog (also a puppy), and Ceres our older Labrador. \u2014 Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News , 10 Feb. 2022",
"As UCSF Health reports, hydrocephalus can occur when a brain tumor blocks the flow of cerebrospinal fluid , causing a buildup of the fluid in the ventricles of the brain. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 7 Dec. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This provides an argument that mantas are sensing their local environment with their cephalic lobes. \u2014 Melissa Cristina M\u00e1rquez, Forbes , 1 Mar. 2021",
"Fisher and her husband ultimately opted for external cephalic version. \u2014 Julia Naftulin, Health.com , 16 Jan. 2018"
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"her ceaseless efforts to build and improve the business",
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"The image that emerges from the Drawing Center show is one of ceaseless intermixture resulting in endless variation of form. \u2014 Jonathon Keats, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"An urban battle defined by ceaseless shelling can shift quickly as one side\u2019s firepower temporarily overwhelms the other\u2019s. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"In Longyearbyen, roughly 40 plumbers and electricians are needed to help the 2,500 residents handle the harsh environment in months of ceaseless dark and endless sunlight. \u2014 New York Times , 19 May 2022",
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"The two clubs have spent all this season writing the most recent chapter in the ceaseless tale of this rivalry, going head-to-head for a Serie A title that seemingly nobody wanted to win. \u2014 Adam Digby, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"We are divided by class, race, and gender and united only in being the objects of a ceaseless corporate effort to accomplish our commodification. \u2014 Chris Lehmann, The New Republic , 3 Mar. 2022",
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"The researchers examined which children had been given prescriptions for penicillin, penicillin with B-lactamase inhibitor, cephalosporin , sulfonamide or macrolide within the first six months of life. \u2014 Jacqueline Howard, CNN , 20 Dec. 2019",
"Inside, the investigator found a computer running tests on ingredients for cephalosporin , an oral antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections. \u2014 Katherine Eban, WIRED , 7 Aug. 2019",
"The superbug is resistant to beta-lactam antibiotics, a broad-spectrum group which includes methicillin as well as oxacillin and the cephalosporins . \u2014 Ranjit Devraj, Quartz India , 23 July 2019",
"Subsequent to the transplant, the patients developed invasive infections from an E. coli strain that was resistant to a wide variety of antibiotics in the penicillin and cephalosporin groups. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 14 June 2019",
"Yet, while there are many cephalosporins , only a handful have been reported to cause this reaction. \u2014 Richard Klasco, New York Times , 15 June 2018",
"Most of these are cephalosporins , a class of broad-spectrum antibiotics that are used to treat a variety of infections. \u2014 Richard Klasco, New York Times , 15 June 2018",
"In some cases, the results and your personal sensitivities to certain antibiotics like penicillin or cephalosporin may indicate that nitrofurantoin or trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole are the best way to go. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 18 Jan. 2018",
"The bacteria produce an enzyme called Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase that makes a range of antibiotics ineffective, including beta-lactams, penicillins, and cephalosporins . \u2014 NBC News , 6 Feb. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Agave deserti, commonly called the century plant , though my private name for it is suicide bloom, since the whole plant will die after this display, after its bushy yellow panicles spread as high as 30 feet into the sky. \u2014 Claire Vaye Watkins, Outside Online , 15 May 2017",
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"These insects bore into the bases of the leaves of large species of agaves, most notably Agave americana ( century plants ) and lay their eggs. \u2014 Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com , 2 Jan. 2020"
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"When roughly 300,000 New York City residents left during the early part of the pandemic, officials described the exodus as a once-in-a- century shock to the city\u2019s population. \u2014 Matthew Haag, New York Times , 28 June 2022",
"But this time, these shortages have been preceded by a two-year procession of rolling shortages \u2013 everything from toilet paper and sanitizer to computer chips and lumber to baby formula and now tampons \u2013 brought on by a once-in-a- century pandemic. \u2014 Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor , 17 June 2022",
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"Kroger workers are part of a surge in organizing led by women, women of color and low-wage workers impelled by this once-in-a- century pandemic. \u2014 Chabeli Carrazana, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
"Lebanese voted on Sunday to choose a new government in the country\u2019s first parliamentary election since the beginning of a once-in-a- century economic collapse. \u2014 WSJ , 16 May 2022",
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"After all, cilia are typically seen in the context of fluids: propelling bacteria or other organisms through water, or moving mucus or cerebrospinal fluids in a body. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Her nasal drainage was later analyzed and tested positive for beta-2 transferrin, a marker that\u2019s found almost exclusively in cerebrospinal (aka brain) fluid. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 2 Oct. 2020",
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"A shunt surgery to drain excess cerebrospinal fluid building up around his brain took six attempts, but the seventh succeeded. \u2014 Joel Michael Reynolds, Time , 9 Aug. 2017",
"But other times, researchers can\u2019t, such as a recent case study of seven survivors with neurological complications who all turned up negative for Ebola RNA in their cerebrospinal fluid. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 19 July 2017",
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"And in a small human study, other scientists have found that deep breathing significantly increases the glymphatic transport of cerebrospinal fluid into the brain. \u2014 The Washington Post, The Denver Post , 21 May 2017",
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"The latter has white fillets floating in a clear broth with cellophane noodles and pickled mustard greens. \u2014 Lillian Li, Bon Appetit , 6 June 2018",
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"Made from mung bean starch, glass noodles are also referred to as mien or cellophane noodles . \u2014 Molly Kimball, NOLA.com , 17 Oct. 2017"
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"GeoComply, for example, determines where a person is truly located by taking and verifying the authenticity of a range of data points, including Wi-Fi data and signals, as well as Global Positioning System and cellular data, according to Ms. Cronan. \u2014 Mengqi Sun, WSJ , 1 Apr. 2022",
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"While pluripotency is an amazing attribute of cellular biology, studies have also found that inducing a transformation from that be-anything state can increase the chances of a malignant mutation that causes a cancerous tumor to form. \u2014 Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Mar. 2022",
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"Combining her interests in cellular biology and printmaking, New Orleans native and Tulane graduate Caroline Masue creates one-of-a-kind textile pieces that capture the intricacies of nature\u2019s designs. \u2014 Kara Nelson | Contributing Writer, NOLA.com , 3 Nov. 2020",
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"Like previous cellular networks, 5G relies on signals carried out by radio waves, which are part of the electromagnetic spectrum. \u2014 NBC News , 6 Apr. 2020",
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"The iPhone 7 build is the furthest along, and while the page says the CPU, storage, display, and touchscreen works, things like the GPU, camera, Bluetooth, audio, and cellular do not. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 5 Mar. 2020",
"The Walkie Talkie feature will work over either Wi-Fi or cellular , Microsoft says. \u2014 Mark Hachman, PCWorld , 9 Jan. 2020",
"The merger, valued at $26.5 billion, is central to T-Mobile\u2019s strategy to gain ground in an industry that is spending billions of dollars building out 5G cellular networks while engaging in intense price wars. \u2014 Edmund Lee, New York Times , 18 Nov. 2019",
"The Pros additionally come with a new fast charger adapter, Wi-Fi 6, quicker face ID and better cellular . \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 10 Sep. 2019"
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"The archaeologists also found the remains of a centerboard of the correct size. \u2014 National Geographic , 22 May 2019",
"One of Galveston Bay's oldest centerboard sailing clubs has fleets for all ages. \u2014 Houston Chronicle , 10 May 2018",
"Their pedaling powers the hydraulic systems used to trim the wingsail and raise and lower the daggerboards, or retractable centerboards , that are tipped with hydrofoils. \u2014 Bernie Wilson, The Seattle Times , 21 June 2017",
"One night, a line got tangled around his centerboard in rough conditions. \u2014 Brian Overfelt, National Geographic , 10 Mar. 2017",
"Jorge Lima of Portugal recalls dropping from first place to last in a race here after a tarp that was floating beneath the surface caught his centerboard . \u2014 Ken Belson, New York Times , 2 Aug. 2016"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Rossella Tercatin, Caesarea is mentioned several times in the New Testament, including a section in which the apostle Peter baptizes the Roman centurion Cornelius in the city. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 Dec. 2021",
"The centurion -in-waiting gestured at the abundance of keepsakes and thriving plants around her. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Nov. 2021",
"Their recent redesign incorporates some interesting elements from a Roman centurion . \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 19 Apr. 2021",
"Some tombs at Hegra are the final resting places for high-ranking officers and their families, who, according to the writing on their tombs, took the adopted Roman military titles of prefect and centurion to the afterworld with them. \u2014 Lauren Keith, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 Nov. 2020",
"Upon entering, visitors are will notice a wall of mosaic tiles glazed in the style of the New York City subway\u2014and produced locally in the Bronx\u2014that have been arranged to depict American Express\u2019s famous centurion mascot. \u2014 Eric Rosen, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 5 Oct. 2020",
"The phrase was evidently uttered by a defiant Roman centurion in the fourth century, during the sack of Rome. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 1 Apr. 2020",
"Tremmel explained that the dagger was probably used by an infantryman or an officer known as a centurion . \u2014 Fox News , 1 Mar. 2020",
"The mise-en-scene was explicitly modern: Roman centurions as immigration officers; Herod sleepless and fearful in a velvet bathrobe; a narrator in blazer and tennis shoes. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Dec. 2019"
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"The Celts defended their lands against the Romans.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Either of those moves would elevate the Celts and give them another shot at a title. \u2014 Charles Curtis, USA TODAY , 17 May 2017",
"Celts also began the Halloween tradition of wearing costumes, according to the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, National Geographic , 28 Oct. 2016"
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"A win would cement her reputation as a strong competitor.",
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"It\u2019s not just that more cement is being made and used. \u2014 Seth Borenstein, Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
"And the third company is Baiaoheng, which is developing a process of turning slag\u2014a byproduct from the smelting industry\u2014to make a cement -like material. \u2014 Mary Hui, Quartz , 23 June 2022",
"Companies built plants to take carbon out of concrete, cement and steel factories to be repurposed or stored in geological formations permanently. \u2014 Pranshu Verma, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
"History, opposition and extinction Growing up in Vernal, Melinda Barlow remembers her backyard being filled with three things: rebar, buckets of cement and dinosaur statues taller than her house. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"There were dead trees, pieces of cement and asphalt that was dumped here. \u2014 Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
"Concrete brick pavers can be treated similar to clay brick pavers, but look for commercial products approved for cement and concrete. \u2014 Kristina Mcguirk, Better Homes & Gardens , 16 June 2022",
"Software, insurance, and cement were the top sub-sectors while energy exploration, coal mining, and lithium were off. \u2014 Brendan Ahern, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Lesser talked about a major tech company that opted to use green cement to build one of its newest sites. \u2014 Kristine Gill, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Personalization can help keep prospects and customers engaged and cement their loyalty. \u2014 John Hall, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
"The 1998 state settlement helped the Big Four Tobacco companies grow profits and cement their market share, as our columnist Holman Jenkins has noted. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 22 June 2022",
"Access to rare, often imported ingredients like artichokes and pineapples\u2014along with a gaggle of talented chefs\u2014allowed the uppermost echelons to flex their wealth and cement their status while also providing entertainment for guests. \u2014 Maggie Hennessy, Bon App\u00e9tit , 16 May 2022",
"The notion that Stephen Curry must win an NBA Finals MVP to cement his legacy is ridiculous. \u2014 John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 June 2022",
"But on Thursday, Mr. Biden abandoned that approach, deciding instead to lay down a marker that will cement his legacy as a president who fought for tougher gun laws, successful or not. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"In 1942, Moeller's gained a prized piece of equipment that would help cement the bakery's success for years to come. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 25 May 2022",
"Grass expects more people returning to the office will help cement the company as a leader in the corporate food-tech industry. \u2014 Douglas Yu, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"To cement her legacy, a permanent plaque was installed in New York City's Times Square with Roberts' name on it, so fans can visit and honor her themselves. \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 14 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Altemose plans on using the complete genome to explore a particularly mysterious region in each chromosome known as the centromere . \u2014 Carl Zimmer New York Times, Star Tribune , 24 July 2021",
"Adam Phillippy and his team at NHGRI deserve special credit for their focused work to resolve the sequences of the ribosomal DNA arrays on each of the five acrocentric chromosomes, where the centromere is much closer to one end than to the center. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 8 Sep. 2021",
"In their first look, Altemose and his colleagues were struck by how different centromere regions can be from one person to another. \u2014 Carl Zimmer New York Times, Star Tribune , 24 July 2021",
"In their first look, Dr. Altemose and his colleagues were struck by how different centromere regions can be from one person to another. \u2014 New York Times , 23 July 2021",
"Chromosomes, of which humans have 23 pairs, each consist of a long, continuous stretch of DNA that can be condensed into a rod shape; the DNA at the centromere is particularly dense. \u2014 Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic , 11 June 2021",
"But on five of the 23 total human chromosomes, the centromere is not precisely in the middle, instead favoring one end over the other, per the Atlantic. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 June 2021",
"These sequencers still can\u2019t handle chunks big enough to cross an entire centromere or a short arm, but at least the algorithms have larger puzzle pieces to assemble. \u2014 Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic , 11 June 2021",
"On five human chromosomes, the centromere is not in the middle but very close to one end, dividing the chromosome into one long and one very short arm. \u2014 Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic , 11 June 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Your breath has about 100 times more thanks to your cellular respiration , or how your cells break down sugars and oxygen to make energy and CO2. \u2014 Max G. Levy, Wired , 23 Feb. 2022",
"The superintendent talked a few minutes about cellular respiration \u2014 students listened politely \u2014 and then shifted into asking about college and career plans. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Tempo sessions improve your body\u2019s tolerance to and ability to buffer lactate (the byproduct of anaerobic cellular respiration ). \u2014 Jason Fitzgerald, Outside Online , 12 July 2019",
"An additional 30 percent to 50 percent of children with autism show signs of mitochondrial dysfunction, such as abnormal levels of certain byproducts generated by cellular respiration , the process through which ATP is produced. \u2014 Diana Kwon, Scientific American , 18 June 2021",
"In a process known as cellular respiration , organisms use oxygen to oxidize substrates (for example sugars and fats) and generate energy. \u2014 David Bressan, Forbes , 3 Mar. 2021",
"Anaerobic creatures, bacteria that instead of oxygen use other elements, like sulfur and methane, for cellular respiration , could still survive. \u2014 David Bressan, Forbes , 3 Mar. 2021",
"Known as the cell's powerhouse, mitochondria is responsible for cellular respiration and produces energy, known as adenosine triphosphate (ATP), from oxygen. \u2014 Meg Neal, Popular Mechanics , 4 Oct. 2020",
"More attention must be paid to basic metabolism and energy regulation, including the cellular respiration of neurons and glial cells. \u2014 Dean Mobbs, Scientific American , 20 Sep. 2019"
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"Globe artichokes tower on six-foot-tall spikes topped by lapis blue centaurea -like flowers. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Sep. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Just three ingredients go into the creamy crab cakes: crab, mayonnaise and thinly sliced celery root . \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Diners sit down to read about steak frites and crab cakes, but also celery root lasagna and suckling pig crepe. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Apr. 2022",
"For dessert, Tada likes to play with unusual flavor combinations; a recent creation was celery root ice cream with frozen mandarins and goat milk foam. \u2014 Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Frame Resident Chef Michael Barrera has curated an inspired menu of dishes, such as borscht, a beet soup, and Chicken Kyiv served with celery root and frisee. \u2014 Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Remove soup from heat and check that the celery root is thoroughly cooked. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 24 Jan. 2022",
"The elegance really comes from the main ingredient, celery root , which is also known as celeriac. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 24 Jan. 2022",
"But variations have evolved: served with cod roe and celery root , for example, or deep-fried with capers and tarragon. \u2014 Rebecca Katzman, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Organic juice and smoothie brand, kencko released a spicy tomato flavor, reminiscent of a Bloody Mary with ingredients that include tomato, celery root , red bell pepper, onion, cayenne pepper, and garlic. \u2014 Jillian Dara, Forbes , 4 Jan. 2022"
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"At the outset, a massive censer swung slowly like a pendulum over the stage to the toll of a distant bell, leaving a trail of smoke that settled into the misty forest where the lovers discover each other. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Mar. 2022",
"That airless environment of secrecy and subterfuge is thick with smoke that emanates first from a censer hanging center stage before the play begins and then clogs the sepulchral shafts of John Torres' expressive lighting throughout. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Feb. 2020",
"Recall the Dior fall 2000 show by Galliano, which opened with a model swinging a censer while dressed as the Pope. \u2014 Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic , 8 May 2018",
"Velvet drapes and kneeling pillows, shafts of white hyacinth and censers wafting clouds of heady frankincense felt like a lot to absorb on a Monday morning. \u2014 Guy Trebay, New York Times , 17 Jan. 2018",
"Recall the Dior fall 2000 show by Galliano, which opened with a model swinging a censer while dressed as the Pope. \u2014 Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic , 8 May 2018",
"Velvet drapes and kneeling pillows, shafts of white hyacinth and censers wafting clouds of heady frankincense felt like a lot to absorb on a Monday morning. \u2014 Guy Trebay, New York Times , 17 Jan. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Through the support of her parents and a robust elementary school orchestra program, Audrey fell in love with the cello . \u2014 Ann Kirschner, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The transcription of the cello suites for violin is another of Gandelsman\u2019s many projects, and his version of them brings out the bright dance quality omnipresent in Bach\u2019s music. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Although enamored of the trombone from age 5, Grachan nonetheless received a cello from his father. \u2014 Richard Sandomir, New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"Not including non-Philharmonic events, the most profound and memorable evening was watching Yo-Yo Ma sitting solo on that huge stage playing the entire Bach cello concertos. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
"Yet the cello sonata shows his concurrent predilection for conservative neoclassicism. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Apr. 2022",
"But a girl playing cello isn\u2019t nearly metal enough for Hunter, in part because nothing is. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The opening seconds of the theme, for example, allude to the Gregorian-chant choir from the game, but done with female vocalists and solo cello . \u2014 Jon Burlingame, Variety , 2 June 2022",
"Nancy Ives leads the cello section in the Oregon Symphony, plays contemporary chamber music with FearNoMusic and Portland Cello Project, and is one of Oregon\u2019s most prominent and accomplished classical musicians. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 June 2022"
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"High points included driving through the jungle in Tulum and going in a cart pulled by a donkey to a cenote , or sinkhole. \u2014 Erin Delmore, WSJ , 18 May 2022",
"Each cenote is different, and the scenery can be otherworldly. \u2014 Sara Clemence, WSJ , 24 Mar. 2022",
"The bathhouse\u2014a cool cavern with a simple skylight\u2014was designed to feel like a cenote , another nod to the landscape of the Yucat\u00e1n Peninsula. \u2014 Jessie Heyman, Vogue , 9 Mar. 2022",
"From ground-level pools that reach down 100 feet to caverns created by sinkholes, these crystalline lagoons look like a cross between a Yucat\u00e1n cenote and a Caribbean reef. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 5 Feb. 2020",
"But Mexico as a country didn\u2019t exist when the Mayans launched these artifacts into the Chich\u00e9n Itz\u00e1 cenote . \u2014 Max Pearl, Vulture , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Everyone except for Laterrian and Jasmine gets out of the cenote to run back to attempt to solve their puzzles. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 30 Dec. 2021",
"Immerse yourself in this homage to the Mayan cenote -riddled landscape. Leave it to Francis Ford Coppola to orchestrate a dramatic entrance. \u2014 Becca Hensley, Travel + Leisure , 26 Dec. 2021",
"In 2016, Porras-Kim saw a Mexican TV documentary from the \u201960s about the excavation of a cenote at the Mayan temple Chich\u00e9n Itz\u00e1, now one of Mexico\u2019s busiest tourist destinations. \u2014 Max Pearl, Vulture , 21 Dec. 2021"
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"Have you ever tried typing a Web address on the keypad of a cellular phone ",
"\u2014 Mark Alpert , Scientific American , April 2001",
"Techies love their gadgets, most especially their cellular telephones .",
"\u2014 Thomas E. Weber , Wall Street Journal , 20 Nov. 1997"
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"\u2014 T. W. Smith"
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"There is a layer of cement under the bricks.",
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"Verb",
"A win would cement her reputation as a strong competitor.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"It\u2019s not just that more cement is being made and used. \u2014 Seth Borenstein, Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
"And the third company is Baiaoheng, which is developing a process of turning slag\u2014a byproduct from the smelting industry\u2014to make a cement -like material. \u2014 Mary Hui, Quartz , 23 June 2022",
"Companies built plants to take carbon out of concrete, cement and steel factories to be repurposed or stored in geological formations permanently. \u2014 Pranshu Verma, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
"History, opposition and extinction Growing up in Vernal, Melinda Barlow remembers her backyard being filled with three things: rebar, buckets of cement and dinosaur statues taller than her house. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"There were dead trees, pieces of cement and asphalt that was dumped here. \u2014 Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
"Concrete brick pavers can be treated similar to clay brick pavers, but look for commercial products approved for cement and concrete. \u2014 Kristina Mcguirk, Better Homes & Gardens , 16 June 2022",
"Software, insurance, and cement were the top sub-sectors while energy exploration, coal mining, and lithium were off. \u2014 Brendan Ahern, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Lesser talked about a major tech company that opted to use green cement to build one of its newest sites. \u2014 Kristine Gill, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Personalization can help keep prospects and customers engaged and cement their loyalty. \u2014 John Hall, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
"The 1998 state settlement helped the Big Four Tobacco companies grow profits and cement their market share, as our columnist Holman Jenkins has noted. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 22 June 2022",
"Access to rare, often imported ingredients like artichokes and pineapples\u2014along with a gaggle of talented chefs\u2014allowed the uppermost echelons to flex their wealth and cement their status while also providing entertainment for guests. \u2014 Maggie Hennessy, Bon App\u00e9tit , 16 May 2022",
"The notion that Stephen Curry must win an NBA Finals MVP to cement his legacy is ridiculous. \u2014 John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 June 2022",
"But on Thursday, Mr. Biden abandoned that approach, deciding instead to lay down a marker that will cement his legacy as a president who fought for tougher gun laws, successful or not. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"In 1942, Moeller's gained a prized piece of equipment that would help cement the bakery's success for years to come. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 25 May 2022",
"Grass expects more people returning to the office will help cement the company as a leader in the corporate food-tech industry. \u2014 Douglas Yu, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"To cement her legacy, a permanent plaque was installed in New York City's Times Square with Roberts' name on it, so fans can visit and honor her themselves. \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 14 Apr. 2022"
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"Noun",
"A dime is worth 10 cents .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Ninety-seven per cent of lower income respondents reported food price increases. \u2014 Daphne Ewing-chow, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The Germans argued that the gas would be only 5 to 6 per cent of their total energy supplies and said their Western European allies have promised to make up the shortfalls should the Russians shut down the pipeline. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Existing-home sales declined by more than three per cent last month, the National Association of Realtors announced on Tuesday. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 22 June 2022",
"As a result of the acquisition, Qanawat\u2019s workforce will grow by 100 or more per cent . \u2014 Josh Wilson, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Buffalo is not like Scranton, which has never had a population that was more than eight per cent African American. \u2014 Keeanga-yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker , 9 June 2022",
"But what happens when that one-time federal money -- the last cent of which must be spent by the end of 2026 -- dries up",
"On Monday, two days after Western allies passed their latest round of sanctions, the Russian ruble had collapsed, plummeting roughly 30% to trade at 104 against the U.S. dollar, making the currency worth less than one U.S. cent . \u2014 Yvonne Lau, Fortune , 4 Mar. 2022",
"In 2019, around six hundred thousand French people undertook cures, targeting specific pathologies and subsidized by the state at sixty-five per cent . \u2014 Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Darwin\u2019s theory of evolution by natural selection and the cell theory , the observation that organismic life consists of one or more cells, the atoms of biology. \u2014 Christof Koch, Scientific American , 6 Oct. 2021",
"Long ago, cell theory was a new and revolutionary way to look more closely at life, and scientists moved animals to one group and plants to another based on the presence of the cellulose cell wall. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 15 Nov. 2019",
"Interested in research more than treatment, Cajal turned to histology, or cell theory , a discipline that had flowered since the introduction of powerful microscopes in the 1830s. \u2014 Cate Mcquaid, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2018"
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"principal",
"prior",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
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"capital",
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"cynosure",
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"eye",
"focus",
"ground zero",
"heart",
"hub",
"locus",
"mecca",
"navel",
"nerve center",
"nexus",
"nucleus",
"omphalos",
"seat"
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"The house has four rooms and a central chimney.",
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"The evidence was central to the defense's case.",
"The country's schools are financed by both local and central governments.",
"The central authority of the company's board is being challenged.",
"Noun",
"Our family room becomes kid central on weekends.",
"a health club that has become dating central for singles in the area",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"That is because central banks from the U.S. to India and New Zealand plan to keep raising interest rates to try to rein in inflation. \u2014 Akane Otani, WSJ , 30 June 2022",
"The Federal Reserve and other central banks have been aggressively raising interest rates to try and slow economic growth in order to cool inflation. \u2014 Alex Viega, BostonGlobe.com , 30 June 2022",
"This reflects the outsized role of government and central banks in our economy. \u2014 Alex Tapscott, Fortune , 28 June 2022",
"Such innovations have been developed, at least in part, to remove the involvement of traditional frameworks like court systems, real estate agencies and central banks from a wide variety of transactions. \u2014 Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
"That's forced central banks to more aggressively withdraw support for the economy, generating angst on Wall Street. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 28 June 2022",
"Rising inflation raises possibility of recession Stubborn inflation pressures have driven a stark shift in policy from central banks, which are raising rates to try and temper inflation after years of holding rates down to help economic growth. \u2014 Damian J. Troise And Alex Veiga, USA TODAY , 28 June 2022",
"The numerous tests and pilots underway involving a digital format of the euro have taken place within regulatory compliant conditions, in close collaboration with central banks, legislators, and policymakers. \u2014 Diana Barrero Zalles, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Since gold is widely held in reserve by central banks around the world, Russia had a ready market. \u2014 Patricia Cohen, New York Times , 27 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Most models put the strong winds in the central to southern part of the Willamette Valley. \u2014 oregonlive , 27 May 2022",
"In 1986 Dakine had moved to windsurfing- central in Hood River, Ore., and begun years of expansion into bike and snow sports, apparel and more. \u2014 Valerie Stivers, WSJ , 10 May 2022",
"Reactions to their antics are part of the massive PR machination central to their relevancy and economic status. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The designation ensures independent federal oversight of cleanup of some 262 acres of Bradford Island, the central of three islands in the Columbia comprising the hydroelectric dam near Cascade Locks. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Indiana was on the second night of a back-to-back after winning at San Antonio on Saturday night and lost two hours of recovery time due to switching from the central to eastern time zone and daylight savings. \u2014 James Boyd, The Indianapolis Star , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Below normal precipitation - central to southern Rockies, Great Plains, Florida, and the Southwest (first three months). \u2014 Marshall Shepherd, Forbes , 19 Oct. 2021",
"Even a persona as dazzling as Lil Nas X makes biographical show-and-tell central . \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Former President Barack Obama made Youngkin's integrity and his ties to the Trump base of the Republican Party central to his rebuke of the Republican, questioning a disconnect between his public and private personas. \u2014 Dan Merica, CNN , 30 Oct. 2021"
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"borrowed from Latin centr\u0101lis , from centrum center entry 1 + -\u0101lis -al entry 1":"Adjective",
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"1623, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective",
"1883, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-210911"
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"noun"
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": a long ruler that has two adjustable arms fastened to one end of it by wing nuts and is used for drawing convergents toward inaccessible vanishing points in perspective":[]
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"-\u0113\u0259d",
"-\u02c8lin\u0113\u02ccad"
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"transitive verb"
],
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": to make divine or spiritual in quality or appearance : etherealize":[
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"a face celestialized with joy"
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"noun"
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"The house has central heating ."
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"adjective",
"biographical name"
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"Anders 1701\u20131744 Swedish astronomer":[]
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"\u02c8sel-s\u0113-\u0259s",
"\u02c8sel-s\u0113-\u0259s, -sh\u0259s",
"-sh\u0259s"
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"examples":[
"The temperature reached 23 degrees Celsius ."
],
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"cellulo toxic"
],
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"cellulose entry 1":"Combining form"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-214059"
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"transitive verb",
"verb"
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"\u02c8si(\u0259)r"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, to impregnate with wax, from Middle French cirer , from Latin cerare , from cera":"Verb",
"Middle French cere , from Medieval Latin cera , from Latin, wax":"Noun"
},
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-214453"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": regenerated cellulose in thin transparent sheets used especially for packaging":[]
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"examples":[
"He wrapped the gift basket in cellophane .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Like ordinary cellophane , the birefringence can split light into separate directions, leading to weird optical illusions, distortions, and magnification\u2014all from the simple presence of the magnetic field. \u2014 Paul Sutter, Ars Technica , 17 June 2022",
"Their big, multilayered flowers look like colored cellophane . \u2014 Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Apr. 2022",
"Cristal\u2019s distinctive clear glass bottle is wrapped in gold cellophane to protect the wine from ultraviolet rays. \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Carbon disulfide, used in hard rubber, viscose rayon, and cellophane , harmed generations of workers yet remains in use, notes Paul Blanc, a professor of medicine at UC San Francisco who has written about this history. \u2014 Rebecca Altman, The Atlantic , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The cellophane is heat-sealed, and voila: a finished tape. \u2014 Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 Jan. 2022",
"See-through cellophane and pocket vinyl sheets make grouping post cards and ephemera organized and accessible. \u2014 Brenda Yenke, cleveland , 20 Jan. 2022",
"My Museca cabinet sailed into Long Beach, California, at the end of September, wrapped many times over in cellophane and covered in a thin layer of dust. \u2014 Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired , 14 Jan. 2022",
"Two small hearts and the hashtag #Jackson23 highlight the message printed on a white baseball nestled between a two cellophane -wrapped and weathered bouquets of flowers lying on the concrete ground. \u2014 Mike De Sisti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 8 Dec. 2021"
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"French, from cellulose + -phane (as in diaphane diaphanous, from Medieval Latin diaphanus )":""
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"adjective"
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"\u02c8s\u0259r-vi-k\u0259l",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Vietnamese American women experience the highest rates of cervical cancer, possibly linked to human papillomavirus. \u2014 Claire Wang, NBC News , 7 June 2022",
"Lisa MacKenzie agrees that the stigma around HPV and cervical cancer has been a barrier to effective education. \u2014 USA Today , 23 May 2022",
"The team arranged to provide cervical cancer screenings for women in a remote and hard-hit area of Senegal. \u2014 CNN , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Such an infection can not only produce lesions like warts but also may lead to malignant lesions such as cervical cancer or anal cancer in those areas. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 11 June 2022",
"Cervical pillows are \u2014 no surprise \u2014 designed to support the cervical spine, also known as your neck. \u2014 Angela Haupt, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
"Ingram's injuries sustained during assault, medics say The Cooper University Medical Center reported Ingram's injuries to multiple areas of his cervical spine and said they were sustained during an assault, according to medical documents. \u2014 Emma Tucker, CNN , 15 May 2022",
"While everyone else seems to be resting peacefully, those with cervical spine issues are up tossing and turning, which is why having a memory foam pillow that supports neck alignment is key to finally catching some well-deserved zzz's. \u2014 Nicol Natale, PEOPLE.com , 7 May 2022",
"Lisa MacKenzie agrees that the stigma around HPV and cervical cancer has been a barrier to effective education. \u2014 USA Today , 23 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The fungus that causes cedar-apple rust \u2014 so titled because some kinds of junipers are often erroneously called cedars \u2014 reproduces more readily in wet spring weather. \u2014 Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com , 30 May 2018",
"Wheat rust needs barberry to survive, cedar-apple rust needs both juniper and an apple relative, and white pine blister rust needs a susceptible member of the currant family. \u2014 The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping , 21 July 2015",
"Other Rusts Wheat rust, cedar-apple rust , and white pine blister rust require alternate hosts. \u2014 The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping , 21 July 2015"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Napa cabbage is also sometimes called celery cabbage , perhaps an indication of a similar flavor profile, and bok choy reminds some people of spinach. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Feb. 2021",
"Also called Chinese or Peking cabbage, celery cabbage , or wong bok, napa has a mild, mellow cabbage flavor and can be eaten raw or cooked. \u2014 Darlene Zimmerman, Detroit Free Press , 10 Jan. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This is simple: by the sea at the sunset while drinking an iced cerveza . \u2014 Katie Bain, Billboard , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The Matador Restaurant was another option, perfect for chips, salsa, and a cold cerveza after a serve-and-volley workout three floors above. \u2014 Douglas C. Towne, The Arizona Republic , 6 May 2021",
"This version also arrives with a Mexican cerveza back, a refreshingly dry counterpart. \u2014 Adam Lukach, chicagotribune.com , 19 Sep. 2019",
"Also enjoy specials such as Korean fried chicken taco ($3.50) and tacos crujientes ($5) from 3 to 6 p.m. and 9 to 11 p.m. Rott n\u2019 Grapes Enjoy $3 select cervezas . \u2014 Georgann Yara, azcentral , 28 Apr. 2018",
"But even though the fans started de-thirsting early, and leaned on the cerveza fria to combat the sun that was already blazing when the match started at 8 a.m., the crowd was super mellow. \u2014 Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com , 23 June 2018",
"All-day happy hour deals include $7 Mexican mule drinks; and New Belgium\u2019s Mural Agua Fresca cerveza on tap for $6 for a 10-ounce pour. \u2014 Georgann Yara, azcentral , 28 Apr. 2018",
"And a margarita and cerveza are always on the menu. \u2014 Nicole Yorio, Redbook , 14 June 2011",
"Dozens of storm-weary Puerto Ricans, refugees from San Juan and elsewhere looking for a break from tough conditions at home, watched and sipped cerveza as children darted through dancing legs. \u2014 David Ovalle, miamiherald , 23 Oct. 2017"
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": a faintly sweet disaccharide C 12 H 22 O 11 obtained by partial hydrolysis of cellulose":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For example, the enzyme cellobiose dehydrogenase from the fungus Phanerochaete sordida can break down sugars and generate electrical current when stuck onto carbon tubes only nanometers (billionths of a meter) wide. \u2014 Charles Q. Choi, Washington Post , 9 June 2018",
"For example, the enzyme cellobiose dehydrogenase from the fungus Phanerochaete sordida can break down sugars and generate electrical current when stuck onto carbon tubes only nanometers (billionths of a meter) wide. \u2014 Charles Q. Choi, Washington Post , 9 June 2018",
"For example, the enzyme cellobiose dehydrogenase from the fungus Phanerochaete sordida can break down sugars and generate electrical current when stuck onto carbon tubes only nanometers (billionths of a meter) wide. \u2014 Charles Q. Choi, Washington Post , 9 June 2018",
"For example, the enzyme cellobiose dehydrogenase from the fungus Phanerochaete sordida can break down sugars and generate electrical current when stuck onto carbon tubes only nanometers (billionths of a meter) wide. \u2014 Charles Q. Choi, Washington Post , 9 June 2018",
"For example, the enzyme cellobiose dehydrogenase from the fungus Phanerochaete sordida can break down sugars and generate electrical current when stuck onto carbon tubes only nanometers (billionths of a meter) wide. \u2014 Charles Q. Choi, Washington Post , 9 June 2018",
"For example, the enzyme cellobiose dehydrogenase from the fungus Phanerochaete sordida can break down sugars and generate electrical current when stuck onto carbon tubes only nanometers (billionths of a meter) wide. \u2014 Charles Q. Choi, Washington Post , 9 June 2018",
"For example, the enzyme cellobiose dehydrogenase from the fungus Phanerochaete sordida can break down sugars and generate electrical current when stuck onto carbon tubes only nanometers (billionths of a meter) wide. \u2014 Charles Q. Choi, Washington Post , 9 June 2018",
"For example, the enzyme cellobiose dehydrogenase from the fungus Phanerochaete sordida can break down sugars and generate electrical current when stuck onto carbon tubes only nanometers (billionths of a meter) wide. \u2014 Charles Q. Choi, Washington Post , 9 June 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Vegetables are old standbys: snapped celery for broken bones, hammered cabbage for a punch. \u2014 Anna Wiener, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
"Many people add onions, oregano, celery and other spices. \u2014 Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 June 2022",
"Add green pepper, onion and celery to the pan and saut\u00e9 until onion is translucent, about 3 minutes. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 21 June 2022",
"Our recipe calls for celery and onion, but feel free to add more. \u2014 Bethany Thayer, USA TODAY , 8 June 2022",
"Our recipe calls for celery and onion, but feel free to add more. \u2014 Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press , 4 June 2022",
"Mary\u2019s Harvest Fresh Foods of Portland, Oregon is recalling celery and apple peanut butter cups. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 27 May 2022",
"Though the tours focus on how to grow artichokes, visitors will also learn about lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, celery , Brussels sprouts and strawberries. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 July 2021",
"Kroger has also pivoted to source leafy greens, cilantro, cauliflower and celery from Arizona. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Feb. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Cold press juicers tend to be more expensive than their centrifugal counterparts because their machinery is designed to slowly and gently separate juice. \u2014 Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping , 31 May 2022",
"Another common form of hair loss is central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia, or CCCA, which is a form of scarring alopecia that occurs on the scalp and causes permanent hair loss. \u2014 NBC News , 7 Jan. 2022",
"The modern era was characterized by fluidity, by centrifugal forces that redistributed power away from long-standing centers of authority. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Souter is a centrifugal intellectual force in Rosengart\u2019s career, a proverbial north star, the person to whom Rosengart turns when grappling with legal questions and quandaries about life. \u2014 Malina Saval, Variety , 21 Apr. 2022",
"For you, fruit juice friend, the Breville Juice Fountain Plus is the best centrifugal juicer. \u2014 Lauren Joseph, Bon App\u00e9tit , 17 Mar. 2022",
"But besides that noisiness, centrifugal juicers do have their appeal. \u2014 Lauren Joseph, Bon App\u00e9tit , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Because of the Navi\u2019s centrifugal clutch, all standing starts begin from a puttering idle. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2022",
"There will be a lot less exploratory behavior if the ant raft is spinning in response to centrifugal or shear forces. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Made from food-grade stainless steel, the 65-pound PURE does, as the name suggests, require more steps than a typical centrifugal or masticating juicer. \u2014 Alyson Sheppard, Robb Report , 5 Aug. 2021",
"That\u2019s what centrifugal means\u2014to flee (fugere) the center. \u2014 Rhett Allain, Wired , 11 Apr. 2020",
"Five years ago, his kits for Porsche 911s and BMW M3s, which employed a Vortec centrifugal supercharger, were the most popular. \u2014 Scott Oldham, Car and Driver , 21 Feb. 2020",
"There will be a lot less exploratory behavior if the ant raft is spinning in response to centrifugal or shear forces. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 8 Dec. 2019",
"Plenty of people remain almost crazy with anger, and the country\u2019s political and cultural forces overall remain centrifugal , driving people to extremes. \u2014 Lance Morrow, WSJ , 17 Oct. 2018"
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": a virus disease of celery and certain other plants (as delphinium) characterized by conspicuous green and yellow, orange, or amber mottling usually on the older leaves":[]
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"definitions":{
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But in that age group, COVID survivors were no more likely than uninfected people to develop most mental health conditions, substance use disorders or strokes and similar cerebrovascular conditions. \u2014 Pam Belluck, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
"The risks for survivors 65 and up were greater for kidney failure, blood clots, cerebrovascular disease, muscle disorders, neurological conditions, and mental health conditions. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 25 May 2022",
"The study, published in the journal Clinical Nutrition, involved looking at hospital admissions for cardiovascular events and cerebrovascular disease (including stroke) among some 333,259 people who drank alcohol. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 28 Jan. 2022",
"The Proposal star died due after suffering a cerebrovascular incident, according to her death certificate, which was obtained by PEOPLE last month. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 3 Feb. 2022",
"The same is true of cerebrovascular disease, blood clots \u2013 specifically deep vein thromboses \u2013 and strokes. \u2014 Nayeli Lomeli, USA TODAY , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Patients who had a psychiatric diagnosis were also more likely to have underlying medical comorbidities like malignant cancer, cerebrovascular disease, congestive heart failure, diabetes, kidney disease, liver disease, heart issues, or HIV. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Is 18-64 years old and has an underlying health condition, such as diabetes, obesity, cancer, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic kidney disease, cerebrovascular disease, pregnancy and smoking. \u2014 Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press , 24 Sep. 2021",
"Among them were chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, cerebrovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes and obesity. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Mar. 2021"
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"\u02c8sely\u0259\u02cck\u00e4t\u1d4an"
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"adjective"
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],
"\u2014 compare celsius":[
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"\u02c8sent-\u0259-\u02ccgr\u0101d",
"\u02c8sen-t\u0259-\u02ccgr\u0101d",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The deal calls for nations to keep global warming well below 2 degrees centigrade by the end of the century compared with the preindustrial era and strive to limit warming to 1.5 degrees. \u2014 Matthew Dalton, WSJ , 25 Oct. 2021",
"Originally known as Cocona, it was rebranded in 2013 as 37.5 (for the ideal centigrade temperature of the human body), and the material helps with odor absorption and UV protection. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2021",
"This affordable pair by Canadian brand Kamik, which have been operating for over a century, is effortless to slip in and out of and has a comfort rating of -32 degrees centigrade . \u2014 Fiona Tapp, CNN Underscored , 26 Feb. 2021",
"Their only thermometer was in centigrade , so Klobuchar had to Google the conversion. \u2014 Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker , 28 Dec. 2020",
"In north Indian states such as Haryana and Punjab, crop yields will decline by 15-17% for every 2 degree centigrade increase in temperature. \u2014 Rohit Inani, Quartz India , 12 Feb. 2020",
"That\u2019s roughly the level that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says global emissions of carbon dioxide need to be reduced to keep global temperature increases to 1.5 degrees centigrade . \u2014 oregonlive , 7 Oct. 2019",
"In Bordeaux, the mercury climbed above 40 degrees centigrade (104 Fahrenheit) twice in the past six weeks. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 29 July 2019",
"Seared by gases at hundreds of degrees centigrade and superheated volcanic materials that in time hardened into 60 feet of rock, the distorted, crumbling rolls were believed by most scholars to be the very definition of a lost cause. \u2014 Henrik Knudsen, Smithsonian , 26 June 2018"
],
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"French, from Latin centi- hundred + French grade":""
},
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"1799, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-021728"
},
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],
"definitions":{
"landlocked republic in north central Africa; capital Bangui area 240,535 square miles (622,984 square kilometers), population 5,745,000":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-022037"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a mineral composed of a hydrous silicate of calcium, probably Ca 4 Si 7 O 18 .5H 2 O":[]
},
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"sen\u2027\u02c8tral\u0259\u02ccs\u012bt"
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"centr- + Greek allassein to change + English -ite":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-022044"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-022246"
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"International Scientific Vocabulary centr- + -plasm":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-022311"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a real or imaginary line that is equidistant from the surface or sides of something":[]
},
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"\u02c8sen-t\u0259r-\u02c8l\u012bn",
"\u02c8se-n\u0259r-",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"To check for doneness, stick a sharp knife into the top fillet, along the centerline , and push gently to one side; the flesh should separate easily from the center bone and no pinkness should be visible. \u2014 Janelle Davis, CNN , 25 May 2022",
"Investigators said the 2007 Dodge pickup\u2019s left front tire, which was a spare, blew out, pulling the truck across the centerline of rural road FM 1788 in Andrews County, in West Texas. \u2014 Michael Laris, Anchorage Daily News , 18 Mar. 2022",
"The linea alba, connective tissue that forms the vertical centerline of the six-pack, begins to thin and separate. \u2014 Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online , 20 May 2021",
"In March, a cop pulled him over for crossing the centerline , in Cleveland County. \u2014 The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
"South of Bridgemont Place, Henderson\u2019s truck crossed the centerline , police said. \u2014 Alexis Stevens, ajc , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Donna Marie Castleberry, 32, of Austin was driving west at 1674 Arkansas 319 at about 5:25 p.m. Wednesday when the vehicle crossed the centerline , leaving the road, according to a preliminary crash report from state police. \u2014 Brianna Kwasnik, Arkansas Online , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Police said the officer was headed west on Grand when the other driver\u2019s vehicle, which was traveling east on Grand, crossed the centerline and struck the rear driver-side quarter panel of the officer\u2019s 2015 Ford SUV police vehicle. \u2014 Clifford Ward, chicagotribune.com , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Because Soldotna city limits run down the centerline of some local roads, city manager Stephanie Queen told the local council in November that there could be some confusion at the start of the year. \u2014 James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1807, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-022633"
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"Centaurium":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of low-growing herbs (family Gentianaceae) distinguished by flowers with exserted spirally twisted anthers":[]
},
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"New Latin, from Latin centaureum, centaurion centaury":""
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-024702"
}
}
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