dict_dl/en_merriam_webster/if_mw.json
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"\u2014 often used with not difficult if not impossible"
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"There are too many ifs in this proposal.",
"your conclusion may turn out to be accurate, but you're postulating a lot of ifs",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"As a result, discontent with the manager is growing, and with a 7 \u00bd-month gap between the end of qualifying and the start of this fall\u2019s World Cup in Qatar, this would be the time to make a change - if , indeed, a change is coming. \u2014 Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
"On Monday, Circa Sports posted Georgia as a 3-point favorite - with the over/under at 50.5 - if , or when, the Tide clinches the SEC West. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 15 Nov. 2021",
"OOF: If the Senate manages to pass its health-care bill -- and that's a mammoth IF -- the House seems ready to give it the nod, too, my colleague Paul Kane writes. \u2014 Paige Winfield Cunningham, Washington Post , 17 July 2017",
"But if all goes as planned \u2013 a big IF in the restaurant business \u2013 \u2014 Mark Kurlyandchik, Detroit Free Press , 12 July 2017",
"IF is also used both to connect the chips within the multi-chip module (MCM), and, in two processor configurations, to connect the two sockets. \u2014 Peter Bright, Ars Technica , 20 June 2017",
"Each chip in one socket is paired with a chip in the other socket, for four pairs total, with one IF link between each pair. \u2014 Peter Bright, Ars Technica , 20 June 2017"
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"\u2014 Sue Grafton",
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"\u2014 H. G. Wells",
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"\u2014 Amos Elon",
"Most of the time, iftars are family gatherings, held in homes or mosques during the holy month of Ramadan as people sit down to break the daily fast.",
"\u2014 The Arab American News"
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"conjunction"
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],
"identification, friend or foe":[]
},
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"\u02c8if",
"\u02c8if-\u1d4an(d)-\u02c8\u014dn-l\u0113-\u02ccif",
"sometimes read with a prolonged f"
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"alteration of if entry 1":"Conjunction"
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},
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"noun"
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],
": of inconsistent or unreliable quality":[]
},
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"\u02c8i-f\u0113"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"No one is safe: Meta Platforms has lost over half its market value this year, and Twitter\u2019s shares might have done even worse absent Mr. Musk\u2019s iffy bid. \u2014 Laura Forman, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Still, Bandcamp's existing staff will need to clear the iffy reputation of Epic Games Store, damaged by its poor communication to its audience about issues like game exclusivity. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 2 Mar. 2022",
"What prospective home buyers may want to keep an eye on is Treasuries, and that measure is looking iffy . \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Evan Neal, then added an impassioned receiver in Wan\u2019Dale Robinson, and another lineman to help a hopefully healthy Saquon Barkley and iffy quarterback Daniel Jones in his make-or-break campaign. \u2014 Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY , 1 May 2022",
"The starting rotation looks iffy for a team with a season win total of 97.5 and the shortest odds to win the World Series at plus-475. \u2014 Adam Burkevsin, Los Angeles Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"But that\u2019s one of the best parts of blowout games against iffy NBA teams: statistical oddities! \u2014 Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Aguek Arop has not played since last week at Colorado State and remains iffy . \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Indian authorities have been iffy about legalising cryptocurrencies. \u2014 Mimansa Verma, Quartz , 21 Mar. 2022"
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"You can always call me at home if need be .",
"We'll leave without them if need be ."
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"by alteration":""
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"conjunction"
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"\u2014 used in logic and mathematics"
],
"identification, friend or foe":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"sometimes read with a prolonged f",
"\u02c8if-\u1d4an(d)-\u02c8\u014dn-l\u0113-\u02ccif",
"\u02c8if"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"alteration of if entry 1":"Conjunction"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1955, in the meaning defined above":"Conjunction"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-214018"
},
"if-bet":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a bet placed with a bookmaker whereby a bettor has money on a horse in a subsequent race provided his horse in an earlier race wins":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003056"
}
}