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{
"Menadonese":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an Indonesian native or inhabitant of Manado (also spelled Menado ) in northeastern Sulawesi":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Menado (Manado) residency in Celebes, Indonesia + English -nese (as in Japanese )":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"m\u0259\u00a6n\u00e4d\u0259\u00a6n\u0113z",
"-\u0113s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112827",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Mencius":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"\u2014 see meng-tzu":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112247",
"type":[
"biographical name"
]
},
"Mencken":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"H(enry) L(ouis) 1880\u20131956 American editor":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8men-",
"\u02c8me\u014b-k\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171806",
"type":[
"adjective",
"biographical name"
]
},
"Menckenese":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the peculiarly vigorous racy flamboyant and often caustic style characteristic of the journalist Mencken or a style patterned on or resembling that of Mencken":[
"difficult to read through a daily paper without finding a feature writer who employs Menckenese",
"\u2014 George Mayberry"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"H. L. Mencken \u20201956 American journalist and satirist + English -ese":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6me\u014bk\u0259\u00a6n\u0113z",
"-enk-",
"-\u0113s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032851",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"menace":{
"antonyms":[
"adventure",
"compromise",
"endanger",
"gamble (with)",
"hazard",
"imperil",
"jeopard",
"jeopardize",
"peril",
"risk",
"venture"
],
"definitions":{
": a show of intention to inflict harm : threat":[
"exploding in menaces and threats of vengeance",
"\u2014 George Meredith"
],
": an annoying person":[
"her friends were beginning to find her a menace",
"\u2014 Guy McCrone"
],
": one that represents a threat : danger":[
"the intoxicated motorist is a menace to life and limb",
"\u2014 Wayne Hughes"
],
": to act in a threatening manner":[
"The bear menaced with its mouth wide open."
],
": to make a show of intention to harm":[
"menaced him with immediate expulsion",
"\u2014 G. B. Shaw"
],
": to represent or pose a threat to : endanger":[
"menaced by a group of toughs after his car goes kaput",
"\u2014 Leah Rozen"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"There was an atmosphere of menace in the city.",
"She could hear the menace in his voice.",
"Verb",
"menaced the children by leaving them in the car unattended",
"stockpiles of nuclear weapons that continue to menace the inhabitants of this planet",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The plan was opposed by some local conservation groups that argued the lines would create an environmental menace in Maine\u2019s North Woods and that hydroelectric power is detrimental to fragile aquatic ecosystems. \u2014 Evan Halper, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"Big government was seen to work most effectively in World War II, when the state mobilized the entire country to defeat an unprecedented menace . \u2014 Gerard Baker, WSJ , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Misty\u2019s willingness to cross boundaries, not just to menace but to endanger, puts into high relief the grief of Natalie, another outsider, who is also unstable. \u2014 The New Yorker , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Christmas vacation turns into a nightmare for a young girl and her family when an ancient menace stalks their island getaway in Elves. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 24 Dec. 2021",
"Back in coach, low-born, vulgar ruffians pause their brawling to menace flight attendants with their brass knuckles and truncheons. \u2014 Robert Sapolsky, CNN , 9 June 2021",
"Heat waves are a particular menace for inmates confined to concrete cubes. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 8 June 2022",
"Horford was a defensive menace during the opening quarter Sunday. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 30 May 2022",
"Tanks in particular have become a serious menace , fighters said, often coming within a mile of the battalion\u2019s positions and wreaking absolute havoc. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Hostile to the European Union, and fiercely critical of Germany, Ms. Le Pen would also menace the foundation of the process of European integration, built since 1945 on Franco-German reconciliation. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
"His new classmates, all white, despise Black people and use the N-word; Aaron gives Paul a stern lesson in civil rights, teaching him that the same people who menace Black people would do the same to Jews. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 19 May 2022",
"But Vladimir Putin can still win a major victory that would leave him stronger and better able to menace Ukraine, its neighbors and the Western alliance. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Seeking new ways to menace Saudi Arabia, its regional nemesis, Iran has integrated the Houthis into its network of militias and built up the Houthis\u2019 ability to subvert their wealthy neighbors\u2019 defenses with relatively cheap weapons. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Apr. 2022",
"So long as Russian troops remain on Belarusian soil, Putin will have the means to menace Kyiv\u2014as well as NATO\u2014from close by, all the while wrecking Ukraine\u2019s economy and destabilizing its government. \u2014 Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Whether those troops would just menace the capital from afar, raining rocket attacks on it, or surround it without entering it, to avoid urban warfare, is unclear. \u2014 David E. Sanger, New York Times , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Strong seasonal winds and dense fog also menace the mariners and occasionally cause the strait to be closed to vessels. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Jan. 2022",
"His argument was that Obamacare would menace the health care system to such an extreme point that those doctors couldn\u2019t have saved Carey if the law had been in effect. \u2014 Daniel Strauss, The New Republic , 5 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English manace \"act of threatening, threat, exposure to a threat,\" borrowed from Anglo-French manace, manance (also continental Old French manace, menace ), going back to Latin min\u0101ciae (plural only) \"threats\" (Late Latin in singular), noun derivative of min\u0101c-, min\u0101x \"menacing, threatening, boding ill,\" from min\u0101r\u012b \"to threaten, speak or act menacingly\" + -\u0101c-, -\u0101x, deverbal suffix denoting habitual or successful performance (probably going back to Indo-European *-eh 2 , noun ending + *-k-, suffixal formative) \u2014 more at minatory":"Noun",
"Middle English manacen, manessen, manauncen, borrowed from Anglo-French manacer, manacier, going back to Vulgar Latin *min\u0101ci\u0101re, noun derivative of Late Latin min\u0101cia \"threat\" \u2014 more at menace entry 1":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8me-n\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"danger",
"hazard",
"imminence",
"peril",
"pitfall",
"risk",
"threat",
"trouble"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063523",
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"menacing":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": presenting, suggesting, or constituting a menace or threat : threatening":[
"a menacing look",
"menacing words",
"[Harold E. Edgerton] \u2026 was also one of the first to take photographs of the menacing mushroom cloud emanating from a nuclear blast.",
"\u2014 Benjamin Genocchio",
"Ransomware is a menacing scam that involves locking businesses out of their computers and demanding payment of a ransom in exchange for the return of company systems and data.",
"\u2014 Roger Williams",
"The image is chilling: a series of menacing bear traps laid out like footsteps.",
"\u2014 Emily DeNitto"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English manacyng, from present participle of manacen \"to menace entry 2 \"":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8me-n\u0259-si\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211644",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"menad":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of menad variant spelling of maenad"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-191145",
"type":[]
},
"menadione":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a yellow crystalline compound C 11 H 8 O 2 with the biological activity of natural vitamin K":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1941, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"me thyl + na pthalene + di- + ket one":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccme-n\u0259-\u02c8d\u012b-\u02cc\u014dn",
"\u02ccmen-\u0259-\u02c8d\u012b-\u02cc\u014dn, -d\u012b-\u02c8",
"-d\u012b-\u02c8"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053528",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"menagerie":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a collection of wild or foreign animals kept especially for exhibition":[],
": a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition":[],
": a varied mixture":[
"a menagerie of comedians",
"\u2014 TV Guide",
"A menagerie of grotesque statues stood in the garden."
]
},
"examples":[
"a menagerie of rare creatures",
"the living room is eclectically furnished with a menagerie of garage-sale finds",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In returning to the story of inarigivir, researchers called upon a menagerie of models to test the drug for potential toxicities \u2014 none of which gave them a reason to suspect its lethal potential. \u2014 Jim Corbett, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"Other than soldiers, the bunker is inhabited by a menagerie of animals who have also sought safety from the bombs \u2014 several small dogs and a black goat that likes to make a mess of the kitchen area. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
"And a siege on a diplomat\u2019s mansion punctuated by a CGI menagerie tearing into the British Raj\u2019s troops. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 1 June 2022",
"And researchers such as Walls, at UW, are working on universal vaccines that may be able to guard against a whole menagerie of coronavirus iterations\u2014perhaps even ones that haven\u2019t yet been detected\u2014so that the game of variant whack-a-mole can end. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 13 May 2022",
"As the last Ice Age waned, some 15,000 years ago, artists here used flint and stone blades to carve rock surfaces with geometric designs and motifs, as well as a menagerie of ancient animal forms. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 Apr. 2022",
"An Arizona man was arrested and charged with animal cruelty after a menagerie of pets \u2014 including snakes, lizards, birds, dogs, and rabbits \u2014 were found in his freezer. \u2014 Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Banishing barnyard and household creatures from his jewels, the designer, who died in 1975 at the age of 50, favored a far more exotic and mythical menagerie of big cats, zebras, frogs and more. \u2014 Lindsay Talbot, New York Times , 18 Feb. 2022",
"And on top of them was a bustling menagerie of worms, starfish, snails, crabs, shrimp, clams, and corals. \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 8 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1676, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French m\u00e9nagerie , from Middle French, management of a household or farm, from menage":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8na-j\u0259-",
"-\u02c8na-zh\u0259-",
"m\u0259-\u02c8na-j\u0259-r\u0113",
"m\u0259-\u02c8naj-r\u0113",
"also -\u02c8nazh-r\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"agglomerate",
"agglomeration",
"alphabet soup",
"assortment",
"botch",
"clutter",
"collage",
"crazy quilt",
"farrago",
"gallimaufry",
"grab bag",
"gumbo",
"hash",
"hodgepodge",
"hotchpotch",
"jambalaya",
"jumble",
"jungle",
"litter",
"mac\u00e9doine",
"medley",
"m\u00e9lange",
"miscellanea",
"miscellany",
"mishmash",
"mixed bag",
"montage",
"motley",
"muddle",
"olio",
"olla podrida",
"omnium-gatherum",
"pastiche",
"patchwork",
"patchwork quilt",
"potpourri",
"ragbag",
"ragout",
"rummage",
"salad",
"salmagundi",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"smorgasbord",
"stew",
"tumble",
"variety",
"welter"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164033",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mend":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a mended place":[],
": an act of mending : repair":[],
": getting better : improving":[],
": to become corrected or improved":[
"depression and lack of spirit mended visibly",
"\u2014 Arnold Nicholson"
],
": to free from faults or defects: such as":[],
": to improve in manners or morals : reform":[
"was advised to mend his ways"
],
": to improve morally : reform":[
"It's never too late to mend ."
],
": to improve or strengthen (something, such as a relationship) by negotiation or conciliation":[
"\u2014 used chiefly in the phrase mend fences spends the weekend mending political fences \u2014 E. O. Hauser"
],
": to make amends or atonement for":[
"least said, soonest mended"
],
": to put into good shape or working order again : patch up : repair":[
"the roads were never mended",
"\u2014 Ellen Glasgow"
],
": to restore to health : cure":[
"before the bone was fully mended",
"\u2014 Current Biography"
],
": to set right : correct":[
"mend a corrupt text"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The town needs to mend these roads.",
"Fishermen were mending their nets.",
"Her arm mended slowly after surgery.",
"His broken heart never completely mended .",
"Noun",
"You can hardly see the mend in the sleeve.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Should Mayfield and the Browns just mend fences if Deshaun Watson is suspended for the season",
"For months, Ankara has made overtures to Riyadh \u2014 as well as Saudi's closest Gulf ally, Abu Dhabi \u2014 to mend relations, including ending Khashoggi's murder trial in April and transferring the case to Riyadh. \u2014 Tamara Qiblawi, CNN , 22 June 2022",
"Few remedies mend stress like quality time in the great outdoors, but getting back to nature doesn't require far-flung treks or bare-bones camping. \u2014 Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure , 10 June 2022",
"Silver threads and golden needles could not mend more than this Cup. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 9 June 2022",
"In the days after the Capitol attack, Kushner worked to mend the relationship between Pence and the president, inviting the vice president to meet with Trump. \u2014 Ella Lee, USA TODAY , 8 June 2022",
"To restore order, Dream must journey across different worlds and timelines to mend the mistakes he\u2019s made during his vast existence, revisiting old friends and foes, and meeting new entities\u2014both cosmic and human\u2014along the way. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 6 June 2022",
"Carisi\u2019s only evidence in a case was found in a church confessional; Benson tries to mend ties with an old friend. \u2014 Hau Chu, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
"After winning its independence with French support, the U.S. quickly decided to mend relations with its former master, sparking fury in Paris. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 9 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"This time on the mend from a stress fracture in his right rib cage, Sale is in a different spot. \u2014 Greg Levinsky, BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022",
"New analysis done as part of the Milwaukee Area Project at Marquette University Law School\u2019s Lubar Center shows an economy on the mend , but not yet fully recovered from the pandemic\u2019s fallout. \u2014 Mike Gousha And John D. Johnson, Journal Sentinel , 30 June 2022",
"During her appearance, Hailey also assured fans that Bieber is on the mend . \u2014 Jack Irvin, PEOPLE.com , 27 June 2022",
"If most of the more serious allegations are true and Miller doesn\u2019t end up sober and mentally on the mend in time to promote the movie next summer, Warner Bros. will have to make a decision. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"Now that Justin\u2019s on the mend , perhaps Hailey can pop into another one of his music videos\u2014maybe in a slick trench coat this time",
"Less than a decade ago, ties seemed to be on the mend as the two sides -- separated by a strait that is fewer than 80 miles (128 kilometers) wide at its narrowest point -- deepened economic, cultural and even political engagements. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, Nectar Gan And Steven Jiang, CNN , 24 May 2022",
"Former Atlanta Braves TV reporter Kelsey Wingert, now covering the Colorado Rockies, got hit in the forehead by a foul ball earlier this week but appears to be on the mend . \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 20 May 2022",
"Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was taken to the hospital Wednesday night after a car accident but is on the mend , according to his son. \u2014 Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com , 5 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, short for amenden \u2014 more at amend":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8mend"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for mend Verb mend , repair , patch , rebuild mean to put into good order something that is injured, damaged, or defective. mend implies making whole or sound something broken, torn, or injured. mended the torn dress repair applies to the fixing of more extensive damage or dilapidation. repaired the back steps patch implies an often temporary fixing of a hole or break with new material. patch worn jeans rebuild suggests making like new without completely replacing. a rebuilt automobile engine",
"synonyms":[
"doctor",
"fix",
"patch",
"recondition",
"renovate",
"repair",
"revamp"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082148",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"mend fences":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to improve or repair a relationship that has been damaged by an argument or disagreement":[
"She mended fences with her father.",
"She and her father are trying to mend their fences .",
"After the election, he spent a lot of time mending political fences ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202306",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"mend one's ways":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to change or improve one's behavior : to stop behaving badly":[
"It's time (for you) to mend your ways ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184940",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"mendacious":{
"antonyms":[
"honest",
"truthful",
"veracious"
],
"definitions":{
": given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth":[
"mendacious tales of his adventures"
]
},
"examples":[
"Indeed, the racist and Malthusian elements in Darwin's work are subjects on which the new secularists are either silent, delicate, or mendacious . \u2014 Eugene McCarraher , Commonweal , 15 June 2007",
"A choice item in the collection of mendacious stories that were circulated about Columbus after his death is this. Columbus lost himself on the way to Hispaniola, and only by virtue of letters and pilots sent by Mart\u00edn Alonso did he manage to find the island and join Pinta. \u2014 Samuel Eliot Morison , Admiral of the Ocean Sea , 1942",
"Mildred had become great friends with her and had given her an elaborate but mendacious account of the circumstances which had brought her to the pass she was in. \u2014 W. Somerset Maugham , Of Human Bondage , 1915",
"The newspaper story was mendacious and hurtful.",
"that tabloid routinely publishes the most moronically mendacious stories about celebrities",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In 2016, Johnson galvanized support for leaving the EU with a mendacious campaign that pledged, erroneously, that \u00a3350 billion ($425 billion) of money sent to Europe would come back into the Bank of England. \u2014 Sam Kiley, CNN , 30 June 2022",
"Lerner, a former debate champion, portrays its participants as hostile, bullying, mendacious , glib, annoying, and practiced in a dark art. \u2014 Bo Seo, The Atlantic , 1 June 2022",
"The revolution was overseen by pragmatic, opportunistic and sometimes mendacious visitors, who variously travelled with their own concubines and caught unwary abbots with theirs. \u2014 Crawford Gribben, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
"That declaration is a smokescreen for the ongoing effort to perpetuate Big Cherry\u2019s Big Lie \u2014 concerning the town\u2019s origin story \u2014 which playwright Letts exhilaratingly brings to light, point by mendacious point. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Apr. 2022",
"War is worshipped and justified by the state\u2019s mendacious propaganda machine. \u2014 Alexander Motyl, The Conversation , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The chance that these good bougie friends could all be Pelosi voters raises the specter of other mendacious California female partisans Boxer and Feinstein and their ferocious Hollywood supporters. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 17 Nov. 2021",
"Selfish, feckless, self-deluded, weak-willed yet childishly willful, manipulative, slothful, and mendacious : How can such a despicable character also be such a likable one",
"Yet the conspiratorial and at times clownish attempts to overturn the election -- especially by Trump's legal team -- don't make an unprecedented effort to destroy America's democratic traditions any less mendacious . \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 22 Sep. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1616, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin mendac-, mendax \u2014 more at amend":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"men-\u02c8d\u0101-sh\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for mendacious dishonest , deceitful , mendacious , untruthful mean unworthy of trust or belief. dishonest implies a willful perversion of truth in order to deceive, cheat, or defraud. a swindle usually involves two dishonest people deceitful usually implies an intent to mislead and commonly suggests a false appearance or double-dealing. the secret affairs of a deceitful spouse mendacious may suggest bland or even harmlessly mischievous deceit and when used of people often suggests a habit of telling untruths. mendacious tales of adventure untruthful stresses a discrepancy between what is said and fact or reality. an untruthful account of their actions",
"synonyms":[
"dishonest",
"lying",
"untruthful"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073046",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"mendaciousness":{
"antonyms":[
"honest",
"truthful",
"veracious"
],
"definitions":{
": given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth":[
"mendacious tales of his adventures"
]
},
"examples":[
"Indeed, the racist and Malthusian elements in Darwin's work are subjects on which the new secularists are either silent, delicate, or mendacious . \u2014 Eugene McCarraher , Commonweal , 15 June 2007",
"A choice item in the collection of mendacious stories that were circulated about Columbus after his death is this. Columbus lost himself on the way to Hispaniola, and only by virtue of letters and pilots sent by Mart\u00edn Alonso did he manage to find the island and join Pinta. \u2014 Samuel Eliot Morison , Admiral of the Ocean Sea , 1942",
"Mildred had become great friends with her and had given her an elaborate but mendacious account of the circumstances which had brought her to the pass she was in. \u2014 W. Somerset Maugham , Of Human Bondage , 1915",
"The newspaper story was mendacious and hurtful.",
"that tabloid routinely publishes the most moronically mendacious stories about celebrities",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In 2016, Johnson galvanized support for leaving the EU with a mendacious campaign that pledged, erroneously, that \u00a3350 billion ($425 billion) of money sent to Europe would come back into the Bank of England. \u2014 Sam Kiley, CNN , 30 June 2022",
"Lerner, a former debate champion, portrays its participants as hostile, bullying, mendacious , glib, annoying, and practiced in a dark art. \u2014 Bo Seo, The Atlantic , 1 June 2022",
"The revolution was overseen by pragmatic, opportunistic and sometimes mendacious visitors, who variously travelled with their own concubines and caught unwary abbots with theirs. \u2014 Crawford Gribben, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
"That declaration is a smokescreen for the ongoing effort to perpetuate Big Cherry\u2019s Big Lie \u2014 concerning the town\u2019s origin story \u2014 which playwright Letts exhilaratingly brings to light, point by mendacious point. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Apr. 2022",
"War is worshipped and justified by the state\u2019s mendacious propaganda machine. \u2014 Alexander Motyl, The Conversation , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The chance that these good bougie friends could all be Pelosi voters raises the specter of other mendacious California female partisans Boxer and Feinstein and their ferocious Hollywood supporters. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 17 Nov. 2021",
"Selfish, feckless, self-deluded, weak-willed yet childishly willful, manipulative, slothful, and mendacious : How can such a despicable character also be such a likable one",
"Yet the conspiratorial and at times clownish attempts to overturn the election -- especially by Trump's legal team -- don't make an unprecedented effort to destroy America's democratic traditions any less mendacious . \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 22 Sep. 2021"
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"1616, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"Latin mendac-, mendax \u2014 more at amend":""
},
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"men-\u02c8d\u0101-sh\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for mendacious dishonest , deceitful , mendacious , untruthful mean unworthy of trust or belief. dishonest implies a willful perversion of truth in order to deceive, cheat, or defraud. a swindle usually involves two dishonest people deceitful usually implies an intent to mislead and commonly suggests a false appearance or double-dealing. the secret affairs of a deceitful spouse mendacious may suggest bland or even harmlessly mischievous deceit and when used of people often suggests a habit of telling untruths. mendacious tales of adventure untruthful stresses a discrepancy between what is said and fact or reality. an untruthful account of their actions",
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"dishonest",
"lying",
"untruthful"
],
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
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"truth"
],
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"mendacities of the singer's manager"
],
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"to blow the whistle on mendacity and hypocrisy",
"\u2014 Geoffrey Wolff"
]
},
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"highly fictionalized \u201cmemoirs\u201d in which the facts were few and the mendacities many",
"you need to overcome this deplorable mendacity , or no one will ever believe anything you say",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"When reckless mendacity , cynicism and demagoguery paid off so handsomely for Mr. Trump, Democrats adopted them wholesale, and Mr. Schiff led the way. \u2014 Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"There are no events for mendacity , oppression, or rudeness. \u2014 Nr Editors, National Review , 17 Feb. 2022",
"With the variety in her game, the cleanliness of her forehand strike and the skidding mendacity of her backhand slice, Barty was a tennis player\u2019s tennis player who had clearly established herself over the last year as the best in the world. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The longer-term political implications of the administration\u2019s incoherence, mendacity , and self-delusions are vastly worse. \u2014 Benjamin Zycher, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Chomsky\u2019s mendacity does not, in Harris\u2019s opinion, stem from wickedness. \u2014 Geoffrey K. Pullum, National Review , 17 Feb. 2022",
"President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have consistently offered a contrast to the outgoing presidency's mendacity by speaking of the need to tell the truth clearly to the public. \u2014 Dana Bash And Abbie Sharpe, CNN , 8 Aug. 2021",
"This has been obscured by a greater embrace of brinksmanship on the right, from willingness a decade ago to shut down the government and risk default on the debt to Trump's thoroughly reckless mendacity surrounding the 2020 election. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 7 July 2021",
"But the constant pictures of civilian carnage in Ukraine and the mendacity of Putin's assault on an independent, sovereign country will make this gathering different. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 24 Mar. 2022"
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"circa 1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"men-\u02c8da-s\u0259-t\u0113"
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"fable",
"fabrication",
"fairy tale",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"fib",
"lie",
"prevarication",
"story",
"tale",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"untruth",
"whopper"
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": a member of a religious order (such as the Franciscans) combining monastic life and outside religious activity and originally owning neither personal nor community property : friar":[],
": beggar sense 1":[
"wandering mendicants"
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"\u2014 Leslie Sellers"
],
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"Past the Winter Garden where Cats plays on \u2026 past the half-hour photo store, past the mendicant saxophone player on the corner.",
"\u2014 Margot Hornblower",
"My father also gave me quarters to give to homeless, mendicant men along the route, even though our family was very poor.",
"\u2014 Phil Kronk"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"those wretched mendicants on the streets of Calcutta",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"All these words strike me as vaguely offensive except for mendicant and supplicant. \u2014 Stephen Miller, WSJ , 11 Oct. 2021",
"But both mendicant and supplicant have a religious connotation. \u2014 Stephen Miller, WSJ , 11 Oct. 2021",
"The island was a coda of sorts: a place of Christian pilgrimage since the death of a local mendicant , later canonized as St. Cuthbert, in 687. \u2014 Henry Wismayer, Washington Post , 8 Sep. 2021",
"The fortunes of alphabetical order were further advanced by the growth of mendicant preaching orders. \u2014 Katherine A. Powers, WSJ , 16 Oct. 2020",
"Francis is the first pope to name himself after the mendicant friar, who renounced a wealthy, dissolute lifestyle to embrace a life of poverty and service to the poor. \u2014 CBS News , 5 Oct. 2020",
"Created in 2012 by the Dominicans, a Catholic mendicant order, Optic has the goal of ensuring that emerging technologies respect human dignity. \u2014 Rebecca Heilweil, Fortune , 24 Nov. 2019",
"The convent houses the nearly 800-year-old tomb of Saint Francis, the most poetic of holy men, who thought money was worth less than asses\u2019 dung and inspired a mendicant order. \u2014 The Economist , 7 Sep. 2019",
"But for all of their contempt, Egyptian rulers have become mendicants at the feet of the kings, emirs and sultans of the Gulf. \u2014 The Economist , 21 June 2018"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective"
},
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin mendicant-, mendicans , present participle of mendicare to beg, from mendicus beggar \u2014 more at amend":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8men-di-k\u0259nt"
],
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"synonyms":[
"beggar",
"panhandler"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023157",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
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": getting better : improving":[],
": to become corrected or improved":[
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"\u2014 Arnold Nicholson"
],
": to free from faults or defects: such as":[],
": to improve in manners or morals : reform":[
"was advised to mend his ways"
],
": to improve morally : reform":[
"It's never too late to mend ."
],
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"\u2014 used chiefly in the phrase mend fences spends the weekend mending political fences \u2014 E. O. Hauser"
],
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"least said, soonest mended"
],
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"the roads were never mended",
"\u2014 Ellen Glasgow"
],
": to restore to health : cure":[
"before the bone was fully mended",
"\u2014 Current Biography"
],
": to set right : correct":[
"mend a corrupt text"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The town needs to mend these roads.",
"Fishermen were mending their nets.",
"Her arm mended slowly after surgery.",
"His broken heart never completely mended .",
"Noun",
"You can hardly see the mend in the sleeve.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Should Mayfield and the Browns just mend fences if Deshaun Watson is suspended for the season",
"For months, Ankara has made overtures to Riyadh \u2014 as well as Saudi's closest Gulf ally, Abu Dhabi \u2014 to mend relations, including ending Khashoggi's murder trial in April and transferring the case to Riyadh. \u2014 Tamara Qiblawi, CNN , 22 June 2022",
"Few remedies mend stress like quality time in the great outdoors, but getting back to nature doesn't require far-flung treks or bare-bones camping. \u2014 Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure , 10 June 2022",
"Silver threads and golden needles could not mend more than this Cup. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 9 June 2022",
"In the days after the Capitol attack, Kushner worked to mend the relationship between Pence and the president, inviting the vice president to meet with Trump. \u2014 Ella Lee, USA TODAY , 8 June 2022",
"To restore order, Dream must journey across different worlds and timelines to mend the mistakes he\u2019s made during his vast existence, revisiting old friends and foes, and meeting new entities\u2014both cosmic and human\u2014along the way. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 6 June 2022",
"Carisi\u2019s only evidence in a case was found in a church confessional; Benson tries to mend ties with an old friend. \u2014 Hau Chu, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
"After winning its independence with French support, the U.S. quickly decided to mend relations with its former master, sparking fury in Paris. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 9 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"This time on the mend from a stress fracture in his right rib cage, Sale is in a different spot. \u2014 Greg Levinsky, BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022",
"New analysis done as part of the Milwaukee Area Project at Marquette University Law School\u2019s Lubar Center shows an economy on the mend , but not yet fully recovered from the pandemic\u2019s fallout. \u2014 Mike Gousha And John D. Johnson, Journal Sentinel , 30 June 2022",
"During her appearance, Hailey also assured fans that Bieber is on the mend . \u2014 Jack Irvin, PEOPLE.com , 27 June 2022",
"If most of the more serious allegations are true and Miller doesn\u2019t end up sober and mentally on the mend in time to promote the movie next summer, Warner Bros. will have to make a decision. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"Now that Justin\u2019s on the mend , perhaps Hailey can pop into another one of his music videos\u2014maybe in a slick trench coat this time",
"Less than a decade ago, ties seemed to be on the mend as the two sides -- separated by a strait that is fewer than 80 miles (128 kilometers) wide at its narrowest point -- deepened economic, cultural and even political engagements. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, Nectar Gan And Steven Jiang, CNN , 24 May 2022",
"Former Atlanta Braves TV reporter Kelsey Wingert, now covering the Colorado Rockies, got hit in the forehead by a foul ball earlier this week but appears to be on the mend . \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 20 May 2022",
"Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was taken to the hospital Wednesday night after a car accident but is on the mend , according to his son. \u2014 Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com , 5 May 2022"
],
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
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"Middle English, short for amenden \u2014 more at amend":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8mend"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for mend Verb mend , repair , patch , rebuild mean to put into good order something that is injured, damaged, or defective. mend implies making whole or sound something broken, torn, or injured. mended the torn dress repair applies to the fixing of more extensive damage or dilapidation. repaired the back steps patch implies an often temporary fixing of a hole or break with new material. patch worn jeans rebuild suggests making like new without completely replacing. a rebuilt automobile engine",
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"doctor",
"fix",
"patch",
"recondition",
"renovate",
"repair",
"revamp"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073534",
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"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"menhaden":{
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"About 50,000 fish, mainly Atlantic menhaden , were found dead near the head waters of Marley Creek on Wednesday, according to a spokesman for the Maryland Department of the Environment. \u2014 Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun , 9 June 2022",
"Colicchio masterfully swam a live menhaden in the current and large striped bass swirled on the helpless bait. \u2014 Monte Burke, Forbes , 5 June 2022",
"For example, big populations of menhaden , a small silver fish, attract humpback whales that feed on them. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Big, dive-bombing gannets are exciting to watch and often indicate big baits, like large menhaden , and big stripers. \u2014 Bill May, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 3 Oct. 2021",
"Swarms of flies travelled from fish to fish Tuesday afternoon, and some of the menhaden that were still alive in the river appeared to struggle for breathe. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 Sep. 2021",
"For jumbo kings of 30 pounds and up, live bait is usually a better choice\u2014cigar minnows or menhaden rigged with a number 6 extra-strong treble in the nose, a second on a stinger hook near the dorsal, connected by number 6 wire. \u2014 Frank Sargeant, al , 15 Sep. 2021",
"Coastwide, most of the deaths consisted of baitfish, including mullet, menhaden , spot, silver perch (yellowtail) and other forage species. \u2014 Matt Watt, San Antonio Express-News , 4 Mar. 2021",
"Not all of the small fish are doing badly, but in the past 20 years the number of menhaden has dropped to about half of what is was in the 20 years prior, according to data from the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. \u2014 Roxanne Khamsi, Scientific American , 24 Aug. 2016"
],
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"1765, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"of Algonquian origin; akin to Narragansett munnawhattea\u00fbg menhaden":""
},
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"m\u0259n-",
"men-\u02c8h\u0101-d\u1d4an"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181226",
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"noun"
]
},
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"abject",
"base",
"humble",
"servile",
"slavish"
],
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"answered in menial tones",
"menial household chores"
],
": lacking interest or dignity":[
"a menial task"
],
": of or relating to servants : lowly":[
"a menial worker"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"immigrants to that country faced fierce prejudice and could expect to find work only as menials",
"Adjective",
"every command was obeyed in the menial manner of someone who seemed grateful just to be in the presence of a celebrity",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Introducing artificial intelligence into your business can help you to minimize the menial . \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"For Angel, that means figuring out how to survive as a woman who doesn\u2019t want to lead a menial , humdrum life. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
"And yet, the marketplace depends on their willingness to do menial , backbreaking labor for less than minimum wage and without benefits. \u2014 Carlos Alberto S\u00e1nchez, SFChronicle.com , 27 Oct. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The elder architect offered him a job, and the teen spent a summer doing menial tasks, then stayed with the studio for another four years. \u2014 Justin Fenner, Robb Report , 30 Apr. 2022",
"When unencumbered by menial administrative tasks, financial advisors can meet compliance requirements with less effort. \u2014 John Almeida, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Meager rations were provided, and all but the sickest were expected to toil at menial jobs to generate revenue, either on the premises or at factories. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Meanwhile, with scarce employment prospects in their homeland, hundreds of thousands of Koreans had little choice but to relocate to Japan, where they were mostly relegated to menial jobs and faced brutal discrimination. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Most are Hakka Chinese \u2014 an ethnic group mostly from the Guangdong province of China \u2014 who arrived more than 150 years prior for menial labor jobs and then made Tahiti home. \u2014 Kaila Yu, Travel + Leisure , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Some were working at menial jobs, as first-generation immigrants always do, but over the years their children largely lived the American dream through training as doctors, scientists, and entrepreneurs. \u2014 Alex Salkever, Fortune , 4 Mar. 2022",
"In the Age of Information, though, piecework need not be menial or low-paid. \u2014 Robert Zafft, Forbes , 20 June 2021",
"Still, Boothe saw a need for young Black people to find work beyond the menial occupations that often were the only ones available to them. \u2014 al , 9 Feb. 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English meynial , from Anglo-French meignal , from mesnee, mayn\u00e9 household, retinue, from Vulgar Latin *mansionata , from Latin mansion-, mansio dwelling \u2014 more at mansion":"Adjective and Noun"
},
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"\u02c8m\u0113-n\u0113-\u0259l",
"-ny\u0259l"
],
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"domestic",
"flunky",
"flunkey",
"flunkie",
"lackey",
"retainer",
"servant",
"steward"
],
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"noun"
]
},
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": to undergo menstruation":[]
},
"examples":[
"She began menstruating at the age of 12.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"People who menstruate can't simply wait for the shelves to be restocked. \u2014 Allison Morrow, CNN , 10 June 2022",
"What kind of difference does the free and easy accessibility of menstrual products make for people who menstruate ",
"Between 15 to 25 percent of people who menstruate will experience moderate to severe menstrual cramps, according to Siob\u00e1n Harlow, a professor of epidemiology and global public health at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. \u2014 Angela Haupt, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
"Across the world, there are 3.5 billion people who menstruate . \u2014 Moms Helping Moms, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
"For example, someone with a transverse vaginal septum, meaning they\u2019re born with a wall of tissue that separates parts of the vagina6, might not menstruate or have a hard time inserting a tampon. \u2014 SELF , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Yet, one of the biggest barrier for those who menstruate in the United States remains the sales tax that is not exempted for menstrual products. \u2014 Kaanita Iyer, USA TODAY , 20 Feb. 2021",
"There\u2019s some evidence that people with the condition who menstruate have hidradenitis suppurativa flare-ups around their menstrual cycle. \u2014 Sara Gaynes Levy, SELF , 17 Feb. 2022",
"More than half of people who menstruate experience one or two days of some period pain each month, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). \u2014 Claire Gillespie, Health.com , 19 Jan. 2022"
],
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"1713, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"Late Latin menstruatus , past participle of menstruari , from Latin menstrua menses, from neuter plural of menstruus monthly, from mensis":""
},
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"\u02c8men(t)-str\u00fc-\u02ccw\u0101t",
"\u02c8men-\u02ccstr\u0101t",
"\u02c8men(t)-str\u0259-\u02ccw\u0101t, \u02c8men-\u02ccstr\u0101t"
],
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"verb"
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},
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"examples":[
"a first menstruation can be somewhat scary for girls who are unprepared",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"More broadly, Meister points out, many people suffer from chronic pain or illness of some kind, and may feel slighted by leave policies that apply to menstruation but not to other issues. \u2014 Sarah Todd, Quartz , 13 May 2022",
"Hickey and her co-authors advocate shifting the narrative by pushing forward positive aspects such as freedom from menstruation , pregnancy, and contraception as well as educating women on how to manage the troublesome symptoms. \u2014 Pallabi Munsi, CNN , 17 June 2022",
"In Sarah Treem, two women biologists of different generations confer and clash personally and professionally \u2014 about the science and meaning of menstruation . \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 May 2022",
"However, menstruation is usually a taboo and embarrassing topic to discuss with friends, coaches, and teammates\u2014so most women are left with few strategies to mitigate the effects of their cycle on their workouts except to grin and bear it. \u2014 Christine Yu, Outside Online , 6 Sep. 2020",
"And Just Like That that covered perimenopausal menstruation . \u2014 People Staff, PEOPLE.com , 12 May 2022",
"Both apps provide educational information about menstruation and common symptoms, but the information is generic. \u2014 Christine Yu, Outside Online , 6 Sep. 2020",
"Rebolt\u2019s client base began with athletes but now includes those who work in physically demanding jobs such as construction, plus parents who want to talk with their children about menstruation . \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Apr. 2022",
"If your child asks questions about menstruation , answer them openly and honestly. \u2014 Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY , 25 Mar. 2022"
],
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"1686, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02ccmen(t)-str\u0259-\u02c8w\u0101-sh\u0259n, men-\u02c8str\u0101-",
"men-\u02c8str\u0101-",
"\u02ccmen-str\u0259-\u02c8w\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"\u02ccmen(t)-str\u00fc-\u02c8w\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"men-\u02c8str\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"period"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183253",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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": menstruous state or discharge":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"from menstruous , after such pairs as English curious: curiosity":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071757",
"type":[
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]
},
"menstruum":{
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"definitions":{
": a substance that dissolves a solid or holds it in suspension : solvent":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1559, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Medieval Latin, literally, menses, alteration of Latin menstrua":""
},
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"-str\u0259m",
"\u02c8men(t)-str\u0259(-w\u0259)m",
"\u02c8men(t)-str\u00fc-\u0259m"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132745",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mental":{
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"mental hospitals"
],
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"was going a bit mental from old age",
"\u2014 Nevil Shute"
],
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"a mental breakdown"
],
": of or relating to intellectual as contrasted with emotional activity":[
"mental acuity"
],
": of or relating to telepathic or mind-reading powers":[
"mental telepathy"
],
": of or relating to the chin : genial":[],
": of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder":[
"a mental patient"
],
": of, relating to, or being intellectual as contrasted with overt physical activity":[
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],
": relating to spirit or idea as opposed to matter":[
"the distinction between physical things and mental ideas",
"\u2014 J. W. Yolton"
],
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]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"circa 1727, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin mentum \"chin\" + -al entry 1 \u2014 more at mouth entry 1":"Adjective",
"Middle English, from Late Latin mentalis , from Latin ment-, mens mind \u2014 more at mind":"Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ment-\u1d4al",
"\u02c8men-t\u1d4al"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193216",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"mentality":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": mental power or capacity : intelligence":[],
": mode or way of thought : outlook":[
"the imperialist mentality of the nineteenth century",
"\u2014 John Davies"
]
},
"examples":[
"most teenagers do not have the mentality to foresee the consequences of such risky behavior",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Many Republicans liked the fighting, anti-establishment mentality that Trump brought to the White House. \u2014 Julian Zelizer, CNN , 23 June 2022",
"Someone who has that go-getter mentality , will do anything and everything and will work their ass off. \u2014 Dave Knox, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"There is not a single task in your life that cannot be resolved, but the key is to always have an optimistic mentality . \u2014 Stephanie Casanova, Chicago Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"The Milwaukee Bucks also have this championship mentality that forces them to play hard regardless of score. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 14 May 2022",
"Not the surcharge, but everything behind the surcharge: the thinking, the corporate mentality , the hypocrisy, the exclusionary policies. \u2014 Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
"Not just his ability on the court, but his mentality \u2014 the late Kobe Bryant. \u2014 Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Today, a new wave of false eyelashes offers an alternative to the bigger-is-better mentality : faux fringe that\u2019s ultrarealistic, less cumbersome to wear and expressly intended to be gender-fluid. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Many Republican members have a similar mentality to McCarthy, saying that dealing with intraparty riffs behind closed doors diminishes the chances of giving even more oxygen to a colleague's bad behavior. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 31 Mar. 2022"
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"I get nervous at the mention of his name.",
"Her contributions deserve a mention .",
"One other issue deserves special mention .",
"Verb",
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"I get nervous every time his name is mentioned .",
"They mentioned him by name.",
"I believe I mentioned the problem to you last week.",
"Most history books don't even mention the event.",
"As previously mentioned , his proposal has been widely criticized.",
"He fails to mention , however, the seriousness of the crime.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"All World Cup ticketholders must apply for the Hayya card used to identify fans, which also serves as their Qatar visa, but Taiwan\u2019s government expressed concern after discovering the online application system made no mention of the island. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 21 June 2022",
"Amazon has only promoted this decision in Germany and made no mention of this major decision in its proxy statement. \u2014 Matt Littlejohn, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
"Palin responded to a question about her approach to ranked choice voting in a statement that made no mention of Begich or other opponents. \u2014 Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News , 14 June 2022",
"The report made no mention of extraterrestrial origins, a popular but unsupported conspiracy theory, but did identify UAPs as a national security threat. \u2014 Derek Saul, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"These were brute facts evident to the most casual observer, but Anna made no mention of them, only saying late in the otherwise breezy conversation that Nicky\u2019s doctors had placed him on the spectrum. \u2014 Joshua Ferris, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"In his first remarks on the Senate floor, McConnell made no mention of the gun issue. \u2014 Michael Scherer, Washington Post , 28 May 2022",
"The Vatican\u2019s biography, issued after Mr. Sodano died, made no mention of the scandals. \u2014 Frances D'emilio, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"The Indian leader, in his public remarks, made no mention of the crisis. \u2014 Andrew Restuccia, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In January, when Valle appeared for his Loudoun plea, Plowman wondered why the prosecution\u2019s documents didn\u2019t mention the Fauquier case or his extensive juvenile record. \u2014 Tom Jackman, Washington Post , 26 June 2022",
"None of the victims have been identified by police and Contee did not mention a suspect. \u2014 Celina Tebor, USA TODAY , 20 June 2022",
"What makes the ruling weird is that Kavanaugh\u2019s majority opinion does not mention Chevron deference at all. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 20 June 2022",
"Complies with valid requests, but its policy doesn\u2019t mention notifying affected users. \u2014 Nicole Nguyen, WSJ , 19 June 2022",
"Service in Nashville, Tennessee, is also closing, according to media reports, but the website does not mention the shutdown. \u2014 David Lyons, Sun Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
"Nexo publicized the letter, which didn't mention a price, in a tweet. \u2014 Nikhilesh De, Fortune , 13 June 2022",
"The founders saw no need to mention guns in the original Constitution. \u2014 Bill Press, CNN , 9 June 2022",
"The Pitch Perfect alum opened up to PEOPLE in May about her new partner, but didn't mention any details or reveal a name. \u2014 Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022"
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"Her contributions deserve a mention .",
"One other issue deserves special mention .",
"Verb",
"She's never mentioned anything to me about her husband.",
"I get nervous every time his name is mentioned .",
"They mentioned him by name.",
"I believe I mentioned the problem to you last week.",
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"She mentioned that she would be out of the office the following day.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"All World Cup ticketholders must apply for the Hayya card used to identify fans, which also serves as their Qatar visa, but Taiwan\u2019s government expressed concern after discovering the online application system made no mention of the island. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 21 June 2022",
"Amazon has only promoted this decision in Germany and made no mention of this major decision in its proxy statement. \u2014 Matt Littlejohn, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
"Palin responded to a question about her approach to ranked choice voting in a statement that made no mention of Begich or other opponents. \u2014 Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News , 14 June 2022",
"The report made no mention of extraterrestrial origins, a popular but unsupported conspiracy theory, but did identify UAPs as a national security threat. \u2014 Derek Saul, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"These were brute facts evident to the most casual observer, but Anna made no mention of them, only saying late in the otherwise breezy conversation that Nicky\u2019s doctors had placed him on the spectrum. \u2014 Joshua Ferris, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"In his first remarks on the Senate floor, McConnell made no mention of the gun issue. \u2014 Michael Scherer, Washington Post , 28 May 2022",
"The Vatican\u2019s biography, issued after Mr. Sodano died, made no mention of the scandals. \u2014 Frances D'emilio, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"The Indian leader, in his public remarks, made no mention of the crisis. \u2014 Andrew Restuccia, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In January, when Valle appeared for his Loudoun plea, Plowman wondered why the prosecution\u2019s documents didn\u2019t mention the Fauquier case or his extensive juvenile record. \u2014 Tom Jackman, Washington Post , 26 June 2022",
"None of the victims have been identified by police and Contee did not mention a suspect. \u2014 Celina Tebor, USA TODAY , 20 June 2022",
"What makes the ruling weird is that Kavanaugh\u2019s majority opinion does not mention Chevron deference at all. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 20 June 2022",
"Complies with valid requests, but its policy doesn\u2019t mention notifying affected users. \u2014 Nicole Nguyen, WSJ , 19 June 2022",
"Service in Nashville, Tennessee, is also closing, according to media reports, but the website does not mention the shutdown. \u2014 David Lyons, Sun Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
"Nexo publicized the letter, which didn't mention a price, in a tweet. \u2014 Nikhilesh De, Fortune , 13 June 2022",
"The founders saw no need to mention guns in the original Constitution. \u2014 Bill Press, CNN , 9 June 2022",
"The Pitch Perfect alum opened up to PEOPLE in May about her new partner, but didn't mention any details or reveal a name. \u2014 Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022"
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"a menu of television programs",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Strauss\u2019 pork schnitzel, soon to be added to the menu , is breaded with sweet challah crumbsand served with bitter garlic greens and pork jus. \u2014 Danny Palumbo, Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"Returning to the summer menu this season are the fan-favorite everything stuffed bagel minis. \u2014 Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2022",
"Valcarcel was planning to add Lao dishes to the menu , which already lists sticky rice. \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Journal Sentinel , 17 June 2022",
"There are four standard driving modes (ECO, Comfort, Sport, and Individual), but opt for the AMG Line package, and a fifth mode (Sport+) is added to the menu . \u2014 Michael Harley, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Future plans include adding beer and wine to the menu , and making the outdoor seating area resemble a beer garden. \u2014 Steve Smith, Hartford Courant , 16 June 2022",
"The hash browns will go by a Russian name, according to a menu leaked to a Russian tabloid. \u2014 Ivan Nechepurenko, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
"The hash browns will go by a Russian name, according to a menu leaked to a Russian tabloid. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"Recently, a line of avocado toasts (which are not all vegan) have been added to the menu and are prepared under an adjacent pop-up tent. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 June 2022"
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"a 40-year-old man with the mental age of 10",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Or consider Derek Paravacini, an autistic adult with a mental age of a 3-year-old who is congenitally blind. \u2014 Simon Baron-cohen, WSJ , 12 Dec. 2020",
"Although their exact diagnosis was unknown\u2014at the time, they were just called imbecile\u2014the sisters were said to be severely handicapped and nonverbal and have a mental age of six. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 16 Nov. 2020",
"At the time, a doctor assessed his mental age to be 16. \u2014 Emma Grey Ellis, Wired , 24 Sep. 2020",
"Nora had poor motor skills and needed help to walk and her mental age was about 5 or 6 years old, her parents said in the lawsuit. \u2014 Star Tribune , 24 Aug. 2020",
"Ford in 2004 was jailed for life in the 2003 slaying of Champion, who, though 21, had the mental age of a 15-year-old. \u2014 Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post , 30 Nov. 2019",
"Also, size doesn\u2019t always determine mental age or special needs. \u2014 Lisa Gutierrez, Detroit Free Press , 30 Oct. 2017",
"Adolescents and young adults with severe autism may still have the mental age of a child, and short-term care to stabilize those in crisis who are nonverbal or combative is practically nonexistent. \u2014 Christina Jewett, CNN , 23 Oct. 2017",
"Also, size doesn\u2019t always determine mental age or special needs. \u2014 Lisa Gutierrez, Detroit Free Press , 30 Oct. 2017"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Rodney Reyes is a magician and mentalist who performs throughout the country. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 June 2022",
"Filicetti added that the goal of communicating signs discreetly isn't much different than a magician or mentalist conveying covert information. \u2014 Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Alan Cumming, Kristin Chenoweth, Dove Cameron and other stars are ready to have their minds read \u2014 and completely blown \u2014 during mentalist Jason Suran's upcoming virtual presentation of his show, Reconnected. \u2014 Olivia Jakiel, PEOPLE.com , 19 Jan. 2022",
"In this remake of a 1947 film noir, Bradley Cooper plays a carnival worker who learned a mentalist 's tricks and uses them to con rich folks, which works for a time. \u2014 Jim Kiest, San Antonio Express-News , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Stan then moves to the city and becomes a nightclub mentalist , encountering more deceptive people. \u2014 Tim Gray, Variety , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Stan is eager to learn their secrets, which reside in a book of spoken cues that clue a mentalist into what objects audience members are holding, what is engraved on them or other details. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press , 18 Dec. 2021",
"Stan is eager to learn their secrets, which reside in a book of spoken cues that clue a mentalist into what objects audience members are holding, what is engraved on them or other details. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press , 18 Dec. 2021",
"Stan is eager to learn their secrets, which reside in a book of spoken cues that clue a mentalist into what objects audience members are holding, what is engraved on them or other details. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press , 18 Dec. 2021"
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"examples":[
"The store sells an extensive line of menswear .",
"He works in the menswear department.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Of particular note is the proliferation of U.S. menswear brands, which are now opting to show across the pond in Paris to capitalize on the attention. \u2014 Thomas Adamson, ajc , 5 July 2022",
"In the brand's first collection designed without Abloh, who led the storied French house for four years until his untimely death in 2021, the menswear team paid homage to the late designer and his legacy. \u2014 Samantha Tse, CNN , 1 July 2022",
"Every menswear season designers try to reinvent the suit. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 Criales-unzueta, Vogue , 30 June 2022",
"Paris Fashion Week has officially begun and this time around, independent designers and fashion houses are presenting their menswear collections for the Spring/Summer 2023 season. \u2014 Greg Emmanuel, Essence , 22 June 2022",
"Images of the players\u2019 outfits are often published in men\u2019s publications such as GQ and Esquire to highlight menswear trends. \u2014 Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 June 2022",
"Todd Snyder Give Dad the gift of some seriously slick menswear with these sale items from Todd Snyder. \u2014 Brittany Vincent, SELF , 14 June 2022",
"As for Adidas, the brand recently released an Adidas Originals range with British menswear label Wales Bonner and new collections with regular collaborators including Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s Ivy Park and designer Stella McCartney. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 June 2022",
"The glorious tailoring of Armani appealed to menswear fanatics who studied opinions on vents, darts and waist suppression. \u2014 Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022"
],
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},
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Beginning July 1, anyone 18 or older can carry a handgun without a permit in public except for reasons such as having a felony conviction, facing a restraining order from a court or having a dangerous mental illness . \u2014 Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune , 24 June 2022",
"Each is diagnosed with a mental illness that explains some of her behavior \u2014 Dawn with borderline personality disorder, Emily with OCD. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
"Several court documents describe him as having a mental illness . \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 9 June 2022",
"More than 1 in 5 people fatally shot by police since 2015 had a mental illness , according to a Washington Post database of fatal shootings by on-duty officers. \u2014 Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY , 8 June 2022",
"Police officials said the gunman, Salvador Ramos, 18, who was killed by a law enforcement tactical team, had never been diagnosed with a mental illness , nor had he been arrested in connection with any crime. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
"Folie \u00e0 Deux, which references a delusion or mental illness shared by two people, also suggests that Joker may also team up with another supervillain \u2013 possibly his sometime-girlfriend Harley. \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
"But the public needs an honest discussion of its social and public-health risks, which include violence and mental illness . \u2014 Allysia Finley, WSJ , 6 June 2022",
"But there are people who because of disabilities, age, addiction, or mental illness will never be able to fully enter the work force and pay market rents even with a cash subsidy. \u2014 Roger Valdez, Forbes , 6 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Researchers, led by Dr. Sukanya Chaikittisilpa of Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, recruited 178 women who were already being seen at a menopause clinic. \u2014 NBC News , 16 Feb. 2022",
"For years, physicians believed that giving women HRT at menopause was beneficial for the aging brain and would help prevent heart disease. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 30 Sep. 2021",
"Because after menopause , your hormones change, your shape changes. \u2014 Wendy Naugle, PEOPLE.com , 15 June 2022",
"Another told her that the condition would disappear after menopause . \u2014 Judy Sammon, cleveland , 17 May 2022",
"Women are more likely to develop OA than men, particularly after age 50 (after menopause , mostly). \u2014 Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"Her company offers an annual stipend to help workers lessen the financial burden of menstruation and menopause . \u2014 Angela Haupt, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
"That figure doesn't, however, include the millions struggling with thinning hair because of stress, menopause , and other factors. \u2014 Fiona Embleton, Allure , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Perimenopause begins a few years before actual menopause , which is defined as having had no menstrual cycle for a year. \u2014 Julie Jargon, WSJ , 9 Apr. 2022"
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"Her older daughter and 6-year-old son, a kindergartner at South Loop Elementary, have each taken a mental health day . \u2014 Olivia Olander, chicagotribune.com , 18 Mar. 2022",
"That\u2019s why my company, for instance, now offers a mental health day , as well as one three-day weekend per month. \u2014 Raj Verma, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The group helped sponsor a community mental health day this month. \u2014 Kala Kachmar, The Courier-Journal , 12 Mar. 2022",
"To help, the district implemented an unprecedented mental health day for the entire 90,000-student district. \u2014 Janet Shamlian, CBS News , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Kathryn VanderBroek, the district\u2019s general counsel, said taking a mental health day does not mean a student must be diagnosed with a disorder like depression or anxiety. \u2014 Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com , 24 Nov. 2021",
"Historically, supporting mental health at work has looked like more therapy, more meditation, more mindfulness, or the ever futile mental health day . \u2014 Mind Share Partners, Forbes , 18 Oct. 2021",
"For more tips on how to take a mental health day that actually helps, read this. \u2014 Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF , 5 Oct. 2021",
"Perhaps unsurprisingly, Toole has found movement to be one of the most effective maneuvers for getting through a difficult mental health day . \u2014 Michelle Konstantinovsky, SELF , 27 May 2021"
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"Hormonal changes that occur throughout the menstrual cycle affect countless other health variables, from resting heart rate, to recovery metrics, and even the metabolic system. \u2014 Emma Zimmerman, Outside Online , 3 Mar. 2022",
"This week, the company is launching a study with Inception, a large U.S. fertility care provider, to study the physiological correlates of the menstrual cycle using the ring. \u2014 Katie Palmer, STAT , 3 June 2022",
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"Cisgender women \u2013 people who are born as women and identify as women \u2013 produce a higher rate of oestrogen, as well as progesterone, which helps prepare the body for conception and pregnancy, and regulates the monthly menstrual cycle . \u2014 Jasmine Andersson, refinery29.com , 30 July 2021",
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"Some came in festive attire, like Richard Lievhaver, who wore an outfit similar to Santa Claus but blue, complete with a menorah hat. \u2014 Steven Hernandez, The Arizona Republic , 28 Nov. 2021",
"One menorah was lit at the end of the first quarter with participation of the Chabad of Florida leaders, consul general of Israel in Miami Maor Elbaz-Starinsky and Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava. \u2014 Sergio Carmona, sun-sentinel.com , 3 Dec. 2021",
"Along with Emhoff, the menorah was lit by Dr. Rabbi Aaron Glatt, Jewish community leader Susan Stern and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat. \u2014 Maegan Vazquez, CNN , 1 Dec. 2021",
"The 9-foot-tall public menorah will be lit by Chabad Cares of Maine Township to mark the eighth night of Hanukkah, the organization said. \u2014 Jennifer Johnson, chicagotribune.com , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Hanukkah blessings are recited before the menorah is lit, and traditional songs are sung afterward. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 4 Nov. 2021",
"The public menorah will be lit every night through Dec. 5. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 Nov. 2021",
"On the first evening, one candle is lit in a special candelabra called a menorah or hanukkiyah. \u2014 CNN , 8 Dec. 2021",
"The event moved back indoors this year, filling a wing of the Capitol with people from around Wyoming, as well as food, music and the massive menorah that towered behind the podium. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 6 Dec. 2021"
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"David Pruitt died from primary amoebic meningoencephalitis Aug. 7, Crystal Hayley, the boy\u2019s aunt, said. \u2014 Melissa Hernandez, Los Angeles Times , 16 Aug. 2021",
"Almost half of the symptomatic cases present as encephalitis and meningoencephalitis which are inflammatory diseases that affect the brain and spinal cord, according to definitions from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. \u2014 Mackenzie Brower, The Arizona Republic , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Arlington officials said the city and Tarrant County Public Health were notified on Sept. 5 that a child had been hospitalized with primary amebic meningoencephalitis -- a rare and often fatal infection caused by the naegleria fowleri ameba. \u2014 Bradford Betz, Fox News , 11 Sep. 2021",
"Their son, Bakari Williams, died Sept. 11 after being hospitalized with primary amebic meningoencephalitis , a rare and typically fatal infection caused by the naegleria fowleri amoeba. \u2014 Chron , 5 Oct. 2021",
"Initial symptoms of primary amebic meningoencephalitis typically occur within nine days of infection and include fever, severe headache, nausea and vomiting, according to the CDC. \u2014 Sarah Bahari, Dallas News , 30 Sep. 2021",
"Arlington officials said that the boy had been hospitalized with primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) \u2013 a rare and often fatal infection caused by the naegleria fowleri amoeba \u2013 before his death on Sept. 11. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 29 Sep. 2021",
"The child was hospitalized at Cook Children\u2019s Medical Center in Fort Worth with primary amebic meningoencephalitis , a rare and often fatal infection caused by Naegleria fowleri, sometimes called a brain-eating amoeba. \u2014 Sarah Bahari, Dallas News , 28 Sep. 2021",
"Arlington officials and Tarrant County Public Health were told Sept. 5 a child was hospitalized with primary amebic meningoencephalitis , a rare and often fatal infection, at Cook Children\u2019s Medical Center. \u2014 al , 28 Sep. 2021"
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"These early laws were directed at the medications sold to \u2018bring on the menses ,\u2019 which may or may not have succeeded in inducing miscarriages, but sometimes poisoned and killed women who took them. \u2014 Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune , 5 May 2022",
"Following menses , which typically lasts three to five days, estrogen rises, peaking on day 14, right before ovulation. \u2014 Jason Karp, Outside Online , 14 Mar. 2014",
"Those traveling north often used tree bark for shoe soles, and women would brew a drink out of wild lettuce to control their menses . \u2014 Liza Weisstuch, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The study did not discover any change in the length of bleeding, or menses , in people after they were vaccinated. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 Jan. 2022",
"The Last Man, which features a cast almost entirely composed of period-havers, doesn't talk about menses much. \u2014 Angela Watercutter, Wired , 19 Oct. 2021"
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"There doesn\u2019t seem to be any negative neurological signs yet for physical or mental deficiencies . \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 2 Dec. 2019",
"Look at the real-world results of Donald Trump's erratic behavior, whether through mental deficiency or moral deficiency or some combination thereof. \u2014 NBC News , 25 Aug. 2019",
"Then English gave his closing arguments, saying that McCoy was guilty, but only of second-degree murder, because of mental deficiencies . \u2014 Jon Schuppe, NBC News , 12 Jan. 2018"
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"IHEs have long required vaccinations of students\u2014for human papillomavirus, meningococcus and influenza, for example. \u2014 Lawrence O. Gostin, Scientific American , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Between January 2010 and June 2020, the FDA approved 21 vaccines, most commonly for influenza (5 [23.8%]) and meningococcus (5 [23.8%]). \u2014 Daniel Tenreiro, National Review , 16 Nov. 2020",
"Air travel is a way to spread many virulent infectious diseases, including diphtheria, hepatitis A, influenza A and B, measles, mumps, meningococcus , rubella, tuberculosis, norovirus \u2013 the list goes on. \u2014 Keith Joiner, The Conversation , 26 Feb. 2020",
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"Imagine applying mens rea to the bloodiest tyrants of modern history. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 22 June 2022",
"Conservative jurisprudence tends to favor mens rea requirements for businesspeople charged with crimes. \u2014 Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American , 25 Feb. 2022",
"In the law, this is the highest mens rea proof requirement. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 18 Aug. 2020",
"ANONYMOUS Wrongdoing generally requires two elements: a guilty act, actus reus, and a guilty mind, mens rea . \u2014 Philip Galanes, New York Times , 19 Apr. 2018",
"Most significantly, the government contends that Lee had the necessary mens rea \u2014 the criminal-intent element \u2014 to commit the felony retention offense. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 17 Jan. 2018",
"Reimer said when asked about concerns that mens rea reform would help companies evade regulatory charges. \u2014 Matt Ford, The Atlantic , 26 Oct. 2017",
"This time mens rea reform proponents have gone out of their way to enlist the support of left-leaning criminal-defense attorneys. \u2014 Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer , 26 Oct. 2017",
"The office of Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy, another Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, said any mens rea reform would need to be narrowly tailored, not comprehensive and retroactive. \u2014 Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer , 26 Oct. 2017"
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