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{
"Pribilof Islands":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"islands of Alaska in the Bering Sea":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pri-b\u0259-\u02ccl\u022ff"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-073150",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Pride":{
"antonyms":[
"flatter",
"pique",
"plume"
],
"definitions":{
": a company of lions":[],
": a reasonable or justifiable self-respect":[],
": a showy or impressive group":[
"a pride of dancers"
],
": a source of pride : the best in a group or class":[],
": delight or elation arising from some act, possession, or relationship":[
"parental pride"
],
": highest pitch : prime":[],
": inordinate self-esteem : conceit":[],
": ostentatious display":[],
": proud or disdainful behavior or treatment : disdain":[],
": the quality or state of being proud: such as":[],
": to indulge (oneself) in pride":[
"\u2014 now usually used in the phrase pride oneself on to describe taking pride in some ability, quality, etc. She was a girl who prided herself on her carefully blas\u00e9 and supercilious attitude towards life. \u2014 P. G. Wodehouse"
],
"Thomas died 1658 English Parliamentarian commander":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Being able to work again gave him his pride back.",
"Getting caught cheating stripped him of his pride .",
"Pride would not allow her to give up.",
"It's a matter of pride that he does the work all by himself.",
"The novel is about a family consumed with pride and vanity.",
"They needed help, but their pride wouldn't let them ask for it.",
"I had to swallow my pride and admit I made a mistake.",
"He showed a great pride in his family.",
"These young people are the pride of their community.",
"Verb",
"he prides himself on the quality of his writing",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Having Taylor Morrison at the forefront of this change in homebuying culture is a point of pride for McCarty. \u2014 Simon Mainwaring, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"Thirty-one members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front were arrested near an Idaho pride event. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
"Authorities arrested 31 members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front near an Idaho pride event Saturday after they were found packed into the back of a U-Haul truck with riot gear. \u2014 Martha Bellisle, Chron , 12 June 2022",
"Couer d'Alene police confirmed in a press briefing that 31 individuals from a variety of states were inside the U-Haul after it was stopped by local and Idaho State Police several blocks from the pride event on Saturday afternoon. \u2014 Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News , 12 June 2022",
"Authorities arrested 31 members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front near an Idaho pride event Saturday after they were found packed into the back of a U-Haul truck with riot gear. \u2014 Martha Bellisle, ajc , 12 June 2022",
"Authorities arrest members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front near an Idaho pride event Saturday, June 11, 2022, after they were found packed into the back of a U-Haul truck with riot gear. \u2014 Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"Authorities arrested 31 members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front near an Idaho LGBTQ pride event Saturday after they were found packed into the back of a U-Haul truck with riot gear. \u2014 Martha Bellisle, The Christian Science Monitor , 12 June 2022",
"Nation/World Authorities arrested 31 members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front near an Idaho pride event Saturday after they were found packed into the back of a U-Haul truck with riot gear. \u2014 Martha Bellisle, Anchorage Daily News , 12 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Americans pride themselves as being able to live in a marketplace of ideas and make decisions for themselves about truthfulness. \u2014 Jill Goldenziel, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"In this view, disability is a social identity that can comes with discrimination, but also pride in disability culture and support from other disabled people. \u2014 Andrew Pulrang, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
"The Hawken boys pride themselves on the 4x100, which currently ranks ninth. \u2014 cleveland , 18 May 2022",
"Then again, the Suns pride themselves on defending, getting stops and running. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 16 May 2022",
"The Ravens pride themselves on their winning culture and on-field success, but sometimes losing has its benefits, too. \u2014 Jonas Shaffer, Baltimore Sun , 12 May 2022",
"Homophobia and transphobia aren\u2019t exclusive to pride month. \u2014 Michael Bach, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"The owners also pride themselves on their wide variety of sides ranging from collard greens to mac and cheese. \u2014 Anna Mazurek, Chron , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The ultra-Orthodox, also known as the Haredim, pride themselves on preserving Jewish learning and tradition through centuries of persecution. \u2014 NBC News , 18 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English pr\u0233de , from pr\u016bd proud \u2014 more at proud":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pr\u012bd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"ego",
"pridefulness",
"self-esteem",
"self-regard",
"self-respect"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-083032",
"type":[
"biographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"Pripet":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"river 500 miles (805 kilometers) long in northwestern Ukraine and southern Belarus flowing east through the extensive":[
"Pripet Marshes"
],
"to the Dnieper River":[
"Pripet Marshes"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pri-\u02ccpet",
"-p\u0259t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094119",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"pribble":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a trivial dispute or discussion":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"alteration (influenced by bibble-babble ) of prabble":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8prib\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-141159",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"price":{
"type":[
"biographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": the amount of money given or set as consideration for the sale of a specified thing":[],
": the quantity of one thing that is exchanged or demanded in barter or sale for another":[],
": the cost at which something is obtained":[
"\u2026 the price of freedom is restraint \u2026",
"\u2014 J. Irwin Miller"
],
": the terms for the sake of which something is done or undertaken: such as":[],
": an amount sufficient to bribe one":[
"believed every man had his price"
],
": a reward for the apprehension or death of a person":[
"an outlaw with a price on his head"
],
": value , worth":[],
"1927\u2013 American soprano":[
"(Mary) Le*on*tyne \\ l\u0113-\u200b\u02c8\u00e4n-\u200b\u02cct\u0113n ; \u02c8l\u0113-\u200b\u0259n-\u200b\u02cct\u0113n , \u02c8l\u0101-\u200b \\"
],
": to set a price on":[],
": to find out the price of":[],
": to drive by raising prices excessively":[
"priced themselves out of the market"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pr\u012bs"
],
"synonyms":[
"ante",
"charge",
"cost",
"damage",
"fee",
"figure",
"freight",
"price tag"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"You paid a high price for the car.",
"We bought the house at a good price .",
"The price of milk rose.",
"What is the difference in price between the two cars",
"I know he said he wouldn't do it, but I think it's just a matter of finding his price .",
"Verb",
"They priced the house too high.",
"Workers quickly priced the new merchandise.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Rome has also cut a fuel tax, lowering the price at the pump for consumers. \u2014 Eric Sylvers, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
"The second letter referenced a Texas A&M University Agricultural and Food Policy Center study in May about the impact of higher farming input costs and commodity price changes on 64 farms. \u2014 Cristina Larue, Arkansas Online , 18 June 2022",
"All the selections here are M.2 2280 modules (the most widely supported), and most are in the price /capacity sweet spot between 500 GB and 2 TB. \u2014 Joseph Moran, Popular Mechanics , 17 June 2022",
"The company has only one operating and reportable segment, and the sales growth over the past few years has been driven by a combination of a rise in price and volume. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Fortunately Amazon is slashing the price on some of the best dang headphones on the market, the Apple's AirPods Max (22% off), just in time for Sunday. \u2014 Kelsey Mulvey, Men's Health , 17 June 2022",
"Putin said his country was withstanding those efforts and pointed to increasing price inflation and energy costs across the West as evidence that those sanctions had backfired. \u2014 Patrick Smith, NBC News , 17 June 2022",
"The home saw a price drop but still hasn't attracted buyers. \u2014 CBS News , 17 June 2022",
"From the article: The company\u2019s stock price has fallen by more than a third during Mr. Jassy\u2019s tenure, erasing more than $600 billion in market value. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 17 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"There\u2019s lots to consider when choosing a fountain pen for daily use, from material to weight to nib options to price \u2014not to mention aesthetics: color, shape and decor. \u2014 Nancy Olson, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"The first is to price it in a way that everybody can afford it. \u2014 Fortune Editors, Fortune , 13 Apr. 2022",
"This is far from an extinction-level event, but with Netflix\u2019s premium valuation relative to other media players, the company\u2019s investors still need to figure out how to price it for a different kind of growth. \u2014 Dan Gallagher, WSJ , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Slower demand can help price pressures to ease as fewer buyers compete for goods and services. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
"The jump in the Consumer Price Index, a broad basket of goods and services, was due mainly to price increases for fuel, food and housing, the Labor Department reported Friday. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 10 June 2022",
"In most cases, however, patients can\u2019t actually price shop for health care. \u2014 Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 May 2022",
"The measure is a follow-up to last year\u2019s decision by API to push Congress for legislation to price carbon emissions across the economy, in what was a policy turnabout a decade after the organization helped to kill a similar plan. \u2014 Timothy Puko And Ted Mann, WSJ , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The result is usually that myopic development interests simply price the bribes to local government for the permits into their cost structure and pass it on to consumers. \u2014 Roger Valdez, Forbes , 6 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English pris , from Anglo-French, from Latin pretium price, money; probably akin to Sanskrit prati- against, in return \u2014 more at pros-":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-155800"
},
"price index":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an index number expressing the level of a group of commodity prices relative to the level of the prices of the same commodities during an arbitrarily chosen base period and used to indicate changes in the level of prices from one period to another":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Still, Fed officials on Wednesday forecast that a key price index would only increase in coming months, leading to the distinct possibility of another jumbo three-quarter percentage point increase in July. \u2014 Saleha Mohsin, Fortune , 19 June 2022",
"Still, the Fed on Wednesday forecast that a key price index would only increase in coming months, leading to the distinct possibility of another jumbo three-quarter percentage point increase in July. \u2014 Saleha Mohsin, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022",
"Similarly, businesses are experiencing even higher increases in their costs, as reflected by the producer price index sitting 11% higher than a year ago. \u2014 David W. Mccombie Iii, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"In May, the food price index increased 10.1 percent compared to the same time last year. \u2014 Rob Wile, NBC News , 10 June 2022",
"The United Nations\u2019 Food and Agriculture Organization\u2019s cereals price index averaged 173.4 points in May, 39.7 points above its May 2021 level. \u2014 Yusuf Khan, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
"Home prices rose by more than 20% in March from the previous year, according to the S&P Case-Shiller home price index released Tuesday, marking the highest year-over-year price change in more than 35 years of data. \u2014 Alicia Wallace, CNN , 31 May 2022",
"The United Nations\u2019 Food and Agriculture Organization meat- price index has risen 10% since the beginning of the year, hitting a record in April. \u2014 Megan Durisin, Jen Skerritt, Michael Hirtzer, Anchorage Daily News , 21 May 2022",
"The wholesale price index hit a record high of 15.1%, the outcome of rising prices of vegetables, fruits, milk, manufacturing, fuel, and power. \u2014 Mitali Mukherjee, Quartz , 19 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1886, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120051",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"price tag":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a tag on merchandise showing the price at which it is offered for sale":[],
": price , cost":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"ante",
"charge",
"cost",
"damage",
"fee",
"figure",
"freight",
"price"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"The price tag is missing so I don't know how much this sweater costs.",
"a weeklong cruise on the luxury liner sounded great, but the price tag was enough to make me choke",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The number on the price tag keeps getting bigger, but my coffee is the same size. \u2014 Matthew Meehan, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"Her other home, a beach house overlooking the ocean in Carmel-by-the-Sea, recently sold for $10.775 million, a whopping $2.825 million more than the price tag . \u2014 Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times , 18 June 2022",
"For dry, frizzy curls that crave definition and volume, this conditioner packs a powerful punch without a huge price tag . \u2014 ELLE , 15 June 2022",
"While many beauty products come at an expensive price tag , finding the right sunscreen doesn't have to break the bank. \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 13 June 2022",
"Fire suppression efforts cost the state millions and the governor's office claimed the agency would pay for 100% of the price tag . \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 11 June 2022",
"But despite the escalating price tag , demand for bags remains so high that Chanel has reported a shortage and had to limit the number that consumers can buy in China and in Paris. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"About $8 million of the total price tag comes from Cleveland\u2019s share of a countywide tax on alcohol and cigarette sales, known as the sin tax. \u2014 Courtney Astolfi, cleveland , 9 June 2022",
"At nearly $1,000, the 7X might carry more of a vanity price tag than a utility one. \u2014 Jakob Schiller, Outside Online , 6 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1880, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-162343"
},
"price-earnings ratio":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a measure of the value of a common stock determined as the ratio of its market price to its annual earnings per share and usually expressed as a simple numeral":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The investment firm almost looks like a value stock at this point, now trading at just above its book value with a price-earnings ratio of just 7.98. \u2014 John Navin, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"This is derived from a very high price-to-book-value ratio of 4.28 and a price-earnings ratio of 27.6, which rank in the 81st and 70th percentile, respectively. \u2014 Charles Rotblut, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"The price-earnings ratio helps to keep your perspective in check. \u2014 Charles Rotblut, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"The personal computing and printing company has a $40.45 billion market cap; its shares were trading around $38.26 on Tuesday with a price-earnings ratio of 6.86 and a price-sales ratio of 0.69. \u2014 Gurufocus, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"The price-earnings ratio is 10 and the price to book ratio is 1.23. \u2014 John Navin, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022",
"By comparison, Google\u2019s parent, Alphabet, boasts a price-earnings ratio of 21, with Amazon at 38. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
"Tesla\u2019s high price-earnings ratio doesn\u2019t deter its most ardent believers. \u2014 Subrat Patnaik, Fortune , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The stock trades at just 1.10 times book value, with a price-earnings ratio of 5.59. \u2014 John Navin, Forbes , 26 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1929, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124033",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"priceless":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": costly because of rarity or quality : precious":[],
": delightfully amusing, odd, or absurd":[],
": having a value beyond any price : invaluable":[],
": having worth in terms of other than market value":[]
},
"examples":[
"a priceless piece of information",
"The look on his face was priceless .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The show stars the comedian as a bumbling father named Trevor who lands a new job as a house-sitter at a luxurious mansion filled with priceless artwork, classic cars and a dog called Cupcake. \u2014 Zack Sharf, Variety , 21 June 2022",
"Exhibits there hold priceless objects, including 800-year-old corn, beans, and squash, along with intact stone Clovis points used for hunting that date back some 13,000 years. \u2014 Felicia Fonseca, The Christian Science Monitor , 21 June 2022",
"Exhibits there hold priceless objects, including 800-year-old corn, beans and squash, along with intact Clovis points, or stone arrowheads, that date back some 13,000 years. \u2014 Felicia Fonseca, ajc , 20 June 2022",
"Because those books turned out to be priceless to me, and changed my life. \u2014 Steve Greenberg, Billboard , 15 June 2022",
"The brassie, the spoon, the baffie and the cleek: All would be lost and consigned to the waters of time if not for the priceless collections once belonging to club champions with names like C. Stillborn Drunklord IV. \u2014 Sally Jenkins, Anchorage Daily News , 11 June 2022",
"Employees are a priceless source of information to direct your empathy and communication strategy in the right way. \u2014 Leonid Kozlov, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"Take a moment to bask in the beauty of this priceless tiara, famously worn by Princess Diana during her wedding to Prince Charles in 1981. \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 24 May 2022",
"There are the priceless supporting performances from Chris Sullivan (as Kate\u2019s first husband, Toby), Susan Kelechi Watson (Randall\u2019s wife, Beth), and Caitlin Thompson (as Kevin\u2019s almost-wife, Madison). \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pr\u012bs-l\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"inestimable",
"invaluable"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004903",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"pricey":{
"antonyms":[
"cheap",
"inexpensive"
],
"definitions":{
": expensive":[]
},
"examples":[
"The car is a little pricey .",
"a small boutique selling pricey women's clothing",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And the usual suspects \u2013 Airbnb and Vrbo \u2013 had a limited and pricey selection. \u2014 Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
"The figures are probably no surprise to anyone who has tried to buy in Boston\u2019s tight, pricey housing market lately. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
"In the three-minute video, Nogueira shares a controversial opinion about a super popular (and super pricey ) luxury lip product. \u2014 Alyssa Brascia, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
"Climbing aboard the handsome, ferocious and pricey Ducati Multistrada V4S is like a putting on a Ermenegildo Zegna Bespoke suit, some of which sell for $22,000. \u2014 Josh Max, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"With so many weddings being held in 2022, the year has grown beyond busy and pricey for wedding guests. \u2014 Jacob Passy, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Forget all the Harry\u2019s Bar hype and pricey Bellinis (which are almost as good, anyway, in $17 takeout bottles). \u2014 Max Vadukul. Styled By Nicoletta Santoro., Town & Country , 12 June 2022",
"The government is alert to this responsibility, and is now underwriting the pricey and arduous process of peatland rescue. \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2022",
"Washing machines have gotten very fancy (and very pricey ) in the last few years, and shopping for your perfect match can be overwhelming. \u2014 Carolyn Fort\u00e9, Good Housekeeping , 5 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1932, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pr\u012b-s\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"big-ticket",
"costly",
"dear",
"expensive",
"extravagant",
"high",
"high-end",
"high-ticket",
"precious",
"premium",
"priceless",
"spendy",
"ultraexpensive",
"valuable"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233107",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"prick":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a mark or shallow hole made by a pointed instrument":[],
": a nagging or sharp feeling of remorse, regret, or sorrow":[],
": a pointed instrument or weapon":[],
": a sharp projecting organ or part":[],
": a slight sharply localized discomfort":[
"the prick of a needle"
],
": a spiteful or contemptible man often having some authority":[],
": an instance of pricking or the sensation of being pricked : such as":[],
": penis":[],
": thrust":[],
": to affect with anguish, grief, or remorse":[
"doubt began to prick him",
"\u2014 Philip Hale"
],
": to become directed upward : point":[],
": to cause to be or stand erect":[
"a dog pricking its ears"
],
": to feel discomfort as if from being pricked":[],
": to listen intently":[],
": to mark, distinguish, or note by means of a small mark":[],
": to pierce slightly with a sharp point":[],
": to prick something or cause a pricking sensation":[],
": to remove (a young seedling) from the seedbed to another suitable for further growth":[
"\u2014 usually used with out"
],
": to ride fast":[],
": to ride, guide, or urge on with or as if with spurs : goad":[],
": to trace or outline with punctures":[],
": to urge a horse with the spur":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"She felt a prick as the thorn jabbed her foot.",
"He felt the prick of the needle.",
"She felt a prick of jealousy.",
"Verb",
"The nurse pricked my finger and squeezed out a drop of blood.",
"The sharp shells pricked the bottoms of our feet.",
"She was pricked by doubt."
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English prikke , from Old English prica ; akin to Middle Dutch pric prick":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8prik"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"perforation",
"pinhole",
"pinprick",
"punch",
"puncture",
"stab"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060630",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"prickly":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": easily irritated":[
"had a prickly disposition"
],
": marked by prickling : stinging":[
"a prickly sensation"
],
": troublesome , vexatious":[
"prickly issues"
]
},
"examples":[
"The plant's leaves are prickly .",
"she tried to ignore the feel of the prickly grass against her skin",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Owens' family says the text is intended to be an ode to his dry humor and sometimes prickly attitude. \u2014 Zoe Sottile, CNN , 19 June 2022",
"Hooping under Beard is a one-year odyssey for the bulk of this team and the players\u2019 dynamic with their periodically prickly head coach has been up for discussion since December. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 1 Mar. 2022",
"But Thibeault and Jonas said prickly attitudes and ego swirled within the group during season six. \u2014 Frederick Dreier, Outside Online , 3 June 2022",
"Whether portraying the prickly etiquette that rules the hamlet\u2019s narrow boardwalk or the price gouging at the one market in the area, the movie mostly succeeds at making a subculture\u2019s inside jokes legible to a broader audience. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 3 June 2022",
"At the Qom Indigenous reserve in Espinillo, a small outpost on the edge of Chaco\u2019s Impenetrable region \u2013 a thick, semiarid forest of spiny trees and prickly bushes \u2013 most residents have heard the rumors about Chinese investments in their lands. \u2014 Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor , 3 June 2022",
"James is dashing and a little sardonic as Henry, whose lifelong experiences with time travel have left him with the prickly shell of a survivor, while Leslie throws herself wholeheartedly into Clare\u2019s emotional highs and lows. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 May 2022",
"Sharif said in an interview last week good relations with the United States were critical for Pakistan for better or for worse, in stark contrast to Khan\u2019s prickly ties to Washington. \u2014 NBC News , 11 Apr. 2022",
"This may be consistent with the lack of personal emotion in his work and his prickly Yankeeness and sense of privacy. \u2014 Roberta Smith, New York Times , 7 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1578, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pri-k(\u0259-)l\u0113",
"\u02c8pri-kl\u0113"
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"irritating",
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"scratchy"
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"prick entry 1 + -y":""
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"\u02c8prik\u0113",
"-ki"
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"cheap",
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": expensive":[]
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"The car is a little pricey .",
"a small boutique selling pricey women's clothing",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And the usual suspects \u2013 Airbnb and Vrbo \u2013 had a limited and pricey selection. \u2014 Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
"The figures are probably no surprise to anyone who has tried to buy in Boston\u2019s tight, pricey housing market lately. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
"In the three-minute video, Nogueira shares a controversial opinion about a super popular (and super pricey ) luxury lip product. \u2014 Alyssa Brascia, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
"Climbing aboard the handsome, ferocious and pricey Ducati Multistrada V4S is like a putting on a Ermenegildo Zegna Bespoke suit, some of which sell for $22,000. \u2014 Josh Max, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"With so many weddings being held in 2022, the year has grown beyond busy and pricey for wedding guests. \u2014 Jacob Passy, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Forget all the Harry\u2019s Bar hype and pricey Bellinis (which are almost as good, anyway, in $17 takeout bottles). \u2014 Max Vadukul. Styled By Nicoletta Santoro., Town & Country , 12 June 2022",
"The government is alert to this responsibility, and is now underwriting the pricey and arduous process of peatland rescue. \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2022",
"Washing machines have gotten very fancy (and very pricey ) in the last few years, and shopping for your perfect match can be overwhelming. \u2014 Carolyn Fort\u00e9, Good Housekeeping , 5 May 2022"
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"1932, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8pr\u012b-s\u0113"
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"big-ticket",
"costly",
"dear",
"expensive",
"extravagant",
"high",
"high-end",
"high-ticket",
"precious",
"premium",
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"spendy",
"ultraexpensive",
"valuable"
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"flatter",
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"\u2014 now usually used in the phrase pride oneself on to describe taking pride in some ability, quality, etc. She was a girl who prided herself on her carefully blas\u00e9 and supercilious attitude towards life. \u2014 P. G. Wodehouse"
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"Thomas died 1658 English Parliamentarian commander":[]
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"Noun",
"Being able to work again gave him his pride back.",
"Getting caught cheating stripped him of his pride .",
"Pride would not allow her to give up.",
"It's a matter of pride that he does the work all by himself.",
"The novel is about a family consumed with pride and vanity.",
"They needed help, but their pride wouldn't let them ask for it.",
"I had to swallow my pride and admit I made a mistake.",
"He showed a great pride in his family.",
"These young people are the pride of their community.",
"Verb",
"he prides himself on the quality of his writing",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"What a story, not least of all about pride , bravery, and self-awareness. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"But there is also pride that others are so interested in the boys Shakhtar has developed. \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
"Hartford \u2014 Potential profit and a sense of civic pride are what led Hartford resident and contractor Andre Davis to attend the city of Hartford\u2019s tax deed sale of 10 properties Thursday at Dunkin\u2019 Donuts Park. \u2014 Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant , 23 June 2022",
"JoJo Goes, the new show set to debut Thursday, June 23 on Facebook Watch, will see the young triple-threat taking her friends on a series of new adventures, including pride parades, summer camp, performing Shakespeare and much more. \u2014 Stephen Daw, Billboard , 22 June 2022",
"There\u2019s also a personal and community pride that goes along with competing on the river, according to Huntington. \u2014 Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News , 22 June 2022",
"The shooting happened ahead of this Sunday's Pride Parade in San Francisco and in the heart of the city's popular Castro District, which is expected to be filled with revelers celebrating LGBTQ pride this weekend. \u2014 Bill Hutchinson, ABC News , 22 June 2022",
"The Community Engagement Program develops engagement initiatives for residents to cultivate a sense of pride and ownership of our neighborhoods. \u2014 Carol Kovach, cleveland , 21 June 2022",
"The designs were created by nail artist Eri Ishizu with one goal in mind: to feature the colors that represent pan-African pride and culture. \u2014 Chelsea Avila, Allure , 21 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Americans pride themselves as being able to live in a marketplace of ideas and make decisions for themselves about truthfulness. \u2014 Jill Goldenziel, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"In this view, disability is a social identity that can comes with discrimination, but also pride in disability culture and support from other disabled people. \u2014 Andrew Pulrang, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
"The Hawken boys pride themselves on the 4x100, which currently ranks ninth. \u2014 cleveland , 18 May 2022",
"Then again, the Suns pride themselves on defending, getting stops and running. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 16 May 2022",
"The Ravens pride themselves on their winning culture and on-field success, but sometimes losing has its benefits, too. \u2014 Jonas Shaffer, Baltimore Sun , 12 May 2022",
"Homophobia and transphobia aren\u2019t exclusive to pride month. \u2014 Michael Bach, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"The owners also pride themselves on their wide variety of sides ranging from collard greens to mac and cheese. \u2014 Anna Mazurek, Chron , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The ultra-Orthodox, also known as the Haredim, pride themselves on preserving Jewish learning and tradition through centuries of persecution. \u2014 NBC News , 18 Mar. 2022"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"Middle English, from Old English pr\u0233de , from pr\u016bd proud \u2014 more at proud":"Noun"
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"\u02c8pr\u012bd"
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"Our children are our pride and joy .",
"The car is his pride and joy ."
]
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"prideful intellectuals long considered rock music unworthy of serious study",
"at the wedding the prideful snobs ignored their poor relations",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Both teams are so good and stocked with prideful players, what is left in the tank for Game 7",
"Both teams are so good and stocked with prideful players, what is left in the tank for Game 7",
"Relationships of dependency often involve a trace of resentment; even as our spirit humbly bows with gratitude, our yearning for autonomy may shake a prideful fist. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
"Nodal delivers a heartfelt and prideful homage to Mexico, encapsulating the essence of the music and artists. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 19 May 2022",
"Both teams are so good and stocked with prideful players, what is left in the tank for Game 7",
"Both teams are so good and stocked with prideful players, what is left in the tank for Game 7",
"And God help the prideful actor who would dare butcher the work of William Shakespeare in front of him. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Yes, there was an element of prideful bravado, that no one else should have it. \u2014 Susan Orlean, The New Yorker , 7 Apr. 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8pr\u012bd-f\u0259l"
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"prideful intellectuals long considered rock music unworthy of serious study",
"at the wedding the prideful snobs ignored their poor relations",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Both teams are so good and stocked with prideful players, what is left in the tank for Game 7",
"Both teams are so good and stocked with prideful players, what is left in the tank for Game 7",
"Relationships of dependency often involve a trace of resentment; even as our spirit humbly bows with gratitude, our yearning for autonomy may shake a prideful fist. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
"Nodal delivers a heartfelt and prideful homage to Mexico, encapsulating the essence of the music and artists. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 19 May 2022",
"Both teams are so good and stocked with prideful players, what is left in the tank for Game 7",
"Both teams are so good and stocked with prideful players, what is left in the tank for Game 7",
"And God help the prideful actor who would dare butcher the work of William Shakespeare in front of him. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Yes, there was an element of prideful bravado, that no one else should have it. \u2014 Susan Orlean, The New Yorker , 7 Apr. 2022"
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"prideful intellectuals long considered rock music unworthy of serious study",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Both teams are so good and stocked with prideful players, what is left in the tank for Game 7",
"Both teams are so good and stocked with prideful players, what is left in the tank for Game 7",
"Relationships of dependency often involve a trace of resentment; even as our spirit humbly bows with gratitude, our yearning for autonomy may shake a prideful fist. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
"Nodal delivers a heartfelt and prideful homage to Mexico, encapsulating the essence of the music and artists. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 19 May 2022",
"Both teams are so good and stocked with prideful players, what is left in the tank for Game 7",
"Both teams are so good and stocked with prideful players, what is left in the tank for Game 7",
"And God help the prideful actor who would dare butcher the work of William Shakespeare in front of him. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Yes, there was an element of prideful bravado, that no one else should have it. \u2014 Susan Orlean, The New Yorker , 7 Apr. 2022"
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"examples":[
"He was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest .",
"searched for a priest who could perform an exorcism",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"According to police documents, Bishop Jorge An\u00edbal Quintero said Castro would be removed as a priest . \u2014 Ana Vanessa Herrero, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"Morales, 62, has served as parish priest for the last six years, burying fewer children in that time than were killed in the May 24 shooting. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
"On April 26, while the monarch was away from nearby Windsor Castle celebrating her 96th birthday at her Sandringham estate, a man dressed as a priest claimed to be a friend of the Coldstream Guards' military chaplain. \u2014 Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com , 31 May 2022",
"Archbishop Welby, an affable and self-effacing 66-year-old, spent seven years as a priest doing reconciliation work, including as a crisis negotiator in Africa. \u2014 Francis X. Rocca, WSJ , 29 May 2022",
"Last week, a man posing as a priest spent the night in the barracks of the royal troops who guard Queen Elizabeth at Windsor Castle. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 4 May 2022",
"Dressed as a priest , the man arrived at the barracks of the Queen\u2019s Household Division soldiers on April 26, claiming to be a friend of the Coldstream Guards\u2019 military chaplain. \u2014 Omid Scobie, Harper's BAZAAR , 3 May 2022",
"The man, who was posing as a priest , talked his way into the Victoria Barracks, situated just outside the confines of Windsor Castle. \u2014 Zoe Magee, ABC News , 3 May 2022",
"De Oreo was ordained as a priest in 2018, according to a newsletter serving the diocese. \u2014 Mj Slaby, The Indianapolis Star , 19 Apr. 2022"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Middle English preist , from Old English pr\u0113ost , ultimately from Late Latin presbyter \u2014 more at presbyter":""
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"Middle English prestes crowne , from prestes , genitive of prest priest + crowne crown; from the bald appearance of the receptacle":""
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"an ancient civilization that was ruled by a priesthood",
"What is the influence of the priesthood in today's society",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As the church\u2019s schedule changed, that grew to two Sundays a month, so that conference talks now form the entire curriculum used for priesthood and Relief Society. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Two priests have the answers on their podcast about priesthood . \u2014 Clare Ansberry, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
"Malone emphasized the importance of the priesthood to the life of the church. \u2014 Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online , 4 June 2022",
"Kiesle, who was defrocked from the Catholic priesthood in 1987, had pleaded no contest in 1978 to lewd conduct for tying up and molesting two boys at Our Lady of the Rosary parish in Union City. \u2014 Lauren Hern\u00e1ndez, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Saint Patrick had a vision, one that led him to study priesthood . \u2014 Leah Asmelash, CNN , 17 Mar. 2022",
"In his defense, neither do most people who have spent recent decades reciting the conservative priesthood \u2019s various incantations, only to discover them irrelevant to the real world and its problems. \u2014 Oren Cass, National Review , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The Chrism Mass is for the priests of the Archdiocese, and during the coronavirus pandemic, the need for the priesthood became so clearly critical. \u2014 Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Schuller knew of Berrigan and his brother David J. Berrigan, still in the priesthood , who together had shaped the era\u2019s antiwar movement through colorful, high-profile activism. \u2014 Erin Cox, Washington Post , 24 May 2022"
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"He is a kind, priestly man.",
"majestically robed in priestly garments",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In addition to his priestly robes, Pohlmeier wore a violet zucchetto, or skull cap, and a golden pectoral cross. \u2014 Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online , 30 May 2022",
"Shortly after his priestly ordination, Father Morgan arrived in Utah in September 1920, joined the Knights of Columbus and started work at the Cathedral of the Madeleine, his first ministry assignment in the United States. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Biden is a practicing Catholic, and his election in 2020 spurred the priestly debate. \u2014 Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Considering that Moses had been preparing Aaron for seven days to assume the priestly responsibilities, the Torah quite simply states that on the eighth day Aaron\u2019s tenure begins. \u2014 Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com , 5 Apr. 2021",
"He was suspended from performing his priestly duties by St. John Paul II for defying the Church by serving as a cabinet minister in the Sandinista government. \u2014 David Crary, ajc , 31 Dec. 2020",
"Father Denis, as he was known by generations of students and priestly brothers who yearned simply to live up to his standards, died at Irving Baylor Scott & White Medical Center after contracting COVID-19 in a nursing home. \u2014 Mike Wilson, Dallas News , 21 May 2020",
"His priestly status proved an asset for the mayors who recruited him to civic service. \u2014 Sam Roberts, BostonGlobe.com , 6 Apr. 2020",
"His priestly status proved an asset for the mayors who recruited him to civic service. \u2014 Sam Roberts, BostonGlobe.com , 6 Apr. 2020"
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"1753, in the meaning defined above":""
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": to convert (something, such as a molten solid) into spherical pellets usually by forming into drops in a spray and allowing the drops to solidify":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Ammonium nitrate does not burn on its own, but its oxygen content is highly concentrated in prill size. \u2014 USA Today , 6 Aug. 2020"
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"1944, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1952, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"\u02c8pril"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"This hassle-free staple is designed to keep you looking prim and polished no matter the distance. \u2014 Karla Pope, Woman's Day , 24 May 2022",
"Wearing a prim white dress and black cardigan and with her hair pulled back in a bun, Heard addressed the jury for more than six hours, relaying a series of disturbing anecdotes that allegedly took place from 2014 to 2016. \u2014 Tatiana Siegel, Rolling Stone , 5 May 2022",
"The Glendale Freeway was originally the Alessandro Freeway, named for the Edendale street where L.A.\u2019s first silent film studios, like Mack Sennett\u2019s, were enthralling the world when Hollywood was still a prim town that barred demon rum and actors. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"At the other end of the day, the village could be seen embroiled in long, sensuous, burning sunsets whose atmospheres and shades of passion passed one after another over the mesmerized faces of the houses, while our own house sat in prim shadow. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Billie Eilish's Met Gala look is a bit punk and a bit prim and proper. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 3 May 2022",
"Joyce is convincingly prim and mission-oriented, and the script wastes no time in skewering her blind spots. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Kate McKinnon shows up as a prim grandma, who shares her disappointment with her granddaughter \u2014 cue a flashback to her younger days throwing panties at a David Bowie concert. \u2014 Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY , 8 May 2022",
"Michell, who died in September, never lets the story drag, moving from one thing to the next with a prim efficiency. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 26 Apr. 2022"
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"Italian, feminine of primo , from Latin primus":"Adjective",
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": the principal female dancer in a ballet company":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Obsession drives a dedicated ballerina (Natalie Portman) to the brink of madness when a new dancer threatens her role as prima ballerina . \u2014 Chaise Sanders, Country Living , 13 May 2022",
"Next year's diverse honorees include a former first lady, pilot, prima ballerina , composer and journalist. \u2014 Sarah Ewall-wice, CBS News , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Bessie Coleman, the first African American and first Native American woman pilot; Eleanor Roosevelt, first lady and author; Jovita Id\u00e1r, the Mexican American journalist and activist; and Maria Tallchief, who was America\u2019s first prima ballerina . \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Next year\u2019s diverse honorees include a former first lady, prima ballerina , journalist, composer, and pilot. \u2014 Essence , 20 Mar. 2020",
"The Bolshoi prima ballerina Olga Smirnova publicly defected to the Dutch National Ballet. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The Malaysian actor decides not go to England to study dance, with every intention of becoming a prima ballerina one day, and avoids suffering a back injury that forces her to abandon her dream. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Maria Tallchief, born in Oklahoma in 1925, was America's first prima ballerina . \u2014 Sarah Ewall-wice, CBS News , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Maria Tallchief, who broke barriers as a Native American dancer, is regarded as the first American prima ballerina . \u2014 Harmeet Kaur, CNN , 4 Apr. 2022"
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"The actress is a temperamental prima donna .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Burly and a little unkempt, Madden earned a place in America\u2019s heart with a likable, unpretentious style that was refreshing in a sports world of spiraling salaries and prima donna stars. \u2014 Josh Dubow, ajc , 29 Dec. 2021",
"Burly and a little unkempt, Madden earned a place in America\u2019s heart with a likable, unpretentious style that was refreshing in a sports world of spiraling salaries and prima donna stars. \u2014 Josh Dubow, Anchorage Daily News , 29 Dec. 2021",
"Burly and a little unkempt, Madden earned a place in America\u2019s heart with a likable, unpretentious style that was refreshing in a sports world of spiraling salaries and prima donna stars. \u2014 Josh Dubow, chicagotribune.com , 29 Dec. 2021",
"Burly and a little unkempt, Madden earned a place in America\u2019s heart with a likable, unpretentious style that was refreshing in a sports world of spiraling salaries and prima donna stars. \u2014 Josh Dubow, ajc , 29 Dec. 2021",
"Burly and a little unkempt, Madden earned a place in America\u2019s heart with a likable, unpretentious style that was refreshing in a sports world of spiraling salaries and prima donna stars. \u2014 Josh Dubow, Anchorage Daily News , 29 Dec. 2021",
"Burly and a little unkempt, Madden earned a place in America\u2019s heart with a likable, unpretentious style that was refreshing in a sports world of spiraling salaries and prima donna stars. \u2014 Josh Dubow, chicagotribune.com , 29 Dec. 2021",
"Burly and a little unkempt, Madden earned a place in America\u2019s heart with a likable, unpretentious style that was refreshing in a sports world of spiraling salaries and prima donna stars. \u2014 Josh Dubow, ajc , 29 Dec. 2021",
"Burly and a little unkempt, Madden earned a place in America\u2019s heart with a likable, unpretentious style that was refreshing in a sports world of spiraling salaries and prima donna stars. \u2014 Josh Dubow, Anchorage Daily News , 29 Dec. 2021"
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"\u02ccpri-m\u0259-\u02c8d\u00e4-n\u0259",
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"\u2014 R. J. Butler"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Many unsuccessful Black head coach candidates will probably meet this initial ( prima facie ) case of discrimination. \u2014 Eric Bachman, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
"While most states follow absolute speeding limits, some have presumed or prima facie speeding limits, according to a database created by Massachusetts Institute of Technology software engineer John Carr. \u2014 Ana Faguy, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2022",
"One metric that some view as prima facie evidence of looming inflation is a nearly 40% spike in money supply (M2) since the coronavirus pandemic struck in February 2020 (see chart). \u2014 Nick Sargen, Forbes , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Yelp argued that it ought not be required to respond to the subpoena because Mirza failed to establish a prima facie case. \u2014 Jack Greiner, The Enquirer , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Once the employee makes out a prima facie , the burden shifts to the employer to articulate a non-discriminatory reason for its actions. \u2014 Eric Bachman, Forbes , 10 Dec. 2021",
"The first issue decided by the appellate court centered on whether Sempowich established a prima facie case of employment discrimination under Title VII. \u2014 Eric Bachman, Forbes , 10 Dec. 2021",
"None of these scenarios is prima facie impossible, and therefore, once raised, none can be dismissed out of hand. \u2014 Lindsay Beyerstein, The New Republic , 10 Dec. 2021",
"And thus far a disquieting amount of the information the mobster alleged appears to have a prima facie believability. \u2014 Melik Kaylan, Forbes , 8 June 2021"
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"circa 1500, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb"
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"Middle English, borrowed from Latin pr\u012bm\u0101 faci\u0113, from pr\u012bm\u0101, ablative singular feminine of pr\u012bmus \"first, foremost\" + faci\u0113, ablative singular of faci\u0113s \"appearance, sight\" \u2014 more at prime entry 2 , face entry 1":"Adverb",
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"-s\u0113-\u02cc\u0113",
"-s\u0113",
"also -sh\u0113-\u02cc\u0113",
"-sh\u0113"
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"evident",
"ostensible",
"ostensive",
"presumed",
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"reputed",
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"\u00a6pr\u0113m\u0259\u00a6v\u022flt\u0259",
"\""
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"noun"
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"\u2014 T. R. McConnell"
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"Civil law took primacy over religious law.",
"She has established primacy in her field of study.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One thing that can relied on with ironclad certainty at Cannes is frequent and ardent overtures to the primacy of the big screen, despite ongoing sea changes in the film industry. \u2014 Jake Coyle, ajc , 14 May 2022",
"Debate can negate groupthink by restoring the primacy of reason and fostering individual encounters between two people. \u2014 Bo Seo, The Atlantic , 1 June 2022",
"One that comes to mind immediately is the primacy of China and Asia. \u2014 Brad Mcmillan, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"Whether her own children will understand the primacy of their mother\u2019s career, the jury is still out, says Bazelon, ever the lawyer. \u2014 Melody Schreiber, The New Republic , 28 Apr. 2022",
"While Le Pen no longer wants to exit the EU, her proposals to transform it into a looser alliance of nations and hold a referendum to assert the primacy of French law over its rules would undermine the bloc from within. \u2014 William Horobin, Fortune , 24 Apr. 2022",
"While Le Pen no longer wants to exit the EU, her proposals to transform it into a looser alliance of nations and hold a referendum to assert the primacy of French law over its rules would undermine the bloc from within. \u2014 William Horobin, Bloomberg.com , 24 Apr. 2022",
"The Geller house was described as binuclear, a rather self-important way to underscore the primacy of child rearing that informed the design. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Feb. 2022",
"Palestinians have accused Israel of trampling on Muslim primacy at the site, which is considered sacred in Islam and Judaism. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Middle English primacie, borrowed from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Medieval Latin pr\u012bm\u0101tia \"office of a primate,\" from pr\u012bm\u0101t-, pr\u012bm\u0101s \"leading bishop in an ecclesiastical province, primate \" + Latin -ia -y entry 2":""
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"eminence",
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"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-220223",
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": a small payment made by shippers to the captain of a ship for his special care of their goods":[],
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"probably from prime entry 4 + -age":""
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"noun"
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"last",
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"\u2014 Van Wyck Brooks"
]
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"the primal theme of the essay is toleration of religious diversity",
"there was a period of primal idealism after the founding of the republic and before the rise of partisan politics",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There's something so primal about the person-vs.-nature conflict that makes these survival stories so compelling. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 1 June 2022",
"That was the primal scream coming from Rodrick Pleasant of Gardena Serra High on a cool, breezy Saturday afternoon at Moorpark High after learning his wind-legal performance in the 100 meters was the fastest in state history. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 May 2022",
"The primal scream that marks the film\u2019s coda could be a generation\u2019s roar, instead of just a single individual\u2019s. \u2014 David Mermelstein, WSJ , 28 Mar. 2022",
"But critics have contended that the website\u2019s ancillary practice of assigning a numerical rank to teams has fueled a primal instinct among too many youth hockey stakeholders to climb the rankings ladder in a never-ending game of one-upmanship. \u2014 David Andreatta, New York Times , 13 May 2022",
"Pangs over Ukraine\u2019s fate fuel a primal urge to stand with its defenders. \u2014 Suzanne Nossel, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Like so many transplants to Washington, Crick felt a primal urge to create a dish that reminded him of home, where his tastes were first formed and forever hardwired in the brain. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Jan. 2022",
"People climbed on top of one another as primal screams were bellowed toward the heavens. \u2014 Clint Smith, The Atlantic , 2 July 2021",
"Teasing, goading, exploring and intertwining, their wordless interactions are intimate primal screams. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2021"
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"1604, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"probably from prime entry 2 + -al entry 1":""
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"\u02c8pr\u012b-m\u0259l"
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"arch",
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"capital",
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"first",
"foremost",
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"great",
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"highest",
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"leading",
"main",
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"number one",
"No. 1",
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"overriding",
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"type":[
"adjective"
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": for the most part : chiefly":[
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"\u2014 S. P. B. Mais"
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": in the first place : originally":[]
},
"examples":[
"the university was primarily an agricultural college when it was founded over two centuries ago",
"ketchup is primarily made from tomatoes",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Many restaurants are frequented primarily by people of one race. \u2014 Akhil Sharma, The New Yorker , 4 July 2022",
"The critiques of Bass from the left \u2014 which spurred Viola to enter the race in the first place \u2014 primarily center on homelessness and policing. \u2014 Julia Wickstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 3 July 2022",
"Setnets deliver primarily to floating tenders that have refrigerated tanks or to beach trucks with iced totes. \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 3 July 2022",
"Vipers currently carry out the majority of airstrikes against ISIS targets, primarily located in rural parts of the country's north and west. \u2014 Paul Iddon, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"Its churches, which are primarily located near military bases throughout the country, have been accused by former members and a veterans' advocacy group of operating like a cult and targeting soldiers. \u2014 Alexandra Koch, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
"Though the Biden administration\u2019s energy policies aren\u2019t helping the problem, the surge is due primarily to global changes in supply and demand. \u2014 Jeff Luse, National Review , 23 June 2022",
"Please note, this decision was made solely by the airline, primarily due to a shortage of regional pilots. \u2014 Antonio Planas, NBC News , 22 June 2022",
"The South Korean capital dropped two spots to No. 10 in the worldwide ranking, but is the fifth most expensive city in Asia, primarily due to inflation. \u2014 Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure , 16 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"primary entry 1 + -ly entry 2":""
},
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"chiefly British \u02c8pr\u012b-m\u0259-r\u0259-l\u0113",
"pr\u012b-\u02c8mer-\u0259-l\u0113",
"also pr\u0259-"
],
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"firstly",
"initially",
"originally"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032739",
"type":[
"adverb"
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},
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"last",
"least"
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"primary growth"
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": of, relating to, or constituting the strongest of the three or four degrees of stress recognized by most linguists":[
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": of, relating to, or involved in the production of organic substances by green plants":[
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],
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": preparatory to something else in a continuing process":[
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],
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": providing primary care":[
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],
": something that stands first in rank, importance, or value : fundamental":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural"
],
": the coil that is connected to the source of electricity in an induction coil or transformer":[],
": the sensation of seeing primary colors":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"The economy was the primary focus of the debate.",
"The family is the primary social unit of human life.",
"The primary function of our schools is to educate our young people.",
"We just started our primary flight training.",
"The book is based mainly on primary sources rather than secondary sources.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Arizona will hold its primary election Aug. 2, along with the states of Kansas, Michigan, Missouri and Washington. \u2014 Ananya Tiwari, The Arizona Republic , 2 July 2022",
"Two longtime Baltimore County Council members are stepping down this year \u2014 including the council\u2019s only woman \u2014 and voters in this summer\u2019s primary election will choose from a field of candidates who hope to take their place. \u2014 Alison Knezevich, Baltimore Sun , 1 July 2022",
"Tennesseans are running out of time to register to vote in the Aug. 4 primary election. \u2014 Fox News , 1 July 2022",
"After the March primary election, Busse called Ingram back, frustrated. \u2014 Susan Carroll, NBC News , 1 July 2022",
"Five candidates in Tuesday\u2019s primary election emerged as the top Republican vote-getters in the race for a seat on the Kendall County Board in District 2. \u2014 Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune , 30 June 2022",
"Before losing in the runoff, Black edged Butler by 14 votes in the primary election. \u2014 Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al , 29 June 2022",
"His successor, Kathy Hochul, after winning the Democratic gubernatorial primary election on Tuesday, appears poised to do something like the opposite. \u2014 Eric Lach, The New Yorker , 29 June 2022",
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"In the Democratic primary to replace retiring House Majority Leader Greg Harris, a five-way North Side race includes Fernando Mojica, Eileen Dordek, Hoan Huynh, Joseph Struck and Andrew Peters. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune , 29 June 2022",
"In the Democratic primary , Democrats and independents are able to vote. \u2014 ABC News , 28 June 2022",
"Hillary Clinton endorsed Jared Moskowitz in the Democratic congressional primary in an open South Florida district. \u2014 Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel , 28 June 2022",
"In the Democratic primary , Casten faces off against Rep. Marie Newman. \u2014 Katherine Swartz, USA TODAY , 27 June 2022",
"In the Democratic primary , both Suozzi and Williams will have to be very careful about attacks on Hochul that could hurt the party\u2019s efforts in November. \u2014 John Zogby, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"Kathy Hochul, the incumbent, is expected to handily win against Jumaane Williams and Tom Suozzi in the Democratic primary on June 28. \u2014 New York Times , 26 June 2022"
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"Video footage showed the dog unexpectedly enter the gorilla exhibit at the zoo's Safari Park, and onlookers can be heard trying to lure the dog away from the primate . \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
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"Monkeypox can transmit from animals to humans when an infected animal -- such as a rodent or a primate -- bites or scratches a person. \u2014 Mary Kekatos, ABC News , 17 May 2022",
"Fuel for this conviction can be traced back to the 1920s and the notorious carnage at Monkey Hill, a captive- primate colony at the London Zoo. \u2014 Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic , 6 May 2022",
"The indri is a lemur, a primate with opposable thumbs; a short tail; and round, tufted, teddy-bear-like ears. \u2014 Sara Harrison, Wired , 21 Dec. 2021",
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"Her field research revolutionized the field of primatology , helping transform how scientists and the public perceive the emotional and social complexity of animals. \u2014 David Crary, Star Tribune , 20 May 2021",
"In the \u201960s, with primatology a fashionable area of academic study, a University of Oklahoma psychologist and his wife, Maurice and Jane Temerlin, decided to raise a chimpanzee as a human being, as an experiment in nature vs. nurture. \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 27 Apr. 2021",
"Over the past six decades, the now 85-year-old English researcher has revolutionized the entire field of primatology . \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 Jan. 2020",
"The sociobiologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, for instance, found that previously established conclusions in primatology research were upended when women began entering the field and spotting the biases of previous (white, male) researchers. \u2014 Melody Schreiber, The New Republic , 22 May 2020",
"The multidisciplinary team effort has involved articulatory and acoustic modeling, child language research, paleontology, primatology and more. \u2014 Louis-jean Bo\u00eb, The Conversation , 11 Dec. 2019",
"Professor Zhang taught courses on primatology and ecology in the school\u2019s Department of Sociology and Anthropology, taking students on field trips to study monkeys. \u2014 Chris Buckley, New York Times , 12 July 2018",
"But the university dealt with the initial complaint against Zhang, a rising star in primatology who is about 40, through low-key, internal discipline. \u2014 Chris Buckley, BostonGlobe.com , 13 July 2018",
"But the university dealt with the initial complaint against Professor Zhang, a rising star in primatology who is about 40, through low-key, internal discipline. \u2014 Chris Buckley, New York Times , 12 July 2018"
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"But Maxey will likely be entering his prime by then, while Embiid may still be at the tail end of it. \u2014 Bryan Toporek, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Will the Nationals trade a generational talent entering his prime ",
"Now, with 160 MLB games under his belt, Stephenson looks like a player who\u2019s entering the prime of his career. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 11 May 2022",
"Fort Lauderdale City Hall, an aging structure built in 1966 at 100 North Andrews Ave., is well past its prime , city officials say. \u2014 Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel , 8 June 2022",
"Choose a plant that has little yellow flowers, called cyathia, in the center\u2014not one that\u2019s shedding pollen, which means it\u2019s past its prime and won\u2019t last through the season. \u2014 Jada Jackson, House Beautiful , 29 May 2022",
"Those are signs of a berry that's past its prime , and better for turning into jam than eating fresh. \u2014 Casey Barber, CNN , 9 May 2022",
"Although Manuel Akanji does have that speed, his current partner Hummels has struggled this season and very much looks like a player past his prime . \u2014 Manuel Veth, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"Relegation of Pearl Jam to legacy act implies these guys are past their prime . \u2014 David L. Coddonwriter, San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"Or through a fan\u2019s shout, such as the one that came out loud and true, expressing palpable longing during a prime -time match last week. \u2014 Kurt Streeter, New York Times , 4 July 2022",
"Fox News Channel won the cable network prime -time race for the third consecutive week, averaging 2.166 million viewers. \u2014 City News Service, Los Angeles Times , 29 June 2022",
"One of two witnesses to testify in-person during the prime -time hearing on June 9, the committee's first of the month, was Capitol Police officer Caroline Edwards, who suffered a traumatic brain injury on Jan. 6. \u2014 CBS News , 29 June 2022",
"In a series of hearings that have received prime -time coverage and much public attention, Cassidy Hutchinson\u2019s testimony on the afternoon of June 28 contained perhaps the most explosive revelations thus far. \u2014 Claire Leavitt, The Conversation , 28 June 2022",
"In a foolhardy effort to spur party unity, the Bush forces offered the fire-breathing columnist a prime -time speaking slot at the Republican National Convention in Houston. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 27 June 2022",
"Nearly 19 million watched the first prime -time hearing through major broadcast channels on June 9 \u2014 a viewership roughly on par with Sunday Night Football \u2014 while about 11 million watched the first daytime hearing last week. \u2014 Josh Dawsey, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
"Held to celebrate the anniversary of Black emancipation in the U.S., the concert spanned almost as wide an array of musical and performance styles as could be packed into a single prime -time slot, from soul to classical to country to jazz. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 20 June 2022",
"Cheney\u2019s prediction Cheney's prosecutor-like outline of the committee's case at the top of its only prime -time hearing drew wide attention, along with some advice that may live longer than her political career. \u2014 David Bauder, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
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"Inoculations provide solid protection against hospitalization and death because the shots prime the immune system to fight off invaders, resulting in less severe disease. \u2014 Sarah Toy, WSJ , 15 Jan. 2022",
"McGrady said improving the train station could prime the area for private investment and bring easier access to food for local residents. \u2014 James Whitlow, baltimoresun.com , 1 Sep. 2021",
"Moves like high knees and butt kicks\u2014which are exaggerated versions of a running stride\u2014are a good way to prime your body. \u2014 Jenny Mccoy, SELF , 21 Feb. 2022",
"These actions prime the stage for innovative solutions in the debrief (insights review) meeting that may go by the wayside if met with defensiveness. \u2014 Simone E. Morris, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021",
"These workouts prime the muscles and central nervous system to work powerfully and quickly, even when fatigued. \u2014 Jason Fitzgerald, Outside Online , 13 Apr. 2019",
"However, it\u2019s not the ending of a story that seems to prime the brain to create a new memory. \u2014 Tino Delamerced, STAT , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Arctic air in place ahead of the winter storm will prime the region for snow with below-freezing temperatures in place ahead of the storm. \u2014 NBC News , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Movement leaders will leverage their organizations to prime the base for the Big Lie. \u2014 Katherine Stewart, The New Republic , 10 Jan. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Lapid is then to serve as caretaker prime minister . \u2014 Fox News , 24 June 2022",
"But more important was that that collapse of Russia in August of '98 was what led to the arrival to power of Putin, first as prime minister in July of '99 and eventually on the 31st of January of '99 as president of the Russian Federation. \u2014 CBS News , 22 June 2022",
"As politicians gear up for fall elections, several coalition members have floated the possibility of passing a law before the Knesset disbands that would bar a lawmaker accused of a crime from serving as prime minister . \u2014 Ilan Ben Zion, Chicago Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"Once that happens, Lapid takes over as caretaker prime minister until elections in October or November. \u2014 Josef Federman, ajc , 21 June 2022",
"Lapid is then to serve as caretaker prime minister . \u2014 Ilan Ben Zion, Anchorage Daily News , 20 June 2022",
"Colquhoun won a seat in the House of Commons in February 1974, an election that brought Harold Wilson to power as a Labour prime minister ; at the time, less than 30 percent of the house\u2019s 635 lawmakers were women. \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2022",
"Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif -- who led the campaign to remove Khan as prime minister along with his his ruling Pakistan Muslim League-N party -- is a steel dynasty scion who faces unresolved corruption charges. \u2014 Rhea Mogul And Sophia Saifi, CNN , 27 May 2022",
"Khan, a former cricket star turned Islamist politician served as prime minister for over three and half years until last month, when he was ousted by a no-confidence vote in Parliament. \u2014 Time , 26 May 2022"
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"She was the prime mover behind the town's annual summer festival.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The world\u2019s well-heeled are fond of jaunts to the capital, too, which leaves them liable to the UHNWI equivalent of process serving, according to Christopher Bogart, CEO of Burford Capital, another prime mover in the asset recovery sector. \u2014 Mark Ellwood, Robb Report , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Poor, who\u2019s been a prime mover for Secret Stages since its inception, pointed to other factors, too. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Finally, Trump empowered Rudy Giuliani, his former attorney and New York City mayor, to be a prime mover on this area of policy. \u2014 Julian Zelizer, CNN , 4 Mar. 2022",
"The Tribune noted that crime is the prime mover of this growing trend in their piece, also fueled by the financial and emotional stress of the coronavirus. \u2014 Kevin L. Clark, Essence , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Energy is the most critical element of life and the prime mover of all things. \u2014 Eric Kaufmann, Forbes , 3 Jan. 2022",
"Its prime mover was a Republican state representative from suburban Bucks County, Todd Polinchock. \u2014 NBC News , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Freewheeling and alive with color, the show puts Taeuber-Arp in her rightful place as a prime mover among the Dadaists of wartime Zurich. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Nov. 2021",
"The informal term is named after the controversial former commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, Floyd Dominy, who was the prime mover behind Lake Powell and many other Western dam projects. \u2014 Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 Nov. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Rather than guess a prime number , the goal in Nerdle is to guess a (correct) calculation that follows standard order of operations. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 14 Feb. 2022",
"After an initial transmission of a prime number to mark the message as artificial, Jiang\u2019s message uses the same alien alphabet to introduce our base-10 numeral system and basic mathematics. \u2014 Daniel Oberhaus, Scientific American , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Rather than guess a six-letter word, the goal of Primel is to guess a five-digit prime number in just six tries. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 14 Feb. 2022",
"There\u2019s a p-adic number system for each prime number : the 2-adics, the 3-adics, the 5-adics, and so on. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 7 Sep. 2021",
"On Prime day, addresses that contain a prime number may water. \u2014 Star Tribune , 30 July 2021",
"But scientists still debate why this particular brood of North American cicadas only emerges every 17 years, which, intriguingly, is a prime number . \u2014 Nuno Castel-branco, Scientific American , 9 July 2021",
"This happens every 17 years along the East Coast for Brood X of the periodical cicada, three near-identical species of an insect that has figured out that if its life cycle is linked to a prime number , few predators will co-evolve to eat it. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 May 2021",
"Kritsky: For many years, it was believed that the long prime number life-cycle was an ideal way to stop predators and parasites intermediate stages to evolve synchrony with the cicadas. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 26 May 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For several decades now, the rule of thumb has been that the prime rate is equivalent to the federal funds rate plus 3%. \u2014 Rob Wile, NBC News , 16 June 2022",
"Credit with adjustable rates may also see an impact, including home equity lines of credit and adjustable-rate mortgages, which are based on the prime rate . \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 16 June 2022",
"That\u2019s because those rates are based in part on banks\u2019 prime rate , which moves in tandem with the Fed. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"Credit card rates also will rise because they are tied to the prime rate charged by banks to their best customers, a rate that is itself linked to the federal funds rate. \u2014 Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
"The People\u2019s Bank of China cut its five-year loan prime rate \u2014 a key interest rate \u2014 by 15 basis points to 4.45%, the second reduction this year and the largest on record. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 20 May 2022",
"The prime rate is given to bank\u2019s most trustworthy lenders. \u2014 Sean Mcdonnell, cleveland , 5 May 2022",
"The rates on their cards would rise as the prime rate does. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune , 4 May 2022",
"Other types of credit with adjustable rates are also likely to see an impact, such as home equity lines of credit and adjustable-rate mortgages, which are also based on the prime rate . \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 16 Mar. 2022"
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"The program is being shown during prime time .",
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"It will then be broadcasted in prime time on ABS-CBN\u2019s linear channels A2Z channel, Kapamilya channel and Jeepney TV from Saturday. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 23 June 2022",
"But history demonstrates that a sparkling production number in prime time can give a show a substantial box-office boost, because those who tune into the Tonys tend to be theater patrons. \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"The program will debut in prime time on Thursday amid intense Beltway buzz. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
"And as hyperpartisanship abounds, with Fox News refusing to air the hearings in prime time , trying to make noise on other media becomes crucial as a strategy to get a message out there. \u2014 Jessica Maddox, The Conversation , 17 June 2022",
"The committee itself acknowledged this by bringing on James Goldston, a former ABC News president and producer, to shape the broadcast, and by airing it, unusually, in prime time . \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"During last night's hearing, which aired in prime time on several major networks, many gave their accounts of January 6th. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 10 June 2022",
"Presented in prime time and carefully calibrated for a TV-viewing audience (itself increasingly an anachronism), the debut of the Jan. 6 hearings was, in essence, a summer rerun. \u2014 Ted Anthony, ajc , 10 June 2022",
"Presented in prime time and carefully calibrated for a TV-viewing audience (itself increasingly an anachronism), the debut of the Jan. 6 hearings was, in essence, a summer rerun. \u2014 Ted Anthony, The Christian Science Monitor , 10 June 2022"
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"young college graduates in the prime of life",
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"Adjective",
"The wine industry is of prime importance to the California economy.",
"The police have not yet named the prime suspect in the murder investigation.",
"The house is expensive because it's in a prime location.",
"Verb",
"She was obviously primed for the questions at the press conference.",
"Both teams are primed for battle and ready to play.",
"We sanded and primed the woodwork before painting.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But Maxey will likely be entering his prime by then, while Embiid may still be at the tail end of it. \u2014 Bryan Toporek, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Will the Nationals trade a generational talent entering his prime ",
"Now, with 160 MLB games under his belt, Stephenson looks like a player who\u2019s entering the prime of his career. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 11 May 2022",
"Fort Lauderdale City Hall, an aging structure built in 1966 at 100 North Andrews Ave., is well past its prime , city officials say. \u2014 Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel , 8 June 2022",
"Choose a plant that has little yellow flowers, called cyathia, in the center\u2014not one that\u2019s shedding pollen, which means it\u2019s past its prime and won\u2019t last through the season. \u2014 Jada Jackson, House Beautiful , 29 May 2022",
"Those are signs of a berry that's past its prime , and better for turning into jam than eating fresh. \u2014 Casey Barber, CNN , 9 May 2022",
"Although Manuel Akanji does have that speed, his current partner Hummels has struggled this season and very much looks like a player past his prime . \u2014 Manuel Veth, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"Relegation of Pearl Jam to legacy act implies these guys are past their prime . \u2014 David L. Coddonwriter, San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"Or through a fan\u2019s shout, such as the one that came out loud and true, expressing palpable longing during a prime -time match last week. \u2014 Kurt Streeter, New York Times , 4 July 2022",
"Fox News Channel won the cable network prime -time race for the third consecutive week, averaging 2.166 million viewers. \u2014 City News Service, Los Angeles Times , 29 June 2022",
"One of two witnesses to testify in-person during the prime -time hearing on June 9, the committee's first of the month, was Capitol Police officer Caroline Edwards, who suffered a traumatic brain injury on Jan. 6. \u2014 CBS News , 29 June 2022",
"In a series of hearings that have received prime -time coverage and much public attention, Cassidy Hutchinson\u2019s testimony on the afternoon of June 28 contained perhaps the most explosive revelations thus far. \u2014 Claire Leavitt, The Conversation , 28 June 2022",
"In a foolhardy effort to spur party unity, the Bush forces offered the fire-breathing columnist a prime -time speaking slot at the Republican National Convention in Houston. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 27 June 2022",
"Nearly 19 million watched the first prime -time hearing through major broadcast channels on June 9 \u2014 a viewership roughly on par with Sunday Night Football \u2014 while about 11 million watched the first daytime hearing last week. \u2014 Josh Dawsey, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
"Held to celebrate the anniversary of Black emancipation in the U.S., the concert spanned almost as wide an array of musical and performance styles as could be packed into a single prime -time slot, from soul to classical to country to jazz. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 20 June 2022",
"Cheney\u2019s prediction Cheney's prosecutor-like outline of the committee's case at the top of its only prime -time hearing drew wide attention, along with some advice that may live longer than her political career. \u2014 David Bauder, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Inoculations provide solid protection against hospitalization and death because the shots prime the immune system to fight off invaders, resulting in less severe disease. \u2014 Sarah Toy, WSJ , 15 Jan. 2022",
"McGrady said improving the train station could prime the area for private investment and bring easier access to food for local residents. \u2014 James Whitlow, baltimoresun.com , 1 Sep. 2021",
"Moves like high knees and butt kicks\u2014which are exaggerated versions of a running stride\u2014are a good way to prime your body. \u2014 Jenny Mccoy, SELF , 21 Feb. 2022",
"These actions prime the stage for innovative solutions in the debrief (insights review) meeting that may go by the wayside if met with defensiveness. \u2014 Simone E. Morris, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021",
"These workouts prime the muscles and central nervous system to work powerfully and quickly, even when fatigued. \u2014 Jason Fitzgerald, Outside Online , 13 Apr. 2019",
"However, it\u2019s not the ending of a story that seems to prime the brain to create a new memory. \u2014 Tino Delamerced, STAT , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Arctic air in place ahead of the winter storm will prime the region for snow with below-freezing temperatures in place ahead of the storm. \u2014 NBC News , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Movement leaders will leverage their organizations to prime the base for the Big Lie. \u2014 Katherine Stewart, The New Republic , 10 Jan. 2022"
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"Middle English, \"first, original, in an initial stage,\" borrowed from Anglo-French, originally feminine of prim \"first, earliest, original, main, most important,\" going back to Latin pr\u012bmus \"first\" (ordinal corresponding to \u016bnus \"one, foremost, earliest, of first importance, of the highest quality,\") going back to earlier *pr\u012bsmos, syncopated from *pr\u012bsomos, from dialectal Indo-European *pri \"in front, before\" + *-is-m\u0325mo-, superlative suffix (from *-is-, comparative suffix + *-m\u0325mo-, superlative suffix) \u2014 more at prior entry 2":"Adjective",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Here is a primer on the history of Syria\u2019s chemical stockpile, the effort to eliminate it and experts\u2019 views on the new attack. \u2014 Scott Shane, New York Times , 7 Apr. 2017",
"And Sundance Now offers a film primer in preparation for the Trump presidency. \u2014 Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times , 17 Jan. 2017",
"And Sundance Now offers a film primer in preparation for the Trump presidency. \u2014 Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times , 17 Jan. 2017",
"Waldman really is a nerd (in a good way), and her book is an engaging and deeply researched primer on a taboo subject and a compelling case for more research on it. \u2014 Nora Krug, Washington Post , 5 Jan. 2017",
"Give a volunteer a smart, witty, only occasionally poky primer on the science of reading. \u2014 David Kipen, New York Times , 28 Dec. 2016",
"(Quick primer : Shingles results from the same virus that causes chickenpox, which nearly all older Americans have had. \u2014 Paula Span, New York Times , 2 Dec. 2016",
"Mr. Judah, a reporter for the Economist, also offers a travelogue, a primer on Ukrainian culture and an oral history of the country. \u2014 Sohrab Ahmari, WSJ , 13 Oct. 2016",
"Lawmakers face an Oct. 31 deadline to choose a primer minister; otherwise, parliament would be dissolved and a new one elected in December. \u2014 Jeannette Neumann, WSJ , 2 Oct. 2016"
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"Middle English, \"layperson's prayer book,\" borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Medieval Latin pr\u012bm\u0101rius, pr\u012bm\u0101rium, noun derivatives from masculine and neuter of pr\u012bm\u0101rius \"lying at the beginning, primary entry 1 \"":"Noun",
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"chiefly British \u02c8pr\u012b-m\u0259",
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": a right of the crown to exact from the heir of a tenant in capite seised of a knight's fee one year's profits of the land in addition to the ordinary relief if the lands were in immediate possession or half a year's profits if the lands were in reversion expectant on a life estate":[]
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": a card game popular in the 16th and 17th centuries":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The game is likely primero \u2014 a bluffing game similar to poker. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Aug. 2021"
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"probably borrowed from Spanish primera, noun derivative from feminine of primer \"first,\" going back to Latin pr\u012bm\u0101rius \"of the highest importance or station (of persons), first-rate, chief\" \u2014 more at primary entry 1":""
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": of or relating to the earliest ages (as of the world or human history) : ancient , primitive":[
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"primeval forests slowly disappearing as the climate changed",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"If spectacle is part of your courtship plan, J-Prime is the ticket, with a posh lounge, strong cocktails and a tomahawk rib-eye with a long bone like the bleached handle of a primeval war club, a showcase of prime beef with a lush, fatty aura. \u2014 Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Hundreds of people in Los Angeles disappear into a strange, primeval land when a sinkhole gobbles up several city blocks. \u2014 cleveland , 14 Sep. 2021",
"An illicit trade that begins in the primeval forests takes many of the birds to Indonesia\u2019s teeming capital, Jakarta, where they are entered into high-stakes singing competitions at which government officials frequently preside. \u2014 Richard C. Paddock, New York Times , 18 Apr. 2020",
"The woodland has a strangely serene, primeval feel. \u2014 Brian Barth, Popular Science , 1 Apr. 2020",
"Millions of years ago, primeval plants drew energy from the sun to grow. \u2014 Rhett Allain, Wired , 10 Mar. 2020",
"Gooseflesh erupted over my entire body at once, and a primal, primeval wave of utter terror flickered through my lizard brain, utterly dislodging every rational thought in my head. \u2014 David Canfield, EW.com , 16 Jan. 2020",
"The dancers wear costumes made by Jasper Johns, the company\u2019s artistic advisor from 1967 until 1980: skin-tight, fleshy leotards and tights, ripped and cut irregularly, which heighten the primeval sensation. \u2014 Melissa Harris, The New York Review of Books , 11 Jan. 2020",
"This primeval realm is populated by a group of outcasts, led by a warrior, Conall (Chiwetel Ejiofor), sympathetic to the newcomer's antipathy for the nasty queen. \u2014 Todd Mccarthy, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 Oct. 2019"
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"primeve, in same sense, or its source, Late Latin pr\u012bmaevus \"earliest, original, principal\" (going back to Latin, \"young, youthful,\" from pr\u012bmus \"first, foremost, earliest\" + -aevus, adjective derivative of aevum \"age, lifetime\") + -al entry 1 \u2014 more at prime entry 2 , aye entry 3":""
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"the time when primitive man first learned to use fire",
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"The camp had only a primitive outdoor toilet.",
"Noun",
"The museum is known for its collection of American primitives .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Houde said these mammoth animals are a primitive group of proboscideans ('elephantoids') from which modern elephants evolved. \u2014 Joseph J. Kolb, Fox News , 18 July 2017",
"Many are primitive and remote, and don\u2019t have restrooms or water. \u2014 OregonLive.com , 12 July 2017",
"Here's how to tackle a daunting job A primitive drip irrigation system could be cobbled together by running water through an old garden hose that's riddled with holes along its length and has its end plugged. \u2014 Lee Reich, Detroit Free Press , 7 July 2017",
"The park offers primitive and RV camping with 41 campsites, 30 of which feature 30- to 50-amp electric, water and sewer. \u2014 Joe Songer | Jsonger@al.com, AL.com , 22 June 2017",
"Constructed in front of the stone ruins of the Patapsco Female Institute Historic Park in Ellicott City, that caveman-evocative set provides a suitably primitive stomping ground for the monstrous Caliban. \u2014 Mike Giuliano, Howard County Times , 23 June 2017",
"A lot of the campgrounds are primitive , and lack some common amenities - including water. \u2014 Jamie Hale, OregonLive.com , 6 July 2017",
"South Beach Campground, a primitive campground located just south of Kalaloch is open through September 25. \u2014 Brian J. Cantwell, The Seattle Times , 28 June 2017",
"Can primitive materials bring us closer to our origins",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Decentralized stablecoins are a crucial financial primitive for any DeFi ecosystem. \u2014 Leeor Shimron, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021",
"And only a primitive would shoot an AR chambered in .223 without a matching .223 riflescope. \u2014 Andrew Mckean, Outdoor Life , 18 Aug. 2020",
"Each threadgroup can access groupshared memory but can output vertices and primitives that don't need to correlate with a specific thread in the group. \u2014 Jim Salter, Ars Technica , 19 Mar. 2020",
"Skipping primitive instantiation with config tweaks Developers can optimize ray tracing pipelines by skipping unnecessary primitives . \u2014 Jim Salter, Ars Technica , 19 Mar. 2020",
"Microsoft is also asking developers to start thinking about dual-screen layouts for Microsoft Edge, with CSS primitives and a JavaScript API. \u2014 Mark Hachman, PCWorld , 22 Jan. 2020",
"Featuring over 200 dealers, the show offers antiques, vintage jewelry, primitives , garden & architectural elements, mid-century collectibles, memorabilia, Americana, one-of-a-kind finds and a large selection of antiques, retro & vintage furniture. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com , 14 July 2019",
"Later watercolors, decades beyond the din of war, capture black subjects as romanticized primitives amid the burgeoning growth of the Caribbean tourist industry \u2014 coral diving here, swigging from a coconut there. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 4 Oct. 2019",
"Since that time, computer scientists have developed a large library of such primitives . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 10 Dec. 2012"
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"Middle English prymytyff, primitive \"early (of the Christian church), non-corporeal (of the cause of a disease),\" borrowed from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French primitif \"original, primary (of a cause),\" borrowed from Medieval Latin pr\u012bmit\u012bvus \"belonging to the earliest time or state, original,\" going back to Latin, \"early, first-formed,\" from pr\u012bmitus \"at first, for the first time, originally\" (from pr\u012bmus \"first, foremost, earliest\" + -itus, adverbial suffix of origin) + -\u012bvus -ive \u2014 more at prime entry 2":"Adjective",
"noun derivative of primitive entry 1 ; (sense 1b) Middle English, borrowed from Medieval Latin pr\u012bmit\u012bvus, noun derivative of pr\u012bmit\u012bvus \"primary, original\"":"Noun"
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"Turns out primo technically has two definitions in English. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"There was a period of time when my wife and I were invited to all these primo dinners. \u2014 David Marchese, New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"Size-inclusive retailer Torrid is a primo destination for party-ready dresses, tropical swimwear, and summery accessories. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 24 May 2022",
"The primo prize is center Shane Wright, of OHL Kingston. \u2014 Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2022",
"Most of the primo talent gets snatched up in the amateur draft, framed around 18-year-olds. \u2014 Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Stay away from fatty yogurts (an otherwise primo midmorning snack) and high-fiber foods like instant oatmeal, which will likely cause some movement in the bowels. \u2014 Wes Judd, Outside Online , 26 May 2017",
"Specializing in high-end Cabernets from primo sites throughout Napa and Sonoma, the Setting is a project from three friends, including wine wunderkind Jesse Katz, who is also behind Healdsburg\u2019s Aperture Cellars. \u2014 Jess Lander, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Aliperti found that bolder individuals had larger core areas, the primo part of their range that could be an indicator of a squirrel\u2019s success. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Apr. 2022"
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"the family held a huge reunion to mark the 200th anniviersary of their primogenitors' arrival in America"
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"1643, in the meaning defined above":""
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"borrowed from New Latin pr\u012bmogenitor (Medieval Latin, \"eldest son\"), from pr\u012bmo- (in Late Latin pr\u012bmogenitus \"firstborn,\" pr\u012bmogenit\u016bra \"condition of being the firstborn\") + Latin genitor \"father, parent, originator\" \u2014 more at primogeniture , progenitor":""
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"\u02ccpr\u012b-m\u014d-\u02c8je-n\u0259-t\u0259r"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His claim to the throne was also debated, coming down through his mother's side of the family (outside of the conventions of primogeniture ). \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 24 May 2022",
"But his Grandpa Cudahy also believed in primogeniture , the practice of the oldest son inheriting the family business. \u2014 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 14 Mar. 2022",
"In the nineteen-sixties, a legal battle took place, in secret, over the claim of a Scottish transgender man, Ewan Forbes, to a baronetcy title whose succession was determined by male primogeniture . \u2014 The New Yorker , 20 Dec. 2021",
"It was most recently amended in 2013 to end the system of male primogeniture , which automatically placed male heirs above their sisters in the line of succession. \u2014 Erin Hill, PEOPLE.com , 4 Dec. 2021",
"It was most recently amended in 2013 to end the system of male primogeniture , which automatically placed male heirs above their sisters in the line of succession. \u2014 Lanford Beard, PEOPLE.com , 20 Sep. 2021",
"It was most recently amended in 2013 to end the system of male primogeniture , which automatically placed male heirs above their sisters in the line of succession. \u2014 Lanford Beard, PEOPLE.com , 20 Sep. 2021",
"It was most recently amended in 2013 to end the system of male primogeniture , which automatically placed male heirs above their sisters in the line of succession. \u2014 Lanford Beard, PEOPLE.com , 20 Sep. 2021",
"It was most recently amended in 2013 to end the system of male primogeniture , which automatically placed male heirs above their sisters in the line of succession. \u2014 Lanford Beard, PEOPLE.com , 20 Sep. 2021"
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"borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French, borrowed from Late Latin pr\u012bmogenit\u016bra, from pr\u012bmogenitus \"firstborn\" (from Latin pr\u012bmus \"first, earliest\" + -o- -o- \u2014for expected -i- -i- \u2014 + genitus, past participle of gignere \"to bring into being, beget, give birth to\") + Latin -\u016bra -ure \u2014 more at prime entry 2 , kin entry 1":""
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"-\u02cctyu\u0307r",
"\u02ccpr\u012b-m\u014d-\u02c8je-n\u0259-\u02ccchu\u0307r",
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"all life on Earth supposedly came from a primordial ooze in existence many millions of years ago",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For all the profundity that one experiences when becoming a parent\u2014the primordial love; the humbling wonder\u2014there\u2019s also a lot of dullness and mundanity. \u2014 Oliver Munday, The Atlantic , 17 June 2022",
"Other stars, like our sun, are made from materials that are generations removed, and advanced from those primordial stars. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 16 June 2022",
"MicroStrategy chief Michael Saylor believes so deeply in the promise of the primordial cryptocurrency that the company took out a $205 million loan from Silvergate Bank to buy $190 million worth of bitcoin in April. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 14 June 2022",
"Samples from the asteroid Ryugu contained amino acids that are considered the precursors of life, a paper published Friday said, supporting a theory that solar-system rocks crashing into Earth helped jump-start primordial life-forms. \u2014 Peter Landers, WSJ , 10 June 2022",
"The experience of primordial America offers salvation from, and alleviates, the existential burden of the overdeveloped world just outside the gate. \u2014 Antonia Hitchens, Town & Country , 8 June 2022",
"In Hickeyland, painters, singers, wrestlers, and magicians develop from a primordial woundedness\u2014from a profound alienation from the world, which their art doesn\u2019t necessarily heal but seeks to address. \u2014 Jarrett Earnest, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
"As primordial matter sorts itself into galaxies and stars, however, complex interactions between gravity, light, gas and dust become increasingly difficult to model. \u2014 Charles Q. Choi, Scientific American , 10 May 2022",
"The comics' Gorr has a deadly cloak of tendrils and wields the god-killing All-Black the Necrosword, forged by the same primordial deity who created the symbiotes who eventually became Venom. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 24 May 2022"
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"Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin pr\u012bm\u014drdi\u0101lis, from Latin pr\u012bm\u014drdium (in plural pr\u012bm\u014drdia ) \"beginnings, origin, source, elementary stage\" (from pr\u012bmus \"first, earliest\" + \u014drd-, base of \u014drd\u012br\u012b \"to lay a warp for weaving, embark on, begin\" + -ium, deverbal suffix of function or state) + -\u0101lis -al entry 1 \u2014 more at prime entry 2 , order entry 2":""
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"pr\u012b-\u02c8m\u022frd-\u0113-\u0259l",
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": a mixture of organic molecules in evolutionary theory from which life on earth originated":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But recently a team of researchers realized that--much like that first primordial soup sitting in a bowl of Earth--the experiment\u2019s container played an underappreciated role. \u2014 Sarah Vitak, Scientific American , 26 Nov. 2021",
"Scientists worried that humans could take advantage of benevolent AI and suggested that an autonomous robot could re-create Earth\u2019s primordial soup . \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper's Magazine , 17 Aug. 2021",
"If art history is a tree of life, then cryptoart has been evolving in a primordial soup that\u2019s nearby. \u2014 Matthew Schneier, Vulture , 15 Apr. 2021",
"Each of their four studio albums was a Rosetta Stone tossed into the primordial soup , rippling outward, sending aftershock after aftershock through popular music and culture. \u2014 Patrick Lyons, Billboard , 12 Mar. 2021",
"There are some key factors here that scientists now believe are critical to a successful primordial soup . \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 12 Nov. 2020",
"Solar wind can form water on interplanetary dust, potentially adding to the primordial soup that gave rise to life on Earth, scientists say. \u2014 Charles Q. Choi, Scientific American , 28 Jan. 2014",
"That means a primordial soup with all the same ingredients like different amino acids and electrolytes will respond very differently to sunlight on a small pond versus a large ocean. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 12 Nov. 2020",
"The first insects emerged about 412 million years ago, but the biblical language puts that dragonfly\u2014along with Adam and Eve\u2014in the primordial soup . \u2014 Christian Wiman, Harper's magazine , 20 Jan. 2020"
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"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Seventy-one years later one can reasonably ask: Has any other couture house traveled the primrose path of fashion with such enduring cultivation, refinement and romance",
"The primrose path to relevance has been strewn with injuries and other baseball hobgoblins. \u2014 Richard Fitch, Cincinnati.com , 27 Apr. 2018"
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"a neighborhood in which the city's merchant princes built palaces that shamelessly celebrated their wealth",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The prince , who is the youngest child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, appeared to let out a scream as the Queen, seemingly unaware of his meltdown, beamed alongside him on the world-famous balcony. \u2014 Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post , 4 June 2022",
"Arthur's daughter, Princess Margaret, married the then- prince of Sweden, Gustaf VI Adolf, and with him had five children, including Prince Gustaf Adolf and Queen Ingrid of Denmark. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 23 May 2022",
"Elon Musk has assembled a group of investors including a Saudi prince , Oracle Corp. co-founder Larry Ellison and a bitcoin exchange to pony up more than $7 billion to back his $44 billion deal for Twitter. \u2014 Francesca Fontana, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
"He\u2019s elected to communicate directly with Prince Mohammed\u2019s father, King Salman, rather than the prince , who runs the kingdom\u2019s day to day affairs -- a move perceived as a major slight by the Saudi leadership. \u2014 Vivian Nereim, Bloomberg.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Aldis Hodge plays Hawkman, an archaeologist and the reincarnation of an Egyptian prince . \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 8 June 2022",
"The original film, which told the origin story of the clown prince of crime by way of Taxi Driver, was a surprisingly huge hit for DC, grossing $1 billion at the box office and winning Phoenix the Oscar for Best Actor. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 8 June 2022",
"Trooping the Colour was Prince Louis's first official appearance of 2022, though Kensington Palace released photos of the youngest prince for his fourth birthday. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 2 June 2022",
"Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, according to American intelligence, ordered the assassination of Washington Post contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi, an outspoken critic of the prince . \u2014 Gene Wang, Washington Post , 15 May 2022"
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin princip-, princeps leader, initiator, from primus first + capere to take \u2014 more at heave entry 1":""
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"magnate",
"mogul",
"monarch",
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},
"examples":[
"a display of princely courtesy",
"set a princely meal before their guests",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Hall, currently living in Brooklyn, scored a ticket for the XU game, and two more tomorrow night, for the princely sum of $6 and change. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 8 Mar. 2022",
"That\u2019s how the son of a policeman from Wallhausen, Germany, earned the princely title. \u2014 Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Her brooch and earrings are being sold by a European princely family who bought them at auction in 2009, the auction house said. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 4 Nov. 2021",
"Few rail experiences can compare with the Palace on Wheels, which rolls across the former princely states of northern India. \u2014 Kate Springer, CNN , 16 Nov. 2021",
"With a princely sense of destiny, Chalamet plays Paul, whose father Duke Leto (Oscar Isaac) is head of House Atreides, one of several governing fiefdoms. \u2014 Jake Coyle, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Oct. 2021",
"The queen, often criticized for her uncontrolled spending, purchased the bracelets in the spring of 1776 for the princely sum of 250,000 livres. \u2014 Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report , 10 Sep. 2021",
"Once the capital of the princely state of Mewar, Udaipur has a dreamy setting along Lake Pichola. \u2014 Tanvi Chheda, Travel + Leisure , 8 Sep. 2021",
"And the flight of the kaiser along with the deposing of eighteen princely houses meant the termination of numerous court positions reserved for nobility. \u2014 Christopher R. Browning, The New York Review of Books , 15 June 2021"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8prin(t)s-l\u0113",
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"These stories, glittering with thrilling detail and told through the framing device of a princess determined to keep her homicidal husband hanging on her words, were a literary sensation. \u2014 Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ , 1 July 2022",
"Britney Spears married her fianc\u00e9 Sam Asghari in an intimate ceremony in Los Angeles on Thursday \u2014 and her bridal look was befitting of a pop princess . \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022",
"Kate has also channeled Diana's fashion frequently throughout the years, intentionally wearing outfits that recall famous looks of the late princess . \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 15 June 2022",
"The character of the princess , because of her African heritage, is traditionally played by a Black performer. \u2014 Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 June 2022",
"Cardi and Offset have treated Kulture like a princess since day one. \u2014 Danielle Pascual, Billboard , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Barrymore, 46, looked like a Disney princess in a highlighter yellow, tiered tulle ballgown for her red carpet appearance at the 2021 Council of Fashion Designers of America Fashion Awards on Wednesday night in New York City. \u2014 Kaitlyn Frey, PEOPLE.com , 10 Nov. 2021",
"Chewy also has these whimsical pet ID tags that allow your pet to rep your favorite Disney princess movie. \u2014 Sarah Toscano, EW.com , 11 Aug. 2021",
"Raveena is touring on Asha's Awakening, a concept album that tells the story of a space princess from ancient Punjab who, through a fantastic voyage across the centuries, learns about love, loss, destruction and healing. \u2014 Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic , 1 May 2022",
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"The looks so far have included a sleek strapless Versace gown, a princess -style Chanel piece and a minimalist Gucci gown. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 28 May 2022",
"Consider this the princess version of a naked dress. \u2014 ELLE , 4 Apr. 2022",
"And John Carter, with its strange land, smart and feisty princess , loyal animal companion, noble group of underdogs, and its mysterious and villainous wizards, was another fairy tale. \u2014 Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Prior to Queen Elizabeth's statement, it had been expected that upon Charles's accession, Camilla would use the title of princess consort. \u2014 Leena Kim, Town & Country , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Arguably the most popular nail-art design from the show thus far, Cassie's princess -pink oval nails with lines of diamonds down the middle were actually Davy's idea, which Minerva was more than happy to go along with. \u2014 Nicola Dall'asen, Allure , 6 Feb. 2022",
"And the creative director Virginie Viard\u2019s spectacular princess -style gown only amplified this, punctuating her collection with a happily-ever-after grace note. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Nov. 2021",
"Last year, Lirika Matoshi partnered with Disney for a princess collection filled with dreamy pinks, green, and blue dresses featuring details like bows and clouds. \u2014 Frances Sol\u00e1-santiago, refinery29.com , 25 Oct. 2021",
"Grownups will also appreciate that this princess line includes some outfits kids can wear on the playground and at school. \u2014 Sabrina Rojas Weiss, PEOPLE.com , 10 Aug. 2021"
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"Following the agreement, the four principal tobacco companies\u2014Philip Morris, R. J. Reynolds, Brown & Williamson, and Lorillard\u2014raised their prices more than 45 cents per pack. The costs of the settlement, as predicted, were passed on to consumers. \u2014 Allan M. Brandt , The Cigarette Century , 2007",
"Their principal industry was the manufacture, in a long, low, mostly-wooden, two-story factory, of cold cream. \u2014 Frederick Busch , Too Late American Boyhood Blues , 1984",
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"Former principal data scientist Rajiv Shah, who left the company last year after four years, was among those criticizing the stock sales on LinkedIn. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
"Intel could potentially support wireless communications between EV battery modules as other tech firms have done for automotive, says Sam Abuelsamid, a principal analyst with market research firm Guidehouse Insights. \u2014 Ralph Jennings, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Jasmine Enberg, a principal analyst at the market research firm Insider Intelligence, says that Twitter will need to squeeze more revenue out of its highly engaged users. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Joshua Shilko, a senior principal analyst at the cybersecurity firm Mandiant Inc., said Lapsus$ may have been active as early as mid-2021 when group members were posting in underground forums. \u2014 Jeff Stone, Bloomberg.com , 23 Mar. 2022",
"As a species, humans thrive being around others, said Louise Hawkley, a principal research scientist in the Academic Research Centers, NORC, at the University of Chicago. \u2014 Madeline Holcombe, CNN , 27 Feb. 2022",
"The lagoon is already starting to show signs of healing, said Doug Gibson, executive director and principal scientist for the Nature Collective, formerly the San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy. \u2014 Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Because the bug is easy to exploit and attacks hard to block, the Log4j problem could be used by hackers to break into corporate networks for years to come, said Aaron Portnoy, principal scientist with the security firm Randori. \u2014 Robert Mcmillan, WSJ , 11 Dec. 2021",
"She\u2019s the principal investigator on the James Webb Space Telescope\u2019s Near-Infrared Camera. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 18 May 2022",
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"George Theoharis was a teacher and principal for a decade and has spent the past 18 years training teachers and school administrators at Syracuse University. \u2014 John Raby, Anchorage Daily News , 4 June 2022",
"That same child\u2019s mother also contacted the school\u2019s principal to complain, but no school officials acted to protect the children, according to one of the lawsuits. \u2014 Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Wilson is shedding its original name, changing it to Jackson-Reed High in honor of Edna Jackson, the school\u2019s first Black teacher, and Vincent Reed, the school\u2019s first Black principal . \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The school\u2019s principal gave us a tour, taking evident pleasure in his new professional home. \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The school\u2019s principal also sent out a letter to parents explaining that the event was not planned or sanctioned by the school. \u2014 Ariana Garcia, Chron , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Two teachers said that the school\u2019s principal asked teachers to take down gay pride flags in their classrooms and offices. \u2014 NBC News , 7 Apr. 2022",
"At one girls\u2019 private high school in Kabul, more female students had arrived for classes Wednesday morning compared to previous years, the school\u2019s principal said in an interview. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Junior Elijah Vinson said the school\u2019s principal , Brett Crousore, recorded a video that was shown to all students on Friday morning. \u2014 Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star , 18 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Former principal data scientist Rajiv Shah, who left the company last year after four years, was among those criticizing the stock sales on LinkedIn. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
"Intel could potentially support wireless communications between EV battery modules as other tech firms have done for automotive, says Sam Abuelsamid, a principal analyst with market research firm Guidehouse Insights. \u2014 Ralph Jennings, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Jasmine Enberg, a principal analyst at the market research firm Insider Intelligence, says that Twitter will need to squeeze more revenue out of its highly engaged users. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Joshua Shilko, a senior principal analyst at the cybersecurity firm Mandiant Inc., said Lapsus$ may have been active as early as mid-2021 when group members were posting in underground forums. \u2014 Jeff Stone, Bloomberg.com , 23 Mar. 2022",
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"The lagoon is already starting to show signs of healing, said Doug Gibson, executive director and principal scientist for the Nature Collective, formerly the San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy. \u2014 Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Because the bug is easy to exploit and attacks hard to block, the Log4j problem could be used by hackers to break into corporate networks for years to come, said Aaron Portnoy, principal scientist with the security firm Randori. \u2014 Robert Mcmillan, WSJ , 11 Dec. 2021",
"She\u2019s the principal investigator on the James Webb Space Telescope\u2019s Near-Infrared Camera. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 18 May 2022",
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"George Theoharis was a teacher and principal for a decade and has spent the past 18 years training teachers and school administrators at Syracuse University. \u2014 John Raby, Anchorage Daily News , 4 June 2022",
"That same child\u2019s mother also contacted the school\u2019s principal to complain, but no school officials acted to protect the children, according to one of the lawsuits. \u2014 Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Wilson is shedding its original name, changing it to Jackson-Reed High in honor of Edna Jackson, the school\u2019s first Black teacher, and Vincent Reed, the school\u2019s first Black principal . \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The school\u2019s principal gave us a tour, taking evident pleasure in his new professional home. \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The school\u2019s principal also sent out a letter to parents explaining that the event was not planned or sanctioned by the school. \u2014 Ariana Garcia, Chron , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Two teachers said that the school\u2019s principal asked teachers to take down gay pride flags in their classrooms and offices. \u2014 NBC News , 7 Apr. 2022",
"At one girls\u2019 private high school in Kabul, more female students had arrived for classes Wednesday morning compared to previous years, the school\u2019s principal said in an interview. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Junior Elijah Vinson said the school\u2019s principal , Brett Crousore, recorded a video that was shown to all students on Friday morning. \u2014 Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star , 18 Mar. 2022"
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"The firm plans to make a decision in principle in mid-to-late summer on whether to push ahead. \u2014 Jean Eaglesham, WSJ , 24 June 2022",
"In principle , this is what IT steering committees should be doing in larger companies. \u2014 Mark Settle, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"In principle , educational institutions, like schools or kindergartens, are not working due to the situation. \u2014 John Leicester And David Keyton, Anchorage Daily News , 19 June 2022",
"The board previously approved the cannabis tax in principle last month, and will finalize it on June 28. \u2014 Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 June 2022",
"Under the agreement in principle that McKee outlined Tuesday, the City of Pawtucket would also step forward with $10 million. \u2014 Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"The real opportunity to change policy lies in the Senate, where a small group of bipartisan negotiators is inching closer to reaching a gun reform deal in principle . \u2014 Libby Cathey, ABC News , 8 June 2022",
"Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, who spoke with Vladimir Putin via phone last week, said the Russian president had agreed in principle to free several million tons of wheat sitting in ports. \u2014 Amy Cheng, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"In principle , there are an infinite number of possible test orbits to examine, but that would require an impractical eternity to calculate. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022"
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"Most of Cheney\u2019s fellow Republicans have ostracized her as a result of her principled stand. \u2014 Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022",
"The moment does as much as anything else in the show to emphasize the lasting impact one first lady\u2019s principled stand can have. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Their principled approach is evident in their latest design, the T Shelf, debuting this month after five years in development with the Swedish design brand Hem. \u2014 Camille Okhio, ELLE Decor , 7 Apr. 2022",
"To the world, China casts itself as a principled onlooker of the war in Ukraine, not picking sides, simply seeking peace. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Apr. 2022",
"While the international governing bodies of various sports are now positioning themselves as taking the principled lead, many of the steps against Russia have come in response to outrage from within their sports. \u2014 Bruce Berglund, CNN , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Numerous tech companies also have received praise for cutting off sales and services in Russia, taking a principled stand against the unjustified invasion. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 4 Mar. 2022",
"So, Ohio would go from representation by a principled , pragmatic senator in Portman to someone more loyal to a dangerous former president than the voters, someone willing to abandon the truth just to win. \u2014 cleveland , 15 Jan. 2022",
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"The firm plans to make a decision in principle in mid-to-late summer on whether to push ahead. \u2014 Jean Eaglesham, WSJ , 24 June 2022",
"In principle , this is what IT steering committees should be doing in larger companies. \u2014 Mark Settle, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"In principle , educational institutions, like schools or kindergartens, are not working due to the situation. \u2014 John Leicester And David Keyton, Anchorage Daily News , 19 June 2022",
"The board previously approved the cannabis tax in principle last month, and will finalize it on June 28. \u2014 Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 June 2022",
"Under the agreement in principle that McKee outlined Tuesday, the City of Pawtucket would also step forward with $10 million. \u2014 Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"The real opportunity to change policy lies in the Senate, where a small group of bipartisan negotiators is inching closer to reaching a gun reform deal in principle . \u2014 Libby Cathey, ABC News , 8 June 2022",
"Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, who spoke with Vladimir Putin via phone last week, said the Russian president had agreed in principle to free several million tons of wheat sitting in ports. \u2014 Amy Cheng, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The magazine will publish bi-monthly, launching its first print edition in August 2022, and will also host local Forbes conferences and live events. \u2014 Forbes Partner Releases, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"Appeared in the June 29, 2022, print edition as 'Two Country-Music Heroes'. \u2014 Barry Mazor, WSJ , 28 June 2022",
"This story on the Crosstown Shootout between the University of Cincinnati Bearcats and Xavier University Musketeers basketball teams turning into a brawl appeared in print on Dec. 11, 2011. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 28 June 2022",
"The eNewspaper has the same design as the print edition, with later news, sports scores and extra features. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 June 2022",
"Because Volume 4: The Sparrow Academy has yet to release in print , any speculation over how its contents might influence season 4 is moot. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 23 June 2022",
"Each token has a limited number of versions, more like a limited print edition of a piece of art. \u2014 David Lyons, Sun Sentinel , 12 June 2022",
"This article appears in the July/August 2022 print edition. \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 10 June 2022",
"The Sunday print edition is affected less than other days of the week by earlier newsroom deadlines required to get the paper delivered to your home on time. \u2014 George Stanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 22 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Hollinger worked with the Smithsonian\u2019s Digitization Program Office (DPO) to 3-D print the pipe replicas with silica. \u2014 Rachel Parsons, Scientific American , 29 June 2022",
"There's another economic advantage: the ability to print identical parts at scale without tooling. \u2014 Bill King, Forbes , 20 May 2022",
"There's live music, food and craft beer, the opportunity to screen print your own commemorative T-shirt at the ArtsConnect tent, and raffles with unique, handcrafted items. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 18 May 2022",
"The company was at such an early stage that I was asked not to print the name. \u2014 Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker , 11 Aug. 2021",
"Courts have also rejected efforts to throw out certain votes, such as 8,329 ballots in Philadelphia with defects such as a voter failing to print his name. \u2014 Mark Niquette, Bloomberg.com , 16 Nov. 2020",
"There, the only other black person in the room was an inebriated man, said Monique, who did not want the Globe to print her last name. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Dec. 2017",
"Creem magazine ended its run in 1988 before returning briefly to print in the 1990s. \u2014 Chris Eggertsen, Billboard , 3 May 2022",
"The commission pointed to problems with county boards of elections, which must print ballots in time for Ohio\u2019s early-voting period as a reason to ask for a speedy decision. \u2014 cleveland , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"For example, there\u2019s that pre- print case report uploaded to Research Square on April 26, 2022, of a 71-year-old man who had been fully vaccinated and boosted against Covid-19. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 20 May 2022",
"Like everything nowadays, the availability of social media, the advent of websites and non- print publications\u2014when somebody's doing something great, more eyes are on them. \u2014 Emma Balter, Chron , 19 May 2022",
"This is all according to the pre- print article about the variant that researchers from M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e Infection University Hospital in Marseilles, France, posted on December 29, 2021. \u2014 Grace Wade, Health.com , 7 Jan. 2022",
"The results of the Imperial study, published on a pre- print server and yet to be peer reviewed, also provide some clinical insights that could inform public health policies. \u2014 NBC News , 2 Feb. 2022",
"The results were published on a pre- print server and have not been peer-reviewed yet. \u2014 Alice Park, Time , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The new variant was first detected back in November in New York, according to two recent pre- print studies (meaning these studies have not completed the peer review process). \u2014 Sarah Jacoby, SELF , 2 Mar. 2021",
"Yaneer pointed to both anecdotal evidence of re-infection cases and a new pre- print medical study indicating that immunity from Omicron infections may not be as strong as immunity from other variants like Delta. \u2014 Grady Mcgregor, Fortune , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Another pre- print study from South Africa found that saliva swabs may be better than nasal swabs at detecting Omicron as the variant. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 Jan. 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1922, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
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"Middle English prente , from Anglo-French, from preint, prient , past participle of priendre to press, from Latin premere \u2014 more at press":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8print"
],
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"impress",
"impression",
"imprint",
"stamp"
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"adjective",
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"verb"
]
},
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"last",
"least"
],
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": a previous instance of arrest or conviction for a crime":[
"He had been told that burglary, like auto theft, rarely drew a state prison term, unless you had lots of priors .",
"\u2014 Joseph Wambaugh"
],
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": taking precedence (as in importance)":[],
": the superior of a house or group of houses of any of various religious communities":[],
": the superior ranking next to the abbot of a monastery":[],
"Matthew 1664\u20131721 English poet":[]
},
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"Adjective",
"Do you have a prior history of back problems",
"The job requires prior experience in advertising.",
"The defendant had a prior record of convictions.",
"I'm sorry, but we have a prior commitment and can't come tonight.",
"We have a prior claim to the estate.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Oklahoma, Nebraska and Michigan had earned the three-star\u2019s prior stops, with the Tigers rounding out Picciotti\u2019s top-four. \u2014 Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al , 25 June 2022",
"Some of our most important constitutional decisions have overruled prior precedents. \u2014 New York Times , 24 June 2022",
"The tribal groups have rebutted the state\u2019s speculation by saying prior rulings on tribal sovereignty were accompanied by similar warnings but have not harmed child welfare or justice in tribal courts. \u2014 James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News , 24 June 2022",
"Given Luhrmann\u2019s flair for larger-than-life spectacle, Elvis may well reflect the star\u2019s spirit better than any prior depiction. \u2014 Grant Wong, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 June 2022",
"The new chip also has a 10-core GPU, up from eight GPU cores in the M1 configuration found in the prior model. \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 23 June 2022",
"The first landing could come in 2025, but that date depends on the success of the prior missions and availability of the vehicles. \u2014 Christian Davenport, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
"At Coinbase, for example, second-quarter volumes are tracking more than 30% below the prior period and somewhere between 10% and 15% lower than consensus, Dolev wrote in a research report. \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 23 June 2022",
"Movement of infants in/out of particular zones require special prior permission, the lack of which will cause door locking and alerts to be issued hospital wide. \u2014 Quora, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"His car narrowly missed an unmarked law enforcement vehicle, which zips past less than a second prior . \u2014 Tami Abdollah, USA TODAY , 19 May 2021",
"Depending on your past familiarity with white tube socks (your prior ), your visual system may correctly conclude that the socks are truly white but illuminated by green lighting. \u2014 Stephen L. Macknik, Scientific American , 12 Dec. 2019",
"The fair value of KKR\u2019s private-equity portfolio climbed by roughly 14% from the prior ... \u2014 Miriam Gottfried And Allison Prang, WSJ , 30 Oct. 2020",
"Unfortunately, Altschul fails to convincingly imagine how a young, middle-class American Jewish woman, whatever her priors , could make the leap to armed struggle. \u2014 Alex Cuadros, New York Times , 10 Mar. 2020",
"His priors included counts of lewd acts upon a child, possession for sale of crack, domestic violence and vehicle theft. \u2014 Evan Sernoffsky, San Francisco Chronicle , 21 Feb. 2020",
"Curtis Thornton was a first-time offender with no priors , and nobody was hurt in the arsons, but Jones sentenced him to 100 years in prison. \u2014 John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al , 30 Oct. 2019",
"In June, Begin's attorney appealed the sentence, arguing that 40 to 60 years in prison would be more appropriate for a man of his age with no priors and that his 120-year sentence was inappropriate. \u2014 Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal , 30 Oct. 2019",
"Facing up to life in prison with his priors , Morales agreed to plead guilty, serve a three-year sentence and, upon completion, be deported to his birth country: South Korea. \u2014 Victoria Kim, Los Angeles Times , 16 Oct. 2019"
],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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"Latin, former, superior; akin to Latin priscus ancient, prae before \u2014 more at for":"Adjective",
"Middle English, from Old English & Anglo-French; both from Medieval Latin, from Late Latin, administrator, from Latin, former, superior":"Noun"
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"\u02c8pr\u012b-\u0259r"
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"capital",
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"first",
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"grand",
"great",
"greatest",
"highest",
"key",
"leading",
"main",
"master",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
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"overriding",
"paramount",
"predominant",
"preeminent",
"premier",
"primal",
"primary",
"principal",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"supreme"
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"adverb",
"biographical name",
"noun"
]
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"after",
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],
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},
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"make sure all revisions are approved by the author prior to publication"
],
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"1706, in the meaning defined above":""
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"before",
"ere",
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"to"
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"preposition"
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": a religious house under a prior or prioress":[]
},
"examples":[
"you can hear the bells from the priory from the other side of the village",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hotels are equally swoon-worthy, such as the deeply romantic Hotel Fontevraud, the former priory in the historic monument of Fontevraud Royal Abbey, which dates to the 12th century. \u2014 Jancee Dunn, Travel + Leisure , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Much of the monk's writing concerned the priory 's day-to-day operations\u2014including a detailed account of rebuilding the cathedral's choir after a fire in 1174\u2014as well as disputes with neighboring houses and an Archbishop of Canterbury. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 5 Feb. 2022",
"With the trip, VistaJet Members call La Verri\u00e8re, a wine estate and ninth-century priory , their home base. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 13 June 2021",
"Winston Churchill and Dwight D Eisenhower met here during WWII and there\u2019s even a secret passage running from its cellar to the village priory , used by Lord Lovelace of Hurley who was a plotter of the Glorious Revolution in 1688. \u2014 Duncan Madden, Forbes , 26 May 2021",
"Bessie was sent away to a priory in Essex to give birth, an event so secret no one is even certain of the boy\u2019s real birth date. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 9 Nov. 2020",
"In 2013, the multi-disciplinary group of researchers archaeologists excavated a mound of glacial sand and gravel on the former site of the wealthy priory , which was ultimately shuttered in 1539 by Henry VIII. \u2014 Jennifer Pinkowski, National Geographic , 18 Feb. 2020",
"Venture into the ruins of this important 14th-century Carthusian priory located at the edge of North York Moors National Park. \u2014 National Geographic , 12 June 2019",
"Malcolm led the way around the back of the priory and came to the side where the window of Lyra\u2019s nursery would be, if it hadn\u2019t been hidden by the new shutters. \u2014 Philip Pullman, Slate Magazine , 26 May 2017"
],
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"13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"Middle English priorie , from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin prioria , from prior":""
},
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"\u02c8pr\u012b-(\u0259-)r\u0113",
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"abbey",
"cloister",
"friary",
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"noun"
]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125930",
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"colorless"
],
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": having such symmetry that a general form with faces cutting all axes at unspecified intercepts is a prism":[
"prismatic crystals"
],
": highly colored : brilliant":[
"prismatic lyrics"
],
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": resembling the colors formed by refraction of light through a prism":[
"prismatic effects"
]
},
"examples":[
"with its prismatic plumage, the ruby-throated hummingbird is one of our garden's most prized visitors",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Johnson\u2019s prismatic musical study of the impact of a bereavement occupies similar thematic territory and comes with comparably clear-eyed understanding. \u2014 Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"Miami\u2019s art deco architecture, more-is-more hotels, and renowned museums will encourage you to let your inner maximalist shine bright\u2014just like Dries van Noten\u2019s prismatic swimsuit. \u2014 Alexis Bennett, Vogue , 16 June 2022",
"How did the paradox of the universe, full of prismatic galaxies and endless emptiness, come to be",
"The work is a seminal painting from her mature style, referred to as her kaleidoscopic or prismatic period. \u2014 Kate Matthams, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"Her prismatic hair and makeup echoed her tongue-in-cheek tunes in all the right ways \u2014 just as Lil Cherry intended. \u2014 Devon Abelman, Allure , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Lizzo's pool pictures elicited daydreams of warm days spent gilded by the sun, as elsewhere, Doja Cat found her particularly prismatic brand of light, resulting in a makeshift rainbow makeup moment. \u2014 Calin Van Paris, Vogue , 13 Mar. 2022",
"The energy is that of a reckoning around the Race Man, the prismatic figure through which the notion of Black identity is formed. \u2014 Doreen St. F\u00e9lix, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Indeed, on my own decidedly brown skin, all three shades are rich and prismatic . \u2014 Jihan Forbes, Allure , 15 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1668, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"priz-\u02c8mat-ik",
"priz-\u02c8ma-tik"
],
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"chromatic",
"colored",
"colorful",
"kaleidoscopic",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"multihued",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"rainbow",
"varicolored",
"varied",
"variegated",
"various"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202956",
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"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
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": a state of confinement or captivity":[],
": imprison , confine":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The state plans to build two more prisons .",
"He was in prison at the time.",
"If caught, they're all going to prison .",
"She was sent to prison for robbery.",
"He was released from prison .",
"He's scheduled to get out of prison next month.",
"Her marriage became a prison to her.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Suu Kyi, who has been convicted on half a dozen charges and sentenced to 11 years in prison , faces 13 more counts with a maximum sentence of more than 180 years. \u2014 Richard C. Paddock, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
"Circuit Judge Tonya Alexander denied Echols' request in a Thursday morning hearing in West Memphis, citing an Arkansas statute that requires those petitioning for new DNA testing to still be in prison . \u2014 Lara Farrar, Arkansas Online , 24 June 2022",
"The eight men have been sentenced to a maximum of two years in prison . \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 24 June 2022",
"Under the Wisconsin law, doctors could be charged with felonies for performing abortions and face up to six years in prison and $10,000 in fines. \u2014 Scott Bauer, Chicago Tribune , 24 June 2022",
"Ramsey Manuel Cervantes, 22, was arraigned Friday in U.S. District Court in San Diego on a federal kidnapping charge, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years to life in prison . \u2014 Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 June 2022",
"Her killer, Dayonte Resiles, was convicted earlier this year and sentenced to life in prison . \u2014 Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
"Each manslaughter count carries a sentence of up to 10 years in prison . \u2014 Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
"Attorney Marilyn Mosby said in a statement that Rasheed Morris, 17, will likely be sentenced to life in prison and have all but 50 years of his sentence suspended. \u2014 Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun , 23 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Nationwide, there is concern of devastating repercussions should prison populations suffer an outbreak. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 27 Mar. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin prehension-, prehensio act of seizing, from prehendere to seize \u2014 more at get":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pri-z\u1d4an"
],
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"bastille",
"big house",
"bridewell",
"brig",
"calaboose",
"can",
"clink",
"cooler",
"coop",
"guardroom",
"hock",
"hold",
"hoosegow",
"jail",
"jailhouse",
"joint",
"jug",
"lockup",
"nick",
"pen",
"penitentiary",
"pokey",
"quod",
"slam",
"slammer",
"stir",
"stockade",
"tolbooth"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025604",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"prisoner":{
"antonyms":[
"captor"
],
"definitions":{
": someone restrained as if in prison":[
"a prisoner of her own conscience"
]
},
"examples":[
"He was captured by rebel forces and kept as their prisoner for several months before they set him free.",
"The families were held prisoner for four days.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Jefferson flew 18 missions before being shot down and held as a prisoner in Poland for eight months in 1944-45. \u2014 Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press , 25 June 2022",
"Our family is asking Prince Charles not to remain silent to this reality and to not shake the hand of the tyrant who is holding our father as a political prisoner . \u2014 Carine Kanimba And Ana\u00efse Kanimba, CNN , 17 June 2022",
"Teller is also good as Jeff, a prisoner taking part in a scientific experiment. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 16 June 2022",
"Benton faces one felony count of battery by a prisoner in connection with the incident. \u2014 Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
"He was injured and burned before being taken as a prisoner . \u2014 Jozsef Papp, ajc , 3 June 2022",
"The 2008 bio-drama starring Tom Hardy as a violent prisoner , followed by the Danish director\u2019s L.A.-set 2011 thriller and Bangkok-set 2013 action drama, both starring Ryan Gosling. \u2014 Matt Cooperlistings Coordinator, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"During the Clone Wars, Quinlan worked with Obi-Wan to recapture a prisoner , explaining how Obi-Wan recognizes Quin\u2019s name; the two appear to be close. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 1 June 2022",
"However, executions have been on the rise in other parts of Southeast Asia like Myanmar, Vietnam and Singapore, which recently executed an intellectually disabled prisoner from Malaysia despite global condemnation. \u2014 Heather Chen, CNN , 10 June 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"\u02c8pri-z\u1d4an-\u0259r",
"\u02c8priz-n\u0259r"
],
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"captive",
"capture",
"internee"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105918",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pristine":{
"antonyms":[
"stale"
],
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": belonging to the earliest period or state : original":[
"the hypothetical pristine lunar atmosphere"
],
": fresh and clean as or as if new":[
"used books in pristine condition"
],
": not spoiled, corrupted, or polluted (as by civilization) : pure":[
"a pristine forest"
]
},
"examples":[
"My office is a mess but her office is always pristine .",
"He was wearing a pristine white shirt.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Silversea Silver Cloud\u2019s 12-day sailing follows the strikingly pristine , reef-rich east coast of the Red Sea north from Jidda, through the Suez Canal to Alexandria, Egypt, then on to Greece. \u2014 Sue Bryant, Town & Country , 17 June 2022",
"Hints that the mysterious species has lived on have arisen over the century \u2014 including 1960s reports of tortoise scat on the subspecies\u2019 native Fernandina Island, which is the Galapagos\u2019 youngest, most pristine and most volcanically active island. \u2014 Sammy Westfall, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"The sets are pristine , the dialogue biting and the overwhelming sense of foreboding undeniable. \u2014 Radhika Seth, Vogue , 12 May 2022",
"In that manner, the rules about harming humans remain pristine and untouched. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Back then, the sculpture had to remain pristine in order to be perfect. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Featuring a variety of guest rooms and suites, the boutique resort is located in 22 acres of tropical dry forest along one of Costa Rica's most pristine beaches. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 11 May 2022",
"Outward facing abodes ensure the privacy of guests while rendering a panoramic view of exceptional sunsets and pristine beaches. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
"In this case, this trend, which crops up every few years, seems to say that pristine shoes are on the outs and decrepit soles are in. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 18 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Latin pristinus ; akin to Latin prior":""
},
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"pri-\u02c8st\u0113n",
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"\u02c8pri-\u02ccst\u0113n"
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"fresh",
"mint",
"span-new",
"virgin",
"virginal"
],
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
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": a private matter : secret":[],
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"one's right to privacy"
],
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": the quality or state of being apart from company or observation : seclusion":[]
},
"examples":[
"She went upstairs for some privacy .",
"Celebrities have a right to privacy .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For now, most health law experts see very little protection of patient privacy . \u2014 Eric Boodman, STAT , 28 June 2022",
"There are a few exciting open-source projects in the smart home space that offer more privacy and allow more flexibility for the user. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"Machine learning is quickly becoming a must-have in many industries, powering everything from recommendation engines in the retail sector to pipeline safety in the oil and gas industry and diagnosis and patient privacy in the health care industry. \u2014 Matt Ford, Ars Technica , 22 June 2022",
"A few months ago, West stepped back and decided to work on his issues with his divorce in more privacy . \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 20 June 2022",
"The Chinese Foreign Ministry dismissed such concerns in July 2020, saying the system helps control health risks while protecting individual privacy . \u2014 Wenxin Fan, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"So that is an example though, of why bears need more privacy . \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 17 June 2022",
"China\u2019s government justified its crackdown as protecting users\u2019 privacy , though this claim rings hollow when there are no constraints on the government\u2019s own use of technology to monitor and shape people\u2019s behavior. \u2014 Wendell Wallach, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
"One proposal pending in Congress would provide additional security measures for the justices, and another would offer more privacy and protection for all federal judges. \u2014 Mark Sherman And Jessica Gresko, Anchorage Daily News , 11 June 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
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"\u02c8pr\u012b-v\u0259-s\u0113",
"especially British \u02c8pri-"
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"aloneness",
"insulation",
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"That means chats with friends who use iPhones are definitely not private . \u2014 Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"Zendaya and Holland have been linked since 2017, and in November last year, the Uncharted actor opened up about wanting to keep their relationship private . \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 1 July 2022",
"Talks between the Swiss and Italian companies are at an advanced stage and an agreement could be signed as soon as next month, according to the people, who asked not to be named as the discussions are private . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
"There are also stats that are private to each player during a game, namely those for specific heroes \u2014 essentially the ones that appear in the bottom right of the Overwatch 1 scoreboard. \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"The sheriff\u2019s office warned that Snapchat isn\u2019t private and authorities can issue subpoenas for social media posts. \u2014 Marlene Lenthang, NBC News , 22 June 2022",
"For Kendall Jenner, who was 10 years old when Keeping Up first started and therefore was more private , The Kardashians was an opportunity to open up for the fans. \u2014 Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022",
"The key issue for the court was whether the posts to the groups were actually private . \u2014 Jack Greiner, The Enquirer , 22 June 2022",
"Whatever discussions DeSantis is having about the subject are private , in part because the uncertainty is good for him. \u2014 Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
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"The 24-year-old private in the 173rd Airborne Brigade appeared to be just another young soldier, trying to find his way through military life at Fort Benning, Georgia. \u2014 Ali Winston, Rolling Stone , 5 June 2022",
"Earlier Saturday, a 27-year-old Ukrainian private was sprinting to shelter across the asphalt when he was knocked from his feet by a shell. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Feb. 2022",
"It was involved in a record 14 acquisitions last year, including the take private of U.S. health-care software company Inovalon Holdings Inc. for $7.3 billion including debt -- its biggest-ever buy. \u2014 Jan-henrik Foerster, Bloomberg.com , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Among then was a pardon for a Civil War solider in the Union Army named Patrick Murphy, a private who had been court-martialed for desertion and condemned to death. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 25 Dec. 2021",
"Butler National Golf Club is an exclusive private , members only golf club, located in Oak Brook. \u2014 Pioneer Press Staff, chicagotribune.com , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Now, both Albrecht and the village of La Roquebrussanne sponsor the private 's burial place. \u2014 Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer , 18 Aug. 2021",
"Each morning, dozens of adventurers arrive at Lees Ferry to start either a private of commercial raft trip down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon. \u2014 Melissa Yeager, The Arizona Republic , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Stewart trades movie-star glam for Army camo in this gripping military drama that stars the actress as a very green private assigned to a mostly male group of guards at Guantanamo Bay. \u2014 Bill Keveney, USA TODAY , 10 Aug. 2021"
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"when the police insisted that it was an accident and not murder, she hired a private detective",
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"It\u2019s about an unlicensed private detective named Lou and her new assistant Molly. \u2014 Rachel Brodsky, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
"Greg McCandless, 51, a retired private detective from Reston, Virginia, stood outside the courthouse wearing a pirate hat and red head scarf, a nod to Depp\u2019s famous role as Capt. \u2014 Denise Lavoie, Anchorage Daily News , 2 June 2022",
"In the late 1990s, though, people began to rediscover her, thanks to an internet fan site and to her mentions in the crime novels of Andrew Vachss, whose main character, a private detective named Burke, was a Henske fan. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
"Kate Warne, the first female private detective , begins work. \u2014 Meghan Rose, Glamour , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Taherzadeh was previously licensed in D.C. as a private detective and special police officer tasked with protecting property of a person or corporation, according to D.C. police. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
"In 1911, a self-promoting private detective named William Burns made national headlines. \u2014 Andrew Lanham, The New Republic , 21 Apr. 2022",
"An Israeli private detective detained in New York since 2019 on charges of involvement in a hacker-for-hire scheme pleaded guilty to wire fraud, conspiracy to commit hacking and aggravated identity theft on Wednesday. \u2014 NBC News , 20 Apr. 2022",
"In 1850, Pinkerton started his own private detective agency\u2014the first of its kind in the country. \u2014 Kellie B. Gormly, Smithsonian Magazine , 29 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The speed and ferocity with which authorities have acted against private enterprise have startled even the closest China watchers. \u2014 Laura He, CNN , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Now, Hong Kong shares and bank accounts can be frozen on the order of a single official, destroying private enterprise as well as freedom. \u2014 L. Gordon Crovitz And Mark L. Clifford, WSJ , 23 June 2021",
"Locals fear that city officials and private enterprise will once again pay lip service to the tragedy and then move on once the news cameras have left. \u2014 Keeanga-yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker , 9 June 2022",
"From secondhand smoke to climate change, Singer saw pretty much every environmental threat as being overhyped, all of them excuses for the government to throttle private enterprise with regulations. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Scott has started Four Rings Sports Solutions, a private enterprise to aid teams in data and technology strategy, process optimization, talent acquisition, and culture design. \u2014 Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com , 23 Apr. 2022",
"At the time, Democrats saw the provision as helping ensure promised retirement benefits, while Republicans viewed it as a way to force the service provider to act more like a private enterprise . \u2014 Siobhan Hughes, WSJ , 8 Mar. 2022",
"The fact that the FBI coordinated with private enterprise (WatchGuard) in this action is particularly significant. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 6 Apr. 2022",
"The history of exploration, after all, is inseparable from exploitation, the relentless drive of empires and private enterprise to claim territory and expropriate raw materials. \u2014 Jody Rosen, New York Times , 30 Mar. 2022"
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"unable to get the interest of the police, they hired a private eye to find their missing daughter",
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"The private eye ended up being a fraud with bogus information. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
"That novel \u2014 now a crime classic \u2014 introduced Ivan Monk, a Black L.A. private eye who starred in three more novels. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
"March sees the return of a tireless crimefighter dedicated to making sure justice is done: John Hunchman, the private eye voiced by John Hodgman on Dicktown. \u2014 Keith Phipps, Rolling Stone , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Also, my second ex is a private eye and owes me a favor. \u2014 Meghana Indurti, The New Yorker , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Writer-director Rian Johnson\u2019s 2019 murder mystery boasts an all-star cast headed by Daniel Craig as a private eye hired to investigate the suspicious death of a mystery novelist (Christopher Plummer) on his 85th birthday. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Dec. 2021",
"The pitch-black noir comedy follows Robert Downey Jr. as a petty crook turned aspiring actor and Val Kilmer as a wildly impatient private eye . \u2014 Tres Dean, Vulture , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Diskeletton Studios delivers a classic private eye tale in this side-scrolling 2D point and click graphic adventure. \u2014 Jd Linville, Variety , 12 Nov. 2021",
"Ahmed's convictions were investigated by private eye Scott Lewis and the Innocence Clinic at University of Michigan law school. \u2014 Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press , 30 July 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Murfitt is a private first class in the U.S. Army and is stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 6 Feb. 2022",
"He was discharged in August 1945 as a private first class , then worked as a forklift driver. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Jan. 2022",
"He was discharged from the Army in August 1945 as a private first class . \u2014 Leah Willingham And Rebecca Santana, Anchorage Daily News , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Brooks served overseas in Australia, New Guinea and the Philippines, earning his way to private first class . \u2014 NBC News , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Jennifer Sewell, a private first class soldier, was last seen around 4 p.m. on Thursday leaving her on-post barracks, the Fort Hood Directorate of Emergency Services said Saturday. \u2014 Fox News , 11 Oct. 2021",
"The Harrises still live in the townhouse where the young private first class grew up. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Sep. 2021",
"Jacob Brittain was 21 back in 2008, a private first class in the Marines. \u2014 Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle , 21 Aug. 2021",
"Carvajal, who had recently completed his basic training, was a private first class awaiting assignment to a transportation unit, the Illinois National Guard said in a statement. \u2014 Jeff Truesdell, PEOPLE.com , 5 July 2021"
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"Pictures of McCoy taken by a private investigator the following day show him with multiple scratches, bruises and bite marks. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 May 2022",
"St Pancras Coroner\u2019s Court ruled that Miller had been deliberately killed based in part on the findings of a private investigator hired by Miller\u2019s family immediately after his death. \u2014 Miriam Berger, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
"The case dates back to September 2021, when Lin reached out to a private investigator to gather information about the congressional candidate. \u2014 Katelyn Polantz, CNN , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The family of Paola Miranda-Rosa, an Osceola County woman who has not been seen since Dec. 18, is raising money to pay for a private investigator after a law enforcement search was unsuccessful. \u2014 Desiree Stennett, orlandosentinel.com , 29 Dec. 2021",
"Young's remains went unidentified until a private investigator hired by Young's family contacted the Montgomery County Detectives with new information about the case. \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 3 June 2022",
"The private investigator also tried to talk to relatives of Karen, Sharon, and Keith. \u2014 CBS News , 21 May 2022",
"Dana Brouillette during an interview with private investigator Brian Andrews. \u2014 CBS News , 21 May 2022",
"In the last scene of Netflix's award-winning drama series, pesky private investigator Mel Sattem had returned from his dream job in the Chicago Police Department to confront the Byrdes one last time. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 4 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The latest development comes just one day after NPR reported that the city of Uvalde has hired a private law firm to help prevent the release of surveillance videos and bodycam footage from the incident. \u2014 Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com , 20 June 2022",
"However, a recent letter from the city's lawyer, Cynthia Trevino, who works for the private law firm Denton Navarro Rocha Bernal & Zech, to Attorney General Ken Paxton explains why those requests have gone unanswered. \u2014 Ariana Garcia, Chron , 17 June 2022",
"Mike Feuer\u2019s office farmed out an inquiry into Mathis\u2019 behavior to a private law firm, a move the critics said was also intended to keep the public in the dark. \u2014 Paul Pringlestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The lobbyist also requested details about potential insurance claims and a legal opinion produced by a private law firm hired by the city related to potential insurance claims. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Jackson attended Harvard University, served as a public defender, worked at a private law firm and was appointed as a member of the U.S. Sentencing Commission in addition to her nine years on the federal bench. \u2014 Mary Clare Jalonick And Mark Sherman, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Jackson attended Harvard University, served as a public defender, worked at a private law firm and was appointed as a member of the U.S. Sentencing Commission in addition to her nine years on the federal bench. \u2014 Mark Sherman, chicagotribune.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Jackson, 51, attended Harvard University, served as a public defender, worked at a private law firm, and was appointed as a member of the U.S. Sentencing Commission in addition to her nine years on the federal bench. \u2014 Essence , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Jackson has also worked as a federal trial court judge, vice chair and commissioner on the U.S. Sentencing Commission, private law firm lawyer and federal public defender. \u2014 Margaret M. Russell, The Conversation , 24 Mar. 2022"
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"Ever the comedian, Sandler made light of the situation by joking about a trio of seagulls who mistook his floating private parts for some tasty treats. \u2014 Andrea Towers, EW.com , 7 June 2022",
"In a short but impactful performance in The Getaway (1972), Hopkins\u2019 Frank Jackson gets his private parts blown off by his partner Rudy (Al Lettieri) during another bank robbery. \u2014 Chris Koseluk, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 May 2022",
"In a series of photos shared to Instagram on Monday (May 9), the pop star posed fully nude, with her usual emojis covering her private parts . \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 9 May 2022",
"Ensuing episodes spend less time ogling private parts , male or female, but the scene feels like a mission statement for the entire show\u2019s frank, playful approach to sexuality. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Many naked men and women wear a prosthetic over their private parts during filming, says Amanda Blumenthal, an intimacy coordinator who works on sets to ensure the safety and comfort of cast and crew. \u2014 Ellen Gamerman, WSJ , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Tommy\u2019s private parts appear in close-up\u2014the production used a prosthetic\u2014and in a surreal twist the anatomy even has a speaking role. \u2014 Ellen Gamerman, WSJ , 26 Jan. 2022",
"This penchant for fine dining, whether paid by Bond or Special Branch, suggests an alternate dialogue for the scene in Goldfinger in which the villain threatens Bond\u2019s private parts with a laser beam. \u2014 Harper\u2019s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Students at Walt Disney Magnet School told school officials the substitute rubbed his private parts while sitting in a chair in front of the class, according to a law enforcement source. \u2014 Jeremy Gorner, chicagotribune.com , 24 Nov. 2021"
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"Not content to only heli-ski in Alaska\u2019s short season from mid-February through April, Harms became a privateer , founding what would become Third Edge Heli with Clark Fyans in 2007. \u2014 Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online , 10 Apr. 2021",
"At the beginning of the war, during the Siege of Boston, Washington had chartered a schooner owned by Marblehead\u2019s John Glover and turned it into a privateer , marking, some have claimed, the beginning of the American Navy. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 Sep. 2021",
"What are the challenges and advantages of competing as a small privateer ",
"Williams\u2019 interpretation is based on his study of fast-moving events that began in early July 1793, when Gen\u00eat challenged Washington\u2019s neutrality by converting a merchant ship into an armed privateer that would launch attacks from American ports. \u2014 Shaun Assael, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 June 2021",
"Letters of marque and reprisal license the privateer to attack and capture vessels belonging to enemy navies and merchant fleets. \u2014 Robert Zafft, Forbes , 9 June 2021",
"With nowhere else to turn, Alina enlists the help of an infamous privateer and sets out to lead the Grisha army. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Marie Claire , 23 Apr. 2021",
"With the Darkling after her and her powers, Alina turns to an infamous privateer for help. \u2014 Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR , 23 Apr. 2021",
"Josh Herrin, riding for the privateer Scheibe Racing BWM team, won a battle with Kyle Wyman for third. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 31 May 2020"
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"Please keep all my personal information private .",
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"That means chats with friends who use iPhones are definitely not private . \u2014 Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"Zendaya and Holland have been linked since 2017, and in November last year, the Uncharted actor opened up about wanting to keep their relationship private . \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 1 July 2022",
"Talks between the Swiss and Italian companies are at an advanced stage and an agreement could be signed as soon as next month, according to the people, who asked not to be named as the discussions are private . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
"There are also stats that are private to each player during a game, namely those for specific heroes \u2014 essentially the ones that appear in the bottom right of the Overwatch 1 scoreboard. \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"The sheriff\u2019s office warned that Snapchat isn\u2019t private and authorities can issue subpoenas for social media posts. \u2014 Marlene Lenthang, NBC News , 22 June 2022",
"For Kendall Jenner, who was 10 years old when Keeping Up first started and therefore was more private , The Kardashians was an opportunity to open up for the fans. \u2014 Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022",
"The key issue for the court was whether the posts to the groups were actually private . \u2014 Jack Greiner, The Enquirer , 22 June 2022",
"Whatever discussions DeSantis is having about the subject are private , in part because the uncertainty is good for him. \u2014 Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The 24-year-old private in the 173rd Airborne Brigade appeared to be just another young soldier, trying to find his way through military life at Fort Benning, Georgia. \u2014 Ali Winston, Rolling Stone , 5 June 2022",
"Earlier Saturday, a 27-year-old Ukrainian private was sprinting to shelter across the asphalt when he was knocked from his feet by a shell. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Feb. 2022",
"It was involved in a record 14 acquisitions last year, including the take private of U.S. health-care software company Inovalon Holdings Inc. for $7.3 billion including debt -- its biggest-ever buy. \u2014 Jan-henrik Foerster, Bloomberg.com , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Among then was a pardon for a Civil War solider in the Union Army named Patrick Murphy, a private who had been court-martialed for desertion and condemned to death. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 25 Dec. 2021",
"Butler National Golf Club is an exclusive private , members only golf club, located in Oak Brook. \u2014 Pioneer Press Staff, chicagotribune.com , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Now, both Albrecht and the village of La Roquebrussanne sponsor the private 's burial place. \u2014 Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer , 18 Aug. 2021",
"Each morning, dozens of adventurers arrive at Lees Ferry to start either a private of commercial raft trip down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon. \u2014 Melissa Yeager, The Arizona Republic , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Stewart trades movie-star glam for Army camo in this gripping military drama that stars the actress as a very green private assigned to a mostly male group of guards at Guantanamo Bay. \u2014 Bill Keveney, USA TODAY , 10 Aug. 2021"
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"The double debt helped set off a cascade of privation , budgetary shortfalls and onerous foreign loans that shaped the country into the 20th century and beyond. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
"But like the Obama Administration, Team Biden fails to acknowledge that the cause of the island\u2019s privation is the regime itself. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"Much of the city lies in ruins; municipal authorities say bombardment, hunger and privation have killed more than 20,000 residents. \u2014 Laura Kingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 7 May 2022",
"An ominous political backdrop sharpens the privation . \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
"With sanctions in the process of severely damaging the Russian economy, China will have to allocate resources or see Russians driven into a state of privation . \u2014 WSJ , 5 Apr. 2022",
"The privation , stress, and death that war inflicts cannot be blamed solely on outsiders. \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review , 25 Feb. 2022",
"The Russian military struck Ukrainian cities far from the main battle lines on Friday, pressing its strategy of bombing Ukraine into submission as the country plunged deeper into misery and privation more than two weeks into the war. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Mar. 2022",
"For Ukrainian cities, the initial days of privation will be the worst. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022"
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"It is evolving into an elite institution, open chiefly to the well-educated few. In short, marriage is becoming yet another form of privilege . \u2014 Barbara Dafoe Whitehead , Commonweal , 2 Dec. 2005",
"The oldest of the students, she had become a confidante of Fern's and she alone was allowed to call her by her first name. It was not a privilege the others coveted. \u2014 Edward P. Jones , The Known World , 2003",
"But the two were grown in the same petri dish of power, prep school and privilege . \u2014 Howard Fineman , Newsweek , 16 Oct. 2000",
"Good health care should be a right and not a privilege .",
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"But the firm paid heftily for the privilege : $2.6 billion (205 billion rupees) for the digital rights to the league on the Indian subcontinent for 2023-2027, according to local news outlet The Times of India. \u2014 Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 June 2022",
"That meant, theoretically, that the funds could have resorted to paying negative yields to make money, which would have resulted in fund investors paying for the privilege of parking their cash in a money market fund. \u2014 New York Times , 12 June 2022",
"The afflicted man instead went to a Dawson hospital, where he was fed only raw potatoes and charged $10 a day for the privilege . \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 12 June 2022",
"Like the Trump Organization, CGI Merchant will have to pay $3 million annually to the General Services Administration for the privilege of operating a hotel on federal property. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 16 May 2022",
"That number includes 1,141 spaces west of the stadium in the Tailgate Park, a grass area reserved for season ticket holders who paid a premium for the privilege . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 May 2022",
"Then again, making customers pay for the privilege of sharing their accounts could backfire. \u2014 Frank Pallotta, CNN , 22 Apr. 2022",
"For that privilege , the Cowboys send the New England Patriots the 24th, 129th and 178th selections. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 21 Apr. 2022",
"This will be more than just a luxury hotel, though: 1,000 locals will also be invited to join its members club, paying annual dues of around $2,900 for the privilege . \u2014 Mark Ellwood, Robb Report , 16 Apr. 2022",
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"Continuing to privilege bigger firms and more established technology could hit extra hard as the Federal Reserve continues to raise interest rates in the name of combating inflation. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 22 June 2022",
"These algorithms privilege certain types of content over others, as they are designed to maximize company profits. \u2014 Tomas Andren, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Perhaps the Manolo-Birkenstock teamup is an acknowledgement from the foremost king of high heels that many consumers, even luxury shoppers, are ready to privilege comfort over beauty. \u2014 Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR , 22 Mar. 2022",
"During those hearings, lawmakers questioned Amazon executives about whether third-party seller data was used to develop private-label products or to privilege its own products in search results. \u2014 Tim De Chant, Ars Technica , 9 Mar. 2022",
"These practices are rooted in upholding systemic barriers that privilege larger institutions over smaller, grassroots ones. \u2014 Elizabeth Cohen, CNN , 6 Mar. 2022",
"The upshot, Butler writes, is that the Method has been diluted by other acting styles that don\u2019t privilege psychological spelunking or total authenticity\u2014think of the Brat Pack, or Bruce Willis. \u2014 Jordan Kisner, The Atlantic , 1 Feb. 2022",
"But Gottlieb does not privilege potential, or realized, infamy over an artist\u2019s contributions to culture. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Jan. 2022",
"More broadly, there is a tendency in our culture to privilege the future over the past. \u2014 Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online , 1 Feb. 2021"
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"He comes from a very privileged background.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For any disease, there is a moral case against neglecting those who are most vulnerable; for COVID, there\u2019s also still a self-interested case for even the privileged and powerful to resist the pull of neglect. \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 27 June 2022",
"Speaking of the privileged , Jennifer Coolidge plays Tanya McQuoid, a needy heiress carting her mother\u2019s ashes around. \u2014 Tara Mcnamara, Variety , 6 June 2022",
"Eastman had tried to block the release of those and other documents by arguing that they were privileged communications and therefore should be protected. \u2014 Jacqueline Alemany, Josh Dawsey And Emma Brown, Anchorage Daily News , 16 June 2022",
"Eastman had tried to block the release of those and other documents by arguing that they were privileged communications and therefore should be protected. \u2014 Emma Brown, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"Mission moments are those opportunities where you are privileged to see the impact of your work firsthand. \u2014 Courtney Rottman, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"While questions about one's ethnic background can be difficult for many, Pureval said he is privileged to have a strong connection to his Tibetan and Punjabi heritage, having visited both Tibet and India in his youth. \u2014 Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer , 31 May 2022",
"Still, Luong considers the couple lucky \u2014 privileged , even \u2014 to have found a home. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 May 2022",
"Now, Bryant fears for the elderly and the less privileged in his neighborhood who might not feel safe going into Tops anymore. \u2014 Lauren Petracca For Cnn, CNN , 16 May 2022"
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"\u2026 there were no secrets in the little village to which he was not privy . \u2014 Sidney Sheldon , The Sands of Time , 1988",
"Halberstam and I and the other correspondents would have felt less beleaguered had we been privy to the secret debate in Washington. \u2014 Neil Sheehan , A Bright Shining Lie , 1988",
"\u2026 to assure you that I am neither privy to, nor cognizant of, any such clique; and that I most potently disbelieve in the existence of any such. \u2014 Abraham Lincoln , letter , 13 Oct. 1849",
"privy information on the current state of the peace negotiations",
"privy meetings between high-level representatives from both sides for the purpose of bringing about an armistice",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"North Rim visitors are still privy to the breathtaking canyon views that define one of the most popular U.S. national parks. \u2014 Laura Randall, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
"But American Public Health Association Executive Director Georges Benjamin said more transparency could also help advocates who want to push for more public health funding but haven\u2019t been privy to the documentation provided privately to Congress. \u2014 Rachel Cohrs, STAT , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Benn spent a lot of time acting behind Elordi and was often privy to conversations between him and Levinson about timing, line delivery and other tricks of the trade. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Employees are not privy to confidential information, including financial statements, shareholder lists, and other material non-public documents. \u2014 Anat Alon-beck, Forbes , 15 Oct. 2021",
"For now, Stall said, Rhodes still has the support of people on the periphery of the movement - those who approve of his stances but are not privy to his actions. \u2014 Hannah Allam, Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News , 17 Sep. 2021",
"The process, which not even federal prosecutors were privy to, ended with one lawyer being removed for unexplained reasons. \u2014 Jacob Silverman, The New Republic , 23 June 2021",
"These members of King\u2019s inner circle seem to speak a secret language of touch to which the viewer is not entirely privy . \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2021",
"Because of their dominant market positions, these technology companies are increasingly privy to vast amounts of data that is often useful in investigating, detecting and removing malicious cyber adversaries. \u2014 Robert Mcmillan, WSJ , 25 Feb. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"As a local politician in the French city of Rouen, Laura Slimani has been privy to degrading comments on the job on several occasions. \u2014 Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor , 17 June 2022",
"As the narrating voice of a pamphlet devoted to gossip about Britain\u2019s upper crust during the Regency period, Andrews was privy to Season One\u2019s big mystery: which of the series\u2019 characters was writing under the name Lady Whistledown. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"So Thurmond wasn't privy to a lot of the drama taking place on the course ahead of him as the Sun Devils inched closer to a berth in the national championship match. \u2014 Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic , 31 May 2022",
"Readers are privy to the same questions the characters are facing while examining their choices, options and pasts. \u2014 Morgan Hines, USA TODAY , 9 May 2022",
"News audiences looking to Maxar\u2019s images to understand war will likely never view them in the fuller context to which military analysts are privy . \u2014 Jordan G. Teicher, The New Republic , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Good morning, There\u2019s a lot of behind-the-scenes work involved in mergers and acquisitions that the public usually isn\u2019t privy to. \u2014 Sheryl Estrada, Fortune , 2 May 2022",
"This is not to ask why, as perplexing as that question may be to so many of us who weren\u2019t privy to what any of those three athletes were going through. \u2014 Paul Newberry, ajc , 30 Apr. 2022",
"According to testimony, owner Dan Snyder was aware of the numbers shared with the league while also being privy to the actual data. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That wealth used to belong to the Crown\u2014the institution, not the ruler\u2014but Vajiralongkorn took control of the privy purse in 2018. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 31 Oct. 2020",
"And up until 1971, the former royal families were paid a privy purse -- compensation from the central government for their loss of status. \u2014 Esha Mitra And Julia Hollingsworth, CNN , 7 Aug. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The film opens and closes with a fantasy, in which Reis may as well be playing herself: Her alter ego, Kaylee Uppeshau, is backstage at a boxing match, taping her wrists and prepping for a prizefight . \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Alabama got together at Bryant-Denny Stadium for a bloody prizefight between that season\u2019s top heavyweights. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 29 Oct. 2021",
"The most exciting series of the young baseball season, a three-day prizefight between the Dodgers and San Diego Padres that exceeded the sky-high expectations, ended Sunday the way the first two games went. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2021",
"But the outcome of this prizefight in at Allen Fieldhouse will depend upon the dozens and dozens of small acts within the game. \u2014 Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com , 1 Jan. 2021",
"Two years of breathless coverage of TikTok as a fresh-faced force of delight and opportunity has made the app feel like an underdog bet in a prizefight against entrenched ne\u2019er-do-wells, such as Trump and Facebook. \u2014 Ian Bogost, The Atlantic , 6 Aug. 2020",
"For George, the Seven Years\u2019 War (known as the French and Indian War in the U.S.) also meant a political prizefight at home. \u2014 Sara Georgini, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 Feb. 2020",
"Purcell Marian landed some shots and turned the game's final minutes into a prizefight . \u2014 Alex Harrison, Cincinnati.com , 7 Mar. 2020",
"Presidential races, Sharpton said, are like prizefights . \u2014 Dominick Mastrangelo, Washington Examiner , 15 Jan. 2020"
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"\u2014 Rick Telander"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Correspondent Kelefa Sanneh talked with exemplars of a sport that still receives much less recognition than men's boxing, and where prizefighting comes without much of a prize. \u2014 CBS News , 14 Nov. 2019",
"Back in that day, prizefighting , or boxing, was against the law. \u2014 Elizabeth Zavala, San Antonio Express-News , 21 Dec. 2017",
"The prizefighting game attracted devoted legions, from gamblers to intellectuals, immigrants to bluebloods. \u2014 Theodore Kupfer, National Review , 14 Dec. 2017"
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"care to try a glass of my prizewinning homemade wine",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Fuller, who teaches English at the University of Tulsa, is the author of a prizewinning study of the Civil War's impact on American literature. \u2014 Eric Foner, New York Times , 20 Jan. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In such cases, students may enroll in a private school and the state pays their tuition. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
"Former members of a militia group, who ran security and medical evacuations when fighting broke out in eastern Ukraine in 2014, were reorganizing this week in a private school in the city. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Meanwhile, correspondence schools in Alaska are already allowing families to be reimbursed for secular private school classes. \u2014 Lisa Phu, Anchorage Daily News , 7 June 2022",
"The World School in New York, another private school venture. \u2014 Nick Anderson, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
"Adjournment has been delayed over the issue of private school scholarships. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 24 May 2022",
"In one scene, Mary Anne, played by Jessica Chastain, delivers a pointed speech inside a private school auditorium about self-reliance. \u2014 Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022",
"The defendants claimed private school students around the state were enrolled full time in public Athens City and Limestone County schools. \u2014 Trisha Powell Crain | Tcrain@al.com, al , 17 May 2022",
"Searcy has been questioned over a 2003 legislative vote creating Georgia's program that subsidizes private school scholarships through tax credits. \u2014 Jeff Amy, ajc , 11 May 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142132"
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"noun"
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"\u2014 Joseph Wambaugh"
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"Adjective",
"Do you have a prior history of back problems",
"The job requires prior experience in advertising.",
"The defendant had a prior record of convictions.",
"I'm sorry, but we have a prior commitment and can't come tonight.",
"We have a prior claim to the estate.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Oklahoma, Nebraska and Michigan had earned the three-star\u2019s prior stops, with the Tigers rounding out Picciotti\u2019s top-four. \u2014 Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al , 25 June 2022",
"Some of our most important constitutional decisions have overruled prior precedents. \u2014 New York Times , 24 June 2022",
"The tribal groups have rebutted the state\u2019s speculation by saying prior rulings on tribal sovereignty were accompanied by similar warnings but have not harmed child welfare or justice in tribal courts. \u2014 James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News , 24 June 2022",
"Given Luhrmann\u2019s flair for larger-than-life spectacle, Elvis may well reflect the star\u2019s spirit better than any prior depiction. \u2014 Grant Wong, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 June 2022",
"The new chip also has a 10-core GPU, up from eight GPU cores in the M1 configuration found in the prior model. \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 23 June 2022",
"The first landing could come in 2025, but that date depends on the success of the prior missions and availability of the vehicles. \u2014 Christian Davenport, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
"At Coinbase, for example, second-quarter volumes are tracking more than 30% below the prior period and somewhere between 10% and 15% lower than consensus, Dolev wrote in a research report. \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 23 June 2022",
"Movement of infants in/out of particular zones require special prior permission, the lack of which will cause door locking and alerts to be issued hospital wide. \u2014 Quora, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"His car narrowly missed an unmarked law enforcement vehicle, which zips past less than a second prior . \u2014 Tami Abdollah, USA TODAY , 19 May 2021",
"Depending on your past familiarity with white tube socks (your prior ), your visual system may correctly conclude that the socks are truly white but illuminated by green lighting. \u2014 Stephen L. Macknik, Scientific American , 12 Dec. 2019",
"The fair value of KKR\u2019s private-equity portfolio climbed by roughly 14% from the prior ... \u2014 Miriam Gottfried And Allison Prang, WSJ , 30 Oct. 2020",
"Unfortunately, Altschul fails to convincingly imagine how a young, middle-class American Jewish woman, whatever her priors , could make the leap to armed struggle. \u2014 Alex Cuadros, New York Times , 10 Mar. 2020",
"His priors included counts of lewd acts upon a child, possession for sale of crack, domestic violence and vehicle theft. \u2014 Evan Sernoffsky, San Francisco Chronicle , 21 Feb. 2020",
"Curtis Thornton was a first-time offender with no priors , and nobody was hurt in the arsons, but Jones sentenced him to 100 years in prison. \u2014 John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al , 30 Oct. 2019",
"In June, Begin's attorney appealed the sentence, arguing that 40 to 60 years in prison would be more appropriate for a man of his age with no priors and that his 120-year sentence was inappropriate. \u2014 Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal , 30 Oct. 2019",
"Facing up to life in prison with his priors , Morales agreed to plead guilty, serve a three-year sentence and, upon completion, be deported to his birth country: South Korea. \u2014 Victoria Kim, Los Angeles Times , 16 Oct. 2019"
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"Latin, former, superior; akin to Latin priscus ancient, prae before \u2014 more at for":"Adjective",
"Middle English, from Old English & Anglo-French; both from Medieval Latin, from Late Latin, administrator, from Latin, former, superior":"Noun"
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"1607, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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": psychotherapy in which the patient recalls and reenacts a particularly disturbing past experience usually occurring early in life and expresses normally repressed anger or frustration especially through spontaneous and unrestrained screams, hysteria, or violence":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Brackett discusses primal scream therapy and the art of kabuki as influences on the Plastic Ono Band and gives Ono long-overdue credit for collaborations with Lennon. \u2014 Jessica Ferri, Los Angeles Times , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Fresh off months of psychologically excruciating primal scream therapy , the album lay bare the psychological wounds that had been left to fester during the final days of the Beatles. \u2014 Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com , 3 Nov. 2021",
"And in the early days following the Beatles\u2019 split, no one seemed more willing to discard their legacy than Lennon, who was learning to purge his personal demons through primal scream therapy . \u2014 David Gambacorta, Longreads , 25 June 2019",
"Over the weekend, Arthur Janov, the psychotherapist who created primal therapy, otherwise known as primal scream therapy , died in his home in Malibu, California, reports Margalit Fox at The New York Times. \u2014 Jason Daley, Smithsonian , 5 Oct. 2017"
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"first_known_use":{
"1971, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-170840"
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"priorable":{
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"The exploitation of prison labor by private corporations is one aspect among an array of relationships linking corporations, government, correctional communities, and media. These relationships constitute what we now call a prison industrial complex . The term \" prison industrial complex \" was introduced by activists and scholars to contest prevailing beliefs that increased levels of crime were the root cause of mounting prison populations. Instead, they argue, prison construction and the attendant drive to fill these new structures with human bodies have been driven by ideologies of racism and the pursuit of profit.",
"\u2014 Angela Y. Davis",
"The prison-industrial complex involves U.S. for-profit prisons and their influence in American politics, she [Christia Mercer] said.",
"\u2014 Will DeMarco",
"[Eric] Schlosser's crucial findings are that the prison-industrial complex is a set of bureaucratic, political and economic interests that encourage increased spending on prisons, regardless of actual need.",
"\u2014 Molly Ivins",
"As many have argued, the prison industrial complex is an engine of inequality through the disproportionate incarceration of both poor people and people of colour \u2026",
"\u2014 Corinne Mason and Shoshana Magnet"
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"\u2014 J. Irwin Miller"
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"(Mary) Le*on*tyne \\ l\u0113-\u200b\u02c8\u00e4n-\u200b\u02cct\u0113n ; \u02c8l\u0113-\u200b\u0259n-\u200b\u02cct\u0113n , \u02c8l\u0101-\u200b \\"
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"You paid a high price for the car.",
"We bought the house at a good price .",
"The price of milk rose.",
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"I know he said he wouldn't do it, but I think it's just a matter of finding his price .",
"Verb",
"They priced the house too high.",
"Workers quickly priced the new merchandise.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Rome has also cut a fuel tax, lowering the price at the pump for consumers. \u2014 Eric Sylvers, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
"The second letter referenced a Texas A&M University Agricultural and Food Policy Center study in May about the impact of higher farming input costs and commodity price changes on 64 farms. \u2014 Cristina Larue, Arkansas Online , 18 June 2022",
"All the selections here are M.2 2280 modules (the most widely supported), and most are in the price /capacity sweet spot between 500 GB and 2 TB. \u2014 Joseph Moran, Popular Mechanics , 17 June 2022",
"The company has only one operating and reportable segment, and the sales growth over the past few years has been driven by a combination of a rise in price and volume. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Fortunately Amazon is slashing the price on some of the best dang headphones on the market, the Apple's AirPods Max (22% off), just in time for Sunday. \u2014 Kelsey Mulvey, Men's Health , 17 June 2022",
"Putin said his country was withstanding those efforts and pointed to increasing price inflation and energy costs across the West as evidence that those sanctions had backfired. \u2014 Patrick Smith, NBC News , 17 June 2022",
"The home saw a price drop but still hasn't attracted buyers. \u2014 CBS News , 17 June 2022",
"From the article: The company\u2019s stock price has fallen by more than a third during Mr. Jassy\u2019s tenure, erasing more than $600 billion in market value. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 17 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"There\u2019s lots to consider when choosing a fountain pen for daily use, from material to weight to nib options to price \u2014not to mention aesthetics: color, shape and decor. \u2014 Nancy Olson, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"The first is to price it in a way that everybody can afford it. \u2014 Fortune Editors, Fortune , 13 Apr. 2022",
"This is far from an extinction-level event, but with Netflix\u2019s premium valuation relative to other media players, the company\u2019s investors still need to figure out how to price it for a different kind of growth. \u2014 Dan Gallagher, WSJ , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Slower demand can help price pressures to ease as fewer buyers compete for goods and services. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
"The jump in the Consumer Price Index, a broad basket of goods and services, was due mainly to price increases for fuel, food and housing, the Labor Department reported Friday. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 10 June 2022",
"In most cases, however, patients can\u2019t actually price shop for health care. \u2014 Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 May 2022",
"The measure is a follow-up to last year\u2019s decision by API to push Congress for legislation to price carbon emissions across the economy, in what was a policy turnabout a decade after the organization helped to kill a similar plan. \u2014 Timothy Puko And Ted Mann, WSJ , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The result is usually that myopic development interests simply price the bribes to local government for the permits into their cost structure and pass it on to consumers. \u2014 Roger Valdez, Forbes , 6 June 2022"
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"The Kyrie II is composed in the old Renaissance style, the prima prattica , the purely contrapuntal, a remote and mysterious sacred sound recalling the effect and compositional style of Palestrina's Masses.",
"\u2014 George J. Buelow , A History of Baroque Music , 2004"
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"\u2014 George J. Buelow , A History of Baroque Music , 2004"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As for Victor Oladipo\u2019s free agency, that likely comes down to price point (with there likely a point of no return for the Heat). \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 20 June 2022",
"However, this Amazon deal still offers a top-of-the-line shave at a budget-friendly price point . \u2014 Christian Gollayan, Men's Health , 8 June 2022",
"The Art of Sport (AOS) lotion is a great choice for a daily moisturizer at a great price point . \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022",
"Another big difference between N95 and KN95 masks is the price point . \u2014 oregonlive , 18 May 2022",
"There is no price point at which City, or P.S.G., feel compelled to sell a player. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
"This is a great entry price point into the watch market without sacrificing craftsmanship. \u2014 Vogue , 8 Aug. 2021",
"For most Indian families, this is an entirely unaffordable price point . \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz , 2 Aug. 2021",
"Anta\u2019s appeal was a sneaker price point that was roughly a third of what Nike and Adidas charged. \u2014 Grady Mcgregor, Fortune , 3 Apr. 2021"
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"\u02c8pr\u012b-\u02ccmer-\u0113, -m\u0259-r\u0113",
"\u02c8pr\u012b-\u02ccmer-\u0113",
"\u02c8pr\u012b-m\u0259-r\u0113",
"-m\u0259-r\u0113",
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"overbearing",
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"overriding",
"paramount",
"predominant",
"preeminent",
"premier",
"primal",
"principal",
"prior",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"supreme"
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"least"
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"Adjective",
"The economy was the primary focus of the debate.",
"The family is the primary social unit of human life.",
"The primary function of our schools is to educate our young people.",
"We just started our primary flight training.",
"The book is based mainly on primary sources rather than secondary sources.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Arizona will hold its primary election Aug. 2, along with the states of Kansas, Michigan, Missouri and Washington. \u2014 Ananya Tiwari, The Arizona Republic , 2 July 2022",
"Two longtime Baltimore County Council members are stepping down this year \u2014 including the council\u2019s only woman \u2014 and voters in this summer\u2019s primary election will choose from a field of candidates who hope to take their place. \u2014 Alison Knezevich, Baltimore Sun , 1 July 2022",
"Tennesseans are running out of time to register to vote in the Aug. 4 primary election. \u2014 Fox News , 1 July 2022",
"After the March primary election, Busse called Ingram back, frustrated. \u2014 Susan Carroll, NBC News , 1 July 2022",
"Five candidates in Tuesday\u2019s primary election emerged as the top Republican vote-getters in the race for a seat on the Kendall County Board in District 2. \u2014 Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune , 30 June 2022",
"Before losing in the runoff, Black edged Butler by 14 votes in the primary election. \u2014 Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al , 29 June 2022",
"His successor, Kathy Hochul, after winning the Democratic gubernatorial primary election on Tuesday, appears poised to do something like the opposite. \u2014 Eric Lach, The New Yorker , 29 June 2022",
"The Salt Lake Tribune is providing free access to 2022 Utah primary election result stories. \u2014 Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 29 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But despite being a leading candidate in the Democratic primary , his effort was derailed after a rival successfully challenged his eligibility to run for the position. \u2014 Michael Brice-saddler, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"The challenges helped push three serious candidates out of the Democratic primary for governor. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 29 June 2022",
"In the Democratic primary to replace retiring House Majority Leader Greg Harris, a five-way North Side race includes Fernando Mojica, Eileen Dordek, Hoan Huynh, Joseph Struck and Andrew Peters. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune , 29 June 2022",
"In the Democratic primary , Democrats and independents are able to vote. \u2014 ABC News , 28 June 2022",
"Hillary Clinton endorsed Jared Moskowitz in the Democratic congressional primary in an open South Florida district. \u2014 Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel , 28 June 2022",
"In the Democratic primary , Casten faces off against Rep. Marie Newman. \u2014 Katherine Swartz, USA TODAY , 27 June 2022",
"In the Democratic primary , both Suozzi and Williams will have to be very careful about attacks on Hochul that could hurt the party\u2019s efforts in November. \u2014 John Zogby, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"Kathy Hochul, the incumbent, is expected to handily win against Jumaane Williams and Tom Suozzi in the Democratic primary on June 28. \u2014 New York Times , 26 June 2022"
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"Middle English primarye, primary \"original, earliest,\" borrowed from Latin pr\u012bm\u0101rius \"of the highest importance or station (of persons), first-rate, chief\" (Late Latin, \"original, lying at the beginning,\" Medieval Latin, \"foremost, leading\"), from pr\u012bmus \"first, foremost, earliest, of first importance\" + -\u0101rius -ary entry 2 \u2014 more at prime entry 2":"Adjective",
"in part borrowed from Late Latin pr\u012bm\u0101rius \"person leading, leader,\" noun derivative of Latin pr\u012bm\u0101rius \"of the highest importance or station, chief, primary entry 1 \"; in part noun derivative of primary entry 1 , or shortened from collocations with the adjective; (sense 5) shortened from primary election, earlier primary assembly, translation of French assembl\u00e9e primaire":"Noun"
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"noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP managed to hold above key price support levels during March and have rallied semi-vigorously. \u2014 John Navin, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022",
"So far, right-wing populist parties have largely benefited from new divisions in the electorate over housing, with people living in areas untouched by the boom in property prices supporting causes like Brexit in greater numbers. \u2014 Benjamin Mueller, New York Times , 29 Feb. 2020",
"Yet despite taxpayer funding of these efforts, Azar speculated that vaccines might not be affordable to all and dismissed the idea of using price supports to ensure that poor people would have access to the vaccine. \u2014 Gavin Yamey, STAT , 5 Mar. 2020",
"Right-wing populist parties have largely benefited from new divisions in the electorate over housing, with people living in areas untouched by the boom in property prices supporting causes like Brexit in greater numbers. \u2014 Benjamin Mueller, BostonGlobe.com , 29 Feb. 2020",
"The 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act, part of the Depression-era New Deal, introduced government price supports , paying farmers to leave grain and cotton fields idle and shrink hog herds. \u2014 Jacob Bunge, WSJ , 26 July 2018",
"The drug maker has argued that pricing supported further innovative research. \u2014 Ed Silverman, STAT , 7 Nov. 2019",
"Then, the same government responds to the farmers\u2019 plight with a barrage of handouts, price supports , subsidized loans and debt-relief measures for them, which many other countries also do. \u2014 Krishna Pokharel, WSJ , 14 Jan. 2019",
"Farmers and supporters rally in 1983 in Iowa, seeking price supports for crops and a moratorium on farm foreclosures. \u2014 Jacob Bunge, WSJ , 26 July 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Fittingly, the fragrance starts out with a blast of Sichuan pepper, the misnomer spice that has no relation to peppercorns but is instead a berry of the prickly ash tree. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Fragrant, with a hint of citrus, the reddish-pink berries of the prickly ash tree numb the lips upon impact. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 13 Dec. 2021",
"Delicate prickly ash leaves, shiso flowers and nasturtium decorated the plates. \u2014 Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 Nov. 2021",
"The shrimp one made for a super-light and slightly crunchy dumpling, while the mala pork ones left a pleasant tingle on the lips after slurping the prickly ash -laced broth. \u2014 Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com , 5 Nov. 2020",
"After weeks of , the more iron-stomached among China\u2019s diners craved a proper Sichuan-style hot pot, with fiery chile peppers and mouth-numbing prickly ash pods bobbing across a cauldron of red broth. \u2014 Eva Dou, Washington Post , 16 Apr. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"To match her stunning Alexander McQueen primrose yellow dress, Kate wore a magnificent new citrine ring on her right hand. \u2014 Michelle Manetti, Good Housekeeping , 21 May 2018",
"Kate, the duchess of Cambridge, wore a primrose yellow wool silk tailored coat by the house of Alexander McQueen and large hat with a flower tucked under the brim on one side. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 May 2018",
"Kate, the duchess of Cambridge, wore a primrose yellow wool silk tailored coat by the house of Alexander McQueen and large hat with a flower tucked under the brim on one side. \u2014 Leanne Italie, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2018",
"Courtesy At Kate Middleton and Prince William's wedding in 2011, Queen Elizabeth wore a primrose yellow dress, designed by an in-house team led by her personal assistant Angela Kelly. \u2014 Alex Warner, Marie Claire , 19 May 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Riffing off that collective nature, Laila will this month launch printings.jp, a new site selling fashion-centric printed matter : magazines, photography and art books, catalogs, invitation cards, and more. \u2014 Monica Kim, Vogue , 12 Dec. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At present, there are no cures available to treat prion disease . \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"It\u2019s a prion disease with similarities to mad cow disease, which is scientifically known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy. \u2014 Anton L. Delgado, The Arizona Republic , 29 May 2021",
"His family farm is in Richland County, Wisconsin, one of over 30 counties in that state dealing with positive cases of the fatal prion disease , which commonly infects elk and deer. \u2014 Anton L. Delgado, The Arizona Republic , 29 May 2021",
"The claim originates from a paper (likely not peer-reviewed) published earlier this year that asserts the mRNA component of the vaccine causes prion disease . \u2014 Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY , 17 Sep. 2018",
"Neither approach appears likely to work for prion disease . \u2014 Scientific American , 29 Feb. 2020",
"People who have suffered from prion diseases will not be eligible. \u2014 Henry Alford, The New Yorker , 26 Aug. 2019",
"Inspired by the success in Huntington\u2019s, Vallabh and Minikel\u2019s team has partnered with Ionis to, it is hoped, develop ASO therapies for prion diseases . \u2014 Bret Stetka, Scientific American , 15 Aug. 2019",
"Unlike the situation with the camel prion disease , BSE doesn\u2019t easily jump from animal to animal. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 26 Apr. 2018"
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"The historic center of Orthodoxy is Constantinople\u2014present-day Istanbul\u2014and the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople is recognized by other patriarchs (there are nine in all) as primus inter pares , or first among equals. \u2014 Paul Elie, The New Yorker , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Mark Zuckerberg is an unabashed fan of Augustus, the Roman emperor who referred to himself as primus inter pares , or first among equals. \u2014 Kevin T. Dugan, Fortune , 28 Sep. 2021",
"Within countries there are prime ministers to mediate spending disputes among squabbling department heads, but the EU has no primus inter pares ; the budget must be approved unanimously by its leaders. \u2014 The Economist , 18 Jan. 2018",
"His performance mixed strength, lucidity and elegance in equal proportion, a civilized musical conversation in which the pianist functioned more as primus inter pares than soloist, as Beethoven surely intended. \u2014 John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com , 3 Nov. 2017",
"Egalitarians no doubt applaud this surnominal softening, yet not all companies can or should be run on a primus inter pares basis. \u2014 Gregg Opelka, WSJ , 26 Sep. 2017",
"The Nationalist military chieftains who elevated Francisco Franco to supreme power may initially have thought of their leader as a sort of primus inter pares , but this notion did not accord with Franco\u2019s ideas. \u2014 Jes\u00fas Palacios, Slate Magazine , 9 Feb. 2017"
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"Even for the narrow categories of speech that aren\u2019t protected, nearly all content blocking on social media goes against the first principle of free-speech jurisprudence\u2014the ban on prior restraint , or censorship without judicial review. \u2014 Vivek Ramaswamy, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2022",
"If Twitter were such a forum, almost all content blocking would be an impermissible prior restraint . \u2014 Vivek Ramaswamy, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The Supreme Court made that clear in the Pentagon Papers case, a landmark ruling against prior restraint blocking the publication of newsworthy journalism. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 20 Nov. 2021",
"The Supreme Court made that clear in the Pentagon Papers case, a landmark ruling against prior restraint blocking the publication of newsworthy journalism. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 20 Nov. 2021",
"The Supreme Court made that clear in the Pentagon Papers case, a landmark ruling against prior restraint blocking the publication of newsworthy journalism. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 20 Nov. 2021",
"The Times had not faced any prior restraint since 1971, when the Nixon administration unsuccessfully sought to block the publication of the Pentagon Papers detailing U.S. military involvement in Vietnam. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 25 Dec. 2021",
"Wood\u2019s order amounts to prior restraint , the legal term generally used for when courts block a newspaper or other journalistic organization from publishing something. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 20 Nov. 2021",
"The Supreme Court made that clear in the Pentagon Papers case, a landmark ruling against prior restraint blocking the publication of newsworthy journalism. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 20 Nov. 2021"
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"Calls for more stringent gun legislation have risen following multiple recent mass shooting incidents\u2014including one at a primary school in Texas that resulted in the deaths of 19 children and two teachers. \u2014 Siladitya Ray, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"Deputies who serve as SROs in the Madison County School System are assigned to a primary school or campus, Bates said. \u2014 Scott Turner | Sturner@al.com, al , 9 June 2022",
"More details are emerging about the 911 calls made by children inside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas as an alleged 18-year-old gunman killed 19 children and two adults at the primary school . \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 27 May 2022",
"Australian authorities have identified the five children who tragically died after winds tossed a jumping castle 32 feet into the air at a primary school . \u2014 Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com , 17 Dec. 2021",
"The organization is currently focused on training the first generation of Rwandan music teachers, with a goal to place a music teacher in every primary school in the country. \u2014 Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Authorities have set up a command center to coordinate emergency responses and a media center at a primary school near the crash. \u2014 Elaine Yu, WSJ , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Despite its mention of jihad, and its suggestion of a broader conspiracy, its most detailed section focusses on an employment dispute at a primary school , among four teaching assistants and a principal. \u2014 Sarah Larson, The New Yorker , 20 Mar. 2022",
"In fact, his design for a primary school in Gando was part of his studies. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The painting\u2019s primary color is a single frontal field of bold Venetian red, which stretches from side to side, top to bottom. \u2014 Lance Esplund, WSJ , 21 May 2022",
"Irony is, however, a primary color in this filmmaker\u2019s palette. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 10 Apr. 2022",
"With their overcharge of primary color , glaring intense pinkness, and eruptive scatterings of gilt, feathers, ribbons, and rays, the paintings can look more seductive in reproduction than in situ. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022",
"While subtler than the more ostentatious choices on the list thus far, at least Kia is offering something of substance that isn\u2019t grayscale or a primary color . \u2014 Jacob Kurowicki, Car and Driver , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Opt for a traditional tartan motif or a larger check pattern with bold, primary color schemes. \u2014 Sara Holzman, Marie Claire , 5 Nov. 2021",
"The collection evokes summers on the 1920's French Riviera, inspired by nautical themes, classic French sailor chic and the primary color palette of Mondrian and seminal 20th-century artists. \u2014 Roxanne Robinson, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021",
"That is the one thing many don\u2019t realize about the three primary colors for cameras\u2026 too much red, yellow or blue causes cameras to glitch. \u2014 Brian Stultz, ajc , 22 Dec. 2017",
"From a collection of colorful finger puppets to landscape paintings using only black, white, and primary colors for mixing, these students show why art is crucial to the curriculum. \u2014 Denise Coffey, Courant Community , 21 Dec. 2017"
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"He provides primary care to inner-city patients.",
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"Your primary care doctor can order a blood test to check your thyroid hormone levels. \u2014 Julie Stewart, Men's Health , 29 June 2022",
"Samantha called the family\u2019s primary care doctor seeking an appointment. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"The state of Texas requires that a specialist confirm the diagnosis, meaning your primary care doctor likely won't be able to fill the script. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 23 June 2022",
"Ask your primary care doctor or check with your insurance provider for information on local group therapy services. \u2014 Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022",
"However, if fatty liver progresses to more advanced inflammation or fibrosis, a consult with your primary care doctor and referral to a gastrointestinal specialist is warranted. \u2014 Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
"Have your blood pressure checked on a regular basis by your primary care doctor, suggested Dr. Graff-Radford. \u2014 Christina Crawford, Health.com , 19 Apr. 2022",
"And the primary care doctor makes referrals to specialists. \u2014 Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The clinic will be for veterans who currently receive primary care and mental health care at the VA clinics located at Midtown, Thunderbird and the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center (CTHVAMC). \u2014 Paula Pedene, The Arizona Republic , 21 June 2022"
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"I need a new printer for my office.",
"Benjamin Franklin was originally a printer .",
"The manuscript was sent to the printer yesterday.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The design room, where the Bottom Dollar team regularly commenced to review the Minx layout on bulletin boards before it was sent to the printer , also had a stronger sense of organization. \u2014 Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 June 2022",
"April Stringfield's dream of becoming a homeowner came true right before Christmas, thanks in part to a 3D printer . \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Elgan said a printer will be installed in the counting room for the general election. \u2014 CBS News , 24 June 2022",
"Early in the film, for instance, ink is tossed in the young man\u2019s face to reflect his humiliating status as a lowly printer . \u2014 Kyle Smith, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
"Not to mention the additional costs to power your computer, keep your work phone charged, and maybe even run a printer once a day or so. \u2014 Megan Leonhardt, Fortune , 5 June 2022",
"Create larger, multiple images on a rice old printer . \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 3 June 2022",
"The company, a printer of magazines, bibles and other materials, would add manufacturing space and another 100 employees to its staff of 1,100. \u2014 New York Times , 10 May 2022",
"Customers first book and pay for their appointment online, then stick a hand inside the machine (which looks a lot like a printer ) that pipes polish onto the nail, leaving no brush lines. \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 6 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As Elizabeth II, the daughter of the last emperor of India, heads the Church of England, so Sargon\u2019s daughter became high- priestess of the moon god in the temple at Ur. \u2014 Dominic Green, WSJ , 7 June 2022",
"Wearing a dark robe and what might be a priestess \u2019s headdress, Shaylin D. Watson backs out on stage, wary, imploring, accepting. \u2014 Jeffrey Gantz, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
"Calm down Madonna fans, this is a shrine to the Virgin Mary, not your pop priestess . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 6 May 2022",
"She is identified as both ritual priestess and triumphant ruler in a monument that enshrines her elite status and a belief in the divine right to rule that would shape her role and image in the late classic Mayan period. \u2014 Mary Tompkins Lewis, WSJ , 25 Feb. 2022",
"That alien- priestess -goddess wears sharply tailored suiting, gilded cone bras that feel to be an homage to Jean Paul Gautlier, a long tailcoat in satin back faille, embroidered with the Apollo Fountain of Versailles. \u2014 Kerry Pieri, Harper's BAZAAR , 24 Jan. 2022",
"This couture collection thus became the realm of the high couture priestess , one who donned exaggerated circular hat-headdresses, wore gold, black and white, and floated by gleaming and resplendent. \u2014 Thomas Adamson, ajc , 24 Jan. 2022",
"In the Season 2 premiere, Geralt and Ciri make their way to the manor house of Nevellin (Kristofer Hivju) who has been cursed by a priestess and now is half-man, half-boar. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 29 Dec. 2021",
"In what may be the season\u2019s most compelling episode, Brother Day endures a trial by ordeal to refute a charismatic priestess , Zephyr Halima (T\u2019Nia Miller), who preaches that the emperors have no soul. \u2014 Julian Lucas, The New Yorker , 1 Nov. 2021"
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"1957, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Poco Poco, one of the coast's oldest produce sellers, chatted with customers amid boxes of prickly pear and green chicory stacked shoulder-high and spilling out into the street. \u2014 Maria Shollenbarger, Travel + Leisure , 20 June 2022",
"This project sports pinks and purples and highlights some Arizona favorites: a prickly pear cactus and a large quail. \u2014 Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic , 7 June 2022",
"Ambrosial Pineapple Lavender Martini with savory Acapulco Sunset or zero-proof Tropical Hurricane with prickly pear , mango and rosemary. \u2014 Robin Soslow, Chron , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Designed to soothe stressed skin (through a cocktail of prickly pear , white sage, aloe vera, and broad-spectrum SPF 30), apply a bit with your fingers to even skin tone or use your favorite brush to actually cover discoloration. \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 14 Apr. 2022",
"This year, one of those is prickly pear for skin, which, like ceramides, was named an ingredient to watch out for in 2022 by the Whole Foods Trend Council. \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 12 May 2022",
"Willow bark is the source of salicylic acid to clear away the blackheads, and prickly pear enzymes. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022",
"Her sour orange and sweet lime curd dessert with meringue, prickly pear granita, basil flowers and quince tossed in chile piquin sugar was dubbed best dessert of the night by Lakshmi. \u2014 Emma Balter, Chron , 26 May 2022",
"New flavor varieties are intriguing, including chamoy, cactus prickly pear and watermelon jalape\u00f1o. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The keyboard switches in the Sonnet are installed by the user on an aluminum plate and then soldered directly onto the printed circuit board inside the keyboard. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"Nikkei lists some of them, including Foxconn\u2019s touch panel subsidiary, General Interface Solution (GIS) Holding, and printed circuit board maker Unimicron. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 14 Mar. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Lawrence Frank, the Clippers\u2019 top basketball executive, last week called retaining the team\u2019s free agents as the top priority , and several of their futures remain unresolved. \u2014 Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times , 29 June 2022",
"Many organizations have made mental health a top priority . \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"The village clinic listed 41 homes \u2014 about a third of the total \u2014 as a top priority for evacuation due to chronic health problems or other vulnerabilities. \u2014 Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News , 27 June 2022",
"For decades, the marketing around perfume made seduction a priority . \u2014 Rachel Strugatz, New York Times , 23 June 2022",
"Both President Biden and many members of Congress have made funding a national PrEP program a priority . \u2014 Carl Schmid, STAT , 23 June 2022",
"Governments must make their countries\u2019 economic interests the priority and address the cost-of-living crisis. \u2014 Bal\u00e1zs Orb\u00e1n, WSJ , 21 June 2022",
"In our progress roundup, some adult Ukrainian refugees in Poland made normality a priority for children escaping the war, by creating a new school in Warsaw. \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 21 June 2022",
"Since stepping into the chief executive job, Hartz has made diverse management a priority . \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe And Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune , 15 June 2022"
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"She gave me a printout of the directions.",
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"The tests produced a printout listing the levels of these compounds; abnormally high levels were flagged. \u2014 Mark Johnson, jsonline.com , 29 Apr. 2022",
"That request was apparently ignored as an ALSAC staffer was tasked with getting in touch with Nona a few months after her call, according to a printout of a computerized log of interactions with Nona filed in court. \u2014 David Armstrong, ProPublica , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Anthony sent me a picture of himself at about 7, a creased computer printout with streaks in the ink and him at the center, skinny in oversized clothes with his ears sticking out and a dutiful smile on his face. \u2014 Evan Allen, BostonGlobe.com , 30 Dec. 2021",
"Due to printing delays, voters who will show up in person starting Tuesday through the week\u2019s end will receive a ballot that is a PDF printout of the normal ballot. \u2014 Laura Hancock, cleveland , 4 Apr. 2022",
"This means providing the captain with a printout of vital information, including the total of passengers, bags, and cargo onboard. \u2014 Ramsey Qubein, Outside Online , 10 Feb. 2015",
"After their run, drivers receive a printout showing their fastest laps and speed. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 24 Feb. 2022",
"If Rite Aid is your go-to spot, log into your Rite Aid account online to receive a printout of your vaccination records. \u2014 Megan Marples, CNN , 15 Feb. 2022",
"At the end of the dinner, Arnault pulled out a high-res printout of Jean-Michel Basquiat\u2019s 1982 painting Equals Pi. \u2014 Rory Satran, WSJ , 8 Feb. 2022"
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"The girls spent hours primping in front of the mirror.",
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"Groomers competed live to primp out their poodles into fantastical works of art. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Welcome to the 2022 Groom Expo West and its centerpiece event, the Andis Creative Styling Competition, where skilled groomers compete live to primp out their poodles into fantastical works of art. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 Mar. 2022",
"As soon as the Bucks won Game 5 to take a 3-2 lead in the series, Milwaukee began to primp and prepare to throw a party for itself on Tuesday night. \u2014 Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic , 20 July 2021",
"Our four main actors \u2014 Jack, Rock, Camille, and Claire \u2014 prepare for their screen tests, with the girls primping while the guys work out in short shorts. \u2014 Jean Bentley, refinery29.com , 4 May 2020",
"The above images take us behind-the-scenes as Hadid's team primped the belle of the ball ahead of her dramatic entrance with Dior Homme\u2019s artistsic director Kris Van Assche. \u2014 Edward Barsamian, Vogue , 23 Jan. 2018",
"The malleability of female identity is at the unsettling heart of the film, which is filled with reflective surfaces, windows and mirrors in which Millie is always primping . \u2014 Megan O\u2019grady, New York Times , 19 Feb. 2020",
"Las Vegas is a kaleidoscope, inconsistent and inconstant, always primping itself for the next starry-eyed wanderer to come along. \u2014 Alex Pulaski | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 22 Feb. 2020",
"The perfectly primped and poised black poodle took home the title at the 144th edition of the contest, despite the crowd's support for a golden retriever named Daniel. \u2014 CBS News , 12 Feb. 2020"
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"The airlines are engaged in another price war .",
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"Jack Tramiel launched a price war with its VIC-20 and especially its excellent Commodore 64 computer, slashing prices in half soon after launch and then lower still. \u2014 PCMAG , 27 June 2022",
"Demand for crude in cars and planes plummeted with much of the world economy in lockdown, while Saudi Arabia and Russia, two of the world\u2019s biggest crude producers, launched a crushing price war . \u2014 David Hodari, WSJ , 9 Dec. 2020",
"Buyers will have more options, potentially starting a price war between producers whose crude few want to touch. \u2014 Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN , 27 May 2022",
"Supply swelled as Saudi Arabia and Russia engaged in a price war at the worst possible moment. \u2014 Matt Egan, CNN , 20 Apr. 2021",
"In April 2020, the pandemic triggered such a sharp drop in oil demand in the wake of a Russian-Saudi price war that the world was running out of places to store it, and oil prices briefly dipped below zero. \u2014 Gregory Zuckerman, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The apparent price war is the latest indication that smartphone makers may be betting on affordable 5G devices to entice first-time buyers and upgrades, at a time when the market feels saturated. \u2014 Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Soon after the pandemic hit (and an accompanying oil- price war ended), Russia and Saudi Arabia agreed to slash production, allowing global oil prices to reach an equilibrium. \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 23 Feb. 2022",
"And an epic oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia made things even worse. \u2014 Matt Egan, CNN , 6 July 2021"
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"Residents last month voted to approve topless sunbathing on all public and private beaches, a move that promises to bring a dash of European abandon to an enclave better known for preppies and privet hedges. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
"The result is a forest that once again is able to flourish, where the beauty of the cottonwoods, hickories, elms, ash and pecans isn\u2019t choked by the aggressive privet . \u2014 Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Today the trash is gone, as is most of the invasive Chinese privet , a nasty undergrowth that overwhelms native trees and vegetation. \u2014 Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Poisoning privet isn\u2019t an option in a floodplain; instead it\u2019s been carefully removed by hand. \u2014 Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News , 1 Oct. 2021",
"To create hedges, Ms. Johnsen suggests using traditional privet and arborvitaes combined with trees such as the deer-resistant copper beech, which can grow into a type of vegetative screening. \u2014 Hannah Selinger, WSJ , 19 Nov. 2020",
"On a handsome terrace a few miles east, an ordinary privet has been transformed into an ocean liner, complete with cresting wave. \u2014 Kieran Dodds; Text By Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Oct. 2020",
"This is Japanese privet , otherwise known as Japanese ligustrum. \u2014 Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com , 11 June 2020",
"Behind the privet hedge, besides the daffodils There\u2019s pansies, thyme, and rosemary. \u2014 Hannah Aizenman, The New Yorker , 17 Dec. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Inkjet printers use ink for maintenance, such as to moisten the printhead . \u2014 The Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics , 26 July 2021",
"After the printhead passes, a roller bar drags a thin layer of powder across the surface and the process repeats a couple hundred, or thousand, times. \u2014 Joseph Flaherty, WIRED , 25 Jan. 2013"
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"Rome has also cut a fuel tax, lowering the price at the pump for consumers. \u2014 Eric Sylvers, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
"The second letter referenced a Texas A&M University Agricultural and Food Policy Center study in May about the impact of higher farming input costs and commodity price changes on 64 farms. \u2014 Cristina Larue, Arkansas Online , 18 June 2022",
"All the selections here are M.2 2280 modules (the most widely supported), and most are in the price /capacity sweet spot between 500 GB and 2 TB. \u2014 Joseph Moran, Popular Mechanics , 17 June 2022",
"The company has only one operating and reportable segment, and the sales growth over the past few years has been driven by a combination of a rise in price and volume. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Fortunately Amazon is slashing the price on some of the best dang headphones on the market, the Apple's AirPods Max (22% off), just in time for Sunday. \u2014 Kelsey Mulvey, Men's Health , 17 June 2022",
"Putin said his country was withstanding those efforts and pointed to increasing price inflation and energy costs across the West as evidence that those sanctions had backfired. \u2014 Patrick Smith, NBC News , 17 June 2022",
"The home saw a price drop but still hasn't attracted buyers. \u2014 CBS News , 17 June 2022",
"From the article: The company\u2019s stock price has fallen by more than a third during Mr. Jassy\u2019s tenure, erasing more than $600 billion in market value. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 17 June 2022",
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"There\u2019s lots to consider when choosing a fountain pen for daily use, from material to weight to nib options to price \u2014not to mention aesthetics: color, shape and decor. \u2014 Nancy Olson, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"The first is to price it in a way that everybody can afford it. \u2014 Fortune Editors, Fortune , 13 Apr. 2022",
"This is far from an extinction-level event, but with Netflix\u2019s premium valuation relative to other media players, the company\u2019s investors still need to figure out how to price it for a different kind of growth. \u2014 Dan Gallagher, WSJ , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Slower demand can help price pressures to ease as fewer buyers compete for goods and services. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
"The jump in the Consumer Price Index, a broad basket of goods and services, was due mainly to price increases for fuel, food and housing, the Labor Department reported Friday. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 10 June 2022",
"In most cases, however, patients can\u2019t actually price shop for health care. \u2014 Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 May 2022",
"The measure is a follow-up to last year\u2019s decision by API to push Congress for legislation to price carbon emissions across the economy, in what was a policy turnabout a decade after the organization helped to kill a similar plan. \u2014 Timothy Puko And Ted Mann, WSJ , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The result is usually that myopic development interests simply price the bribes to local government for the permits into their cost structure and pass it on to consumers. \u2014 Roger Valdez, Forbes , 6 June 2022"
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"Almost half the 150 people or so in Loretto\u2019s prison camp showed up for the classes, said Ball. \u2014 Elizabeth Macbride, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"Norman Mineta was 10 years old when he and his family were taken in 1942 from their home in San Jose to a prison camp established at the Santa Anita racetrack. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2022",
"Hoping to assemble complete sets of remains from the prison camp , the agency uncovered more mix-ups that required yet more digging. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
"She was sentenced to a federal prison camp in West Virginia in 2010 for 37 months. \u2014 Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press , 26 Apr. 2022",
"After the Germans occupied Paris in 1940, her father was arrested and sent to a prison camp . \u2014 New York Times , 1 May 2022",
"The program includes work by World War II-era prison camp survivor Paul Chihara, as well as Dai Fujikara, Jiyoun Chung, Wu Man and others. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 May 2022",
"Whelan has been detained in Russia since 2018 and is currently in a prison camp , sentenced to 16 years on espionage charges that the U.S. government and his family say were fabricated. \u2014 Bypatrick Reevell, ABC News , 4 May 2022",
"The prison camp , dubbed Camp Cupcake, is a minimum-security women's facility that has housed the likes of Martha Stewart, former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway and other minor celebrities. \u2014 Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press , 26 Apr. 2022"
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"Its rare book collection contains volumes representing nearly every year since Johannes Gutenberg built his first printing press in the mid-15th century \u2014 including the complete works of Calvin and Hobbes. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 May 2022",
"The trial is taking place in Fairfax County because The Post, which is not a defendant, houses its printing press and online server in Virginia. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The trial, which started April 12 and is being held in Fairfax County, where The Post\u2019s printing press and online server are based, is live-streamed every day and has consumed wide swaths of the Internet. \u2014 Emily Yahr, Washington Post , 24 May 2022",
"Government can\u2019t create these relationships by mandate or printing press . \u2014 Jedd Medefind, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
"In 1851, the Free Press bought a steam engine to power the paper's printing press , which is dubbed Peggy Ann for reasons now long lost. \u2014 Dan Austin, Detroit Free Press , 5 May 2022",
"All the great innovations of the past\u2014gravity, the printing press , the panini press\u2014faced skepticism. \u2014 Zach Zimmerman, The New Yorker , 1 Mar. 2022",
"The podcast is named after a neighborhood of Cairo that hosted the first active printing press , the Bulaq Press, in the region. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Furthermore, that printing press was owned by the bishopric, which in turn determined what could be printed for the next two centuries. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 21 Feb. 2022"
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"It\u2019s fundamental to primality testing methods, and all the cryptology that goes with that. \u2014 Dave Linkletter, Popular Mechanics , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Finding prime numbers is well-studied, and in this case Gedanke used a method called Baillie-PSW primality testing. \u2014 Dave Linkletter, Popular Mechanics , 9 Aug. 2019",
"As numbers get bigger, the list of numbers that could divide them grows longer \u2014 there are more ways primality can fail in big numbers than in small numbers. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 10 Dec. 2018"
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"Dressed as a priest , the man arrived at the barracks of the Queen\u2019s Household Division soldiers on April 26, claiming to be a friend of the Coldstream Guards\u2019 military chaplain. \u2014 Omid Scobie, Harper's BAZAAR , 3 May 2022",
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"Use a slug and snail bait every week to keep the pests from consuming the primula foliage and blooms. \u2014 Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Wait to plant primula and cyclamen for blooms in the shade and pansies and violas for more flowers in the sun. \u2014 Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News , 8 Oct. 2021",
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"There is another shade-blooming winter annual to consider along with cyclamen: primula . \u2014 Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com , 31 Oct. 2019",
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"Police said Wednesday that the six arrested the previous day for violating forestry laws had collected more than 132 kilograms of primula veris, or cowslip, which can garner 100 euros per kilogram. \u2014 Fox News , 26 Apr. 2018",
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"Tribune first to publish entire 246,000-word transcript of Watergate tapes, scooping even the government printing office by several hours. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 26 June 2022",
"For just 15 cents \u2014 the price of the newspaper back then \u2014 readers of the May 1, 1974, edition of the Tribune dug into Nixon\u2019s expletive-laden conversations hours before they were sold to the public by the government\u2019s printing office for $12.25. \u2014 Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"People finally had a means of editing, storing, and printing office documents. \u2014 Andrew Hudson, Ars Technica , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Her father, John, worked in the printing office of the Department of Justice, and her mother, Clementine (Jordan) Balthrop, was a homemaker. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Sep. 2021",
"Her father, in addition to repairing radios and TVs, worked in the printing office of the Justice Department. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Sep. 2021",
"Two days later, on the eve of the Jewish Sabbath, Amedy Coulibaly stormed the Hyper Cacher supermarket, killing four hostages in the name of the Islamic State group as the brothers took control of a printing office outside the French capital. \u2014 Lori Hinnant And Nicolas Vaux-montagny, USA TODAY , 2 Sep. 2020",
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"The girl was filthy, blistered by prickly heat and bitten by ants, her ankles chafed by chains attached to an iron stake. \u2014 Sam Roberts, New York Times , 31 Oct. 2017"
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"The glass that lets light travel through the prism is rectangular rather than circular. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 21 June 2022",
"Something of that energy could be felt pulsing through the audience as well on Friday, as BMOP and Odyssey Opera begin their efforts to engage with the country\u2019s racial reckoning through the prism of opera. \u2014 Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
"Since the vast majority of those sequences are seen through the prism of Eleven\u2019s memories, Brown performed most of those scenes. \u2014 Adam B. Vary, Variety , 17 June 2022",
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"Marginalizing Tsodilo Hills by associating its primary value through the prism of art diminishes the impact of both the Hills and the drawings. \u2014 Chadd Scott, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
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"In education, the neoliberal goal has been to privatize public schools to the extent possible, or, alternatively, to create forms of consumer choice, such as vouchers, that will constrain the public schools. \u2014 Win Mccormack, The New Republic , 20 May 2022",
"Fix the major problem sites like bridges and tunnels, privatize roads that are not used except by those that live off them, commuter shuttle programs, and timed lane restrictions, Cargo trains could also use commuter rail lines after hours. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022",
"Ahead of the busy summer season, the town is moving to privatize its airport and impose new restrictions on how often planes can fly in. \u2014 James Fanelli, WSJ , 15 May 2022",
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"Also set aside, for now, are other proposals that have been floated over the years to change postal operations, including those to privatize some services. \u2014 CBS News , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The proposals to privatize are startling for a regime that for years seized oil projects, mines, factories and hundreds of private companies, holding itself up as a model of 20th century socialism and a bulwark against American capitalism. \u2014 Patricia Garip, WSJ , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Dorries confirmed that the government would privatize Channel 4, while maintaining its status as a public service broadcaster. \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The original 2001 settlement came after a lengthy fight over the future of Birmingham\u2019s water utility, with some wanting to privatize the Water Works, and others arguing to incorporate its operations under the city government. \u2014 Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al , 24 Apr. 2022"
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": sculpture in the idiom of minimal art":[]
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": the nucleus formed by the fusion of two polar nuclei in the embryo sac of a seed plant prior to fertilization":[
"\u2014 compare endosperm nucleus"
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"1653, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Even Sean Hannity, the primus inter pares of Trump\u2019s media outriders, seemed a bit discombobulated by the Bolton news. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 29 Jan. 2020",
"These days, however, Frum is better known as a heretic and outcast, primus inter pares of the Never Trumpers. \u2014 James Hohmann, Washington Post , 21 Dec. 2017",
"Primus and the co-worker were in their work truck when Lindo left the restaurant and headed for his car. \u2014 David J. Neal, miamiherald , 4 June 2017"
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"borrowed from New Latin pr\u012bmus, probably short for pr\u012bmus Scotiae episcopus \"first bishop of Scotland\" \u2014 more at prime entry 2":""
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"1724, in the meaning defined above":""
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"definitions":{
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a wild gooseberry ( Ribes cynosbati )":[]
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"princ":{
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"Prionurus":{
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a genus of scorpions including several large venomous African scorpions of medical importance":[]
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"\u02ccpr\u012b\u0259\u02c8n(y)u\u0307r\u0259s"
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"New Latin, from prion- + -urus":""
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": first, do no harm":[]
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"\u02ccpr\u0113-mu\u0307m-\u02ccn\u014dn-n\u022f-\u02c8k\u0101-r\u0101"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-025617"
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"priestship":{
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"definitions":{
": the office of a priest":[]
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"-\u0113sh\u02ccship",
"-\u0113s\u02ccchip",
"\u02c8pr\u0113s(t)\u02ccship"
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"primary road":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a principal usually state-maintained road in a recognized system of highways":[]
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"or especially for sense 1 -m\u0259t",
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"the Primate of England and Wales",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After this diagnosis, the primate developed an irregular heartbeat and had a heart monitor placed in 2017. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 12 May 2022",
"Video footage showed the dog unexpectedly enter the gorilla exhibit at the zoo's Safari Park, and onlookers can be heard trying to lure the dog away from the primate . \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
"The zoo said the primate , born to parents Hendricks and Hemsworth, is the second blue-eyed black lemur born at the facility. \u2014 Zoe Sottile, CNN , 2 Apr. 2022",
"In this way, the whole collection accrues value, and individual ownership doesn\u2019t just give you a clever drawing of a primate . \u2014 Bob Bonniol, Rolling Stone , 23 May 2022",
"Monkeypox can transmit from animals to humans when an infected animal -- such as a rodent or a primate -- bites or scratches a person. \u2014 Mary Kekatos, ABC News , 17 May 2022",
"Fuel for this conviction can be traced back to the 1920s and the notorious carnage at Monkey Hill, a captive- primate colony at the London Zoo. \u2014 Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic , 6 May 2022",
"The indri is a lemur, a primate with opposable thumbs; a short tail; and round, tufted, teddy-bear-like ears. \u2014 Sara Harrison, Wired , 21 Dec. 2021",
"The endangered primate was one of the oldest lemurs at the zoo and died on Thursday after battling acute kidney disease, zoo officials said. \u2014 Lauren Hern\u00e1ndez, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 Mar. 2022"
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"Middle English primat, primate, borrowed from Anglo-French primat, primas, borrowed from Late Latin pr\u012bm\u0101t-, pr\u012bm\u0101s \"chief, superior, chief bishop,\" noun derivative of Latin pr\u012bm\u0101t-, pr\u012bm\u0101s \"of the highest rank, noble,\" from pr\u012bmus \"first, foremost\" + -\u0101t-, -\u0101s, adjective-forming suffix, originally from place names; (sense 3) after New Latin Primates (order name introduced by linnaeus ), plural of Latin pr\u012bm\u0101s \u2014 more at prime entry 2":""
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an Australian poison bush ( Gastrolobium spinosum )":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-050635"
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"primary quality":{
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a quality (as bulk) that is inseparable from a physical object and is in it as in our perception of it":[
"these I call original or primary qualities of body, which I think we may observe to produce simple ideas in us, viz. solidity, extension, figure, motion or rest, and number",
"\u2014 John Locke",
"\u2014 contrasted with secondary quality"
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-051819"
}
}
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