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{
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"oeuvre":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a substantial body of work constituting the lifework of a writer, an artist, or a composer":[
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"a catalogue of Rembrandt's oeuvre",
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"scrupulously examines Dickens' oeuvre in order to demonstrate how his convictions helped to determine the shape of his novels",
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"\u2014 G. J. Worth"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u0259-",
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"\u02c8\u0153-",
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"\u02c8u\u0307-vr\u0259",
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"\u02c8\u0259r-"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"corpus"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"a novel that occupies a relatively minor position in the author's oeuvre",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"His frenemy Pablo Picasso suggested that going back to the same subjects and ideas over and over again made for a rather monotonous oeuvre . \u2014 Sarah Todd, Quartz , 15 June 2022",
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"Critics, by and large, thought this was a solid addition to the Ferrell oeuvre . \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 14 Mar. 2022",
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"Cin\u00e9t\u00e9v\u00e9 also brought on Haneke\u2019s traditional producer Les Films du Losange as a co-production partner, offering the project in depth access to his oeuvre . \u2014 Ben Croll, Variety , 16 Jan. 2022",
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"In its understated way, this can be read as the apogee of the bildungsroman traced by Gunn\u2019s poetic oeuvre , as the moment the occluded requires no agency to declare itself, and the closet is revealed without shame or obfuscation. \u2014 Mark Ford, The New York Review of Books , 25 May 2022",
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"There\u2019s no better introduction to Federico Fellini\u2019s oeuvre than this exuberant masterpiece. \u2014 Radhika Seth, Vogue , 12 May 2022",
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"Catlett\u2019s oeuvre often depicts the strength of women, Conwill says. \u2014 Shantay Robinson, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"This oeuvre , in its entirety, not only chronicles a nation in rapid transformation during and after the Civil War. \u2014 Randall Fuller, WSJ , 8 Apr. 2022",
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"Returning to different parts of Sontag\u2019s oeuvre as her own life evolves, Abraham sees Sontag as an enduring mentor figure. \u2014 Design Art B., Longreads , 7 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from French, literally, \"work,\" going back to Old French ovre, going back to Latin opera \"activity, effort, attention, work,\" collective derivative from oper-, opus \"work, effort, product of labor\" \u2014 more at opus":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1889, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023735"
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}
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} |