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"Uraricoera":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"river about 300 miles (483 kilometers) long in northern Brazil":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"u\u0307-\u02ccr\u00e4r-i-\u02c8kwer-\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211828",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Urawa":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"former city north of Tokyo in Honshu, Japan, that since 2001 has been part of the city of Saitama":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00fc-\u02c8r\u00e4-w\u00e4"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195727",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Urban":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": of, relating to, characteristic of, or constituting a city":[],
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"name of 8 popes: especially II (":[
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"Odo \\ \u02c8\u014d-\u200b(\u02cc)d\u014d \\"
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],
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"of Lagery ) circa 1035\u20131099 (pope 1088\u201399)":[
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"Odo \\ \u02c8\u014d-\u200b(\u02cc)d\u014d \\"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Other studies support this idea, finding that people living in urban areas have less diverse guts than people living in remote traditional communities. \u2014 Sarah Sloat, NBC News , 30 June 2022",
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"But what of the vast swaths of America, outside urban areas, that don\u2019t attract that kind of investment or fresh thinking? \u2014 Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
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"Yet compared with urban areas, rural areas tend to have less access to air conditioning, health resources and other tools that could combat heat dangers. \u2014 Heather Randell, The Conversation , 28 June 2022",
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"However, many members of the LGBTQ community in the U.S. have heretofore felt safest in large urban areas and some of the largest cities have very high costs of living. \u2014 Forbes , 28 June 2022",
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"The problem is there just aren\u2019t enough urban areas in Iowa to offset the losses elsewhere, even as the cities grow while rural areas depopulate. \u2014 Ben Jacobs, The New Republic , 28 June 2022",
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"In 2019, the Federal Communications Commission reported that only 65 percent of those living on rural, tribal lands had access to broadband internet, compared to 99 percent of housing units in urban areas of the country. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 June 2022",
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"Every Town\u2019s research found that 92% of all hospitalizations involving children with firearm injuries happen in urban areas, and that 50% of children wounded by gunfire experience a lifelong disability. \u2014 Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant , 27 June 2022",
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"Buschatzke compared the situation to what central Arizonans faced in 1980, when the Legislature approved groundwater protections for urban areas around Phoenix and Tucson. \u2014 Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic , 27 June 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1634, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin urbanus , from urbs city":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u0259r-b\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112021",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"biographical name"
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]
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},
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"Urbana":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"city in east central Illinois population 41,250":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cc\u0259r-\u02c8ba-n\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062123",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Urbandale":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"city in south central Iowa population 39,463":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u0259r-b\u0259n-\u02ccd\u0101l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101226",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Urceolina":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a small genus of South American herbs (family Amaryllidaceae) that are often cultivated as ornamentals and that have usually yellow and green urceolate flowers and broad leaves produced from a bulb":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Latin urceolus little pitcher + New Latin -ina ; from the shape of the flowers":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-l\u0113n\u0259",
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"\u02cc\u0259r(\u02cc)s\u0113\u0259\u02c8l\u012bn\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075343",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Urdu":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":[
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": an Indo-Aryan language that has the same colloquial basis as standard Hindi, is an official language of Pakistan, and is widely used by Muslims in urban areas of India"
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],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[
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"1796, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":[
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"Hindi & Urdu urd\u016b , from Persian zab\u0101n-e-urd\u016b-e-muall\u0101 language of the Exalted Camp (the imperial bazaar in Delhi)"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8u\u0307r-(\u02cc)d\u00fc",
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"\u02c8\u0259r-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-000612",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"uranyl":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a divalent radical UO 2":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The questions\u2014which Cui and his co-authors, including Stephen Chu, fresh from a stint running the Department of Energy aim to answer\u2014are threefold: How much uranyl sticks to the fibers? \u2014 David Grossman, Popular Mechanics , 21 Feb. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1850, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary, from New Latin uran ium + International Scientific Vocabulary -yl":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8yu\u0307r-\u0259-\u02ccnil",
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"yu\u0307-\u02c8r\u0101-n\u1d4al"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130736",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"uranyl nitrate":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":[
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": a yellow salt UO 2 (NO 3 ) 2 that is soluble in many organic solvents as well as in water, that is obtained by reaction of uranium oxides with nitric acid, and that is now used chiefly in the purification of uranium and in nuclear reactions"
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],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-040956",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"urare":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": curare":[],
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": spiny rat sense 1":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"American Spanish":"Noun",
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"Carib urari":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\""
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191537",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"urate":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a salt of uric acid":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The diagnosis is confirmed by identification of monosodium urate crystals in the joint. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 26 Apr. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1800, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French, from urique uric, from English uric":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8yu\u0307r-\u02cc\u0101t",
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"\u02c8yu\u0307(\u0259)r-\u02cc\u0101t"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191422",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"urate cell":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a specialized cell in an insect fat body containing uric acid salts":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105504",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"urazine":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a crystalline compound C 2 H 4 N 4 O 2 that is an amino derivative of urazole":[],
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": an isomeric crystalline compound C 2 H 4 N 4 O 2 derived from tetrazine or theoretically as a condensation product of two molecules of urea":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary ur- entry 1 + az- + -ine ; originally formed as German urazin":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8yu\u0307r\u0259\u02ccz\u0113n",
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"-z\u0259\u0307n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185319",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"urazole":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary ur- entry 1 + az- + -ole , originally formed as German urazol":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8yu\u0307r\u0259\u02ccz\u014dl"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013152",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"urban":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": of, relating to, characteristic of, or constituting a city":[],
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"name of 8 popes: especially II (":[
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"Odo \\ \u02c8\u014d-\u200b(\u02cc)d\u014d \\"
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],
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"of Lagery ) circa 1035\u20131099 (pope 1088\u201399)":[
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"Odo \\ \u02c8\u014d-\u200b(\u02cc)d\u014d \\"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Other studies support this idea, finding that people living in urban areas have less diverse guts than people living in remote traditional communities. \u2014 Sarah Sloat, NBC News , 30 June 2022",
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"But what of the vast swaths of America, outside urban areas, that don\u2019t attract that kind of investment or fresh thinking? \u2014 Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
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"Yet compared with urban areas, rural areas tend to have less access to air conditioning, health resources and other tools that could combat heat dangers. \u2014 Heather Randell, The Conversation , 28 June 2022",
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"However, many members of the LGBTQ community in the U.S. have heretofore felt safest in large urban areas and some of the largest cities have very high costs of living. \u2014 Forbes , 28 June 2022",
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"The problem is there just aren\u2019t enough urban areas in Iowa to offset the losses elsewhere, even as the cities grow while rural areas depopulate. \u2014 Ben Jacobs, The New Republic , 28 June 2022",
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"In 2019, the Federal Communications Commission reported that only 65 percent of those living on rural, tribal lands had access to broadband internet, compared to 99 percent of housing units in urban areas of the country. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 June 2022",
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"Every Town\u2019s research found that 92% of all hospitalizations involving children with firearm injuries happen in urban areas, and that 50% of children wounded by gunfire experience a lifelong disability. \u2014 Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant , 27 June 2022",
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"Buschatzke compared the situation to what central Arizonans faced in 1980, when the Legislature approved groundwater protections for urban areas around Phoenix and Tucson. \u2014 Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic , 27 June 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1634, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin urbanus , from urbs city":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u0259r-b\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173715",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"biographical name"
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]
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},
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"urban district":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a subdivision of an administrative county especially in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"For example, one urban district with high student poverty and a large student population showed 84% of students passing the Third Grade Reading Guarantee from 2016 to 2017. \u2014 cleveland , 1 June 2022",
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"The site will become a new urban district named Hortus after Floriade shuts down in October, 2022. \u2014 Lea Lane, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
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"Dearborn, a large urban district bordering Detroit, took another path. \u2014 Koby Levin, Detroit Free Press , 14 Mar. 2022",
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"An immigrant from Portugal and a former day laborer-turned-science teacher, Mr. Carvalho was lauded by school-board members as an administrator with both classroom experience and expertise running a large, urban district . \u2014 Ben Chapman, WSJ , 9 Dec. 2021",
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"Central is part of Phoenix Union High School District, a large urban district in which 81% of students are Latino, many are refugees, and more than half speak a primary language other than English at home. \u2014 The Arizona Republic , 18 Nov. 2021",
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"But some southern Arizona observers already were concerned at how the draft maps indicate that north Tucson could join a more urban district that reaches almost to Phoenix. \u2014 Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic , 6 Oct. 2021",
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"Jawando proposed creating an urban district corporation instead of a BID that would have more representation from business stakeholders. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 July 2021",
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"San Diego is the country\u2019s eighth largest urban district . \u2014 Anissa Durham, San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 July 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1840, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020948",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"urban fantasy":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1978, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071221",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"urbane":{
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"antonyms":[
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"boorish",
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"churlish",
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"classless",
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"clownish",
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"loutish",
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"uncouth"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": notably polite or polished in manner":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"The dialogue is witty and urbane .",
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"a gentlemanly and urbane host of elegant dinner parties",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Jordan's daily first-person ruminations \u2014 somewhere between the urbane absurdity of David Sedaris and front-porch folksy of Garrison Keillor \u2014 proved to be popular. \u2014 Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
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"But surely the urbane author of the TLS\u2019s back page attended university? \u2014 Barton Swaim, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
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"The paralysis of China\u2019s richest city has astounded its urbane residents, who are normally spoiled for choice with 100,000 restaurants but are now scrounging for food. \u2014 James T. Areddy, WSJ , 23 Apr. 2022",
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"Gailani, a onetime mujahideen fighter against the Soviets, is now a rotund, urbane man in his sixties. \u2014 Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022",
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"Ty, an urbane urbanite, has to deal with tent poles and bugs; Stephen is of a generation not necessarily familiar with discussing and exploring their feelings with their grown kid. \u2014 Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com , 6 Feb. 2022",
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"Paradoxically, Prohibition gave drinking an urbane cachet. \u2014 Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com , 2 Jan. 2022",
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"His swift action was all the more surprising because Tokayev was widely seen as an urbane technocrat still beholden to Nazarbaev, who hand-picked him as his successor in 2019. \u2014 Tim Lister, CNN , 8 Jan. 2022",
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"Many reflect the perilous reality of living in Brooklyn today and the Bronx yesterday; others, the urbane fantasy. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 6 Dec. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1623, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin urbanus urban, urbane":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cc\u0259r-\u02c8b\u0101n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for urbane suave , urbane , diplomatic , bland , smooth , politic mean pleasantly tactful and well-mannered. suave suggests a specific ability to deal with others easily and without friction. a suave public relations coordinator urbane implies high cultivation and poise coming from wide social experience. an urbane traveler diplomatic stresses an ability to deal with ticklish situations tactfully. a diplomatic negotiator bland emphasizes mildness of manner and absence of irritating qualities. a bland master of ceremonies smooth suggests often a deliberately assumed suavity. a smooth salesman politic implies shrewd as well as tactful and suave handling of people. a cunningly politic manager",
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"synonyms":[
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"debonair",
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"smooth",
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"sophisticated",
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"suave",
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"svelte"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201525",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"urbanisation":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":[
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"Definition of urbanisation British spellings of urbanization , urbanize"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-054712",
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"definitions":[
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": the characteristic way of life of city dwellers",
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": the study of the physical needs of urban societies",
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": city planning",
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": urbanization"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"To them, bikes were not symbols of hip urbanism but of unwelcome intrusion\u2014particularly by women riders whose clothes offended the community\u2019s religious mandate of strict modesty. \u2014 Zo\u00eb Beery, The Atlantic , 31 May 2022",
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"Previous examples of urbanism in the Amazon include the Upper Xingu region of the Brazilian Amazon where Heckenberger works with the Kuikuro Nation. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 May 2022",
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"This designation strips residents of the rights associated with being a tenant, explained Marques Vestal, an assistant professor of critical Black urbanism at UCLA and a member of LATU. \u2014 Tracy Rosenthal, The New Republic , 19 May 2022",
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"On some subtle, subliminal level, the mall-developer-turned-candidate is selling the Grove\u2019s faux urbanism . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
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"The project shows the topography of these places in a way that reflects the individual style and fascination for the urbanism of Waras. \u2014 Joseph V Micallef, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
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"If there is one aspect of Southern California design this stadium could have used less of, it\u2019s the urbanism around it. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 Feb. 2022",
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"Three years later, Carro graduated with a degree in architecture and urbanism from Centro Universit\u00e1rio FMU and immediately got offered a scholarship to complete her master\u2019s degree. \u2014 Siobhan Reid, Vogue , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"Signe Kongebro, the firm\u2019s global design director for urbanism , believes that the growing use of timber is likely to encourage lower-rise, denser districts, with more room for nature. \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":[
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"1884, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u0259r-b\u0259-\u02ccni-z\u0259m"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-124056",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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},
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"urbanist":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a specialist in city planning":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Though the pandemic may have tainted city life for some, most urbanists will tell you that contrary to popular conception, urban density isn\u2019t the problem. \u2014 Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic , 9 June 2020",
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"And urbanists fear the temporary soccer fields could interfere with future plans to possibly remove the interstate. \u2014 Dallas News , 22 May 2020",
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"And despite assurances from transportation officials, urbanists fear the soccer fields could interfere with future plans to possibly remove the interstate. \u2014 Dallas News , 27 May 2020",
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"In that shift, urbanists see a chance to save city dwellers not just from the sweep of a pandemic, but from the auto-centric culture that has dominated urban life for decades. \u2014 Alex Davies, Wired , 13 Apr. 2020",
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"Michael Sorkin, legendary architect, urbanist , and critic died of complications from Covid-19 in New York City on March 26, as his studio confirmed. \u2014 Anne Quito, Quartz , 28 Mar. 2020",
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"In any case, the house becomes not less important, as some urbanists suggest, but more so\u2014not only as a safe haven but a place of work. \u2014 Joel Kotkin, Fortune , 1 Apr. 2020",
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"Such stories delight urbanists , who want to make LA less dependent on the car. \u2014 The Economist , 6 Feb. 2020",
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"Solving what ails American cities also requires urbanists and activists to acknowledge that not all real-estate development is automatically bad. \u2014 Michael Kimmelman, New York Times , 28 Jan. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1930, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u0259r-b\u0259-nist"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132635",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"urceole":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin urceolus little pitcher, diminutive of urceus jar, pitcher":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u0259rs\u0113\u02cc\u014dl"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135846",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"urceolus":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an urn-shaped organ or part of a plant":[],
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": the external tube of some rotifers":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Latin, little pitcher":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cc\u0259r\u02c8s\u0113\u0259l\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205123",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"urceus":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
|
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": an ancient Roman jug or pitcher with one handle":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Latin":""
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u0259rs\u0113\u0259s"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192817",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"urchin":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
|
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": a mischievous and often poor and raggedly clothed youngster":[
|
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"street urchins"
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],
|
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": hedgehog sense 1a":[],
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": sea urchin":[]
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},
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"examples":[
|
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"we could never resist the little urchin's pleas for candy",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Laughing, always laughing\u2014at the dickey birds hopping in the tree branches, at the urchin who was burned to a crisp by an angry mob, at the slandering neighbor woman who got turned into a neighing donkey. \u2014 Okwiri Oduor, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"Red sea urchin is a mainstay at high-end sushi restaurants and raw bars \u2014 a symbol of the state\u2019s coastal bounty. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Mar. 2022",
|
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"As the living tissue wastes away, the dying urchin usually comes detached from where it was anchored in place, O'Neil said. \u2014 NBC News , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Cabrera was an unlikely champion to begin with, a street urchin who grew up without parents and never had a formal education. \u2014 Tim Dahlberg, ajc , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The urchin , part of the genus Astopyga, is pictured showing off its anal bulb, which is used to dispel waste from its body inside of a sac, per Live Science. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Anyone who falls into that category probably knows the purple urchin too: as a ravenous source of dramatic kelp-forest devastation. \u2014 Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times , 8 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"One of his weirdest quirks is his habit of pretending to be a Victorian urchin on the run from the orphanage. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Los Angeles Times , 18 Nov. 2021",
|
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"After the purple urchin \u2019s main predator, the sunflower sea star, died off from a wasting disease, the urchins ate up the kelp that remained. \u2014 Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle , 3 Nov. 2021"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English yrchoun, urcheoun, hirichoun \"hedgehog, sea urchin,\" borrowed from Anglo-French heri\u00e7on, hir\u00e7un, irechon, going back to Vulgar Latin *\u0113r\u012bci\u014dn-, *\u0113r\u012bci\u014d, derivative (with the Latin suffix -\u014dn-, -\u014d, usually of persons) of Latin \u0113r\u012bcius \"hedgehog, kind of military obstacle,\" from *\u0113r \"hedgehog\" + -\u012bcius (or -icius ), adjective suffix; *\u0113r, if earlier *h\u0113r, probably going back to a root noun from the Indo-European verbal base *\u01f5 h er-s- \"bristle, become stiff,\" whence also Greek ch\u1e17r \"hedgehog\" (attested only by the grammarian Hesychius) \u2014 more at horror entry 1":""
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8\u0259r-ch\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"devil",
|
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"hellion",
|
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"imp",
|
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"mischief",
|
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"monkey",
|
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"rapscallion",
|
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"rascal",
|
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"rogue",
|
|
"scamp"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032153",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"urchin fish":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": porcupine fish":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005736",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"urchiness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a female urchin (see urchin sense 3 )":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u0259\u0307n\u0259\u0307s"
|
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],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225827",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"urchinly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of, relating to, having the character of, or being an urchin":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u0259\u0307nl\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211344",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"urd":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1934, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Hindi & Urdu u\u1e5bad, urad":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8u\u0307rd",
|
|
"\u02c8\u0259rd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172505",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"urd\u00e9e":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": having each arm expanding at the end into a form like a lozenge with slightly concave edges":[]
|
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},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"origin unknown":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113224",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"urge":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appetency",
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"hankering",
|
|
"hunger",
|
|
"itch",
|
|
"jones",
|
|
"letch",
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"lust",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"pining",
|
|
"thirst",
|
|
"thirstiness",
|
|
"yearning",
|
|
"yen"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": solicit , entreat":[
|
|
"urged him to keep trying"
|
|
],
|
|
": stimulate , provoke":[
|
|
"urge not my father's anger",
|
|
"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
|
|
],
|
|
": the act or process of urging":[],
|
|
": to declare, advance, or press earnestly a statement, argument, charge, or claim":[
|
|
"urged for the adoption of the proposal"
|
|
],
|
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": to force or impel in an indicated direction or into motion or greater speed":[
|
|
"the dog urged the sheep toward the gate"
|
|
],
|
|
": to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly":[
|
|
"his conviction was upheld on a theory never urged at his \u2026 trial",
|
|
"\u2014 Leon Friedman"
|
|
],
|
|
": to serve as a motive or reason for":[
|
|
"urged by a sense of duty"
|
|
],
|
|
": to undertake the accomplishment of with energy, swiftness, or enthusiasm":[
|
|
"urge the attack"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"Verb",
|
|
"He is continually urging reform.",
|
|
"The rescuers urged that we remain calm.",
|
|
"an editorial urging readers to vote",
|
|
"I urge you to reconsider .",
|
|
"A hand on her back urged her forward.",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"the urge for something sweet",
|
|
"He fought the urge to cry.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
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"The demonstration, part of a larger national effort to end gun violence, aimed to draw attention to gun violence, particularly a rash of mass killings in schools and elsewhere, and urge policymakers to take action. \u2014 Eve Sampson, Detroit Free Press , 12 June 2022",
|
|
"Trump was about to go onstage and urge the crowd to march on the Capitol in order to stop the counting of the electors. \u2014 Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Ben & Jerry's also called on its patrons to contact their representatives and urge their support for a ban on assault-style military weapons and high-capacity magazines. \u2014 Kate Gibson, CBS News , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Tinder's parent company, Match Group, has partnered with the LGBTQ+ advocacy organization Human Rights Campaign to support the ADVANCE study and urge the FDA to prioritize this research. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 6 June 2022",
|
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"Lopez, who has ties to the Rio Grande Valley and San Antonio, is considered armed and dangerous and authorities urge the public not to try to apprehend him themselves. \u2014 Danielle Wallace, Fox News , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"Cecilia & I mourn this horrific loss & urge all Texans to come together. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"Cecilia & I mourn this horrific loss & urge all Texans to come together. \u2014 Ariana Garcia, Chron , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"Comedian Bill Burr came forward on his podcast to support Depp and urge the actor\u2019s haters to apologize if Heard ends up losing the defamation case. \u2014 Zack Sharf, Variety , 20 May 2022",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The benefits don\u2019t end there, either, as the calming effect of CBD helps ease the urge to scratch affected areas while the topical application addresses irritation at its source. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 June 2022",
|
|
"To celebrate the maximum amount of daylight, the brand decided to maximize the urge for beauty shopping. \u2014 Angela Trakoshis, Allure , 21 June 2022",
|
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"Moreover, the pack had been getting big and unwieldy, conditions that spur the urge to disperse. \u2014 New York Times , 20 June 2022",
|
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"All behavior and all relationships in these books can be distilled to the urge to degrade and be degraded. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
|
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"The welcome truth, as Barnhill sees it, is that the urge to transform can\u2019t be contained \u2013 whether that change is physical and fire-breathing, or mental and emotional. \u2014 Erin Douglass, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"The prudent investor also resists the urge to flee the stock market during market downturns, with the knowledge that a prudent goal of stock market investing is to capture the long-term returns that the capital markets offer. \u2014 Dan Cupkovic, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"But Kourtney and Travis have taken that starry-eyed urge to the next level, repeatedly referencing pop culture to further revel in their love. \u2014 Mj Corey, Vogue , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"But Joutsa, going back over the same scans pixel by pixel, noticed that many patients without insula injuries had also lost the urge to smoke. \u2014 Benjamin Mueller, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1555, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
|
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"circa 1618, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin urg\u0113re to press, push, entreat \u2014 more at wreak":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u0259rj"
|
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],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"egg (on)",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"exhort",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"nudge",
|
|
"press",
|
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"prod",
|
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"prompt"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211050",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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}
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} |