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738 lines
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{
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"SCID":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"severe combined immune deficiency; severe combined immunodeficiency":[]
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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":"20220707-030516",
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"type":[
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"abbreviation"
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]
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},
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"Scillitan":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": of or relating to the ancient town of Scillium in Roman Africa":[]
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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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"probably from (assumed) Late Latin scillitanus , from Latin Scillium , ancient town in Byzacium, Roman province of Africa + Late Latin -itanus (as in metropolitanus metropolitan)":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sil\u0259t\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-124737",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"sci-fi":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": of, relating to, or being science fiction":[
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"a sci-fi film"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1954, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"shortened from science fiction":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8s\u012b-\u02c8f\u012b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125002",
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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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"sciatic artery":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": the gluteal artery that arises in the ischial region of each side of the body":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1797, 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":"20220706-112904",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"sciatic nerve":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": either of the pair of largest nerves in the body that arise one on each side from the nerve plexus supplying the posterior limb and pelvic region and that pass out of the pelvis and down the back of the thigh":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Certain stretches and exercises can help ease sciatic nerve pain. \u2014 Jenny Mccoy, SELF , 25 Feb. 2022",
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"That can cause inflammation, pain, or even pinching of that sciatic nerve . \u2014 Kelly O'mara, Outside Online , 16 Apr. 2014",
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"Therefore, anything that tensions the sciatic nerve will also affect the posterior tibial and plantar nerves. \u2014 Jordan Duncan, Outside Online , 12 May 2021",
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"The sciatic nerve is tensioned by the same movements that stretch the hamstrings, especially when combined with movements that stretch the calf muscles. \u2014 Jordan Duncan, Outside Online , 12 May 2021",
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"Doctors initially found a malignant, aggressive tumor near her sciatic nerve . \u2014 Stephen Groves, ajc , 2 Nov. 2021",
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"Doctors initially found a malignant, aggressive tumor near her sciatic nerve . \u2014 Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News , 2 Nov. 2021",
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"Sciatica can cause back and leg pain and is due to compression on nerve roots or on the sciatic nerve which runs from the lower spine down the thigh. \u2014 Fox News , 1 Jan. 2021",
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"The pillow fights sciatic nerve pain and helps with pregnancy, hip, back and spine alignment. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 9 Sep. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1726, 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":"20220706-203420",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"sciatic vein":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": any of the veins accompanying the sciatic arteries : a gluteal vein":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1757, 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":"20220706-234723",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"sciaticky":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": affected with sciatica":[]
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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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"sciatica + -y":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"s\u012b\u02c8at\u0259\u0307k\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185815",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"science":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a department of systematized knowledge as an object of study":[
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"the science of theology"
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],
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": a system or method reconciling practical ends with scientific laws":[
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"cooking is both a science and an art"
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],
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": christian science":[],
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": knowledge or a system of knowledge covering general truths or the operation of general laws especially as obtained and tested through scientific method":[],
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": something (such as a sport or technique) that may be studied or learned like systematized knowledge":[
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"have it down to a science"
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],
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": such knowledge or such a system of knowledge concerned with the physical world and its phenomena : natural science":[],
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": the state of knowing : knowledge as distinguished from ignorance or misunderstanding":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"The Malay tapir, the largest of the world's four tapir species, remained largely invisible to science until recently. The other three species of these odd, endearing animals all live in South America. \u2014 Anthony King , New York Times , 2 June 2009",
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"If there were any doubt, Golden's muckraking investigation\u2014he is the Ida Tarbell of college admissions\u2014reveals that almost every word uttered by representatives of the top colleges about the care and nuance and science of the much vaunted admissions process is bunk. \u2014 Michael Wolff , New York Times Book Review , 17 Sept. 2006",
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"Of course, there is both corporate and government-sponsored grant money available for such initiatives in science and engineering. And scientists are used to working together in laboratories. But in the humanities it was different, said the deans. \u2014 David Laurence , Association of Departments of English Bulletin , Winter 2004",
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"The journal Annales was started in 1929, by Bloch and Lucien Febvre, two friends conversant with the new sciences of sociology and geography, psychology and anthropology. \u2014 Stephen Kotkin , New Yorker , 29 Sept. 2003",
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"The program encourages students to pursue a career in science .",
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"a list of terms commonly used in science",
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"a new branch of science",
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"advances in science and technology",
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"Students are required to take two sciences .",
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"students majoring in a science",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Speaking to reporters in Beijing after the announcement, Wang Liping, an official with the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said the shift was based on science . \u2014 Fortune , 28 June 2022",
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"Although the meeting was very science -oriented, the event was specifically designed to foster interactions between the researchers and those in the industry. \u2014 Steven Savage, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
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"But not the last person: a French woman living on a science station near Saturn, provides hope for human contact. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 June 2022",
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"Waltz, the music historian, and Woody Sullivan, an astronomy professor from the University of Washington, are currently undertaking a critical biography of Herschel that combines science with music. \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2022",
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"The science suggests what many patients know to be true: Pain is a combination of physical sensation, emotional trauma and memory. \u2014 Jessica Dulong, CNN , 27 June 2022",
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"In political- science terms, illiberalism means something more radical: a challenge to the very rules of the game. \u2014 Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
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"Youberg thinks science has come further toward understanding those new soil and hydrologic effects than at the turn of the 21st century, but says there\u2019s still a long way to go. \u2014 Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic , 27 June 2022",
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"It\u2019s all part of a new citizen science project, led by the university with support from NASA. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 27 June 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 5":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, \"knowledge, the ability to know, learning, branch of knowledge,\" borrowed from Anglo-French science, cience, borrowed from Latin scientia \"knowledge, awareness, understanding, branch of knowledge, learning,\" noun derivative from scient-, sciens, present participle of sci\u014d, sc\u012bre \"to know,\" perhaps going back to Indo-European *skh 2 -i(e/o)-, present tense formation from a verbal base *skeh 2 -, *skh 2 - \"cut open, flay\" (if sense development was \"cut, incise, mark\" > \"distinguish\" > \"know\"), whence also Sanskrit -chyati \"(s/he) flays, pulls off (skin)\" (verbal adjective ch\u0101ta\u1e25, chit\u00e1\u1e25 ) and perhaps Greek sch\u00e1z\u014d, sch\u00e1zein, also sch\u00e1\u014d, sch\u00e2n \"to make an incision, open (a vein), let flow\"":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8s\u012b-\u0259ns",
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"\u02c8s\u012b-\u0259n(t)s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"knowledge",
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"lore",
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"wisdom"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224742",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"science fair":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a typically competitive exhibition of science projects usually prepared and presented by schoolchildren":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"She won first place at the science fair .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The exhibit halls will include activities like lightsaber training for little ones, cosplay meetups, wide-ranging panel discussions, a science fair , board game tournaments and a festival for short films. \u2014 Chris Kelly, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
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"At the Invista Genius Station, kids can enlist elite educators to answer their science questions, get help with homework and science fair projects and even get inspired about future careers. \u2014 Robin Soslow, Chron , 20 May 2022",
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"The new shows will feature notable personalities Derek Hough, Kristen Kish, Jeff Jenkins, Indy Srinath and Christian Cooper \u2014 as well as high school competitors of a global science fair competition. \u2014 Carson Burton, Variety , 16 May 2022",
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"Emily entered the Broadcom MASTERS science fair and was inspired to continue developing a prototype that mimics the Torrey pine needle\u2019s structure. \u2014 Leah Campano, Seventeen , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"That morning, Kyron's stepmother Terri Horman attended a science fair at Skyline Elementary School, where Kyron was photographed in front of his project about red tree frogs. \u2014 Elaine Aradillas, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022",
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"That award is one of the top three awards given at the international science fair , billed as the largest science fairs in the world. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 May 2022",
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"The writers bring plenty of skepticism to their subjects, but relatively little judgment, and by and large the framing feels less like a courtroom than a museum or science fair . \u2014 Reid Singer, Outside Online , 15 May 2021",
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"Her color-changing sutures, which also nabbed top honors at a state science fair , run on a surprising ingredient: beets. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 Dec. 2021"
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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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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184538",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"science fiction":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": fiction dealing principally with the impact of actual or imagined science on society or individuals or having a scientific factor as an essential orienting component":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Time travel exists only in the realm of science fiction .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The idea of one planet eating another might sound like something out of science fiction . \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 24 June 2022",
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"Denial is Raymond\u2019s fourth novel and seems to be his first work of science fiction . \u2014 Amy Brady, Scientific American , 16 June 2022",
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"While the pincushion Protea flower was recognizable from grocery story bouquets, other examples, such as the furry, pinkish teddy bear Banksia, seemed straight out of science fiction . \u2014 Tanya Ward Goodman, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
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"Or better, really, because distant planets are the stuff of imagination, and his was burnished by the soaring stories of the greatest writers of science fiction . \u2014 Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press , 26 May 2022",
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"Sissy Spacek makes her return to television riding a recent wave of series that live, at least on the fringes, in the worlds of science fiction . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
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"Marche interviewed dozens of experts for the book, and their predictions read like something out of science fiction . \u2014 Geek's Guide To The Galaxy, WIRED , 6 May 2022",
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"For now, intelligent aliens remain in the realm of science fiction . \u2014 Chris Impey, The Conversation , 29 Apr. 2022",
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"Scientists are inching closer and closer to observing this phenomenon from the world of science fiction . \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 27 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1898, 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":"20220707-203103",
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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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"scienced":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": skilled in science : learned":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1636, 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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"-n(t)st"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191338",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"scientific name":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a taxonomic name : taxon":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1710, 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":"20220707-202938",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"scientific notation":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a widely used floating-point system in which numbers are expressed as products consisting of a number between 1 and 10 multiplied by an appropriate power of 10 (as in 1.591 \u00d7 10 \u221220 )":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Filesystems almost universally use the powers of two (standard scientific notation ), whereas storage device specifications are almost universally in powers of ten. \u2014 Jim Salter, Ars Technica , 19 Sep. 2019",
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"The c is lower-case and italicized, as per the scientific notation for quickly light can move in a vacuum. \u2014 Laura Hudson, The Verge , 19 May 2018",
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"The c is lower-case and italicized, as per the scientific notation for quickly light can move in a vacuum. \u2014 Laura Hudson, The Verge , 19 May 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1915, 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":"20220707-200914",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"scilicet":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": that is to say : specifically , namely":[
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"\u2014 abbreviation ss"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the journal cites the spot, scilicet present-day Provincetown, as the location of the Pilgrims' first landfall"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Latin sc\u012blicet \"one may be sure that, it is clear that, as is apparent, to be sure, doubtless,\" from sc\u012b-, stem of sci\u014d, sc\u012bre \"to know\" + licet \"it is permitted,\" 3rd singular present indicative of lic\u0113re \"to be permitted\" \u2014 more at science , license entry 1":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8s\u012b-l\u0259-\u02ccset",
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"\u02c8sk\u0113-li-\u02ccket",
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"\u02c8si-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"namely",
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"to wit",
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"videlicet"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175233",
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"scilla":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": any of a genus ( Scilla ) of Old World bulbous herbs of the lily family with narrow basal leaves and purple, blue, or white racemose flowers":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"This flower is similar to scilla , but its blooms are pearly white, often with a faint blue stripe down each petal. \u2014 Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com , 23 Aug. 2020",
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"The first flower colors have appeared \u2014 the white of snowdrops, the yellow of witch hazel, the electric blue of scilla , the purple of the earliest crocuses. \u2014 Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com , 21 Mar. 2018",
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"The standards here are now scilla , galanthus, tulips, daffodils, muscari and alliums. \u2014 Jeff Lowenfels, Alaska Dispatch News , 15 Sep. 2017",
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"The scilla will continue to grow come hell or high water or hard freeze. \u2014 Bonnie Blodgett, Twin Cities , 11 Mar. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1629, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from New Latin, genus named by linnaeus that originally included both the squill ( Urginea maritima ) and plants currently in the genus Scilla, going back to Latin scilla, squilla \"the squill Urginea maritima \" \u2014 more at squill":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8si-l\u0259",
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"\u02c8ski-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043415",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"scintilla":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": spark , trace":[
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"not a scintilla of doubt"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"there is not a scintilla of evidence for your outrageous claims",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"For these populist archivists, the project would not be so urgent if there were a scintilla of hope for a future without the ceaseless, inevitable ruination of so many landscapes, buildings, and cultural artifacts. \u2014 Hallel Yadin, Longreads , 24 Mar. 2022",
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"After which, a judge sentenced him to life without a scintilla of a chance of parole. \u2014 Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al , 8 Mar. 2022",
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"Yet in all its 725 prosecutions, the Justice Department hasn\u2019t presented a scintilla of evidence supporting the hypothesis. \u2014 Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ , 6 Jan. 2022",
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"There is not a single scintilla of credible evidence that Ms. Benefield has ever been poisoned or suffered from any illness of any poison. \u2014 Jim Axelrod, CBS News , 8 Sep. 2021",
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"Mahmoud Dahoud, the Borussia Dortmund midfielder, had worked himself a scintilla of space in the middle of the field and slipped a ball into the path of Erling Haaland. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Apr. 2021",
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"Of course, that misery changed to a scintilla of optimism when the Wolves won the lottery and were able to take their choice, and went with Edwards. \u2014 Patrick Reusse, Star Tribune , 23 Dec. 2020",
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"This, make no mistake, is a problem for the Premier League\u2019s elite, who have spent the better part of two decades trawling around Europe for any fresh-faced teenager with even a scintilla of talent and using their financial muscle to draw them in. \u2014 Rory Smith, New York Times , 4 Dec. 2020",
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"There is not a scintilla of evidence that this is true. \u2014 Anthony Leonardi, Washington Examiner , 5 Nov. 2020"
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": to dazzle or impress with liveliness or wit":[
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"The Jay Tarses sitcom, which scintillates with whacked-out wit, was dropped by NBC in 1988 because it was deemed too quirky.",
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"\u2014 Lawrence Eisenberg",
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"Mrs. Burnett's discussion of the Orestes leads the way to a new interpretation of Euripides' Apolline solution, a solution which has titillated, puzzled and infuriated generations of scholars. The arguments scintillate , but sometimes are pushed too far.",
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"\u2014 Geoffrey Arnott"
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": to emit quick flashes as if throwing off sparks : sparkle":[
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"Imagine it's a cool summer night, the stars scintillate brilliantly in the sky overhead and the campfire blazes away.",
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"\u2014 Thomas E. Young"
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": to emit sparks : spark":[],
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"examples":[
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"we watched contentedly as our campfire scintillated in the darkness",
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"the diamond ring scintillated in the sunlight",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The striker has been in scintillating form this season, netting seven goals already to sit joint-top of the Premier League scoring charts alongside Sergio Aguero. \u2014 SI.com , 19 Sep. 2019",
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"The performances abounded in scintillating grace, wondrous shadings, even touches of impetuousness \u2014 all the qualities that distinguish his Chopin, Liszt and Schumann. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Mar. 2020",
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"Brenda Rae, making her Met debut as Poppea, was hard to hear in the lower parts of the role, but scintillated in the highest soprano passages. \u2014 Heidi Waleson, WSJ , 7 Feb. 2020",
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"But his arm, though not scintillating like an Elway, Favre or Mahomes, is stellar. \u2014 The Si Staff, SI.com , 28 Aug. 2019",
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"Instead, the awkwardly staged Engrossment Ceremony was non- scintillating TV. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 17 Jan. 2020",
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"However, City were able to overcome their slow start and grew in confidence throughout the game, eventually reaching their free-flowing and scintillating best. \u2014 SI.com , 22 Oct. 2019",
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"Madrid have been in less than scintillating form in the last few weeks, having picked up just seven points of a possible 15 - allowing intercity rivals Atletico to comfortably take second place in the process. \u2014 SI.com , 17 May 2019",
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"When readying for a pre-holiday occasion, the opportunity to experiment with beauty notes oft associated with the year\u2019s annual sunset\u2014saturated reds, scintillating metallics\u2014is as alluring as a signature scent. \u2014 Vogue , 25 Oct. 2019"
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"Latin scintillatus , past participle of scintillare to sparkle, from scintilla spark":""
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"\u02c8sint-\u1d4al-\u02cc\u0101t",
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"\u02c8sin-t\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090743",
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"examples":[
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"fears that the scission of the labor union will compromise the workers' bargaining power",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The second major structural change involves one of the hallmarks of SARS-CoV-2 as compared to SARS-CoV-1: initial scission at the S1 furin cleavage site. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
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"When the nucleus ultimately disintegrates, these pieces move apart rapidly and the neck snaps quickly, a process known as scission . \u2014 Charles Q. Choi, Scientific American , 24 Feb. 2021",
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"Wilson cautions more work is needed to explain how exactly spin results after scission . \u2014 Charles Q. Choi, Scientific American , 24 Feb. 2021",
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"The structure is easily broken down in a reaction called scission (like scissors), which tears up the polymer chain. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 5 Aug. 2020",
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"Using IVs that are sanitized between trees, park service workers make a minimally invasive scission in order to treat the tree, according to Jason Gillis, park arborist for National Mall and Memorial Parks. \u2014 Paulina Smolinski, USA TODAY , 19 Aug. 2019"
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"early Scots scissione, borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French cision, scission \"act of cutting, slit, cut,\" borrowed from Late Latin scissi\u014dn-, scissi\u014d \"tearing apart, division\" (Medieval Latin, \"dissent, schism\"), from Latin *scid-, base of scindere \"to split, cleave, separate\" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action \u2014 more at shed entry 1":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Hilary Duff's Late Late Show look some subtle scintillation . \u2014 Calin Van Paris, Vogue , 27 Feb. 2022",
|
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"But Wang found hallmarks of scintillation from six galaxies at once. \u2014 Star Tribune , 24 Feb. 2021",
|
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"But Wang found hallmarks of scintillation from six galaxies at once. \u2014 Max G. Levy, Wired , 24 Feb. 2021",
|
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"Detecting scintillation from distant galaxies is very rare. \u2014 Star Tribune , 24 Feb. 2021",
|
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"Detecting scintillation from distant galaxies is very rare. \u2014 Max G. Levy, Wired , 24 Feb. 2021",
|
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"This chain undulates and moves with remarkable fluidity and scintillation , adding texture and flashes of brilliance, but the centerpiece is, of course, this extraordinary Melo Melo. \u2014 Stellene Volandes, Town & Country , 20 Feb. 2021",
|
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"Family celebrations are more about support and solidarity than scintillation . \u2014 Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive , 29 Aug. 2020",
|
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"The Tibet ASgamma experiment spotted the photons using an array of nearly 600 scintillation detectors, sensors that turn particle strikes into electronic signals. \u2014 Dennis Normile, Science | AAAS , 8 July 2019"
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"1585, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-074656"
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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"a scintillating conversation"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sin-t\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101-ti\u014b"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Her countrywoman Grazyna Bacewicz\u2019s Overture sounded under-rehearsed, and in Schumann\u2019s Piano Concerto, Gardolinska unobtrusively supported a scintillating H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Grimaud. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Sep. 2021",
|
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"The reason for the couple's split is far less scintillating than your standard Lady Whistledown dispatch\u2014sources say that busy work schedules put too much strain on the new relationship. \u2014 Michelle Rui, Vogue , 16 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Watching Doncic means to prepare yourself for a kaleidoscope of pure talent, each moment more scintillating than the last. \u2014 Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle , 5 June 2021",
|
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"When the pandemic kicked into gear back in March 2020, these both scintillating and stressful field schools were no more. \u2014 Robin George Andrews, Wired , 15 May 2021",
|
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"The most scintillating game of the day \u2014 and perhaps the tournament \u2014 was U.C.L.A.\u2019s 88-78 upset of second-seeded Alabama in overtime. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"The boots\u2019 origins, which date back to 1961, however, are a bit less scintillating . \u2014 Barry Samaha, Harper's BAZAAR , 25 Nov. 2020",
|
|
"Sunday's final now pits two of Europe's most scintillating front lines against one another. \u2014 Matias Grez, CNN , 19 Aug. 2020",
|
|
"As Rosen zoomed in, however, an animal flowed across my field of vision, rapidly propelled by its scintillating ciliary fringe. \u2014 Emily Underwood, The Atlantic , 8 June 2020"
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