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{
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"bin":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a box, frame, crib, or enclosed place used for storage":[],
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": a can for trash or garbage : dustbin":[
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"The woman retreated to a desk, dropping the leaflets in the bin as though she couldn't bear to hold them anymore.",
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"\u2014 Denise Mina"
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],
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": bi- entry 1":[
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"bin aural"
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],
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": to put into a bin":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"Put the old newspapers in the recycling bin .",
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"a storage bin for hats and gloves",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The center console has a spacious bin and plenty of room for cupholders and a wireless charging pad. \u2014 Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press , 21 June 2022",
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"Upon seeing a homeless man by the trash bin of a fast food restaurant, a Grossmont College staffer bought a hamburger and bottle of water for him. \u2014 Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 June 2022",
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"Several businesses and bus shelters were damaged, and a trash bin at a police precinct was set on fire following a Saturday night gathering at Peninsula Park, police said. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 Apr. 2022",
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"Some areas in Wales ask households using disposable diapers to set them out in a separate bin for collection each week. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Feb. 2022",
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"The single bin can process up to 4.4 pounds of waste per day, and can hold a total of 20 gallons of compost. \u2014 Kylee Mcguigan, Popular Mechanics , 3 May 2022",
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"One family carried a load of glass shards and twisted metal in a bedsheet to the nearby trash bin . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
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"Keeping it extra secure in a bin of camp-kitchen gear would provide an extra bit of mental assurance when driving down washboard roads. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 5 Nov. 2020",
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"Police made the grisly discovery near a trash bin at the back of the motel. \u2014 Sarah Nelson, The Courier-Journal , 6 Apr. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"For instance, it was reported that Tesco suppliers are being forced to bin nearly 50 tonnes of food each week due to a lorry driver crisis. \u2014 Amy Nguyen, Forbes , 25 June 2021",
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"The reusable bins the company normally supplies to clients have been replaced by cardboard boxes. \u2014 Kim Velsey, New York Times , 9 Apr. 2020",
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"After Fiji flanker Semi Kunatani was sin- binned , Adams finished off a slick four-man passing move for 14-10. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 Oct. 2019",
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"Amazon binned a hiring algorithm that was persistently sexist, and Apple is being investigated over its new credit card, which offers women lower credit limits. \u2014 The Economist , 21 Nov. 2019",
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"This is not the first time Saudi Arabia has been implicated in phone hacking\u2014though the incident may provide the strongest link yet to bin Salman himself. \u2014 Robert Hackett, Fortune , 22 Jan. 2020",
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"After three weeks of strikes and demonstrations, Jupp\u00e9 had to bin his plan. \u2014 Sylvain Cypel, The New York Review of Books , 17 Jan. 2020",
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"The downside includes having to secure a second mortgage to obtain LPs that barely made it to the thrift-store dollar bins a decade earlier. \u2014 Jim Allen, Popular Mechanics , 30 Dec. 2019",
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"Both were charged with passing on information about dissidents to bin Salman\u2019s government. \u2014 Karl Vick, Time , 12 Dec. 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1839, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English binn , from Old English":"Noun",
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"Middle English, from Late Latin, from Latin bini two by two; akin to Old English twinn twofold \u2014 more at twin":"Prefix"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bin"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"box",
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"caddy",
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"case",
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"casket",
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"chest",
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"locker",
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"trunk"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082704",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"prefix",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"binary":{
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"antonyms":[
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"single"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a division into two groups or classes that are considered diametrically opposite":[
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"Sam Killermann, a self-described \"social justice comedian,\" is very serious about how far the complexities of identity go beyond the traditional binary of male or female.",
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"\u2014 Katy Steinmetz"
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],
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": a number system based only on the numerals 0 and 1 : a binary (see binary entry 2 sense 3a ) number system":[
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"42 is written as 101010 in binary ."
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],
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": composed of two elements (see element sense 2e ), an element and a radical (see radical entry 2 sense 4 ) that acts as an element, or two such radicals":[],
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": compounded or consisting of or marked by two things or parts":[],
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": duple":[
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"\u2014 used of measure or rhythm"
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],
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": having two musical subjects or two complementary sections":[
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"a song in binary form"
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],
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": involving a choice or condition of two alternatives (such as on-off or yes-no)":[],
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": of or relating to the use of stable oppositions (such as good and evil) to analyze a subject or create a structural model":[
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"the binary opposition of male and female",
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"\u2014 Joan W. Scott"
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],
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": relating to, being, or belonging to a system of numbers having 2 as its base":[
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"the binary digits 0 and 1"
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],
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": relating two logical or mathematical elements":[
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"a binary operation"
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],
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": utilizing two harmless ingredients that upon combining form a lethal substance (such as a gas)":[
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"binary weapons"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"a binary star is a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Homer, afflicted by the binary of North and South, slavery and abolition, saw a larger world of empire with disparities that transcended the American condition. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
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"The Kierkegaard book posits the arbitrary binary of choosing to live either an ethical or an aesthetic life. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
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"Many Black artists from other genres have expressed their gripes with the limitations of the awards: Tyler the Creator has spoken about the binary of rap or R&B that Black artists are limited to. \u2014 Sharine Taylor, refinery29.com , 4 Apr. 2022",
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"Keeping things open, safely: For much of 2020, the debate about Covid revolved around the binary of locking down versus keeping businesses open. \u2014 Julian Zelizer, CNN , 17 Dec. 2021",
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"One area this binary has affected quite negatively is data collection. \u2014 Partners For Rural Transformation, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
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"Well, the same ABC poll \u2014 which offered respondents a binary , yes-or-no choice \u2014 found that 57 of Americans oppose a 15-week ban, while 58 percent oppose a six-week ban. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 10 May 2022",
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"All of the eight new black hole binary systems emitting echoes ranged from five to 15 solar masses, and all of the companion stars were about the size of our Sun. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 2 May 2022",
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"If the process kthreaddk does not exist, the cryptocurrency miner downloads a binary , sys.exe, from 194[.]145[.]227[.]21 to C:\\Users\\\\AppData\\Roaming\\.exe. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Transgender men and non- binary people, who can become pregnant but were not considered by this study, also face unique barriers to accessing healthcare and suffer from significant health disparities across multiple areas. \u2014 Robert Hart, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
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"EDs and body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) affect men, trans, and non- binary people. \u2014 Sophie Hanson, Vogue , 24 June 2022",
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"Cal, who identified as non- binary , said reproductive care should be paid through the health system. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 7 May 2022",
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"Mon\u00e1e, whose musical and visual work often references Afrofuturism, has for years eschewed binary thinking. \u2014 Scottie Andrew, CNN , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"The set also marked a first for J-pop royalty Hikaru Utada, who has never played at any festival in their career (Utada identifies as non- binary and uses she/they pronouns). \u2014 Taylor Mims, Billboard , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"Yet Yatromanolakis said binary thinking can be unhelpful. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Jan. 2022",
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"Optimism and pessimism present binary thinking but hope is flexible. \u2014 Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com , 22 Dec. 2021",
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"Consider the United States, a key Olympic player that has trended toward binary thinking for most of its history. \u2014 Ted Anthony, ajc , 8 Aug. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Late Latin binarius , from Latin bini two by two \u2014 more at bin-":"Adjective and Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u012b-n\u0259-r\u0113",
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"-\u02ccner-\u0113",
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"-\u02ccne-r\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bipartite",
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"double",
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"double-barreled",
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"double-edged",
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"dual",
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"duplex",
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"twin",
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"twofold"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042101",
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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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"bind":{
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"antonyms":[
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"box",
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"catch-22",
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"corner",
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"dilemma",
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"fix",
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"hole",
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"impasse",
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"jackpot",
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"jam",
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"mire",
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"pickle",
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"predicament",
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"quagmire",
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"rabbit hole",
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"rattrap",
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"spot",
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"sticky wicket",
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"swamp"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a place where binding occurs":[],
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": a position or situation in which one is hampered, constrained, or prevented from free movement or action":[
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"got a bind on his opponent"
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],
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": bandage":[
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"bind their wounds"
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],
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": constipate":[
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"Cheese tends to bind him."
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],
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": in trouble":[
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"seem to have gotten myself in a bind"
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],
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": something that binds":[],
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": the act of binding : the state of being bound":[],
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": tie sense 3":[],
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": to apply the parts of the cover to (a book)":[],
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": to become hindered from free operation":[
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"Rust caused the door to bind in its frame."
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],
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": to cause to have an emotional attachment":[
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"the emotional ties that bind us"
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],
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": to cause to stick together":[
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"tuna and celery bound by mayonnaise"
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],
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": to combine or be taken up especially by chemical action":[
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"antibody binds to a specific antigen"
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],
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": to confine, restrain, or restrict as if with bonds":[
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"\u2026 she was not wholly bound in mind by her middle-class existence",
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"\u2014 Delmore Schwartz"
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],
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": to constrain with legal authority":[
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"The court's decision binds them to pay the fine."
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],
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": to exert a restraining or compelling effect":[
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"a promise that binds"
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],
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": to fasten round about":[
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"when wreaths of laurel bound them"
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],
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": to fasten together":[
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"a pin bound the ends of the scarf"
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],
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": to form a cohesive mass":[
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"A little milk will help the ingredients bind ."
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],
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": to hamper free movement or natural action":[
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"shorts that are guaranteed not to bind"
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],
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": to make a firm commitment for":[
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"a handshake binds the deal"
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],
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": to make secure by tying":[
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"His hands were bound with rope."
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],
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": to protect, strengthen, or decorate by a band or binding":[
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"a carpet bound with a gold edging"
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],
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": to put under an obligation":[
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"binds himself with an oath"
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],
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": to set at work as an apprentice : indenture":[
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"He was bound out to a tailor for one year."
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],
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": to take up and hold (as by chemical forces) : combine with":[
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"cellulose binds water"
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],
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": to tie together":[
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"binding the wheat into sheaves"
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],
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": to wrap around with something so as to enclose or cover":[
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"A silk sash bound her waist."
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"She bound her hair in a ponytail.",
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"The machine binds the hay into bales.",
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"He doesn't like to wear clothes that bind .",
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"Noun",
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"It's a real bind having to meet all these deadlines.",
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"with our vacation week fast approaching, and no arrangements for the care of our pets, we were in a serious bind",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"By using an antibody treatment, researchers believed that the antibodies would block the interleukin-17 receptors so that the ORF8 protein could not bind to the receptors. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"The study, led by researchers at the University of Tokyo, found that BA.2 could bind to human cells better than BA.1 and replicated to higher levels in lung and nasal cells. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 18 Feb. 2022",
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"The method has also been used to show that a licorice compound can also bind to the protein, which also has yet to be tested in the lab. \u2014 oregonlive , 12 Jan. 2022",
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"Subsequent experiments showed that these viruses bind as effectively to the ACE2 receptor protein as the early strains of Covid did. \u2014 Lindsay Beyerstein, The New Republic , 10 Dec. 2021",
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"Studies have shown that artificial food dyes can bind to the DNA and proteins inside cells. \u2014 Lorne J. Hofseth, The Conversation , 9 Dec. 2021",
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"McCormick and his colleagues were extremely surprised when his computer models showed that P-glycoprotein could bind amyloid-beta and move it through the cell membrane. \u2014 Dallas News , 29 June 2021",
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"So a cover-up commences that the local seems to hope will bind him to his new best friend. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 15 June 2022",
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"Artisans bind fabrics using a thread by hand and make tiny bits one by one. \u2014 Joanne Shurvell, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Chanin puts the mission of Closely Crafted into perspective with the supply chain crisis that has put many businesses that produce internationally in a bind since the coronavirus pandemic began. \u2014 Sarah Spellings, Vogue , 1 July 2022",
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"This has put Murphy and her fellow moderates in a bind . \u2014 New York Times , 29 June 2022",
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"Unfortunately, stETH has become a focus of heavy leverage, and as crypto markets have quickly flipped from a risk-on to risk-off, firms chasing returns without having properly hedged \u2013 as is the case with Celsius \u2013 have ended up in a bind . \u2014 Ian Allison, Fortune , 17 June 2022",
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"And if oil prices \u2014 which have surged since Russia's invasion of Ukraine \u2014climb even higher, that would put the Fed in an even bigger bind . \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 10 Mar. 2022",
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"Public health is now trapped in an unenviable bind . \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 23 Oct. 2021",
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"The three weeks of practice quarterback Dak Prescott missed with a latissimus strain puts the Cowboys in an offensive bind . \u2014 David Moore, Dallas News , 29 Aug. 2021",
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"The film focuses on the manager of a defunct casino, who must confront his parental failures when his reckless son needs to find a way out of an illicit bind . \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 26 Aug. 2021",
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"The announcement Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that suggested vaccinated people no longer needed to wear masks indoors took her aback \u2014 and put her in an awkward bind . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 May 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1b":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Old English bindan ; akin to Old High German bintan to bind, Greek peisma cable, Sanskrit badhn\u0101ti he ties":"Verb and Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u012bnd"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"chain",
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"enchain",
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"enfetter",
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"fetter",
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"gyve",
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"handcuff",
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"manacle",
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"pinion",
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"shackle",
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"trammel"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185723",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"transitive verb",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"binding":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a device that holds a boot firmly to a ski or snowboard":[],
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": a material or device used to bind: such as":[],
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": a narrow fabric used to finish raw edges":[],
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": imposing an obligation":[],
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": that binds":[],
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": the action of one that binds":[],
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": the cover and materials that hold a book together":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"a carpet edged with canvas binding",
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"The bindings have started to come loose.",
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"Adjective",
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"The contract is legally binding .",
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"The parties agreed to settle the dispute through binding arbitration .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Their popular Jaunt bag offers color options for the front, back, and trim, as well as the wheels, handle, and even the binding . \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 24 June 2022",
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"On solo trick skis, the rear binding is canted at an angle, much like on a snowboard, to allow for better positioning during tricks. \u2014 Chris Meehan, Popular Mechanics , 12 June 2022",
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"Yet the way mifepristone works to end a pregnancy is well understood medically, as is the basic principle of reversible competitive binding of drugs to receptor sites. \u2014 Christa Brown, National Review , 9 Mar. 2022",
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"Part of the project is to compare Jikji and Gutenberg, to see how the Korean and European printers of the 14th and 15th centuries differed in binding , ink, and other aspects of printing. \u2014 Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune , 22 May 2022",
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"Wads of it are incorporated as the binding that holds everything together. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
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"Jared also supplied ebony from his father\u2019s studio for the fingerboard, bridge and binding , and Richard\u2019s chisels for the tuner buttons. \u2014 Jeff Campagna, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Apr. 2022",
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"Furthermore, the negative effects of the virus can be in part attributed to the non-neutralizing binding of antibodies to the postfusion form. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
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"While the ligand- binding connections were rather weak, interactions between the transmembrane domains seemed to provide most of the structure\u2019s stability. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Although not legally binding , successful shareholder resolutions put pressure on the company\u2019s board members to execute them, at the risk of being voted out. \u2014 Tim Mcdonnell, Quartz , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"Though not legally binding , the metaverse is a way for couples to celebrate much like Zoom has become. \u2014 Eran Orr, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
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"On May 15, Kourtney and Travis made their union legally binding . \u2014 Leah Campano, Seventeen , 20 May 2022",
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"In March, shareholders of Disney\u2014increasingly pushing into tech via digital streaming\u2014approved a non- binding proposal calling for more transparency on employee compensation, including data that might show disparities across gender and race. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 27 May 2022",
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"Teigen\u2019s decisions over these small claims cases are final and binding . \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 24 May 2022",
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"The discussion heated up again last year when the Hartford City Council passed a non- binding resolution supporting redevelopment. \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant , 9 May 2022",
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"The most recent push surfaced last year with the Hartford City Council passing a non- binding resolution supporting redevelopment. \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, courant.com , 5 Apr. 2022",
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"The Ohio Senate last month voted 31-1 to adopt a non- binding resolution urging Congress to make Daylight Savings time permanent nationwide. \u2014 Sabrina Eaton, cleveland , 15 Mar. 2022"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u012bn-di\u014b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091737",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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"bindle stiff":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[
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"upon graduation from college he wandered around the country as a bindle stiff , naively believing that he was at one with the downtrodden"
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"first_known_use":{
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bum",
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"bummer",
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"hobo",
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"sundowner",
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"swaggie",
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"swagman",
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"tramp",
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"vagabond",
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"vagrant"
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"weekend binges are a serious problem at many colleges and universities",
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"a shopping binge at the mall",
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"a program designed to educate college students about the dangers of bingeing",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The choices are endless and endlessly subjective; one person\u2019s binge watch is another\u2019s hard pass. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
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"Further, parental encouragement of dieting in kids was a significant predictor of a higher risk of overweight or obesity, dieting, binge eating, engaging in unhealthy weight control behaviors and lower body satisfaction, according to a 2018 study. \u2014 Jodie Sadowsky, CNN , 20 June 2022",
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"No matter how good the meme, excessive screen time can impact health by disrupting sleep or increasing the likelihood of binge eating. \u2014 Cody Godwin, USA TODAY , 24 May 2022",
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"The literature on substance use suggests that this is so: In some people, very high degrees of positive emotion have been connected to dangerous behaviors such as alcohol and drug use and binge eating. \u2014 Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"Her experiences with binge eating, stereotypes, perseverance, and, at times, hiking one mile per hour, are enlightening. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 27 Dec. 2021",
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"Eating disorders include a range of symptoms, like binge eating, restrictive behavior and purging behavior. \u2014 Claire Spinner, The Arizona Republic , 24 Dec. 2021",
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"Margot had a nervous breakdown and started binge -eating on her mukbang channel, which the show treats like the biggest sign of mental illness there could possibly be. \u2014 Benjamin Rosenstock, Vulture , 16 Oct. 2021",
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"Shire has hired former tennis star Monica Seles, who has suffered from binge eating, as a spokeswoman. \u2014 Kristina Fiore And John Fauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 Aug. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Four seasons of Yellowstone have aired and longtime fans and new viewers alike can now binge every season of Yellowstone online. \u2014 Oscar Hartzog, Rolling Stone , 17 May 2022",
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"Looking for a new show to binge -watch this weekend",
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"As an example, Lacombe said that young adults who binge watch animation online will rarely be familiar with a director\u2019s name. \u2014 Lise Pedersen, Variety , 23 May 2022",
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"Why binge Netflix when just outside the window is real-life drama, pathos, tragedy and comedy, all captured by the five video cameras Statter has trained on the traffic below",
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"Looking for something new to binge -watch this week",
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"Like Lost, Severance confidently introduces bizarre images and seemingly nonsensical plot points and allows viewers to delightedly hypothesize about their meaning between episodes (the entire season is out now, so binge away). \u2014 Ars Staff, Ars Technica , 7 May 2022",
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"Some of you love to sample the streaming buffet, and then there are those of us who just want to binge on our favorites. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 13 Mar. 2021",
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"Developers will create shorter experiences that players can binge in five or six hours, like a television show on Netflix. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2020"
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"The goal was simple: explore how planets form in binary star systems. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 2 June 2022",
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"And so, the detection techniques that were used to find the very first exoplanets around, sort of sun-like stars, were the same types of detection techniques that have been used to study binary star systems for years. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 18 May 2022",
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"But binary star systems are pretty common, and our nearest neighbor appears to be a three-star system. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 4 May 2022",
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"But two of the company's luminaries remain gravitationally locked, a binary star system: the S and the E. \u2014 Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver , 13 Apr. 2022",
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"The alternative is a process similar to that which creates a binary star system. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 6 Apr. 2022",
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"Usually the white dwarf accretes this extra mass from its partner in a binary star system. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Forbes , 9 Dec. 2021",
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"The binary star system is actually visible to us with the naked eye. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 8 Dec. 2021",
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"Although Alpha Centauri is right next door in astronomical terms, no planets have been detected around its binary star system. \u2014 NBC News , 24 Nov. 2021"
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"The process begins with a binary system , in which one of the two stars turns into a red giant, leaving just a white dwarf remnant core still in orbit with the other star in the system. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"However, it has also been predicted that, in a binary system , the two black hole spins will be anti-aligned. \u2014 Chris Lee, Ars Technica , 24 Jan. 2022",
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"In traditional computers, information is represented by a binary system called bits, which can be either a 0 or 1. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 7 Dec. 2021",
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"Confirming that there really is a planet in the X-ray binary system is likely to take time. \u2014 NBC News , 18 Feb. 2021",
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"Their only success was in M51-ULS-1 in the Whirlpool Galaxy, a binary system contains a black hole or neutron star orbiting a companion star with a mass about 20 times that of the Sun. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 25 Oct. 2021",
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"They were created in this system when the burst of X-rays from the binary system reflected off of dust clouds scattered across space between the V404 Cygni system and Earth. \u2014 Rebecca Cairns; Video By Milly Chan, CNN , 12 Aug. 2021",
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"Every single aspect of who you are constantly being looked at and put in a box in a very binary system . \u2014 Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com , 19 Aug. 2021",
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"The black hole exists in a binary system with a companion star -- and the black hole's gravity is pulling material away from the star and into a disk around itself. \u2014 Rebecca Cairns; Video By Milly Chan, CNN , 12 Aug. 2021"
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"The expected number of marbles collected in each bottom bin from left to right after all possible paths are traversed once is given by the binomial distribution . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 14 Oct. 2019",
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"The Poisson distribution is an easy approximation of the binomial distribution that\u2019s useful when the time interval of interest is a small fraction of the half-life \u2014 instances in which binomial calculations quickly become intractable. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 27 Jan. 2017",
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"However, in the case of our question, the decay time is very short \u2014 on the order of the observation time \u2014 and therefore the binomial distribution , which is more accurate, should be used. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 27 Jan. 2017",
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"In our case, the clever trick is to realize that the binomial distribution converges to the Gaussian or normal distribution pretty rapidly as the number of trials gets large. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 25 Sep. 2015",
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"People can have more than four friends, and having a lot of friends isn\u2019t as unusual as the binomial distribution suggests. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 20 Aug. 2018",
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"Peter is occupied with graphs of binomial distributions as well as various odds related to a potential second book deal. \u2014 Hermione Hoby, New York Times , 1 June 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The watermelons grown in the United States were soon subsumed under the same Latin binomial . \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 2 June 2021",
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"Before binomials , names of plants in books were lists or strings of words that formed a kind of nuanced description. \u2014 James Prosek, New York Times , 16 May 2017"
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"\u2014 Rana Foroohar"
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"That suggests each pentaquark is just a baryon bound to a meson, with a tiny bit of mass taken up in binding energy . \u2014 Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS , 5 June 2019"
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"definitions":{
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": stomach , belly":[]
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"native name in Australia":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-160749"
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a two-part musical form in which the first part modulates to the dominant or relative minor and the second returns to the tonic":[
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"In binary form , the opening melody returns in a key other than the tonic or does not return at all.",
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"\u2014 John A. Rice , Antonio Salieri and Viennese Opera , 1998",
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"In music of the Renaissance and Baroque periods, dances were often written in binary form ; and in the collections of idealized dances \u2026 that became popular in the Baroque, binary form was increasingly used.",
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"\u2014 Stanley Sadie and Alison Latham, editors, The Cambridge Music Guide , 1985",
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"\u2014 compare rounded binary form , ternary form"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"1875, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-181213"
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},
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"binary granite":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a granite composed only of quartz and feldspar or one containing two kinds of mica":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-095537"
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},
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"binomen":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a binomial naming a species":[
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"Canis latrans is the binomen of the coyote"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02c8)b\u012b\u00a6n\u014dm\u0259n"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from bi- entry 1 + Latin nomen name":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-192841"
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},
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"Binokid":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": bukidnon":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bin\u0259k\u0259\u0307d"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"of Philippine origin; akin to Bisayan bukidnon":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-200216"
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},
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"binomial law":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a theorem in mathematics: the probability of an event whose probability on each trial is p occurring r times in n trials is given by the term containing p r in the binomial expansion of ( p + q ) n in which q =1\u2212 p":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-201537"
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},
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"binomial theorem":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a theorem that specifies the expansion of a binomial of the form {latex}(x + y)^n = \\sum\\limits_{k = 0}^{n}{\\frac{n!}{(n - k)!k!}}{x^{(n - k)}}{y^{k}}{/latex}":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Their new paper refers to Pascal\u2019s triangle, which is maybe most often used by math students learning binomial theorem and using the triangular set of integer values to decide what their coefficients are. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 17 Feb. 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1704, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-203231"
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},
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"binuclear":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": having two nuclei":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02cc)b\u012b-\u02c8n\u00fc-kl\u0113-\u0259r",
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"-\u02c8ny\u00fc-",
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"\u00f7-\u02c8n\u00fc-ky\u0259-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"bi- entry 1 + nuclear or nucleate or nucleated":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1842, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-211611"
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},
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"binding course":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a row (as of bricks) set across an inner and an outer course to bind them together":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-214821"
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},
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"Binet-Simon scale":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an intelligence test consisting originally of tasks graded from the level of the average 3-year-old to that of the average 12-year-old but later extended in range":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"bi-\u02ccn\u0101-s\u0113-\u02c8m\u014d\u207f-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Alfred Binet \u20201911 and Th\u00e9odore Simon \u20201961 French psychologists":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1911, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221503"
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},
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"bing":{
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"type":[
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"interjection",
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"intransitive verb",
|
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a heap or pile for storage":[
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"a bing of potatoes"
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],
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": a storage bin":[],
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": a solitary-confinement prison cell":[],
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": go":[],
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": bing cherry":[
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"Some trees with the popular bings are ready for picking but are not expected to be ripe in mass quantities until Memorial Day weekend \u2026",
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"\u2014 Sharon Moeser , Los Angeles Times , 22 May 1993",
|
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"California, which represents about one-third of the nation's sweet cherry crop, will produce about 162 million pounds of cherries this season, with Bings representing about 45 percent.",
|
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"\u2014 Debbie Arrington , Sacramento Bee , 18 May 2011"
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]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8bi\u014b"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse bingr divided space, bin, Old Swedish binge storage room, Icelandic bingur heap; akin to Old High German bungo tuber":"Noun",
|
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"origin unknown":"Intransitive verb",
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"imitative":"Interjection"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1920, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-222323"
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},
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"binary opposition":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": one of a number of pairs of diametrically opposed characteristics (such as voicedness or voicelessness) taken as a basis for the classification of speech sounds":[]
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},
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-222709"
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},
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"binary notation":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": expression of a number with a base of 2 using only the digits 0 and 1 with each digital place representing a power of 2 instead of a power of 10 as in decimal notation":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1818, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-222921"
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},
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"bind over":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
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"transitive verb",
|
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"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to put under a bond to do something (such as to appear in court)":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1591, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-230926"
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},
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"binary tree":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a network in which each node has no more than two subordinate nodes":[
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"She talks about binary trees , Hercules cutting off the heads of a mythical hydra (each severed neck grows two new heads, which is the essence of a binary tree ) \u2026",
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"\u2014 Kenneth Chang , New York Times , 18 Jan. 2011"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1960, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003815"
|
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},
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"bintangor":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": poon":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"bin\u02c8ta\u014b\u0259(r)"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Malay b\u0115ntangor":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-110539"
|
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},
|
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"binodal":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": consisting of or having two nodes":[
|
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"a binodal stem of a plant",
|
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"a binodal quartic curve"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"(\u02c8)b\u012b +"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"bi- entry 1 + nodol":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-021756"
|
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},
|
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"binge and purge":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"idiom"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": to eat a lot of food and then force oneself to vomit so as not to gain weight":[
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"Her college roommate used to binge and purge ."
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-022131"
|
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},
|
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"binate":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"intransitive verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": growing in pairs or couples : double":[],
|
|
": to celebrate two masses on the same day":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\"",
|
|
"usually -\u0101t + V",
|
|
"\u02c8b\u012b\u02ccn\u0101t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"bin- + -ate":"Adjective",
|
|
"New Latin binatus , past participle of binare , probably from Latin bini two by two":"Intransitive verb"
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-022548"
|
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},
|
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"binomialism":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": the theory or use of binomial nomenclature":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"b\u012b\u02c8n\u014dm\u0113\u0259\u02ccliz\u0259m"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-060412"
|
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},
|
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"binominal":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": using a combination of two names : binomial":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"(\u02c8)b\u012b +"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Latin binomin is having two names + English -al":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-085023"
|
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},
|
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"bindweed":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of various twining plants (especially genus Convolvulus of the morning-glory family) that mat or interlace with plants among which they grow":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8b\u012bnd-\u02ccw\u0113d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Repeated applications of herbicide will be necessary to control bindweed . \u2014 oregonlive , 4 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Early spring is the best time to tackle weeds that send out long, twining stems among other plants, such as creeping Charlie, bindweed and quack grass. \u2014 Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com , 3 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In addition, the State of Wisconsin also defined three plants to be noxious weeds in the 1970s, including Canada thistle, leafy spurge and field bindweed . \u2014 Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 16 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Morning glory is easy to grow from seeds in most soils and is a kissing cousin to field bindweed , one of the weed vines for later discussion. \u2014 Howard Garrett, Dallas News , 9 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"That list includes but is not limited to honeysuckle, Carolina snailseed, poison ivy, smilax and bindweed . \u2014 Howard Garrett, Dallas News , 2 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"These super aggressive weeds include blackberry, Scotch broom, bindweed (also known as invasive morning glory), horsetail, English ivy, poison oak and old man\u2019s beard (also known as traveler\u2019s joy; an invasive species of clematis). \u2014 oregonlive , 11 Aug. 2020",
|
|
"Where bare earth stood, the bindweed sprout is a foot high, the purslane a foot across and the galinsoga putting out its first flowers. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Aug. 2020",
|
|
"No amount of pulling or digging seems to get to the bottom of perennial field bindweed (wild morning glory, Convolvulus arvensis), which is said to have roots that go down 20 feet. \u2014 Margaret Roach, New York Times , 8 May 2020"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1548, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-094553"
|
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},
|
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"binary fission":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": reproduction of a cell by division into two approximately equal parts":[
|
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"the binary fission of protozoans"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"The trophozoite divides by binary fission and makes thousands of copies of itself that attach to the lining of the small intestine. \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Aug. 2021"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1862, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-113925"
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},
|
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"bindweed nightshade":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": enchanter's nightshade":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-120005"
|
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},
|
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"binoculars":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": of, relating to, using, or adapted to the use of both eyes":[],
|
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": a binocular optical instrument":[],
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"Magnification is the first number in a binocular description, such as 8x42. \u2014 The Editors, Field & Stream , 8 Apr. 2020",
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"The binocular \u2019s best attribute, though, is its tack-sharp image, even in low-light conditions. \u2014 Andrew Mckean, Outdoor Life , 21 Feb. 2020",
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"Their eyes, meanwhile, have come to be situated in the narrow front of their face, affording them a more intensely focused, binocular vision \u2014 prying beaks and eyes coalescing to form the perfect foraging and nesting machine. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Feb. 2020",
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"Clutch bags and small purses \u2014 including camera and binocular cases \u2014 are permitted up to certain sizes. \u2014 Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press , 19 Feb. 2020",
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"Neural signature: Robertson\u2019s team had shown in a 2013 study that autistic people perceive the images switching in a binocular rivalry task more slowly than neurotypical people do. \u2014 Scientific American , 19 Aug. 2019",
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"With help from a team of binocular -holding observers and three infrared sensors attached to the roof of a government shed on the Granite Canyon bluff, the counts are becoming more accurate. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 25 Jan. 2020",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Qualcomm\u2019s partner SeeYa is the manufacturer of the dual micro-OLED binocular displays that deliver a 1920X1080 image resolution per eye at up to 90Hz refresh rate with a no-motion-blur technology. \u2014 Dave Altavilla, Forbes , 20 May 2022",
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"The distinctive binocular viewers available around the building were made by Tower Optical company. \u2014 Cnn Editorial Research, CNN , 18 July 2021",
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"His binocular vision improved, as did his depth perception, albeit slowly. \u2014 Susan R. Barry, WSJ , 18 June 2021",
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"Some of the best glasses cleaner wipes on the market can be used for camera lenses, binocular lenses, and other sensitive optical surfaces, and the disposable format further ensures that users achieve the best results every time. \u2014 Popsci Commerce Team, Popular Science , 8 Mar. 2021",
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"Bike sales increased by 63 percent; paddle sports by 56 percent; golf sales by 51 percent; camping equipment by 31 percent; and binocular sales by 22 percent. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Mar. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The small and lightweight Physic takes up less space on your harness than a traditional belay biner . \u2014 Owen Clarke, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
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"But a lightweight wiregate bottom biner shaves weight, so the finished piece comes in at a respectable 106 grams. \u2014 Owen Clarke, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
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"Nite Ize Gear Line: Wear-resistant webbing and sturdy S- biner clips keep your hats and towels organized, and the gear line ($17.66) can be hung up pretty much anywhere. \u2014 Megan Barber, Curbed , 14 Nov. 2018"
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"\u2014 Ray Rahman",
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"When Netflix dropped the highly bingeable collection The Comedy Lineup in early July, audiences and critics alike flocked to the streaming giant's latest experiment in original stand-up production.",
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"\u2014 Andrew Husband"
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"Nothing speaks: The bine -stems recall snapped lyre strings. \u2014 Richard Brookhiser, National Review , 19 Dec. 2019",
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"And just a short walk from the taproom building, visitors will find Hop Culture\u2019s hop yard: four acres of homegrown hops, with bines growing vertically upward, supported by tall trellises. \u2014 Leeanne Griffin, courant.com , 30 Sep. 2019",
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"Burnett walked ahead of the others, slicing bines about 18 inches above the ground. \u2014 Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 Aug. 2019",
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"Hop bines , this climbing plant\u2019s long, vine-like stems, now cover at least seven acres in the county. \u2014 Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 Aug. 2019",
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"This year, wind has damaged some of his bines \u2014 the vine-like body of the plant that produces the cones used for bitterness and aroma in beer. \u2014 Tonia Moxley, chicagotribune.com , 8 Aug. 2019",
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"Use string, paper twine, coir (made from the fiber of coconut husk) or anything that the bines can grip well. \u2014 Kym Pokorny, OregonLive.com , 7 Jan. 2018",
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"Wrap the bines , or elongated stems, in a clockwise direction around the climbing support to train the plant. \u2014 Kym Pokorny, OregonLive.com , 7 Jan. 2018"
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"The egg in the recipe acts as a binder .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Jackson, Scotsdale\u2019s security guard, keeps a red binder on his workstation with profiles of the clinic\u2019s regular protesters. \u2014 Kim Bellware, Washington Post , 26 June 2022",
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"Jackson, Scotsdale's security guard, keeps a red binder on his workstation with profiles of the clinic's regular protesters. \u2014 Kim Bellware, BostonGlobe.com , 26 June 2022",
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"After her final question, Psaki gathered her binder from the podium and waved goodbye to the press. \u2014 Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY , 13 May 2022",
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"In specific situations, some people will benefit from wearing a belly wrap or binder , said Natalie Toshkoff, a pelvic floor physical therapist based in New York. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
|
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"Boneless will have a binder that holds it together in one solid piece. \u2014 Susan Selasky, USA TODAY , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"Every station had a master binder full of recipes and everything was by weight. \u2014 Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"That conversation about a binder took us into a rabbit hole about my junior high years, paying for long distance phone calls, mailing letters. \u2014 Andrew Oglesby, CNN , 31 Dec. 2021",
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"The security guard near the entrance proceeded to pick up what appeared to be a large binder and throw it at the attacker to distract him. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"It can be seen on a clear night in the Southern Hemisphere without the use of a binocular or telescope, making it the first black hole to be seen without tools. \u2014 Fox News , 8 May 2020",
|
|
"Magnification is the first number in a binocular description, such as 8x42. \u2014 The Editors, Field & Stream , 8 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"Instead, Oculudentavis had eyes that bulged out to the sides and no binocular vision, the researchers found. \u2014 Tom Metcalfe, NBC News , 11 Mar. 2020",
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"The binocular \u2019s best attribute, though, is its tack-sharp image, even in low-light conditions. \u2014 Andrew Mckean, Outdoor Life , 21 Feb. 2020",
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"Their eyes, meanwhile, have come to be situated in the narrow front of their face, affording them a more intensely focused, binocular vision \u2014 prying beaks and eyes coalescing to form the perfect foraging and nesting machine. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Feb. 2020",
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"Clutch bags and small purses \u2014 including camera and binocular cases \u2014 are permitted up to certain sizes. \u2014 Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press , 19 Feb. 2020",
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"Neural signature: Robertson\u2019s team had shown in a 2013 study that autistic people perceive the images switching in a binocular rivalry task more slowly than neurotypical people do. \u2014 Scientific American , 19 Aug. 2019",
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"With help from a team of binocular -holding observers and three infrared sensors attached to the roof of a government shed on the Granite Canyon bluff, the counts are becoming more accurate. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 25 Jan. 2020",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Qualcomm\u2019s partner SeeYa is the manufacturer of the dual micro-OLED binocular displays that deliver a 1920X1080 image resolution per eye at up to 90Hz refresh rate with a no-motion-blur technology. \u2014 Dave Altavilla, Forbes , 20 May 2022",
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"The larger cats\u2014tigers, lions and leopards\u2014have circular pupils, because these provide good binocular vision for judging distances. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"Here are a few traits to look for in a dedicated marine binocular . \u2014 The Editors, Outdoor Life , 21 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"The distinctive binocular viewers available around the building were made by Tower Optical company. \u2014 Cnn Editorial Research, CNN , 18 July 2021",
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"His binocular vision improved, as did his depth perception, albeit slowly. \u2014 Susan R. Barry, WSJ , 18 June 2021",
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"The different types of prisms reflect the quality of binocular optics. \u2014 Daisy Kelly, chicagotribune.com , 11 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"Some of the best glasses cleaner wipes on the market can be used for camera lenses, binocular lenses, and other sensitive optical surfaces, and the disposable format further ensures that users achieve the best results every time. \u2014 Popsci Commerce Team, Popular Science , 8 Mar. 2021",
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"Bike sales increased by 63 percent; paddle sports by 56 percent; golf sales by 51 percent; camping equipment by 31 percent; and binocular sales by 22 percent. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Mar. 2021"
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Also not to be missed: its well-structured Grande Ann\u00e9e Ros\u00e9 2014, with a bright saline character, along with pithy pink grapefruit, orange peel and some bing cherry notes. \u2014 Lana Bortolot, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"The 2017 Russian River Valley Pinot Noir is full with aromas of black plum, raspberry, and forest floor, complemented by flavors of bing cherry and sassafras and hints of baking spice. \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 5 Sep. 2020",
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"First things first: Trump is cherry -picking his data. \u2014 Aaron Blake, Washington Post , 17 Oct. 2017",
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"Scalise is cherry -picking the data points to cast doubt on gun laws after a national tragedy. \u2014 Nicole Lewis, Washington Post , 17 Oct. 2017",
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"On the upside, this means today\u2019s savvy shoppers can get some delicious wines at unfairly low prices \u2014 like this sustainably grown California merlot brimming with flavors of bing cherries , black plums, and vanilla. \u2014 Marnie Old, Philly.com , 28 Sep. 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Ah Bing flourished 1875 American (Chinese-born) horticulturist":""
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"first_known_use":{
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"1894, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-032657"
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"binary digit":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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": either of the two digits, conventionally 0 and 1, used in a binary system of numeration":[],
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": bit entry 7 sense 1":[]
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-033925"
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},
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"bint":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": girl , woman":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bint"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Arabic, girl, daughter":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1855, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-040559"
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},
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"binoxide":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": dioxide":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"\" +"
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"bin- + oxide":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-044110"
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},
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"binary combination":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": binomial entry 3":[]
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-070117"
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},
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"binocs":{
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": binoculars":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"b\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4ks"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Outdoors, there are bird-watchers, rushing to trees with their binocs , looking up, seeing what\u2019s what. \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 7 Feb. 2018"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1919, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-090304"
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},
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"binder's board":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a smooth hard tough pulpboard much used in covers by bookbinders":[]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-102952"
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},
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"binoculate":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": having two eyes":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02c8)b\u012b\u00a6n",
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"b\u0259\u0307\u02c8n +"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"bin- + oculate":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-111124"
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},
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"binder's cloth":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": cotton fabric with a finish suitable for book covers \u2014 compare book cloth":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-125926"
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},
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"binghi":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": aborigine sense 1b":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bi\u014b\u02cc\u012b"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"native name in Australia":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-135140"
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},
|
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"binder's title":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": the title printed or stamped by the binder on the outside of the cover of a book":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-140055"
|
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},
|
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"binoxalate":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an acid oxalate (such as sodium binoxalate NaHC 2 O 4 ) formed from oxalic acid by the replacement of half the acid hydrogen":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"(\u02c8)bi\u00a6n +",
|
|
"(\u02c8)b\u012b\u00a6n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"bin- + oxalate":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-143619"
|
|
},
|
|
"binary nomenclature":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a system of nomenclature in which the designation of a species consists of two parts that may or may not be single names \u2014 compare binomial nomenclature":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-144511"
|
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},
|
|
"bingo":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"interjection",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8bi\u014b-(\u02cc)g\u014d",
|
|
"\u02c8bi\u014b-g\u014d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Noun",
|
|
"She plays bingo twice a week.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Blanket Bingo will take place on Friday, July 8, at 10 a.m. Bring your own blanket and play bingo on the front lawn of the library and win prizes. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Raise your hand if your 2022 bingo card included Drake releasing a dance album. \u2014 Katie Bain, Billboard , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"Adding slot machines and video poker to the bingo operations in 1992 greatly increased Fort McDowell\u2019s bottom line. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"Adding slot machines and video poker to the bingo operations in 1992 greatly increased Fort McDowell\u2019s bottom line. \u2014 USA Today , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"The most notable demographic change has been a 15 percent decline in the population of this once-booming river port; the neoclassical coliseum where Wallace spoke now hosts bingo nights in a downtown that is all but empty after 5 p.m. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"One of the guys was wearing nothing at all and had a bingo -ball turner strategically placed over his groin. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Candidates will randomly pick out a bingo or ping-pong ball with a number on it, and the candidate with the lowest number gets the first slot on the ballot. \u2014 Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News , 8 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"In terms of senior events, Terry said the city has been hosting its bingo and breakfast events, with usually 40 to 50 seniors in attendance. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 7 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"alteration of bing (interjection suggestive of a ringing sound)":"Interjection"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1903, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Interjection",
|
|
"1923, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-162435"
|
|
},
|
|
"Bingley terrier":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": airedale terrier":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8bi\u014bl\u0113-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"from Bingley , Yorkshire, England":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-164101"
|
|
},
|
|
"bingle":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": base hit":[],
|
|
": a woman's short bob partly shingled at the back":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8bi\u014bg\u0259l",
|
|
"\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"probably alteration (influenced by bing entry 3 ) of single":"Noun",
|
|
"b ob + sh ingle":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-170820"
|
|
},
|
|
"bin liner":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a plastic bag used in a garbage can":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-171530"
|
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},
|
|
"binary color":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a color made by mixing two primary colors : secondary color":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-173359"
|
|
},
|
|
"binds":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to make secure by tying":[
|
|
"His hands were bound with rope."
|
|
],
|
|
": to confine, restrain, or restrict as if with bonds":[
|
|
"\u2026 she was not wholly bound in mind by her middle-class existence",
|
|
"\u2014 Delmore Schwartz"
|
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],
|
|
": to put under an obligation":[
|
|
"binds himself with an oath"
|
|
],
|
|
": to constrain with legal authority":[
|
|
"The court's decision binds them to pay the fine."
|
|
],
|
|
": to wrap around with something so as to enclose or cover":[
|
|
"A silk sash bound her waist."
|
|
],
|
|
": bandage":[
|
|
"bind their wounds"
|
|
],
|
|
": to fasten round about":[
|
|
"when wreaths of laurel bound them"
|
|
],
|
|
": to tie together":[
|
|
"binding the wheat into sheaves"
|
|
],
|
|
": to cause to stick together":[
|
|
"tuna and celery bound by mayonnaise"
|
|
],
|
|
": to take up and hold (as by chemical forces) : combine with":[
|
|
"cellulose binds water"
|
|
],
|
|
": constipate":[
|
|
"Cheese tends to bind him."
|
|
],
|
|
": to make a firm commitment for":[
|
|
"a handshake binds the deal"
|
|
],
|
|
": to protect, strengthen, or decorate by a band or binding":[
|
|
"a carpet bound with a gold edging"
|
|
],
|
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": to apply the parts of the cover to (a book)":[],
|
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": to set at work as an apprentice : indenture":[
|
|
"He was bound out to a tailor for one year."
|
|
],
|
|
": to cause to have an emotional attachment":[
|
|
"the emotional ties that bind us"
|
|
],
|
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": to fasten together":[
|
|
"a pin bound the ends of the scarf"
|
|
],
|
|
": to form a cohesive mass":[
|
|
"A little milk will help the ingredients bind ."
|
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],
|
|
": to combine or be taken up especially by chemical action":[
|
|
"antibody binds to a specific antigen"
|
|
],
|
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": to hamper free movement or natural action":[
|
|
"shorts that are guaranteed not to bind"
|
|
],
|
|
": to become hindered from free operation":[
|
|
"Rust caused the door to bind in its frame."
|
|
],
|
|
": to exert a restraining or compelling effect":[
|
|
"a promise that binds"
|
|
],
|
|
": something that binds":[],
|
|
": the act of binding : the state of being bound":[],
|
|
": a place where binding occurs":[],
|
|
": tie sense 3":[],
|
|
": a position or situation in which one is hampered, constrained, or prevented from free movement or action":[
|
|
"got a bind on his opponent"
|
|
],
|
|
": in trouble":[
|
|
"seem to have gotten myself in a bind"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8b\u012bnd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"enchain",
|
|
"enfetter",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"gyve",
|
|
"handcuff",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"pinion",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"trammel"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"box",
|
|
"catch-22",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"dilemma",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"impasse",
|
|
"jackpot",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"mire",
|
|
"pickle",
|
|
"predicament",
|
|
"quagmire",
|
|
"rabbit hole",
|
|
"rattrap",
|
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"spot",
|
|
"sticky wicket",
|
|
"swamp"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"Verb",
|
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"She bound her hair in a ponytail.",
|
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"The machine binds the hay into bales.",
|
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"He doesn't like to wear clothes that bind .",
|
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"Noun",
|
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"It's a real bind having to meet all these deadlines.",
|
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"with our vacation week fast approaching, and no arrangements for the care of our pets, we were in a serious bind",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
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"By using an antibody treatment, researchers believed that the antibodies would block the interleukin-17 receptors so that the ORF8 protein could not bind to the receptors. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The study, led by researchers at the University of Tokyo, found that BA.2 could bind to human cells better than BA.1 and replicated to higher levels in lung and nasal cells. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 18 Feb. 2022",
|
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"The method has also been used to show that a licorice compound can also bind to the protein, which also has yet to be tested in the lab. \u2014 oregonlive , 12 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Subsequent experiments showed that these viruses bind as effectively to the ACE2 receptor protein as the early strains of Covid did. \u2014 Lindsay Beyerstein, The New Republic , 10 Dec. 2021",
|
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"Studies have shown that artificial food dyes can bind to the DNA and proteins inside cells. \u2014 Lorne J. Hofseth, The Conversation , 9 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"McCormick and his colleagues were extremely surprised when his computer models showed that P-glycoprotein could bind amyloid-beta and move it through the cell membrane. \u2014 Dallas News , 29 June 2021",
|
|
"So a cover-up commences that the local seems to hope will bind him to his new best friend. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 15 June 2022",
|
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"Artisans bind fabrics using a thread by hand and make tiny bits one by one. \u2014 Joanne Shurvell, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Chanin puts the mission of Closely Crafted into perspective with the supply chain crisis that has put many businesses that produce internationally in a bind since the coronavirus pandemic began. \u2014 Sarah Spellings, Vogue , 1 July 2022",
|
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"This has put Murphy and her fellow moderates in a bind . \u2014 New York Times , 29 June 2022",
|
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"Unfortunately, stETH has become a focus of heavy leverage, and as crypto markets have quickly flipped from a risk-on to risk-off, firms chasing returns without having properly hedged \u2013 as is the case with Celsius \u2013 have ended up in a bind . \u2014 Ian Allison, Fortune , 17 June 2022",
|
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"And if oil prices \u2014 which have surged since Russia's invasion of Ukraine \u2014climb even higher, that would put the Fed in an even bigger bind . \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 10 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Public health is now trapped in an unenviable bind . \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 23 Oct. 2021",
|
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"The three weeks of practice quarterback Dak Prescott missed with a latissimus strain puts the Cowboys in an offensive bind . \u2014 David Moore, Dallas News , 29 Aug. 2021",
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"The film focuses on the manager of a defunct casino, who must confront his parental failures when his reckless son needs to find a way out of an illicit bind . \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 26 Aug. 2021",
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"The announcement Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that suggested vaccinated people no longer needed to wear masks indoors took her aback \u2014 and put her in an awkward bind . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 May 2021"
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"Middle English, from Old English bindan ; akin to Old High German bintan to bind, Greek peisma cable, Sanskrit badhn\u0101ti he ties":"Verb and Noun"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1b":"Verb",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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"definitions":{
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": a receipt given to an applicant for insurance confirming that the application has been signed and the first premium paid and stipulating that the insurance shall go into effect immediately if the risk proves to be acceptable irrespective of the date of delivery of the policy":[]
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"definitions":{
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": the Breton bagpipe consisting of one drone and a chanter with seven finger holes":[]
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"bi\u02c8-",
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"b\u0113\u02c8ny\u00fc"
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"French, from Breton":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-215535"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": binary digit":[]
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"\u02c8b\u012bn\u0259\u0307t"
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],
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"bin ary dig it":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-220904"
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},
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a worker who fills hoppers or tends the flow of material through bins connected by conveyors":[],
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": garbageman":[
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"I've just been down with the rubbish because the binmen are coming in the morning.",
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"\u2014 Margaret Drabble , The Seven Sisters , 2002"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bin-m\u0259n"
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],
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"bin entry 1 + man":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-222412"
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a bobbin lace of Flemish origin having flat designs of floral scrolls on a coarse mesh ground with a scattered snowflake pattern":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-anch-",
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"\u02c8ba\u207fsh-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"from Binche , Belgium, where it was originally made":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-001154"
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},
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"bin-burn":{
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"type":[
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"intransitive verb"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": to become discolored and poor in quality through heat generated and moisture accumulated in bin storage":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"bin entry 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-030039"
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},
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"binna":{
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"type":[
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"conjunction"
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],
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"definitions":{
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8bin\u0259"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"be , present subjunctive of be , intransitive verb + na (adverb)":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-032048"
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},
|
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"binnacle":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a housing for a ship's compass and a lamp":[],
|
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": a container for instruments in an automobile dashboard":[
|
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"All but the shortest drivers find unrestricted sightlines to a hooded instrument binnacle loaded with nicely legible gauges.",
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"\u2014 Daniel Charles Ross"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8bi-ni-k\u0259l"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"The instrument binnacle is mounted to and moves with the steering column. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 14 June 2022",
|
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"Instead, there's a 12.3-inch LCD in a traditional binnacle in front of the driver, supplemented by an 11.9-inch central touchscreen that can be tilted between about 45 degrees to nearly vertical. \u2014 Csaba Csere, Car and Driver , 21 Sep. 2021",
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"The gold and white binnacle housed on the ship's veranda deck was originally part of the HMY Royal George, a royal yacht that served Queen Victoria. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 16 Nov. 2020",
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"The gold and white binnacle housed on the ship's veranda deck was originally part of the HMY Royal George, a royal yacht that served Queen Victoria. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 16 Nov. 2020",
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"The gold and white binnacle housed on the ship's veranda deck was originally part of the HMY Royal George, a royal yacht that served Queen Victoria. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 16 Nov. 2020",
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"Ventilation and drive-mode buttons are grouped in a binnacle next to the gear selector, with other most functions controlled by the 10-inch touchscreen above. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 29 Oct. 2020",
|
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"Porsche\u2019s configurable gauge cluster can display maps and navigation instructions in its right binnacle . \u2014 Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press , 23 Sep. 2020",
|
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"The only real nod to the past inside the modern-looking cabin is the binnacle atop the dash with analog gauges for boost pressure, turbo rpm, and battery voltage. \u2014 Joey Capparella, Car and Driver , 16 Sep. 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"alteration of Middle English bitakle , from Old Portuguese or Old Spanish; Old Portuguese bit\u00e1cola & Old Spanish bit\u00e1cula , from Latin habitaculum dwelling place, from habitare to inhabit \u2014 more at habitation":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1622, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-033312"
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},
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"binding screw":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a setscrew used to hold parts together (as for making a firm electrical connection or for clamping a glass lampshade in place)":[]
|
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-044511"
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},
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"bin Laden":{
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"type":[
|
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"biographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"Osama 1957\u20132011 Saudi-born terrorist leader":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"bin-\u02c8l\u00e4-d\u1d4an"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-051233"
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},
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a coarse aggregate bound with bitumen between the foundation and the wearing course of an asphalt pavement":[]
|
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-072143"
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},
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"binder line":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": a large-type identifying line that heads an especially long newspaper story or group of related stories carried on an inside page":[]
|
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-090754"
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},
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"bink":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a bench to sit on":[],
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": an open rack of shelves for dishes":[],
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": a bank of earth":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8bi\u014bk"
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],
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"Middle English (northern dialect) bink, benk , from Old English benc":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-093058"
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},
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"binnacle list":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": a sick list posted at or near the binnacle for the use of the officer of the deck":[]
|
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},
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-093210"
|
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},
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"binauricular":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": biauricular":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u00a6b\u012b\u02ccn",
|
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"\u00a6bi\u02ccn +"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"bin- + auricular":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-114856"
|
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},
|
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"binder twine":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a coarse slack-twisted twine or thin rope (as of sisal or henequen) used in binding especially of grain after cutting":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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|
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|
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|
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"examples":[],
|
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|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-121933"
|
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},
|
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"Binky":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"trademark"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8bi\u014b-k\u0113"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-130322"
|
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},
|
|
"Binnig":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"biographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"Gerd 1947\u2013 German physicist":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8bi-ni\u1e35"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-132531"
|
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},
|
|
"bindery":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a place where books are bound":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8b\u012bn-d(\u0259-)r\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The store also has a book bindery where books can be repaired and restored, and a big part of that business is restoring childrens books. \u2014 Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Family-owned and operated since 1976, Paper Chase Press has proudly maintained its storefront, printing business and book bindery on a gritty stretch of the Sunset Strip. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 13 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Oswald has worked for the book- bindery for 30 days as a clerk. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"The temperature had dipped to 45 degrees as Detective J.B. Hicks of Dallas County Sheriff\u2019s Crime Lab left the book bindery . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Charles Lewis Amos, son of Charles Whitridge Amos, owner of the I.R. Amos Co., a bindery , and his wife, Frances Crawford Lewis Amos, a homemaker, was born in Baltimore and raised in Lutherville. \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com , 18 Nov. 2020",
|
|
"Nearby, a loft that was used as a book bindery is being converted into laboratories and offices for up to two dozen bio-tech firms. \u2014 Matthew Haag, New York Times , 22 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"The loft-style apartment is located in a former book bindery , and the project\u2019s amenities include a 71-foot-long indoor swimming pool and a wine cellar. \u2014 Katherine Clarke, WSJ , 9 Jan. 2019",
|
|
"More from Mansion Over the past several years, the building, a former book bindery , has become a hub for celebrity purchasers, according to people familiar with the building. \u2014 Katherine Clarke, WSJ , 12 June 2018"
|
|
],
|
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|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1793, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-140440"
|
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},
|
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"binaural":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"adverb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": of, relating to, or involving two or both ears":[],
|
|
": stereophonic":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"(\u02c8)bin-\u02c8\u022fr-",
|
|
"(\u02cc)b\u012b-\u02c8n\u022fr-\u0259l",
|
|
"(\u02cc)bi-",
|
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"(\u02c8)b\u012b-\u02c8n\u022fr-\u0259l"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Different types of binaural beats may have different effects. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"The effect is especially noticeable when listening to binaural recordings. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 15 Nov. 2021",
|
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"The whittling of the line between the listener and the protagonist\u2019s interiority is the central mechanic of the piece, one that Kim and Iskra sought to realize by leaning hard on binaural recording. \u2014 Nicholas Quah, Vulture , 22 June 2021",
|
|
"Using binaural headphones, a piece of recording tech meant to generate three-dimensional audio, Kim and Iskra focus on whittling away the wall between the protagonist and the listener. \u2014 Nicholas Quah, Vulture , 5 Jan. 2021",
|
|
"With Vermont Ave, though, the use of binaural audio is less the sizzle, more the steak. \u2014 Nicholas Quah, Vulture , 22 June 2021",
|
|
"That, in turn, rendered the echoes binaural , meaning 3D. \u2014 Sarah Wells, Popular Mechanics , 10 May 2021",
|
|
"That makes sense; there's a whole cult-like following around podcasts and videos that use binaural microphones to produce surround sound and a tingly feeling in the ears, known as the autonomous sensory meridian response, or ASMR. \u2014 Sarah Wells, Popular Mechanics , 10 May 2021",
|
|
"There was this microphone \u2014 a binaural headset \u2014 that records sound in a 360 way, kind of how a human would experience it. \u2014 Samuel Hyland, Rolling Stone , 29 Apr. 2021"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1856, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-153328"
|
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},
|
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"binational":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": of or relating to two nations":[
|
|
"a binational board of directors"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"(\u02cc)b\u012b-\u02c8na-sh(\u0259-)n\u0259l"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"This effort will provide a platform for private sector engagement in advancing our binational goals, creating opportunities to support CoRe and usher in this new era of technology statecraft. \u2014 Deborah Wince-smith, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"What\u2019s more, their work, in varying ways, deals in themes of that binational identity. \u2014 Seth Combs, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Mar. 2022",
|
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"But binational workers and students and businesses had no choice. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Concert Without Borders, a binational event with musicians performing next to one another in the two cities, started in 2012. \u2014 Clara Migoya, The Arizona Republic , 22 Mar. 2022",
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"The Detroit-Windsor crossing, a major artery for the binational auto industry, was reopened last weekend after police intervened. \u2014 Patrick J. Mcdonnell, Los Angeles Times , 19 Feb. 2022",
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"Arizona, Salt River Project and partners in Mexico, California, Nevada and the federal government participated in a binational report on the desalination proposal in 2020. \u2014 Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic , 10 Jan. 2022",
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"This summer, a boost in funding came from the Cooperative Science and Monitoring Initiative, an ongoing binational survey of the Great Lakes. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 24 Oct. 2021",
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"Many people who live here see it as a thriving binational community that should be treated with dignity and respect. \u2014 Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Feb. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1857, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-161855"
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},
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"bindheimite":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a mineral Pb 2 Sb 2 O 6 (O,OH) consisting of hydrous lead antimony oxide produced from the alteration of other ores":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bint\u02cch\u012b\u02ccm\u012bt"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"German bindheimit , from Johann J. Bindheim \u20201825 German chemist + German -it -ite":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-161905"
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},
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"binding strake":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a heavy strake of planking next to and under the sheer strake":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-183210"
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},
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"bindi":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a mark (such as a red dot) or piece of jewelry worn on the middle of the forehead especially by Hindu women":[
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"Between her delicate eyebrows is a smudged crimson bindi .",
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"\u2014 D. Thomas Minton",
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"The bindi is placed between the eyebrows, the place of the sixth chakra (the seat of concealed wisdom).",
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"\u2014 The Tempist",
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"Henna tattoos and bindis , those decorative dots placed between the eyes, grace faces that have never seen beyond the American suburbs.",
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"\u2014 Vivian McInerny"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bin-d\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Hindi bind\u012b, literally, \"dot, mark\" (or a cognate Indo-Aryan word), going back to the Middle Indo-Aryan and Sanskrit stem bindu- \"drop, spot,\" of uncertain origin":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1872, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-184542"
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},
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"bination":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": celebration of mass twice on the same day by the same priest":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"b\u012b\u02c8n\u0101sh\u0259n"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin bination-, binatio , probably from binatus + -ion-, -io -ion":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-194810"
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},
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"binding tape":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": friction tape":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-201039"
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},
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"bindle":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a bundle of clothes or bedding":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bin-d\u1d4al"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"perhaps alteration of bundle":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1897, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-215006"
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},
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"binny":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a very large cyprinid fish ( Barbus bynni ) common in the Nile river and sometimes used as food":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8bin\u0113"
|
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin bynni , specific epithet of Barbus bynni":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-220000"
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},
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"bindi-eye":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a grayish perennial Australian herb ( Calotis cuneifolia ) of the family Compositae with globular fruiting heads resembling burs":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bind\u0113\u02cc\u012b"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"origin unknown":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-013012"
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}
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} |