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5729 lines
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"Bushehr":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"city and port on the Persian Gulf in southwestern Iran population 120,787":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"b\u00fc-\u02c8sher"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020058",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"bus":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a large motor vehicle designed to carry passengers usually along a fixed route according to a schedule":[
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"took the bus to work",
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"double-decker buses",
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"waiting at the bus stop"
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],
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": a set of parallel conductors (see conductor sense d(1) ) in a computer system that forms a main transmission path":[],
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": a small hand truck":[],
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": a spacecraft or missile that carries one or more detachable devices (such as warheads )":[],
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": automobile":[],
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": bus bar":[],
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": clear sense 4d":[
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"bus dishes"
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],
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": to criticize, blame, or punish (someone in a vulnerable position) especially in order to avoid blame or gain an advantage":[
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"\u2026 we will not throw any student under the bus for instant restoration of our image or our reputation.",
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"\u2014 Donna Shalala",
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"But he went out of his way to make clear that this one wasn't really on him. The problem lay with underlings, whom he quickly threw under the bus .",
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"\u2014 Rem Rieder"
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],
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": to remove dirty dishes from":[
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"bus tables"
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],
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": to transport by bus":[
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"busing kids to school",
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"Students were bused in for the game."
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],
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": to travel by a large motor vehicle designed to carry passengers usually along a fixed route according to a schedule : to travel by bus":[],
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": to work as a busboy":[],
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"business":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"She boarded a bus in Nashville.",
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"Are you traveling by train or by bus ",
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"Verb",
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"He buses tables at the local diner.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"More than 51,000 people in Georgia plan to travel by bus , train or cruise for the Independence Day weekend, according to the AAA forecast. \u2014 Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc , 21 June 2022",
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"It's estimated there will be 3.55 million people traveling by air for the weekend, and 2.42 million people will travel by bus , train or cruise. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 21 June 2022",
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"Finding the right people for your bus and seating them appropriately makes your business resilient and agile\u2014two qualities necessary for startups. \u2014 Dr. Eric George, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
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"Granted early release from the Army to study photography at the San Francisco Art Institute, Brand packed up his VW bus and, in August 1962, lit out for the Bay Area. \u2014 Benjamin Kunkel, The New Republic , 14 June 2022",
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"By the bus , hugs were prevalent and tears were shed. \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 10 June 2022",
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"That morning, Hart, who worked as a school bus driver at the time, happened to see her daughter on her way into the high school while Hart was saying goodbye to the kids on her bus . \u2014 Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com , 8 June 2022",
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"None have a car, and trekking back to Langue de Barbarie can take two hours by bus . \u2014 Washington Post , 5 June 2022",
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"In addition to driving, about 320,000 Southern Californians are expected to fly over the weekend and another 165,000 will travel by bus , train or take a cruise. \u2014 Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"The Jewish Agency, an organization which runs the hotline and that helps Jews immigrate to Israel, has been helping to bus Jews in Ukraine to hotels in Poland, Moldova, Hungary and Romania. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Mar. 2022",
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"Texas Republicans, Democrats call out Gov. Abbott's plan to bus migrants to D.C. \u2014 Ariana Garcia, Chron , 14 Apr. 2022",
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"That left enough time to head to the hotel for a quick meal and then bus to the Kohl Center. \u2014 Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 5 Feb. 2022",
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"Brey has remained one of Blakeney\u2019s close friends and agreed to bus his team 4-plus hours north after a Saturday game at Virginia Tech to play Howard. \u2014 Stephen Borelli, USA TODAY , 11 Feb. 2022",
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"The other six women head off for the ceremony, and send the shuttle bus back to pick up Mary. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 Jan. 2022",
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"Brandon can\u2019t remain a head coach driving the team bus down this road and stopping to throw his players under it. \u2014 Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Jan. 2022",
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"In all, more than 109 million people will drive, fly or bus out of town. \u2014 Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News , 20 Dec. 2021",
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"And would bus lanes replacing on-street parking from Bowdoin to Charles Circle on Cambridge Street be more effective"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1835, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"circa 1909, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"short for omnibus":"Noun and Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"auto",
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"automobile",
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"car",
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"horseless carriage",
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"machine",
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"motor",
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"motor vehicle",
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"motorcar",
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"wheels"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104140",
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"type":[
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"abbreviation",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"bush":{
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"antonyms":[
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"bad",
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"bastard",
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"bush-league",
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"crummy",
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"crumby",
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"deficient",
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"dissatisfactory",
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"ill",
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"inferior",
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"lame",
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"lousy",
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"off",
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"paltry",
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"poor",
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"punk",
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"sour",
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"suboptimal",
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"subpar",
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"substandard",
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"unacceptable",
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"unsatisfactory",
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"wack",
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"wanting",
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"wretched",
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"wrong"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"1890\u20131974 American electrical engineer":[
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"Van*ne*var \\ v\u0259-\u200b\u02c8n\u0113-\u200bv\u0259r \\"
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],
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": a bunch of ivy formerly hung outside a tavern to indicate wine for sale":[],
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": a close thicket of shrubs suggesting a single plant":[],
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": a large uncleared or sparsely settled area (as in Australia) usually scrub-covered or forested : wilderness":[
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"\u2014 usually used with the"
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],
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": advertising":[
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"good wine needs no bush",
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"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
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],
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": bushing":[],
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": falling below acceptable standards : unprofessional":[
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"bush behavior"
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],
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": having a low-growing compact bushy habit":[
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"\u2014 used especially of cultivated beans bush snap beans"
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],
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": minor league":[
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"\u2014 usually used in plural spent ten years in the bushes"
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],
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": serving, occurring in, or used in the bush":[
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"bush planes"
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],
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": tavern":[],
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": to extend like a bush : resemble a bush":[],
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": to support, mark, or protect with bushes":[],
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"George (Herbert Walker) 1924\u20132018 American politician; vice president of the U.S. (1981\u201389); 41st president of the U.S. (1989\u201393)":[],
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"George W(alker) 1946\u2013 son of George H. W. Bush American politician; 43rd president of the U.S. (2001\u201309)":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"1566, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1595, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
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"1959, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Dutch bus bushing, box, from Middle Dutch busse box, from Late Latin buxis \u2014 more at box entry 1":"Noun",
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"Middle English bussh, bosch, buissh \"woods, thicket, underbrush, shrub, underbrush concealing a hunter or fighter,\" going back to Old English *busc, going back to Germanic *buska- (perhaps also beside an earlier u-stem *busku- ) (whence also Old Saxon -busc in br\u0101malbusk \"bramble bush,\" Middle Dutch bosch, busch \"forest, bunch, bundle,\" Old High German busc, bosc \"shrub, bramble bush, thicket, grove,\" Old Swedish buske \"bush,\" Old Norse [Norway] busk\u00e6r, a nickname, probably \"the bushy-haired one,\" Old Icelandic Buski, name for a dog, probably \"the bristly one\"), of uncertain origin; (sense 2) probably after Dutch bosch in this sense":"Noun",
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"derivative of bush entry 1":"Verb",
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"from attributive use of bush entry 1":"Adjective",
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"short for bush-league":"Adjective"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bu\u0307sh"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"backcountry",
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"backland(s)",
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"backwater",
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"backwoods",
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"frontier",
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"hinterland",
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"outback",
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"outlands",
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"up-country"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044531",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"biographical name",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"bush elephant":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": savanna elephant":[
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"Weighing as much as 14 tons and standing up to 13 feet high, the African bush elephant is the largest land mammal.",
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"\u2014 Holly Prestidge , Richmond (Virginia) Times Dispatch , 5 May 2013"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1922, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201111",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"bush leaguer":{
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"antonyms":[
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"acceptable",
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"adequate",
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"all right",
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"decent",
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"fine",
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"OK",
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"okay",
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"passable",
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"respectable",
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"satisfactory",
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"standard",
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"tolerable"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": being of an inferior class or group of its kind : marked by a lack of sophistication or professionalism":[],
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": minor league":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Sure, the Bucs are trying to get ready for the playoffs, but this was bush league . \u2014 Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press , 26 Dec. 2020",
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"In contemporary universities, in the social sciences and humanities, calling oneself Dr. is thought bush league . \u2014 Joseph Epstein, WSJ , 11 Dec. 2020",
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"The chief antagonist to these concerned scientists is Edward Teller (Joel Basman), the most fervent advocate for the construction of a hydrogen bomb that would make the atomic blasts in Japan seem almost bush league . \u2014 Stephen Farber, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 Jan. 2020",
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"Highlighting only Kitchens\u2019 blunders when calling identical plays and hiding his successes is deceitful and bush league . \u2014 Ellis L. Williams, cleveland , 17 Oct. 2019",
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"Not to be outdone, Richard Mille, grand master of alternative material innovation, is at the final stage of crafting a watch case from a material that relegates even unobtanium to the bush leagues by its sheer badassitude. \u2014 Wei Koh, A-LIST , 3 Apr. 2018",
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"The other maddening thing is that the Zinke scandal seems almost bush league in the swampy World Series of corruption that is Donald Trump\u2019s Washington. \u2014 Will Bunch, Philly.com , 5 Oct. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1902, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1908, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bu\u0307sh-\u02ccl\u0113g"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bad",
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"bastard",
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"bush",
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"crummy",
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"crumby",
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"deficient",
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"dissatisfactory",
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"ill",
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"inferior",
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"lame",
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"lousy",
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"off",
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"paltry",
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"poor",
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"punk",
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"sour",
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"suboptimal",
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"subpar",
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"substandard",
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"unacceptable",
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"unsatisfactory",
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"wack",
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"wanting",
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"wretched",
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"wrong"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200745",
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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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"bush vetch":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a European purple-flowered vetch ( Vicia sepium ) with slender stems that occurs as a weed in hedgerows":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130818",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"bush warbler":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": any of various chiefly tropical warblers (family Sylviidae) of open or brushy country":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195023",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"bush willow":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a small deciduous tree ( Combretum apiculatum ) 15 to 20 feet high that is a common constituent of the Transvaal bushveld":[],
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": a small tree ( Combretum erythrophyllum ) bearing 4-winged fruits and usually growing on the banks of streams":[],
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": any of a number of southern African trees of the genus Combretum : such as":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180120",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"bush-league":{
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"antonyms":[
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"acceptable",
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"adequate",
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"all right",
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"decent",
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"fine",
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"OK",
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"okay",
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"passable",
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"respectable",
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"satisfactory",
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"standard",
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"tolerable"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": being of an inferior class or group of its kind : marked by a lack of sophistication or professionalism":[],
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": minor league":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Sure, the Bucs are trying to get ready for the playoffs, but this was bush league . \u2014 Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press , 26 Dec. 2020",
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"In contemporary universities, in the social sciences and humanities, calling oneself Dr. is thought bush league . \u2014 Joseph Epstein, WSJ , 11 Dec. 2020",
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"The chief antagonist to these concerned scientists is Edward Teller (Joel Basman), the most fervent advocate for the construction of a hydrogen bomb that would make the atomic blasts in Japan seem almost bush league . \u2014 Stephen Farber, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 Jan. 2020",
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"Highlighting only Kitchens\u2019 blunders when calling identical plays and hiding his successes is deceitful and bush league . \u2014 Ellis L. Williams, cleveland , 17 Oct. 2019",
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"Not to be outdone, Richard Mille, grand master of alternative material innovation, is at the final stage of crafting a watch case from a material that relegates even unobtanium to the bush leagues by its sheer badassitude. \u2014 Wei Koh, A-LIST , 3 Apr. 2018",
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"The other maddening thing is that the Zinke scandal seems almost bush league in the swampy World Series of corruption that is Donald Trump\u2019s Washington. \u2014 Will Bunch, Philly.com , 5 Oct. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1902, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1908, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bu\u0307sh-\u02ccl\u0113g"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bad",
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"bastard",
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"bush",
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"crummy",
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"crumby",
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"deficient",
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"dissatisfactory",
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"ill",
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"inferior",
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"lame",
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"lousy",
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"off",
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"paltry",
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"poor",
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"punk",
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"sour",
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"suboptimal",
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"subpar",
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"substandard",
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"unacceptable",
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"unsatisfactory",
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"wack",
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"wanting",
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"wretched",
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"wrong"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092152",
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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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"bushed":{
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"antonyms":[
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"unwearied"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": covered with or as if with a bushy growth":[],
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": having a bushing":[],
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": lost especially in the bush":[],
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": perplexed sense 1 , confused":[],
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": tired , exhausted":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
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"1907, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bu\u0307sht"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"all in",
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"aweary",
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"beat",
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"beaten",
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"bleary",
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"burned-out",
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"burnt-out",
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"dead",
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"done",
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"drained",
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"exhausted",
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"fatigued",
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"jaded",
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"knackered",
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"limp",
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"logy",
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"loggy",
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"played out",
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"pooped",
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"prostrate",
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"spent",
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"tapped out",
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"tired",
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"tuckered (out)",
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"washed-out",
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"wearied",
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"weary",
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"wiped out",
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"worn",
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"worn-out"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164038",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"bushel":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": any of various units of dry capacity \u2014 see Weights and Measures Table":[],
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": a container holding a bushel":[],
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": a large quantity":[
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"bushels of money"
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],
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": repair , renovate":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bu\u0307-sh\u0259l"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abundance",
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"barrel",
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"basketful",
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"boatload",
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"bucket",
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"bunch",
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"bundle",
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"carload",
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"chunk",
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"deal",
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"dozen",
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"fistful",
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"gobs",
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"good deal",
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"heap",
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"hundred",
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"lashings",
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"lashins",
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"loads",
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"lot",
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"mass",
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"mess",
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"mountain",
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"much",
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"multiplicity",
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"myriad",
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"oodles",
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"pack",
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"passel",
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"peck",
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"pile",
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"plateful",
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"plenitude",
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"plentitude",
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"plenty",
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"pot",
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"potful",
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"profusion",
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"quantity",
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"raft",
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"reams",
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"scads",
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"sheaf",
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"shipload",
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"sight",
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"slew",
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"spate",
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"stack",
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"store",
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"ton",
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"truckload",
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"volume",
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"wad",
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"wealth",
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"yard"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"ace",
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"bit",
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"dab",
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"dram",
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"driblet",
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"glimmer",
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"handful",
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"hint",
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"lick",
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"little",
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"mite",
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"mouthful",
|
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"nip",
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"ounce",
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"peanuts",
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"pinch",
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"pittance",
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"scruple",
|
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"shade",
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"shadow",
|
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"smidgen",
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"smidgeon",
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"smidgin",
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"smidge",
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"speck",
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"spot",
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"sprinkle",
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"sprinkling",
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"strain",
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"streak",
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"suspicion",
|
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"tad",
|
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"taste",
|
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"touch",
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"trace"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"picked up a bushel of decorations at the after-Christmas sale",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Corn futures trade at $8 per bushel , the highest price in a decade. \u2014 CBS News , 19 June 2022",
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"Global wheat prices spiked 6%, with futures trading in Chicago hitting $12.40 per bushel , the highest price in two months. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 17 May 2022",
|
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"Lake Meadow Naturals in Ocoee has doubled from $4 or $4.50 a bushel a year ago to $8 or $9 in May. \u2014 Austin Fuller, Orlando Sentinel , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"Soft red winter wheat for July delivery locked in at $12.39 a bushel after rising as high as $12.47, its highest level since mid-March. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 16 May 2022",
|
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"Until recently, that drought a decade ago was the only time that corn cost more than $8 a bushel . \u2014 Ryan Dezember, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The status of nobility had been diluted by the new titles that Napoleon and Leopold II handed out by the bushel as favors to friends and courtiers\u2014not to mention the many fake ones that social climbing parvenus conferred upon themselves. \u2014 Tom Sancton, Town & Country , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Insect plagues were of such severity that farmers were paid by the bushel for locust corpses. \u2014 Thomas Meaney, The New Republic , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Russia and Ukraine harvest more than a quarter of the world\u2019s wheat, which has ramped 50% in price this year, to more than $12 per bushel \u2014 levels not seen since 2008. \u2014 Christopher Helman, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English busshel , from Anglo-French bussel, buschelle , from Old French boisse measure of grain, of Celtic origin; akin to Middle Irish boss breadth of the hand":"Noun",
|
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"probably from German bosseln to do poor work, to patch; akin to Old English b\u0113atan to beat":"Verb"
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"circa 1877, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-064635"
|
|
},
|
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"bushelage":{
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": amount in bushels":[]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"bushel entry 1 + -age":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307sh\u0259lij"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003406",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"bushelful":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": as much as a bushel will hold":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-sh\u0259l\u02ccfu\u0307l"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005651",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bushelman":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": busheler":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"bushel entry 3 + man":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-sh\u0259lm\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212142",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"busher":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": bush leaguer":[
|
|
"who gave you a ticket to get into the game, busher"
|
|
],
|
|
": swamper":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"bush entry 1 + -er":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307sh\u0259(r)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200302",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bushfelling":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the cutting of timber in bush country":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-080539"
|
|
},
|
|
"bushfighter":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": one that engages in bushfighting":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-044547"
|
|
},
|
|
"bushfighting":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a hard skirmishing between resourceful opponents":[],
|
|
": warfare in or as if in the bush : hard fighting that involves a resourceful dodging, hiding, or moving warily and surreptitiously among trees, rocks, and undergrowth":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115514",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bushwa":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": bunkum , hooey":[
|
|
"there it was again: the bushwa , the sloganeering, being poured out to him with no regard for the truth",
|
|
"\u2014 David Driscoll"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"probably euphemism for bullshit":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307sh(\u02cc)w\u00e4",
|
|
"-w\u022f"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101819",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bushwalk":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to walk in the bush : hike":[
|
|
"\u2026 five young adventurers who rode mountain bikes, kayaked and bushwalked from Mt Kosciusko to the Victorian coast.",
|
|
"\u2014 Australian Geographic , July-September 1990",
|
|
"One of the pioneers in the island's national-park movement was an Austrian outdoorsman named Gustav Weindorfer, who bushwalked the mountainous interior [of Tasmania], fell in love with the sublime landscape, and never left.",
|
|
"\u2014 Jamie James , Atlantic Monthly , March 2000"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1876, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307sh-\u02ccw\u022fk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000257",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun,",
|
|
"verb, transitive + intransitive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bushwhack":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to attack (someone) by surprise from a hidden place : ambush":[
|
|
"\u2026 the American banditti robbed trains and bushwhacked stagecoaches and settlers' caravans with equal enthusiasm for fistic violence and gunplay.",
|
|
"\u2014 James Gray",
|
|
"Williams wears a pistol when he goes into the countryside and worries that someone might bushwhack him because he is outspoken.",
|
|
"\u2014 Monty Brower and Bill Shaw"
|
|
],
|
|
": to clear a path or advance through thick woods especially by chopping down bushes and low branches":[
|
|
"\u2026 it would allow them to locate their prey without having to bushwhack through the jungle for days or weeks.",
|
|
"\u2014 Earth Island Journal"
|
|
],
|
|
": to travel by foot through uncleared terrain":[
|
|
"Other beaches have no access at all; you have to bushwhack to get to them, through terrain infested with rattlesnakes, poison oak, and other hazards.",
|
|
"\u2014 Anthony Brandt",
|
|
"No paths presented themselves and I bushwhacked through numerous fallen and dead trees.",
|
|
"\u2014 Rob Nicholson",
|
|
"\u2026 decided it was best to \" bushwhack ,\" or wander off the path to get closer to the barred owl and possibly catch a glimpse of it.",
|
|
"\u2014 Eric Koszalka"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The group bushwhacked through the jungle.",
|
|
"They used the controversy as an opportunity to bushwhack their political opponents.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Your hands need to bushwhack , grip onto sturdy trees, and point out the soaring eagle ahead. \u2014 Danielle Bernabe, Fortune , 29 May 2021",
|
|
"That means hikers are sometimes required to bushwhack to get to waypoints such as the summit of El Cajon Mountain east of Lakeside. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"To get a clear picture of an emergency in progress, officers often had to bushwhack through dozens of byzantine databases and feeds from far-flung sensors, including gunshot detectors, license plate readers, and public and private security cameras. \u2014 Arthur Holland Michel, Wired , 4 Feb. 2021",
|
|
"This new one will bushwhack a path into the woods and pamper your ass on a run to the mall. \u2014 David Beard, Car and Driver , 26 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"Or simply study the terrain and bushwhack them along a ridge spine or other terrain funnel, without ever making a call. \u2014 Scott Bestul, Field & Stream , 8 May 2020",
|
|
"Cassens and Groot were among scores of volunteer searchers who had bushwhacked for days, looking for the elderly couple. \u2014 Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com , 26 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"The Bruins and Leafs were tied in wins (24) and the Bolts, seemingly woke now some nine months after getting bushwhacked by the Blue Jackets in the opening round of the playoffs, had 23. \u2014 Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com , 5 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"While bushwhacking through hellish yew thickets, the sling kept twisting and finally unscrewed the swivel stud. \u2014 John B. Snow, Outdoor Life , 14 Feb. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1866, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"back-formation from bushwhacker":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307sh-\u02cc(h)wak"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"descend (on ",
|
|
"go in (on)",
|
|
"jump (on)",
|
|
"pounce (on ",
|
|
"raid",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"set on",
|
|
"sic",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"turn (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075106",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bushwood":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-175847",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bushy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": full of or overgrown with bushes":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an animal with a bushy tail",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Traditionally, the fish arrives at the table presented whole with its head and tail, though the puffed appearance of the center-stage fillet is said to resemble a bushy squirrel. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Each is uniquely otherworldly, strange characters in a fantasy play: One is bushy and lavender, another is a looming haze of robin\u2019s egg blue. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"Now here was Draper, one year after the incident, cigar in teeth, jaw intact, nothing on his chin but the bushy red goatee. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"To avoid tick bites, the CDC recommends staying away from wooded and bushy areas with tall grass and applying insect repellant before activities like camping or gardening. \u2014 Aria Bendix, NBC News , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"Pino himself, who talked to EW about executing the Mayans massive mission, how The Godfather influenced the assassination sequence, and what his wife really thought about his bushy Miguel beard. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Fans can catch up on the lightning-fast (and super cute) extraterrestrial and his bushy -two-tailed pal Tails when Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is available to stream starting tomorrow on Paramount+. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"Like other ancient Chinese roses, their bushy , spreading growth makes great habitat for small birds and other wildlife. \u2014 Benjamin Whitacre, Better Homes & Gardens , 12 May 2022",
|
|
"On a recent outing, a guitar slinger offered a soundtrack to our orchard foray with hits from Bob Marley, the Allman Brothers and the like, setting the tone for a romp amid bushy trees heavy with fuzzy, yellow-orange fruit. \u2014 Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel , 11 May 2022"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307-sh\u0113"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113103",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
|
"business":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a bowel movement":[
|
|
"\u2014 used especially of pets"
|
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],
|
|
": a damaging assault":[],
|
|
": a particular field of endeavor":[
|
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"the best in the business"
|
|
],
|
|
": a usually commercial or mercantile activity engaged in as a means of livelihood : trade , line":[
|
|
"in the restaurant business"
|
|
],
|
|
": affair , matter":[
|
|
"the whole business got out of hand",
|
|
"business as usual"
|
|
],
|
|
": an immediate task or objective : mission":[
|
|
"what is your business here"
|
|
],
|
|
": creation , concoction":[],
|
|
": dealings or transactions especially of an economic nature : patronage":[
|
|
"took their business elsewhere"
|
|
],
|
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": double cross":[],
|
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": maximum effort":[],
|
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": movement or action (such as lighting a cigarette) by an actor intended especially to establish atmosphere , reveal character, or explain a situation":[],
|
|
": personal concern":[
|
|
"none of your business"
|
|
],
|
|
": purposeful activity : busyness":[],
|
|
": rebuke , tongue-lashing":[],
|
|
": right":[
|
|
"you have no business speaking to me that way"
|
|
],
|
|
": role , function":[
|
|
"how the human mind went about its business of learning",
|
|
"\u2014 H. A. Overstreet"
|
|
],
|
|
": serious activity requiring time and effort and usually the avoidance of distractions":[
|
|
"got down to business"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Forever Odd is a direct sequel to 2003's Odd Thomas , the book in which we were introduced to the title character, a young man who can see the dead. They can't talk to him, but they can nudge him in the direction they want, which is usually to help them tidy up some unfinished business from when they were alive. \u2014 Charles De Lint , Fantasy & Science Fiction , May 2006",
|
|
"The Sun may never set, but air temperatures can plummet to -4 degrees Fahrenheit, and blinding snowstorms appear without warning. Sunbathing here can be risky business : even huddled in our parkas and boots, the members of our expedition live under the constant threat of frostbite and hypothermia. \u2014 Terrie M. Williams , Natural History , October 2003",
|
|
"Such high attrition means that most of the dot-coms here today will be gone tomorrow. The business environment is already harsh, and competition is growing. \u2014 Ann Thayer , Chemical & Engineering News , 5 June 2000",
|
|
"Lancaster and Columbia have plenty of history apart from the Civil War, of course. For example, Lancaster was home to F. W. Woolworth's first successful 5&10 and Milton S. Hershey's first successful candy business . \u2014 Lancaster New Era , 2 July 1996",
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"The store has lost a significant amount of business since the factory closed.",
|
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"She works in the publishing business .",
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"David has decided to go into business with his brother.",
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"Their publishing company is the best in the business .",
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"I have to go to New York City on business next week.",
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"They advertised to increase business .",
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"He has the skills necessary to run a business .",
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"The town is trying to attract new businesses .",
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"Do we have any other business we need to discuss",
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"No, I didn't ask him what he wanted the car for. That's his business .",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Biberaj said her office consulted with the four business owners who were victimized, and all agreed that the restitution and sentence were fine. \u2014 Tom Jackman, Washington Post , 26 June 2022",
|
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"Netflix is in the midst of a reset, expanding its content purview and its core business model in ways that would have been unthinkable just a couple of years ago. \u2014 Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 June 2022",
|
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"This medium has become a go-to source of entertainment and education for many, which is why business owners are clamoring to launch their own podcast ventures. \u2014 Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone , 23 June 2022",
|
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"Continuing expansion of course offerings to appeal to a broader demographic is part of the future business model. \u2014 Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic , 23 June 2022",
|
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"But Mayor Andre Dickens and interim police Chief Darin Schierbaum are asking more residents and business owners to register their surveillance systems with the city, hopeful that Atlanta\u2019s camera network will help solve and deter crime. \u2014 Shaddi Abusaid, ajc , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"In the heart of Fort Greene, Brooklyn, on Sunday a scene of Black neighborhood natives, families, business owners, and pedestrians could be spotted headed toward The Lay Out in celebration of Juneteenth. \u2014 Cassandra Pintro, Vogue , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"The persistent closures have government officials, residents, tourists and business owners bracing for a bummer summer in the South Bay. \u2014 John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 June 2022",
|
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"Greenwood, the fintech banking platform for Black and Latino individuals and business owners, has hired Marie-Le as chief marketing officer. \u2014 Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune , 17 June 2022"
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 10":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English bisynesse , from bisy busy + -nesse -ness":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"-n\u0259z",
|
|
"\u02c8biz-n\u0259s",
|
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"Southern also \u02c8bid-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for business business , commerce , trade , industry , traffic mean activity concerned with the supplying and distribution of commodities. business may be an inclusive term but specifically designates the activities of those engaged in the purchase or sale of commodities or in related financial transactions. commerce and trade imply the exchange and transportation of commodities. industry applies to the producing of commodities, especially by manufacturing or processing, usually on a large scale. traffic applies to the operation and functioning of public carriers of goods and persons. synonyms see in addition work",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"custom",
|
|
"patronage"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171215",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"business income":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the income of a business from current production as sometimes distinguished from incidental or extraneous income (as from the investments of a manufacturer)":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125509",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"business interruption insurance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": insurance against loss of net profits and continuing fixed charges during a period of total or partial suspension of business activity because of damage to described premises from specified perils":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120947",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bust":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"biff",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"fillip",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"haymaker",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"larrup",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"stinger",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thud",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"welt",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a business depression (see depression sense 2 )":[
|
|
"boom and bust"
|
|
],
|
|
": a complete failure : flop":[],
|
|
": a hearty drinking session":[
|
|
"a beer bust"
|
|
],
|
|
": a police raid (see raid entry 1 sense 2b )":[],
|
|
": a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast":[
|
|
"has a bust of Abraham Lincoln in his office"
|
|
],
|
|
": arrest":[
|
|
"busted for carrying guns",
|
|
"\u2014 Saul Gottlieb"
|
|
],
|
|
": arrest sense 1":[
|
|
"made a couple of drug busts"
|
|
],
|
|
": bankrupt , broke":[
|
|
"go bust"
|
|
],
|
|
": break down":[
|
|
"Her camera busted ."
|
|
],
|
|
": burst":[
|
|
"laughing fit to bust"
|
|
],
|
|
": demote":[
|
|
"busted them to the bottom of the seniority list",
|
|
"\u2014 Time"
|
|
],
|
|
": exhaust , wear out":[
|
|
"\u2014 used in phrases like bust one's butt to describe making a strenuous effort"
|
|
],
|
|
": hit , slug":[
|
|
"felt like busting him in the face"
|
|
],
|
|
": punch , sock":[
|
|
"a good bust on the nose",
|
|
"\u2014 J. T. Farrell"
|
|
],
|
|
": raid":[
|
|
"busted the apartment"
|
|
],
|
|
": spree":[],
|
|
": tame":[
|
|
"bronco busting"
|
|
],
|
|
": to bring an end to : break up":[
|
|
"helped bust trusts",
|
|
"\u2014 Newsweek",
|
|
"\u2014 often used with up better not try to bust up his happy marriage \u2014 Forbes"
|
|
],
|
|
": to execute or perform (a difficult, elaborate, or acrobatic movement, as when dancing)":[
|
|
"bust a dance move",
|
|
"Hot Hot Heat's jittery, caffeinated rhythms and disco grooves are helping persuade punk kids to bust a move \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 Christian Hoard"
|
|
],
|
|
": to fail to complete a straight (see straight entry 4 sense 3 ) or flush":[],
|
|
": to go broke":[],
|
|
": to lose at cards by exceeding a limit (such as the count of 21 in blackjack )":[],
|
|
": to ruin financially":[
|
|
"the game of cheaters, which has busted more men than blackjack",
|
|
"\u2014 Arthur Mayse"
|
|
],
|
|
": to tease or give a hard time to":[
|
|
"\u2014 often used in phrases like bust one's chops I'm just busting your chops."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"He busted his watch when he fell.",
|
|
"I think the camera is busted .",
|
|
"Police busted 12 gang members on weapons charges.",
|
|
"She got busted for drug possession.",
|
|
"Two students got busted by the teacher for smoking in the bathroom."
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1639, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 2":"Verb",
|
|
"1645, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"1834, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":"Noun",
|
|
"1836, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"borrowed from French & Italian; French buste \"part of the torso above the waist,\" going back to Middle French, borrowed from Italian busto \"tree trunk\" (15th-century Upper Italian), \"part of the torso above the waist, corset, sculpture or painting representing the head and upper body,\" going back to Vulgar Latin *b\u016bstis \"trunk,\" perhaps alteration of Latin f\u016bstis \"stick, rod, cudgel\" by crossing with a Celtic word of like meaning":"Noun",
|
|
"derivative of bust entry 2":"Noun",
|
|
"from predicative use of bust entry 3":"Adjective",
|
|
"variant of burst entry 1 with assimilatory loss of /r/ before /s/":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259st"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"demote",
|
|
"disrate",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"reduce"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102852",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"busted":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"biff",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"fillip",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"haymaker",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"larrup",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"stinger",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thud",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"welt",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a business depression (see depression sense 2 )":[
|
|
"boom and bust"
|
|
],
|
|
": a complete failure : flop":[],
|
|
": a hearty drinking session":[
|
|
"a beer bust"
|
|
],
|
|
": a police raid (see raid entry 1 sense 2b )":[],
|
|
": a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast":[
|
|
"has a bust of Abraham Lincoln in his office"
|
|
],
|
|
": arrest":[
|
|
"busted for carrying guns",
|
|
"\u2014 Saul Gottlieb"
|
|
],
|
|
": arrest sense 1":[
|
|
"made a couple of drug busts"
|
|
],
|
|
": bankrupt , broke":[
|
|
"go bust"
|
|
],
|
|
": break down":[
|
|
"Her camera busted ."
|
|
],
|
|
": burst":[
|
|
"laughing fit to bust"
|
|
],
|
|
": demote":[
|
|
"busted them to the bottom of the seniority list",
|
|
"\u2014 Time"
|
|
],
|
|
": exhaust , wear out":[
|
|
"\u2014 used in phrases like bust one's butt to describe making a strenuous effort"
|
|
],
|
|
": hit , slug":[
|
|
"felt like busting him in the face"
|
|
],
|
|
": punch , sock":[
|
|
"a good bust on the nose",
|
|
"\u2014 J. T. Farrell"
|
|
],
|
|
": raid":[
|
|
"busted the apartment"
|
|
],
|
|
": spree":[],
|
|
": tame":[
|
|
"bronco busting"
|
|
],
|
|
": to bring an end to : break up":[
|
|
"helped bust trusts",
|
|
"\u2014 Newsweek",
|
|
"\u2014 often used with up better not try to bust up his happy marriage \u2014 Forbes"
|
|
],
|
|
": to execute or perform (a difficult, elaborate, or acrobatic movement, as when dancing)":[
|
|
"bust a dance move",
|
|
"Hot Hot Heat's jittery, caffeinated rhythms and disco grooves are helping persuade punk kids to bust a move \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 Christian Hoard"
|
|
],
|
|
": to fail to complete a straight (see straight entry 4 sense 3 ) or flush":[],
|
|
": to go broke":[],
|
|
": to lose at cards by exceeding a limit (such as the count of 21 in blackjack )":[],
|
|
": to ruin financially":[
|
|
"the game of cheaters, which has busted more men than blackjack",
|
|
"\u2014 Arthur Mayse"
|
|
],
|
|
": to tease or give a hard time to":[
|
|
"\u2014 often used in phrases like bust one's chops I'm just busting your chops."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"He busted his watch when he fell.",
|
|
"I think the camera is busted .",
|
|
"Police busted 12 gang members on weapons charges.",
|
|
"She got busted for drug possession.",
|
|
"Two students got busted by the teacher for smoking in the bathroom."
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1639, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 2":"Verb",
|
|
"1645, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"1834, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":"Noun",
|
|
"1836, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"borrowed from French & Italian; French buste \"part of the torso above the waist,\" going back to Middle French, borrowed from Italian busto \"tree trunk\" (15th-century Upper Italian), \"part of the torso above the waist, corset, sculpture or painting representing the head and upper body,\" going back to Vulgar Latin *b\u016bstis \"trunk,\" perhaps alteration of Latin f\u016bstis \"stick, rod, cudgel\" by crossing with a Celtic word of like meaning":"Noun",
|
|
"derivative of bust entry 2":"Noun",
|
|
"from predicative use of bust entry 3":"Adjective",
|
|
"variant of burst entry 1 with assimilatory loss of /r/ before /s/":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259st"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"demote",
|
|
"disrate",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"reduce"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000032",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bustle":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ado",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobbery",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"clatter",
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"corroboree",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"furore",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"hoo-ha",
|
|
"hoo-hah",
|
|
"hoopla",
|
|
"hubble-bubble",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"hurly",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"hurricane",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hurry-scurry",
|
|
"hurry-skurry",
|
|
"kerfuffle",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"pother",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"ruction",
|
|
"rumpus",
|
|
"shindy",
|
|
"splore",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"to-do",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"welter",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"williwaw",
|
|
"zoo"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": noisy, energetic, and often obtrusive activity":[
|
|
"the hustle and bustle of the big city"
|
|
],
|
|
": to be busily astir : teem":[
|
|
"The house was bustling with activity."
|
|
],
|
|
": to move briskly and often ostentatiously":[
|
|
"bustled around the kitchen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"She bustled around the kitchen getting ready for dinner guests.",
|
|
"on Saturdays the city's downtown bustles with activity as a farmers' market sets up shop"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"1637, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
|
"1782, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"origin unknown":"Noun",
|
|
"probably alteration of obsolete buskle to prepare, frequentative of busk , from Old Norse b\u016bask to prepare oneself":"Verb and Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-s\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abound",
|
|
"brim",
|
|
"bristle",
|
|
"bulge",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"hum",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"pullulate",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"teem"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001218",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bustling":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"unbusy",
|
|
"unemployed",
|
|
"unoccupied"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": full of lively activity : busily astir":[
|
|
"a bustling market",
|
|
"bustling streets",
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"Commercial ships and recreational boats were serviced by a bustling marine industry.",
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"\u2014 AAG Abstracts"
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Dona Gra\u00e7a is the perfect launchpad for visits to the bustling Bairro Alto and Baixa neighborhoods, a short 15 minutes away, balanced with some sun soaked R&R in the aromatic orange garden which features a swimming pool and lounge areas. \u2014 Monica Mendal, Vogue , 24 June 2022",
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"Davies\u2019s game begins with an image of a bustling urban street, with red dust spilling out from the sidewalks onto the pavement. \u2014 Max Norman, The New Yorker , 24 June 2022",
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"Mark Williams walked into a gym tucked beside the bustling Interstate 95 in the Overtown neighborhood of Miami on a recent Thursday. \u2014 New York Times , 20 June 2022",
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"At the alpine lodge, owner Larry Yung's bustling summer season just grounded to a halt after Yellowstone National Park was forced to close due to dangerous flooding. \u2014 Analisa Novak, CBS News , 17 June 2022",
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"The bustling college district gives way to a downtown of brick facades characteristic of Old West towns established in the mid-1800s. \u2014 Leah Sottile, Rolling Stone , 16 June 2022",
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"While Windsor is popular tourist destination, the private estates are extensive in comparison to Kensington Palace which is has smaller private grounds amidst a bustling central London tourist hotspot. \u2014 Victoria Murphy, Town & Country , 16 June 2022",
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"Cities like San Marcos, Kyle and Buda along the bustling I-35 corridor were an attractive option for many people who worked in the fast-growing metropolitan areas of Austin and San Antonio. \u2014 Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News , 13 June 2022",
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"Police are looking for a third person in connection with the weekend mass shooting in Philadelphia that left three people dead and 12 others injured in the bustling South Street entertainment district. \u2014 Marlene Lenthang, NBC News , 8 June 2022"
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"bemuse",
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"engross",
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"enthrall",
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"enthral",
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"fascinate",
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"interest",
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"involve",
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": bustle":[
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"small boats busied to and fro",
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"\u2014 Quentin Crewe"
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],
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": engaged in action : occupied":[
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"She's busy studying.",
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"has enough work to keep him busy for a while"
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],
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": foolishly or intrusively active : meddling":[
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"a busy , fussy sort of man much concerned with regulating everything",
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"\u2014 A. M. Young"
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],
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": full of activity : bustling":[
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"a busy seaport"
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": full of distracting detail":[
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"a busy design"
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],
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": to make engaged in action : to make busy (see busy entry 1 sense 1a ) : occupy":[
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"busied herself about the room"
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"She's busy preparing for her test.",
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"Are you busy ",
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"I will be busy cleaning the house.",
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"I'm sorry I haven't called. I've been so busy .",
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"busy people who don't have time to cook",
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"I got enough work to keep me busy for a while.",
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"He is a very busy person.",
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"He's been busy in the kitchen all afternoon.",
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"My week has been so busy !",
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"Is there any time in your busy schedule for us to have lunch next week",
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"Verb",
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"the video game busied the child for hours",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"In the meantime, however, being a mom to North, Psalm, Chicago, and Saint has kept her plenty busy . \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 21 June 2022",
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"While keeping him busy at home, the situation at parliament is not expected to destabilize Macron's international agenda. \u2014 Sylvie Corbet, ajc , 21 June 2022",
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"Buckingham kept Tuggle extremely busy over the last 15 years with both solo work and the Buckingham McVie offshoot band. \u2014 Andy Greene, Rolling Stone , 20 June 2022",
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"The rest of the game saw Kalamazoo Christian keeping Shrine goalkeeper Elena Gallagher busy , but the Comets couldn't break through. \u2014 Chandler Engelbrecht, Detroit Free Press , 17 June 2022",
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"The confounding economic picture has investors selling stocks and bonds all at once, keeping Wall Street\u2019s trading floors busy . \u2014 David Benoit, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
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"Oregon\u2019s war on drugs may be over, but other crimes are on the rise and keeping police busy . \u2014 Dan Springer, Fox News , 16 June 2022",
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"Miller also kept busy this time writing a solo album and his second children's book. \u2014 Steve Baltin, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
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"The landmark birthday happened to coincide with Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee, which means everyone was kept pretty busy . \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 4 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Wedding planning isn't the only thing keeping the Olympic gold medalist busy these days. \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"In the old days\u2014the \u201990s\u2014the affluent but creatively stifled would busy themselves DJing behind a turntable. \u2014 Marisa Meltzer, Town & Country , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"The challenge of transferring patients from rural communities to outlying hospitals, and from those hospitals to busy Anchorage facilities, was a factor in the decision. \u2014 Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News , 4 Oct. 2021",
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"One fear is that those who have the resources to help effect action on climate change will instead busy themselves with building their own escape pods. \u2014 Anna Russel, The New Yorker , 3 Aug. 2021",
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"One fear is that those who have the resources to help effect action on climate change will instead busy themselves with building their own escape pods. \u2014 Anna Russel, The New Yorker , 3 Aug. 2021",
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"The cabin is too secluded to wander off-property, so guests busy themselves with activities. \u2014 Ashlea Halpern, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 18 Sep. 2021",
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"One fear is that those who have the resources to help effect action on climate change will instead busy themselves with building their own escape pods. \u2014 Anna Russel, The New Yorker , 3 Aug. 2021",
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"One fear is that those who have the resources to help effect action on climate change will instead busy themselves with building their own escape pods. \u2014 Anna Russel, The New Yorker , 3 Aug. 2021"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English bisy , from Old English bisig ; akin to Middle Dutch & Middle Low German besich busy":"Adjective and Verb"
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"\u02c8bi-z\u0113"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for busy Adjective busy , industrious , diligent , assiduous , sedulous mean actively engaged or occupied. busy chiefly stresses activity as opposed to idleness or leisure. too busy to spend time with the children industrious implies characteristic or habitual devotion to work. industrious employees diligent suggests earnest application to some specific object or pursuit. very diligent in her pursuit of a degree assiduous stresses careful and unremitting application. assiduous practice sedulous implies painstaking and persevering application. a sedulous investigation of the murder",
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"employed",
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"engaged",
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"hopping",
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"industrious",
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"occupied",
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"sedulous",
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"working"
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"bushtit":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{},
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"\u02c8bu\u0307sh-\u02cctit"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Finches, jays, and bushtits round out the usual clientele, and warblers and tanagers pop in for cameos. \u2014 Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor , 13 Sep. 2017",
|
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"Your darling and persistent visitors are bushtits , lively little songbirds that build really wonderful hanging nests. \u2014 Joan Morris, The Mercury News , 22 Mar. 2017",
|
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"Shirley, Martinez DEAR SHIRLEY: Your darling and persistent visitors are bushtits , lively little songbirds that build really wonderful hanging nests. \u2014 Joan Morris, The Mercury News , 22 Mar. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1884, in the meaning defined above":""
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"businessperson":{
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"type":[
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|
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|
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": a person and especially an executive who transacts business : a businessman or businesswoman":[]
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|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8biz-n\u0259s-\u02ccp\u0259r-s\u1d4an",
|
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"-n\u0259z-"
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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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"The visiting businessperson feels pressure to come back with a deal and the Japanese feel this first meeting is the start of many more before an agreement is possible. \u2014 Greg Story, Forbes , 4 May 2022",
|
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"Analytics consultant/ businessperson Brian Nash, a Democrat, and state Assemblymember Kelly Seyarto, a Republican, are squaring off now and in a Nov. 8 general election. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 May 2022",
|
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"Burger King entered Russia through a joint venture with businessperson Alexander Kolobov, Investment Capital Ukraine and VTB Capital, which has been hit by U.S. sanctions as an affiliate of a major Russian bank. \u2014 NBC News , 18 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Mikhail Khodorkovsky was once the most powerful businessperson in Russia. \u2014 Jo-ann Mort, The New Republic , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Gomez\u2019s profile as a businessperson is on the rise. \u2014 Fortune , 14 Dec. 2021",
|
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"Being a strong businessperson is having the confidence to take measured but necessary risks. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Zions Bank President Scott Anderson and businessperson Gail Miller were the most generous individual donors. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"People may think of you as a skilled businessperson with little interest in games, both in your professional and personal life. \u2014 Emily Simone, Allure , 29 Dec. 2021"
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],
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|
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"1834, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-193522"
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},
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"business is business":{
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-200722"
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},
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"bush trefoil":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": tick trefoil":[]
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-221545"
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},
|
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"bushcraft":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": the skill gained by or necessary for living in bush country":[]
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},
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-221740"
|
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},
|
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"businesspeople":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"plural noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": persons active in business":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8biz-n\u0259s-\u02ccp\u0113-p\u0259l",
|
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"-n\u0259z-"
|
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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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"On March 3, Commerce Department officials spoke to a gathering of 300 businesspeople in Beijing about how to comply with the new restrictions. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Long recognised as one of the Arab World\u2019s most successful businesspeople , Sheikh Abdullah was a pioneer of the retail and entertainment industry in the Kingdom \u2013 a mission which continues via the company which bears his name. \u2014 Josh Wilson, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
|
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"Some enterprising businesspeople became full-time car dealers. \u2014 Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN , 30 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Art is what makes the best businesspeople successful. \u2014 Cori Murray, Essence , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Matthew Ormseth has the story of the nearly 30-year-old fire that killed 10 people in an apartment house in the Westlake neighborhood, a home for working-class immigrants, but also for gang members who sold drugs and extorted businesspeople . \u2014 James Raineystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"International businesses\u2014and businesspeople \u2014are also starting to leave the city for competitors like Singapore. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 4 May 2022",
|
|
"Seidel was among Pennsylvania Avenue businesspeople opposed to the proposal. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Not all of them have been tourists and businesspeople . \u2014 Elliot Gotkine, CNN , 5 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1827, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-015747"
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},
|
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"business cycle":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": a cycle of economic activity usually consisting of recession, recovery, growth, and decline":[]
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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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"Presidents are often at the mercy of uncontrollable events and the business cycle and an assessment of long-term results of a president\u2019s policies based on shorter-term marginal benefits or detriments is dicey, at best. \u2014 WSJ , 11 Jan. 2021",
|
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"However, the business cycle is still out there and investors need to have appropriately tempered expectations right now and be getting good advice... \u2014 Fortune Editors, Fortune , 25 May 2022",
|
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"In a normal business cycle , these factors would play out much slower, perhaps over the course of a decade, Modestino said. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 May 2022",
|
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"Most of the time, those words are used to tell the reader that the economic process has changed from the last business cycle . \u2014 Robert Barone, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Keynesians believe that generalists in Congress can time fiscal policy and bureaucrats at the Federal Reserve can time price controls in credit markets, both to dampen the business cycle . \u2014 WSJ , 10 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Depending on its stage in the business cycle , such a small brand may not yet be profitable. \u2014 Errol Schweizer, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
|
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"Nobody has a comprehensive theory of the business cycle that actually works. \u2014 Dominic Pino, National Review , 17 Feb. 2022",
|
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"Roughly two years into the pandemic, several of 2020s highfliers have seen their stock valuations under pressure while the world returned to something more closely resembling a normal business cycle . \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Jan. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1858, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-024948"
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},
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"business community":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": the people involved in the upper levels of businesses":[]
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-034744"
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"bush clover":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": any of several usually shrubby lespedezas":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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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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"Working Dogs for Conservation has trained dogs to find spotted knapweed in Montana, Chinese bush clover in Iowa, yellow star thistle in Colorado, rosy wolf snails in Hawaii and brown tree snakes in Guam. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Aug. 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1818, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-042406"
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},
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"business class":{
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a class of air transportation at a fare lower than first class and higher than coach":[]
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"And now with a new direct business class flight from from Newark to Nice from airline La Compagnie, it's never been easier to get to the C\u00f4te d\u2019Azur. \u2014 Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
|
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"The Future train has four business class cars, each with 33 seats. \u2014 Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN , 2 May 2022",
|
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"The plane also has 18 lie-flat business class seats with entertainment systems, power and USB ports and complimentary beer, wine and cocktails. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
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"The flight will take place on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner and include 27 business class seats, 33 premium economy seats, 215 economy seats, and 13 economy Skycouches (three economy seats that convert into a lie-flat bed). \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 22 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Just 10% of its passengers are business class ticket holders. \u2014 Quartz Staff, Quartz , 1 Nov. 2021",
|
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"For those of us who've been lucky enough to fly business class , going back to economy is hard. \u2014 Julia Buckley, CNN , 21 May 2022",
|
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"The deal also includes the option to fly business class from New York to London with a 5-night stay at the Hilton London Kensington for prices starting at just under $2,300 per person. \u2014 Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure , 26 Jan. 2022",
|
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"However, this time the aircraft was one of British Airways' newest aircraft, the Airbus 350-1000, fitted with their latest business class product, the Club Suite. \u2014 Michele Robson, Forbes , 9 Nov. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1962, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-052623"
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},
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"bush tick":{
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a tick ( Haemaphysalis bispinosa ) common on cattle in Australia":[]
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"I know it's hard for him to sell his paintings. He's always been a better artist than businessman .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Chinese businessman William Li launched the electric vehicle start-up NextEV in November 2014. \u2014 Grady Mcgregor, Fortune , 30 June 2022",
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"The Sunday Times and The Mail on Sunday reported allegations that Fawcett helped support a campaign for official honors for Saudi businessman Mahfouz Marei Mubarak bin Mahfouz. \u2014 Stephanie Petit And Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022",
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"Only three other statewide candidates in recent years (then- businessman Hogan and former delegate Heather Mizuer in 2014 and former senator Richard Madaleno in 2018) have used it. \u2014 Ovetta Wiggins, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
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"One of Hall's most significant relationships post-Jagger, the two-year romance between the model and businessman eventually ended, reportedly because of the strain of separation (Hemsley was based in Australia). \u2014 Logan Sykes, Town & Country , 23 June 2022",
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"On the heels of bankruptcy, an ad businessman falls for a singer at a yoga retreat and joins her on a journey of self-realization. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 19 June 2022",
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"The inventor and businessman is shown in the video celebrating the Fourth of July. \u2014 Tori B. Powell, CBS News , 17 June 2022",
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"British businessman Malcolm Walker started the company in 1970 as a side hustle separate from his day job at a Woolworths store, breaking up large packs of frozen burgers and fish fingers to sell them loose from a single store near the Welsh border. \u2014 Saabira Chaudhuri, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
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"But Laxalt still faces some competition in the primary as Sam Brown, a veteran and businessman , has been rising in the polls. \u2014 Hannah Demissie, ABC News , 14 June 2022"
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"buttinsky",
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"intermeddler",
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"intruder",
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"kibitzer",
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"kibbitzer",
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"meddler",
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"nosey parker"
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"examples":[
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"The neighborhood busybody is telling everyone that the couple up the street is getting divorced.",
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"that busybody across the street is always telling me how to tend to my own garden",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"In the busybody work of the postwar regulatory state, trustbusting has steadily declined into one of the most consistently unproductive activities of the U.S. government. \u2014 Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ , 10 May 2022",
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"There isn't much that can get this busybody to do that without complaint. \u2014 Nicola Dall'asen, Allure , 7 Apr. 2022",
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"Her Pam is a master manipulator disguised as a chatty busybody , and an attention-seeking martyr capable of casual cruelty. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 4 Mar. 2022",
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"For the second half of the show, the busybody conceit is largely jettisoned in favor of the guys doing an ensemble act in a place called the Funky Butt Club. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 3 Feb. 2022",
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"The evidence about the Omicron variant should be a rebuke to busybody bureaucrats determined to lock down the nation. \u2014 WSJ , 11 Jan. 2022",
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"She constantly gets harassed by some busybody aunt or uncle, but our parents are the worst. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Jan. 2022",
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"Pharmacist by trade and busybody by nature, Splichal joined the Changing Footprints team and eventually brought it to the south side. \u2014 Justin L. Mack, The Indianapolis Star , 27 Dec. 2021",
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"Habte might be considered a busybody in any other context, a meddler too interested in the lives of others. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Dec. 2021"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-090003"
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"Like many musicians, she's found that she has to be a businesswoman as well as a performer.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The uneven split caused a rift between the founders, with Chanel accusing Wertheimer of exploiting her talents as a fashion designer and as a businesswoman . \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
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"Safely on the ballot are Norton Shores businesswoman Tudor Dixon; Ottawa County real estate agent Ryan Kelley; Farmington Hills pastor Ralph Rebandt; Bloomfield Hills businessman Kevin Rinke, and Kalamazoo chiropractor Garrett Soldano. \u2014 Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press , 26 May 2022",
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"Also in the race, the DeVos family, prominent conservative donors and activists in Michigan, is endorsing businesswoman Tudor Dixon. \u2014 Ben Kamisar, NBC News , 24 May 2022",
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"Gregg Brelsford, an independent who used to work as the manager of the Bristol Bay Borough, also reported more than $1 million in assets, as did Anchorage businesswoman Sherry Mettler. \u2014 Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News , 18 May 2022",
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"The mother and daughter stumbled upon a Drybar shop during one of their travel adventures and began to discuss the possibility of opening a franchise, which resonated with Klein as a businesswoman . \u2014 Linda Gandee, cleveland , 15 Mar. 2022",
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"Simpson opened up to Entrepreneur earlier this month about not being taken seriously as a businesswoman . \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 4 Mar. 2022",
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"For Pace, selling goods by a diverse group of artists is a part of what motivates her as a businesswoman . \u2014 Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times , 24 Feb. 2022",
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"The photos are the latest in a series of sizzling swimwear snaps from the businesswoman who recently appeared in a silver one-piece. \u2014 Leah Simpson, PEOPLE.com , 6 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Over the decades that followed, JCPS whittled down its busing program, with the Black community shouldering the burden of keeping schools integrated while their local options suffered. \u2014 Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"During an April 6 press conference launching the additional efforts, Abbott did not explain that the busing is voluntary for immigrants. \u2014 ProPublica , 30 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The busing was the most pointed of a slew of measures announced Wednesday. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Twin Courier Journal investigations into busing and magnet schools agreed, showing JCPS has routinely failed to do right by some of its most disenfranchised students and communities. \u2014 Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"Abbott, a Republican, decided to create the busing operation following news that Biden was going to end Title 42, a Trump-era public health order that allowed authorities to turn away migrants at the border. \u2014 Fox News , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"The busing and unsafe vehicle policies will be added to Operation Lone Star, and Abbott said more directives will be announced next week. \u2014 Amir Vera And Amy Simonson, CNN , 6 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Critics have questioned the legality of the migrant busing , but Abbott claims the program is lawful since riders take the buses voluntarily and the trip is free of charge. \u2014 Nicholas Reimann, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton told Fox News that the nuances of the busing plan will be more apparent once President Biden rescinds Title 42 next month. \u2014 Fox News , 11 Apr. 2022"
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|
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": a small African striped antelope ( Tragelaphus scriptus ) especially of sub-Saharan forests that has spirally twisted horns in the male":[]
|
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|
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"\u02c8bu\u0307sh-\u02ccb\u0259k"
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Federal officials said inspectors identified the skins were from bushbucks , a species of antelope in sub-Saharan Africa, and from genets and civets, small catlike mammals. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Oct. 2019",
|
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"In Gorongosa, the dogs target bushbuck , impala and waterbuck, surrounding the prey, grabbing at legs, nose and hindquarters, disemboweling it from below. \u2014 Natalie Angier, New York Times , 3 Aug. 2019",
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"There are also buffalo and small antelope like puku and bushbuck . \u2014 Martin Edstrom, National Geographic , 16 June 2017"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-135037"
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|
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"My mom is a real busy bee around Christmastime."
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|
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"definitions":{
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": a person who entertains in a public place for donations":[]
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"\u02c8b\u0259-sk\u0259r"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"My affinity for this special place goes back to childhood when my great uncle was a semi-famous busker strumming his Gibson guitar on various street corners. \u2014 Leslie Kelly, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
|
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"By the mid-2000s, Alynda Lee had settled in New Orleans, becoming part of its DIY busker scene and gigging with a rotating crew of young musicians who\u2019d congregated in the city post-Katrina. \u2014 Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone , 13 Jan. 2022",
|
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"Before that, Claudi, an avid busker , was a fixture at the Delancey Street subway station on the Lower East Side. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Dec. 2021",
|
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"Ahead of the rose ceremony, Michelle and Rick, 32, strolled around the block and stopped to dance by a busker playing piano. \u2014 Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com , 16 Nov. 2021",
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"At the Conservatory Garden, a bride and her groom were posing for photographs on one black bench, while a busker napped on another. \u2014 Jonathan Lee, New York Times , 12 Oct. 2021",
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"Sections of Sonoma County received about two-hundredths of an inch of rainfall Thursday afternoon, and in Oakland, near Lake Merritt, the rain was enough to halt a busker \u2019s performance and send his audience scattering. \u2014 Andres Picon, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Sep. 2021",
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"In the film\u2019s closing shot, Sharad and his family are traveling by train as a young busker , singing traditional songs, moves through the compartment. \u2014 Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor , 13 May 2021",
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"In a banking hub full of office workers, Mr. Kwok, who died last month at 68, was a rare figure: a full-time busker with a rockabilly pompadour. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Jan. 2021"
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"busk , probably from Italian buscare to procure, gain, from Spanish buscar to look for":""
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"1851, in the meaning defined above":""
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"business casual":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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": a style of dressing for white-collar employees that is less formal than traditional business attire":[
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"I sat at my desk the other afternoon, dressed in business casual , and wistfully fingered my most recent pay stub. \u2026 And I thought as I've thought before: perhaps it's no coincidence that business casual is sweeping the country just as white-collar job security evaporates.",
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"\u2014 Jay Weiser , New Republic , 26 Feb. 1996"
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"1968, in the meaning defined above":""
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": any of several small flies related to the housefly that are often extremely abundant in pastoral parts of Australia and that swarm over cattle and other animals":[]
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"definitions":{
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": a much-branched shrub ( Potentilla fruticosa ) with compound leaves and yellow flowers common through the north temperate zone often as a weed":[]
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"bush poppy":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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": a California evergreen shrub ( Dendromecon rigida ) of the family Papaveraceae with yellowish green foliage often cultivated for its long-stalked golden-yellow flowers":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Last month, a large bushfire near the region's Margaret River destroyed more than 6,000 hectares (14,826 acres) of land, forcing evacuations, according to BBC News. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 13 Jan. 2022",
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"His entry showed a bird\u2019s eye view image taken by a drone of a line of bushfire ripping through a wildlife reserve in Queensland. \u2014 NBC News , 1 Dec. 2021",
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"Smoke from Australia\u2019s 2019\u20132020 bushfire season littered the Southern Ocean with iron, nourishing an unprecedented algal bloom more expansive than Australia itself. \u2014 Nikk Ogasa, Scientific American , 19 Nov. 2021",
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"The awful bushfire season of 2019\u201320 in Australia, for instance, produced 38 of these plumes over the course of just a few days. \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 27 July 2021",
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"The overall winner was taken by photographer Jo-Anne McArthur, who encountered a female eastern grey kangaroo (below), with a joey in her pouch, that somehow had survived a devastating bushfire near Australia\u2019s southeast coast. \u2014 Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes , 1 June 2021",
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"Australia's bushfire season is only expected to worsen in lockstep with global heating. \u2014 Zahra Barnes, SELF , 22 Apr. 2021",
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"In Australia, a bushfire has been burning out of control for six weeks now in the popular tourist spot of Fraser Island as parts of the country swelter through a record-breaking heatwave. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, CNN , 7 Dec. 2020",
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"The blaze was the first significant bushfire so far in Australia\u2019s annual fire season, the ferocity of which scientists say is becoming increasingly difficult to predict. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Dec. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"On June 8, 2021, about a month after Barnes sent the email regarding Logan\u2019s business card , state officials replaced the server in Coffee County with a new server, according to computer records generated when the new server was installed. \u2014 Emma Brown And Amy Gardner, Anchorage Daily News , 13 May 2022",
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"On June 8, 2021, about a month after Barnes sent the email regarding Logan\u2019s business card , state officials replaced the server in Coffee County with a new server, according to computer records generated when the new server was installed. \u2014 Amy Gardner, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
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"Instead of asking customers to switch to another business card , Fyle integrates with their existing business credit cards to give them a real-time spend management experience. \u2014 Bill Hardekopf, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
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"After every significant encounter with residents, officers in Warrenton are required to hand out a QR code, which is on the back of their business card , asking for feedback on the interaction. \u2014 Emily Davies, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
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"After every significant encounter with residents, officers in Warrenton are required to hand out a QR code, which is on the back of their business card , asking for feedback on the interaction. \u2014 Emily Davies, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
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"If nothing else, the book contains a business card for Best Quality Vacuum, which Saul will eventually use to contact Ed and become Gene from Cinnabon. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 17 May 2022",
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"On March 23, 2018, Dana called Child Protective Services, who sent a caseworker to the Hart's split-level home, leaving a business card in the door. \u2014 Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com , 26 Mar. 2022",
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"Three weeks later, a Palo Alto police detective came to Muller\u2019s apartment and left a business card with his wife. \u2014 Longreads , 5 May 2022"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-191751"
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"businessman's risk":{
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an investment (such as a stock) with a moderately high risk factor that is bought with an eye to growth potential and capital gains or sometimes tax advantages rather than for income":[]
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"first_known_use":{
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"1936, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-202851"
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},
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"business life insurance":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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": insurance on the life of a member of a partnership or upon an officer or stockholder in a corporation payable so as to finance purchase by surviving owners of the insured's interest after the insured dies":[],
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": insurance on the life of a sole proprietor payable so as to finance the purchase of the business by an outside interest at the owner's death":[],
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": insurance on the life of a key employee for the benefit of a business concern":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-202931"
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},
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"bush baby":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": any of several small nocturnal arboreal African primates ( Galago and related genera of the family Lorisidae) with large eyes, long ears, a long tail, and elongated hind limbs that enable them to leap with great agility":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"In Florida, 22 animals had been tested as of early this month, including three wild dolphins, two civets, two clouded leopards, a gorilla, an orangutan, an alpaca and a bush baby , state officials said. \u2014 Jonel Aleccia, CNN , 30 Oct. 2020",
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"Romance Was Born, with its waratarah florals and bush baby dresses, was especially missed on this front. \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 21 May 2019",
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"The man blew the coal into flame, built a fire, and laid the bush baby and the squirrels on top of it. \u2014 WSJ , 9 Oct. 2018",
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"When the bush baby was medium-rare, the cook tore off one of its arms and handed it to me. \u2014 WSJ , 9 Oct. 2018",
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"His further research determined that nature's best continuous jumper is the galago, or bush baby , a nocturnal primate native to Africa. \u2014 Erin Biba, Scientific American , 1 May 2017",
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"The team recorded calls of several bush babies at three forest sites in western Angola, then compared the recordings with teeth and jaws from museum specimens. \u2014 Elena Bersacola, National Geographic , 1 Mar. 2017"
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"biographical name",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a close thicket of shrubs suggesting a single plant":[],
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": a large uncleared or sparsely settled area (as in Australia) usually scrub-covered or forested : wilderness":[
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"\u2014 usually used with the"
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": a bunch of ivy formerly hung outside a tavern to indicate wine for sale":[],
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": advertising":[
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"good wine needs no bush",
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"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
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": minor league":[
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"\u2014 usually used in plural spent ten years in the bushes"
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": to support, mark, or protect with bushes":[],
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": to extend like a bush : resemble a bush":[],
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": having a low-growing compact bushy habit":[
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"\u2014 used especially of cultivated beans bush snap beans"
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],
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": serving, occurring in, or used in the bush":[
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"bush planes"
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],
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"1890\u20131974 American electrical engineer":[
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"Van*ne*var \\ v\u0259-\u200b\u02c8n\u0113-\u200bv\u0259r \\"
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],
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": bushing":[],
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": falling below acceptable standards : unprofessional":[
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"bush behavior"
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]
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"\u02c8bu\u0307sh"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"backcountry",
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"backland(s)",
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"backwater",
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"backwoods",
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"frontier",
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"hinterland",
|
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"outback",
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"outlands",
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"up-country"
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],
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|
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"bastard",
|
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"bush-league",
|
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"crummy",
|
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"crumby",
|
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"deficient",
|
|
"dissatisfactory",
|
|
"ill",
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|
"inferior",
|
|
"lame",
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"lousy",
|
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"off",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"sour",
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"suboptimal",
|
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"subpar",
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"substandard",
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"unacceptable",
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"unsatisfactory",
|
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"wack",
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"wanting",
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"wretched",
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"wrong"
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"Middle English bussh, bosch, buissh \"woods, thicket, underbrush, shrub, underbrush concealing a hunter or fighter,\" going back to Old English *busc, going back to Germanic *buska- (perhaps also beside an earlier u-stem *busku- ) (whence also Old Saxon -busc in br\u0101malbusk \"bramble bush,\" Middle Dutch bosch, busch \"forest, bunch, bundle,\" Old High German busc, bosc \"shrub, bramble bush, thicket, grove,\" Old Swedish buske \"bush,\" Old Norse [Norway] busk\u00e6r, a nickname, probably \"the bushy-haired one,\" Old Icelandic Buski, name for a dog, probably \"the bristly one\"), of uncertain origin; (sense 2) probably after Dutch bosch in this sense":"Noun",
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"derivative of bush entry 1":"Verb",
|
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"from attributive use of bush entry 1":"Adjective",
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"Dutch bus bushing, box, from Middle Dutch busse box, from Late Latin buxis \u2014 more at box entry 1":"Noun",
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"short for bush-league":"Adjective"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
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"1595, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
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"1566, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1959, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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|
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|
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|
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|
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],
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"More like a busman's holiday : a tour of duty rather than a scenic tour. \u2014 James Harbeck, The Week , 5 Mar. 2022"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-235130"
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|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-005348"
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},
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"type":[
|
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|
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"definitions":{
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-010811"
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|
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"business as usual":{
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"type":[
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|
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"bush honeysuckle":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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|
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"definitions":{
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": any of several shrubby honeysuckles of the genus Lonicera (especially L. tatarica )":[]
|
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|
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|
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": an operator of a bus":[]
|
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|
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"\u02c8b\u0259s-m\u0259n",
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"-\u02ccman"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-015427"
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"type":[
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|
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"definitions":{
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|
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": to clear of trees and brush":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u00e4g"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"from Bush Hog , proprietary name for a rotary cutter towed by a tractor":""
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"first_known_use":{
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"1958, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-020109"
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"bush shirt":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a usually loose-fitting cotton shirt with patch pockets":[]
|
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},
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"from its use in rough country":""
|
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1901, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-024124"
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"bushboy":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": bushman sense 3":[]
|
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-025115"
|
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"business paper":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": commercial paper":[]
|
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},
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-044349"
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"bush hawk":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a small falcon ( Falco novaeseelandiae ) of New Zealand that resembles the kestrel":[]
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-051805"
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},
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|
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"type":[
|
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|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a suit consisting of matching coat and trousers or coat and skirt and sometimes a vest":[]
|
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|
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"Instead of taking a typical wool business suit , opt for an atypical color, such as tailoring color such as tailoring aficionados\u2019 favorite Solaro cloth with its telltale red sheen (like this option from Neapolitan master Attolini). \u2014 Alexander Freeling, Robb Report , 28 June 2022",
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"Beneath her business suit and professional demeanor was an inspiring orator, Celia Wcislo, a longtime Service Employees International Union official told the Globe in 1998. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 1 May 2022",
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"Wearing a nondescript business suit underneath a drab parka, Mark (Adam Scott) sits inside his car and sobs quietly before starting his shift at Lumon Industries. \u2014 Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press , 17 Feb. 2022",
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"In the middle of it, Steve Simon, the bespectacled chairman and chief executive of the WTA Tour, stood quietly and unsmiling in a blue business suit with his hands clasped. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Dec. 2021",
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"Like committing a crime while wearing a business suit . \u2014 The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic , 13 Oct. 2021",
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"The sensible person knows when to wear a business suit and when to wear a T-shirt and shorts, when to wear a tuxedo and when to wear a flannel shirt and dungarees. \u2014 Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Aug. 2021",
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"Harris, too, has laid claim to the sisterhood of the pantsuit, which will someday be as standard, as omnipresent in positions of power, as the brotherhood of the business suit . \u2014 Washington Post , 15 July 2021",
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"In a replay of the vision, Loki is wearing a business suit and sitting on an airplane headed toward Seattle. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 9 June 2021"
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"1854, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-052944"
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"busload":{
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": a load that fills a bus":[
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"busloads of tourists"
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]
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"\u02c8b\u0259s-\u02ccl\u014dd"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Metinvest \u2014 the country\u2019s largest steel firm \u2014 confirmed the attack and saidRussian troops fired on a busload of its workers just after their shift had ended. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 May 2022",
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"In April, cops in Georgia pulled over a busload of mostly Black college athletes for the most specious of reasons. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 11 May 2022",
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"Wednesday morning, a busload of Ukrainians arrived at El Chaparral plaza on the south side of the crossing. \u2014 Kate Morrissey, San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Apr. 2022",
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"One memorable scene features Critchlow\u2019s character using a gun on a cow just as a busload of children appears. \u2014 Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 Feb. 2022",
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"Bullough shows up with a busload of rubberneckers in front of elegant mansions and steel-and-glass apartment towers in Knightsbridge and Belgravia, and points out the multimillion-pound residences of the shady expatriates who find refuge there. \u2014 Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker , 17 Mar. 2022",
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"Louisville brought a busload of toys for local kids impacted by the tornado; its basketball players unloaded Friday night. \u2014 Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal , 20 Dec. 2021",
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"Another busload of musicians drove 70 miles to Andrews from Brownfield High School in Brownfield, Tex., where Will Burks is the band director. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Nov. 2021",
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"In July, a busload of 16 people was kidnapped in the northern city of Gros-Morne. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Oct. 2021"
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"1854, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-055022"
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},
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"bustic":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a tree ( Dipholis salicifolia ) of the family Sapotaceae of southern Florida and the West Indies with hard wood, shining lanceolate leaves, and white flowers":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u0259stik"
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],
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"origin unknown":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-061135"
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},
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"bush jacket":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a long cotton jacket resembling a shirt and having four patch pockets and a belt":[]
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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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"from its use in rough country":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1937, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-063826"
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},
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"bush cricket":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": long-horned grasshopper":[
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"It was a dark bush cricket , that bumbling long-legged relative of the grasshoppers, whose soft chirrup is now the soundtrack to East Anglia's late-summer evenings.",
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"\u2014 Mark Cocker, Guardian (London) , 20 Aug. 2012"
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]
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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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"1930, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-064705"
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},
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"bus-mile":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a statistical unit denoting one mile traveled by one bus \u2014 compare car-mile , ton-mile":[]
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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":"20220710-072020"
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},
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"busy as a bee":{
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": very busy and active":[
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"My mom is ( as ) busy as a bee around Christmastime."
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-090934"
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},
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"bustier":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": a tight-fitting often strapless top worn as a brassiere or outer garment":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccb\u00fc-st\u0113-\u02c8\u0101",
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"-\u02c8ty\u0101",
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"\u02ccb\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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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Still, the buttery fabric was so alluring that even our bustier testers kept pulling this bra out of the pile. \u2014 Ariella Gintzler, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
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"The bride-to-be wore a black mini-dress from Dolce & Gabanna's 1998 collection, which features a bustier -style bodice and an image of the Virgin Mary. \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 22 May 2022",
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"The dress had thin spaghetti straps and a bustier -style top with floral embroidery that fit snugly all the way down to a super low waistline. \u2014 Seventeen , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Kardashian wore a skintight silver latex gown by Thierry Mugler that featured a bustier bodice and a thigh-high slit. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"The bustier bodice was held up with a halter top that ended in a bow and a white flower and was completed with a string of pearls wrapped around her waist. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 27 Mar. 2022",
|
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"The cobalt blue bustier top matches the similar-colored shiny accents on the dress that are lifted against the black base. \u2014 Alexis Gaskin, Glamour , 20 May 2022",
|
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"The bustier dress sits over a top created using an exclusive knitting technique, embellished with 20,000 nude seed beads. \u2014 Kerry Mcdermott, Vogue , 9 June 2022",
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"At the intimate ceremony, Kardashian opted for a Dolce & Gabbana bridal minidress, which featured a bustier top with a bleeding heart detail. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 17 May 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French, from buste":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1978, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-091732"
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},
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"bushman":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": a member of any of the indigenous and traditionally hunter-gatherer peoples of southern Africa who are considered the oldest inhabitants of the region : san sense 1":[
|
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"Several dozen Bushmen who had been expelled from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve have returned there under a landmark court ruling giving the traditional hunter-gatherers rights to land they and their ancestors occupied for thousands of years.",
|
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"\u2014 Craig Timberg",
|
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"In Southern Africa, there are perhaps 100,000 indigenous people commonly referred to as Bushmen or San \u2014terms typically used by outsiders and, though sometimes considered demeaning, often by the people themselves.",
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"\u2014 Barry Bearak"
|
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],
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": san sense 2":[],
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": woodsman":[],
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": a person who lives in the bush":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bu\u0307sh-m\u0259n"
|
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],
|
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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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"bush entry 1 + man entry 1 ; in sense 1 after early Afrikaans bossieman, bossiesman, boschjesman, bosjesman":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1785, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-093305"
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},
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"bush bean":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a cultivated bean having an upright, bushy growth that does not require any supports \u2014 compare pole bean":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1821, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-094953"
|
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},
|
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"bushland":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": bush entry 1 sense 2":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8bu\u0307sh-\u02ccland"
|
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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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"In the last few weeks, dozens of cases have been reported in remote towns across New South Wales\u2014the state that includes Sydney, but also great expanses of sparsely populated bushland . \u2014 Amy Gunia, Time , 25 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Before the non-venomous Diamond python could slither off with a jar of paprika and spook the other customers, handler Helaina Alati captured it with a snake bag and released it safely into nearby bushland . \u2014 Amy Wray, CNN , 20 Aug. 2021",
|
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"Even during dry seasons, the Amazon -- a humid rainforest -- doesn't catch fire easily, unlike the dry bushland in California or Australia. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 15 July 2021",
|
|
"These humans dramatically modified the landscape and ecosystem by burning forests to yield a sprawling bushland that remains today, according to a report published on Wednesday in Science Advances. \u2014 Katarina Zimmer\u200b, Scientific American , 5 May 2021",
|
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"Farther down the Great Ocean Road, which is flanked by rugged bushland on one side and surf on the other, is the Twelve Apostles, a popular natural attraction of limestone stacks that rise from the water. \u2014 Patrick Scott Peter Kujawinski Elaine Sciolino Tacey Rychter Sui-lee Wee Charu Suri, New York Times , 7 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"As fires blackened Australia\u2019s bushland , the koala hospital had campaigned to raise 25,000 Australian dollars ($19,250) to aid the animals\u2019 rehabilitation. \u2014 Gloria Dickie, Scientific American , 2 Mar. 2021",
|
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"At the peak of its power, the group was a notoriously brutal outfit whose members for years eluded Ugandan forces in the bushland of northern Uganda, where the civil war forced hundreds of thousands into camps for the internally displaced. \u2014 Mike Corder, Star Tribune , 4 Feb. 2021",
|
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"Gum tree leaves are koala's main food source, and restoring bushland and forest habitat razed in the 2019-2020 fires is key to their long-term survival in New South Wales state. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 20 Oct. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1827, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-095033"
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},
|
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"business reply envelope":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an envelope bearing indicia like those on a business reply card":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-095813"
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},
|
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"business-to-business":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a sector of business activity that focuses on commerce performed between businesses rather than between a business and a consumer":[
|
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"a company that specializes in business-to-business",
|
|
"Business-to-business , the sale of goods and services to other companies rather than to the public, has flourished for centuries.",
|
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"\u2014 Joanne Legomsky",
|
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"\u2014 usually used before another noun Business-to-business sales rose 4.4% from a year earlier, but retail sales increased less than 1%. \u2014 The Wall Street Journal business-to-business companies the business-to-business market",
|
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"\u2014 abbreviation B2B"
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]
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1979, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-100641"
|
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},
|
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"Busoni":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"biographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"Ferruccio Benvenuto 1866\u20131924 Italian composer and pianist":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"by\u00fc-\u02c8z\u014d-n\u0113",
|
|
"b\u00fc-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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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":"20220710-103421"
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},
|
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"business end":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": the end with, from, or through which a thing's function is fulfilled":[
|
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"the business end of a revolver"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Spivak understands this opportunity is great for many athletes but hopes the business end doesn\u2019t take away from what sports provided him at Northwestern. \u2014 James Kay, chicagotribune.com , 3 Apr. 2022",
|
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"That hunk of steel held the business end of a device Best and others use to measure the flow of the Yukon River at Eagle, a town of about 110 people just downstream of the Canada border. \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 21 May 2022",
|
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"With that settled, Gilbert said Devolver took the lead in handling the business end of the deal with Disney, which owns the IP rights to the Monkey Island franchise through its 2012 LucasArts acquisition. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
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"It\u2019s brilliant to be playing in the business end of your home Slam. \u2014 John Pye, chicagotribune.com , 27 Jan. 2022",
|
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"As his brother\u2019s star began to rise, Bu also saw success on the business end of entertainment; helping launch the careers of superstars such as T-Pain and Lady Gaga. \u2014 Okla Jones, Essence , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
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"On the business end of marketing, this is the Science of Marketing and the Art of Marketing, respectively. \u2014 Serenity Gibbons, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Yeah, Schwarber experienced the business end of baseball the past two years. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Hyman joined the small team running the business end of the new project, becoming Telegram's chief investment adviser. \u2014 Darren Loucaides, Wired , 8 Feb. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1840, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-105458"
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},
|
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"business district":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": the part of a city or town where there are many businesses":[
|
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"The restaurant is in the business district ."
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-110304"
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},
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"bush hook":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a short stout hooked blade fitted to an ax handle and used for cutting bushes":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-110332"
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},
|
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"bush lark":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": any of several larks (genus Mirafra ) of the Old World frequenting bushy and wooded places":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-111610"
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},
|
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"buskin":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a laced boot reaching halfway or more to the knee":[],
|
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": cothurnus sense 1":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8b\u0259-sk\u0259n"
|
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],
|
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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 masks come on and off like sock and buskin in a Greek play. \u2014 Dana Snitzky, Longreads , 12 May 2020"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"probably modification of Middle French brozequin":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1503, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-113331"
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"bushes":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"biographical name",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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": a close thicket of shrubs suggesting a single plant":[],
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": a large uncleared or sparsely settled area (as in Australia) usually scrub-covered or forested : wilderness":[
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"\u2014 usually used with the"
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"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
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"\u2014 usually used in plural spent ten years in the bushes"
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": to support, mark, or protect with bushes":[],
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": to extend like a bush : resemble a bush":[],
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": having a low-growing compact bushy habit":[
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"\u2014 used especially of cultivated beans bush snap beans"
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": serving, occurring in, or used in the bush":[
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"bush planes"
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"1890\u20131974 American electrical engineer":[
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": bushing":[],
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": falling below acceptable standards : unprofessional":[
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"bush behavior"
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"backcountry",
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"backland(s)",
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"backwater",
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"frontier",
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"hinterland",
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"outback",
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"outlands",
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"up-country"
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"bad",
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"crumby",
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"deficient",
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"ill",
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"lame",
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"off",
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"paltry",
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"poor",
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"punk",
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"sour",
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"suboptimal",
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"subpar",
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"substandard",
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"unacceptable",
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"unsatisfactory",
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"wack",
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"derivative of bush entry 1":"Verb",
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"from attributive use of bush entry 1":"Adjective",
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"Dutch bus bushing, box, from Middle Dutch busse box, from Late Latin buxis \u2014 more at box entry 1":"Noun",
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"short for bush-league":"Adjective"
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},
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"1595, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
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"1566, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1959, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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"type":[
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-124313"
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"bushman's poison":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": ordeal tree sense 3":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-131339"
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"bush cat":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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": any of various small Asian and African cats":[],
|
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": an Asian civet cat":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-132803"
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": pine entry 1 sense 3":[]
|
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-133256"
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
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],
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|
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"-nd"
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],
|
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"examples":[],
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-134247"
|
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},
|
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"bustian":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a cotton fabric formerly used in clothing (such as vestments, waistcoats)":[]
|
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},
|
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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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"Middle English busteyne":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-141934"
|
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},
|
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"business trip":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
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|
": a trip made as a part of one's work":[
|
|
"away on a business trip"
|
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]
|
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},
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|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-154419"
|
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},
|
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"bush hat":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a broad-brimmed hat worn originally as part of an Australian military uniform":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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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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"bush entry 1 (backcountry)":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1938, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-155711"
|
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},
|
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"bus line":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": train line sense 1":[],
|
|
": a route over which a bus regularly travels":[],
|
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": a company operating such buses":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-162235"
|
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},
|
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"business hours":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the hours that the office is open to do business":[
|
|
"Someone will be available to answer your call during regular business hours ."
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-163530"
|
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},
|
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"bushman grass":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{},
|
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|
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|
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|
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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":"20220710-173630"
|
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},
|
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"business meeting":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a meeting at which matters of business are discussed":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"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":"20220710-174558"
|
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},
|
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"bushranger":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an outlaw living in the bush":[],
|
|
": frontiersman , woodsman":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8bu\u0307sh-\u02ccr\u0101n-j\u0259r"
|
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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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"And none more, maybe, than for Ned Kelly, the Australian bushranger whose body-armored exploits have made him a muse since the dawn of cinema. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 24 Apr. 2020",
|
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"Ned gets his shot at revenge against O\u2019Neil in a scene that plays like an unnerving castration fantasy, egged on by Harry Power (a superb Russell Crowe), the famous bushranger who takes the boy under wing. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"The drama follows the ne'er-do-well's boyhood as an accomplice to a criminal bushranger (Russell Crowe), Ned's contempt for the law when his mother (Essie Davis) is unfairly imprisoned, and his anarchic days as an adult running a rebellious gang. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 18 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"The world's first feature film, called The Story of the Kelly Gang, is an hour-plus romp about a band of outlaw Australian bushrangers . \u2014 Simon Van Zuylen Wood, Wired , 21 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"But the fateful Glenrowan showdown with an incoming trainload of cops doesn't go as planned, as anyone familiar with the bushranger 's legend will know. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 Sep. 2019"
|
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],
|
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|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1801, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-181821"
|
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},
|
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"bus girl":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a girl or woman who removes dirty dishes and resets tables in a restaurant : a female waiter's assistant":[]
|
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},
|
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|
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|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-184236"
|
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},
|
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"bus duct":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": an electric conduit prefabricated in sections and containing heavy conductors for transmission of large currents at relatively low voltage":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-201023"
|
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},
|
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"bushbeat":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"intransitive verb"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": to beat the bushes":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"usually -\u0113t + V",
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307sh\u02ccb\u0113t"
|
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],
|
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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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"back-formation from bushbeater":""
|
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},
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-201522"
|
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},
|
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"bush canary":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a small New Zealand bird ( Mohua ochrocephala ) having a yellow head and breast":[]
|
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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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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-204719"
|
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},
|
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"businesslike":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": exhibiting qualities believed to be advantageous in business":[],
|
|
": serious , purposeful":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8biz-n\u0259s-\u02ccl\u012bk",
|
|
"-n\u0259z-"
|
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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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"His businesslike approach to the dispute was very helpful.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Inna decided that Svetlana would be businesslike , narrating the details of the trip and asking practical questions. \u2014 Ed Caesar, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
|
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"In an anonymous city-center hotel room, a late middle-aged woman, businesslike in prim pencil skirt and blouse, takes a piece of paper from her handbag. \u2014 Olivia Marks, Vogue , 17 June 2022",
|
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"The interior is a businesslike place to be, and a comfortable one at that. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 1 June 2022",
|
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"Richard stubbornly shares that love, even as his more defensive posture \u2014 he\u2019s analytical and businesslike to a fault, and a little smug \u2014 threatens to thwart the viewer\u2019s compassion. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"But there\u2019s an opening up to new possibilities, even with the seemingly businesslike Su-jin. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"The Suns had a very businesslike win in Game 5, and now will enter a raucous road environment to try and close things out. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The spare, businesslike interior design borders on blandness, and there's plenty of hard plastic in evidence. \u2014 Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver , 19 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The silhouette ran from loose trousers, with businesslike pinstripes or checks contrasting with bra tops under open suit jackets; or elastic pull-on Morticia-style skirts in bubblegum pink or acid green. \u2014 Colleen Barry, USA TODAY , 26 Feb. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1677, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-212345"
|
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},
|
|
"bush doe":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the female of the bushbuck":[]
|
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},
|
|
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|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-213822"
|
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},
|
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"business unionism":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the theory and practice of trade unionism especially associated with Samuel Gompers that is directed toward the attainment of practical limited material advantages (such as better wages, hours, and working conditions) through collective bargaining within the framework of capitalism rather than toward the achievement of extensive social changes or reforms":[]
|
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},
|
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|
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|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-214350"
|
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},
|
|
"business double":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a double in bridge made with the purpose of increasing penalties":[]
|
|
},
|
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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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|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-214519"
|
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},
|
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"bushing":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a usually removable cylindrical lining for an opening (as of a mechanical part) used to limit the size of the opening, resist abrasion, or serve as a guide":[],
|
|
": an electrically insulating lining for a hole to protect a through conductor":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8bu\u0307-shi\u014b"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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|
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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 bushing that attaches the shifter cable to the transmission may degrade or detach. \u2014 Detroit Free Press , 17 June 2022",
|
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"The bushing that attaches the shifter cable to the transmission may degrade or detach. \u2014 USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Ford plans to replace the bushing and add a protective cap for free, the documents say. \u2014 Phil Helsel, NBC News , 16 June 2022",
|
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"The company is still investigating what caused the bushing material to possibly fail on the affected vehicles. \u2014 Hunter Boyce, ajc , 15 June 2022",
|
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"The bushing that attaches the shifter cable to the transmission may degrade or detach. \u2014 Detroit Free Press , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The bushing that attaches the shifter cable to the transmission may degrade or detach. \u2014 USA TODAY , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"Dealers will replace the bushing and add a protective cap. \u2014 Chron , 27 May 2021",
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"The bushing that attaches the shifter cable to the transmission may degrade or detach. \u2014 Detroit Free Press , 5 June 2021"
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"business education":{
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"\u02c8bu\u0307shl\u0259\u0307s"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-230110"
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"type":[
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": a genus of large marine snails of the family Buccinidae \u2014 see winkle":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-235701"
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": any of various berries or fruits resembling berries borne on bushes (such as raspberries, gooseberries, currants)":[]
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"\u02c8bu\u0307sh-\u02ccber-\u0113",
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"-\u02ccbe-r\u0113"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-020948"
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"type":[
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": bosky":[]
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"\u02c8b\u0259sk\u0113"
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],
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"busk entry 1 + -y":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-022251"
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": a person who entertains in a public place for donations":[]
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},
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"\u02c8b\u0259-sk\u0259r"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"My affinity for this special place goes back to childhood when my great uncle was a semi-famous busker strumming his Gibson guitar on various street corners. \u2014 Leslie Kelly, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
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"By the mid-2000s, Alynda Lee had settled in New Orleans, becoming part of its DIY busker scene and gigging with a rotating crew of young musicians who\u2019d congregated in the city post-Katrina. \u2014 Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone , 13 Jan. 2022",
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"Before that, Claudi, an avid busker , was a fixture at the Delancey Street subway station on the Lower East Side. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Dec. 2021",
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"Ahead of the rose ceremony, Michelle and Rick, 32, strolled around the block and stopped to dance by a busker playing piano. \u2014 Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com , 16 Nov. 2021",
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"At the Conservatory Garden, a bride and her groom were posing for photographs on one black bench, while a busker napped on another. \u2014 Jonathan Lee, New York Times , 12 Oct. 2021",
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"Sections of Sonoma County received about two-hundredths of an inch of rainfall Thursday afternoon, and in Oakland, near Lake Merritt, the rain was enough to halt a busker \u2019s performance and send his audience scattering. \u2014 Andres Picon, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Sep. 2021",
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"In the film\u2019s closing shot, Sharad and his family are traveling by train as a young busker , singing traditional songs, moves through the compartment. \u2014 Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor , 13 May 2021",
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"In a banking hub full of office workers, Mr. Kwok, who died last month at 68, was a rare figure: a full-time busker with a rockabilly pompadour. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Jan. 2021"
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"busk , probably from Italian buscare to procure, gain, from Spanish buscar to look for":""
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"first_known_use":{
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"1851, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-023311"
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},
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"business page(s)":{
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the part of a newspaper that has business news":[]
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-031341"
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},
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"busthead":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": moonshine sense 3":[],
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": headache":[]
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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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"bust entry 2 + head":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-034044"
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},
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"business administration":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a program of studies in a college or university providing general knowledge of business principles and practices":[]
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"a degree in business administration",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"The Sabino High School graduate soon then enrolled at Arizona and graduated in three-and-a-half years with a bachelor\u2019s degree in business administration . \u2014 Drew Schott, The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022",
|
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"The 5-foot-11, 200-pound Mahone graduated in May 2020 with his bachelor's degree in management information systems and graduated in May 2021 with his master's degree in business administration . \u2014 Dave Clark, The Enquirer , 2 May 2022",
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"Born in tiny Burlingame, Kansas, Wark attended a business college in Kansas, later earning a master\u2019s degree in business administration from Stanford University in California. \u2014 Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com , 23 Dec. 2021",
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"More administrative regulations, more business management principles, and more metrics will never change the square peg that is business administration or the round hole that is the art of medicine. \u2014 Prem Ramkumar, Forbes , 4 Sep. 2021",
|
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"White, who holds a degree in chemistry from the University of Virginia and a master\u2019s of business administration from the Florida Institute of Technology, has been in the business nearly 20 years. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 May 2021",
|
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"Hormes graduated in May 2021 with a bachelor\u2019s in exercise science while minoring in entrepreneurship and earlier this month with a master\u2019s in business administration . \u2014 Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun , 23 May 2022",
|
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"Fuller earned his degree in business administration . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
|
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"Jones attended Grossmont College and earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in business administration from San Diego State University. \u2014 Joe Tash, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1904, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-044857"
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},
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"bush huckleberry":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a low shrub ( Gaylussacia dumosa ) of eastern North America with rather watery and tasteless black fruit":[]
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-051003"
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"bus rod":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-060538"
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
|
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"definitions":{
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": to attack (someone) by surprise from a hidden place : ambush":[
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"\u2026 the American banditti robbed trains and bushwhacked stagecoaches and settlers' caravans with equal enthusiasm for fistic violence and gunplay.",
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"\u2014 James Gray",
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"Williams wears a pistol when he goes into the countryside and worries that someone might bushwhack him because he is outspoken.",
|
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"\u2014 Monty Brower and Bill Shaw"
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],
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": to travel by foot through uncleared terrain":[
|
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"Other beaches have no access at all; you have to bushwhack to get to them, through terrain infested with rattlesnakes, poison oak, and other hazards.",
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"\u2014 Anthony Brandt",
|
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"No paths presented themselves and I bushwhacked through numerous fallen and dead trees.",
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"\u2014 Rob Nicholson",
|
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"\u2026 decided it was best to \" bushwhack ,\" or wander off the path to get closer to the barred owl and possibly catch a glimpse of it.",
|
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"\u2014 Eric Koszalka"
|
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],
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": to clear a path or advance through thick woods especially by chopping down bushes and low branches":[
|
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"\u2026 it would allow them to locate their prey without having to bushwhack through the jungle for days or weeks.",
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"\u2014 Earth Island Journal"
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bu\u0307sh-\u02cc(h)wak"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"descend (on ",
|
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"go in (on)",
|
|
"jump (on)",
|
|
"pounce (on ",
|
|
"raid",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"set on",
|
|
"sic",
|
|
"sick",
|
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"storm",
|
|
"strike",
|
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"trash",
|
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"turn (on)"
|
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|
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"examples":[
|
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"The group bushwhacked through the jungle.",
|
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"They used the controversy as an opportunity to bushwhack their political opponents.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Your hands need to bushwhack , grip onto sturdy trees, and point out the soaring eagle ahead. \u2014 Danielle Bernabe, Fortune , 29 May 2021",
|
|
"That means hikers are sometimes required to bushwhack to get to waypoints such as the summit of El Cajon Mountain east of Lakeside. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"To get a clear picture of an emergency in progress, officers often had to bushwhack through dozens of byzantine databases and feeds from far-flung sensors, including gunshot detectors, license plate readers, and public and private security cameras. \u2014 Arthur Holland Michel, Wired , 4 Feb. 2021",
|
|
"This new one will bushwhack a path into the woods and pamper your ass on a run to the mall. \u2014 David Beard, Car and Driver , 26 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"Or simply study the terrain and bushwhack them along a ridge spine or other terrain funnel, without ever making a call. \u2014 Scott Bestul, Field & Stream , 8 May 2020",
|
|
"Cassens and Groot were among scores of volunteer searchers who had bushwhacked for days, looking for the elderly couple. \u2014 Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com , 26 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"The Bruins and Leafs were tied in wins (24) and the Bolts, seemingly woke now some nine months after getting bushwhacked by the Blue Jackets in the opening round of the playoffs, had 23. \u2014 Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com , 5 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"While bushwhacking through hellish yew thickets, the sling kept twisting and finally unscrewed the swivel stud. \u2014 John B. Snow, Outdoor Life , 14 Feb. 2020"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"back-formation from bushwhacker":""
|
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|
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"first_known_use":{
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"1866, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-065011"
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},
|
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"bush-harrow":{
|
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"type":[
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"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
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": brush harrow":[],
|
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": to till with a brush harrow":[]
|
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},
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|
"bush harrow":"Verb"
|
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-074746"
|
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},
|
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"Bushmanoid":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": resembling the Bushman people or their artifacts":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u02ccn\u022fid"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-080852"
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},
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"bus bar":{
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|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a conductor or an assembly of conductors for collecting electric currents and distributing them to outgoing feeders":[]
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1888, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-082137"
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},
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|
"bush rat":{
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|
"type":[
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"noun"
|
|
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|
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"definitions":{
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|
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": yungas":[],
|
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": degu":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-091724"
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},
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"business English":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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|
],
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"definitions":{
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": English as taught in non-English-speaking countries in courses that emphasize its commercial rather than its cultural importance and that are normally designed to produce conversational fluency within a limited vocabulary":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-092450"
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},
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"bus driver":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
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": one that drives a bus":[]
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-101110"
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},
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"bush robin":{
|
|
"type":[
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"noun"
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|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": any of several small Asian birds of the family Muscicapidae (especially genus Tarsiger ) that typically inhabit forest undergrowth":[]
|
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-102336"
|
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},
|
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"Busaun":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": posaune sense 2":[]
|
|
},
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"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":"20220711-103946"
|
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},
|
|
"bust a/one's gut":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to work or try extremely hard":[
|
|
"We're going to have to bust our guts to finish this project on time."
|
|
],
|
|
": to laugh in an uncontrolled way":[
|
|
"I thought I'd bust a gut (laughing) when you showed up in that silly outfit."
|
|
]
|
|
},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-105338"
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},
|
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"bustard":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of a family (Otididae) of large chiefly terrestrial Old World and Australian game birds":[]
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|
},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u0259-st\u0259rd"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Another still-unexploded ordinance is currently nestled into the ground in a bustard \u2019s dwelling. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022",
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"The largest great bustard recorded tipped the scales at more than 46 pounds\u2014that\u2019s slightly heavier than a full-size border collie. \u2014 National Geographic , 15 May 2018",
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"Her own research has found that, on weekends in Spain, birds like little bustards and pin-tailed sandgrouse change their behavior in response to more people flocking to the countryside. \u2014 Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian , 14 June 2018",
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"Great bustards make their habitats in open, flat grasslands and steppes of Europe and southern Russia. \u2014 National Geographic , 15 May 2018",
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"The Arabian Desert abounded with the houbara bustard , a migratory, partridge-like fowl found in arid habitats across Asia and northern Africa. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Jan. 2018",
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"There is a bird community of some 200 species, including steppe birds such as the great bustard and endemic species such as the Iberian Imperial eagle, one of the most endangered birds of prey in the world. \u2014 National Geographic , 14 June 2017",
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"There is a bird community of some 200 species, including steppe birds such as the great bustard and endemic species such as the Iberian Imperial eagle, one of the most endangered birds of prey in the world. \u2014 Alex Treadway, National Geographic , 14 June 2017",
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"Like the great Indian bustard , one of the heaviest flying birds, down to a couple of hundred of its kind. The issue is larger than the number of collections of poetry sold each year. \u2014 Daniel Halpern, New York Times , 30 Dec. 2016"
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"definitions":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-124220"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"There\u2019s also a touch-and-go bush pilot demonstration where the plane lands right next to the riverboat. \u2014 Scott Mcmurren, Anchorage Daily News , 30 Apr. 2022",
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"Other recurring characters include Active\u2019s deputy chief Danny Kavik, who is starting to get his own subplot going, and bush pilot Cowboy Decker, who could easily be spun off into his own action series \u2014 looking at you, Stan Jones. \u2014 David James, Anchorage Daily News , 2 Jan. 2022",
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"Burnett spent some time as a carpenter in the Lower 48 before returning to Alaska as a bush pilot . \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 17 Oct. 2021",
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"There\u2019s also a bush pilot demonstration and a visit to the Trail Breaker Kennel. \u2014 Scott Mcmurren, Anchorage Daily News , 22 May 2021",
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"In March 1943, on the first day with favorable weather conditions, bush pilot Clarence Rhode carried an FBI special agent and an Alaska Game Commission representative north from Anchorage towards Talkeetna. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 14 Feb. 2021",
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"Rob Wilson, played by Hankerson, is a Vietnam veteran and helicopter pilot who leaves his wife, Maria, played by Knight, to seek his fortune as a bush pilot in Alaska. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Jan. 2021",
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"The author evokes her childhood in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya and her exploits as a bush pilot . \u2014 National Geographic , 15 May 2020",
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"Suddenly, his pain vanishes, and Compie, a bush pilot , arrives to rescue him. \u2014 Christof Koch, Scientific American , 19 May 2020"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1936, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-131116"
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},
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": kiss":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u0259s"
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],
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"perhaps alteration of Middle English bassen to kiss":""
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"1567, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-133326"
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"definitions":{
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"There\u2019s an entire bushveld chorus that most people miss out on. \u2014 Richard Holmes, Fortune , 14 Sep. 2021",
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"Once this bushveld stretched wild over half of the country, but today it has been largely partitioned off and contained behind tall fences. \u2014 Lois Parshley, Scientific American , 1 May 2018"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"partial translation of Afrikaans bosveld , from bos bush + veld":""
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"1844, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-135657"
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"definitions":{
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": a shaft furnace for roasting quicksilver ores that has aludels for condensing the vapors":[]
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"after Juan Alonso de Bustamante , 18th century Spanish metallurgist":""
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"definitions":{
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": potto":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-141847"
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a person pretending to have considerable legal knowledge":[]
|
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-145547"
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},
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"bush telegraph":{
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|
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"definitions":{
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": a means whereby the inhabitants of a jungle or bush rapidly spread news from person to person":[],
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": an informal but well-organized system of word-of-mouth communication transmitting plans and movements of the police : grapevine":[],
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": unofficial information : rumor":[]
|
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-145716"
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},
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"Bustamante y Sirv\u00e9n":{
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"type":[
|
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|
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"definitions":{
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"1865\u20131951 Cuban jurist":[
|
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"Antonio S\u00e1n*chez \\ \u02c8s\u00e4n-\u200b(\u02cc)chez \\"
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]
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},
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"b\u00fc-st\u00e4-\u02c8m\u00e4n-(\u02cc)t\u0101-\u0113-sir-\u02c8ven"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-152452"
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"busser":{
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"type":[
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|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a person who removes dirty dishes and resets tables in a restaurant : a restaurant worker who buses tables":[
|
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"The classic service involves smoothly functioning teams of captains, waiters and bussers , who seem to know just how friendly to be without stepping over the line.",
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"\u2014 Harvey Steiman , Wine Spectator , 15 Mar. 1995"
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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],
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"1972, in the meaning defined above":""
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-160833"
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},
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"business strike":{
|
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"type":[
|
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|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a coin issued for use in commerce rather than as a collectible":[]
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-174423"
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},
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"bush lespedeza":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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": bush clover":[]
|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-183808"
|
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},
|
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"bush pumpkin":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": any of various cultivated pumpkins derived from the variety Cucurbita pepo melopepo and having the internodes of the plant axis greatly shortened so that the whole plant forms a compact bushy growth with no tendency to vine":[]
|
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},
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-184126"
|
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},
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"bushrope":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": liana":[]
|
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},
|
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|
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-185740"
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},
|
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"bushmanship":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": bushcraft":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-m\u0259n\u02ccship"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-191344"
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},
|
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"bussock":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": donkey":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"|z\u0259k",
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307|s\u0259k",
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"\u02c8b\u0259|"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"origin unknown":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-192133"
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},
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"bus stop":{
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|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": one of the places where a bus stops for passengers to get on or off":[
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"waiting at the bus stop"
|
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]
|
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-195928"
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},
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"bussu":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a low palm ( Manicaria saccifera ) of Central and South American tidal swamps having enormous undivided oblong leaves often used in thatching, spathes like sacs, and a very large fruit \u2014 see troolie":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"b\u0259\u02c8s\u00fc"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Portuguese buss\u00fa , from Tupi ubu-ussu , from ubu leaf + ussu big":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-200845"
|
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},
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"bushhammer":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a hammer with a serrated face for dressing stone and concrete":[],
|
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": to dress (stone or concrete) with a bushhammer":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8bu\u0307sh +\u02cc-",
|
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"\""
|
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],
|
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|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"modification of German bosshammer , from obsolete German bossen to beat (from Old High German b\u014dzan ) + German hammer , from Old High German hamar":"Noun"
|
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-201543"
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},
|
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"busboy":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8b\u0259s-\u02ccb\u022fi"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Duran said that Garcia would often read to his blind grandfather, worked as a busboy at a local restaurant to help pay the bills, and even offered to donate a kidney to his cousin. \u2014 Marlene Lenthang, NBC News , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"The narrator, who works as a busboy and half-heartedly attends his literature classes, has too little happening in his life to decline. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 4 Feb. 2022",
|
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"A week before Christmas, Skylar Peak, a busboy at ZiZi, a Mediterranean restaurant in Chelsea, learned in a text message from his manager that a co-worker had tested positive for the coronavirus. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Jan. 2022",
|
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"That job was cut short when the owner was investigated for fraud, but Ginsberg found new ones as a busboy , food runner and server. \u2014 Caroline Hatchett, Robb Report , 8 Dec. 2021",
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"Starting out as a teenage busboy and performer in the Catskills, the Brooklyn native went on to create an unmatched brand of comedy that blended cutting social commentary, satire, broad and bawdy humor, and Borscht Belt shtick. \u2014 Mel Brooks, Vulture , 18 Nov. 2021",
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"The bartender, mixologist, operations expert and author began his career as a busboy and barback. \u2014 Cindy Kent, sun-sentinel.com , 20 Sep. 2021",
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"He was cast as a busboy who disrupts the thieves\u2019 plan by getting into an argument with a co-worker about weed. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 3 Sep. 2021",
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"Twenty-something Dillon (Lukas Gage) reports to Armond, as does Lani (Jolene Purdy), a trainee who is secretly pregnant, and Kai (Kekoa Scott Kekumano), a busboy who hooks up with Paula. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 8 Aug. 2021"
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"omnibus busboy":""
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"1901, in the meaning defined above":""
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"alteration of Old English butsecarl , from (assumed) Old Norse b\u016bzukarl , from Old Norse b\u016bza buss (ship) + karl man":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-205549"
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"bussy":{
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],
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"definitions":{
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": sweetheart":[]
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"\u02c8b\u0259s\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"buss entry 2 + -y":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-213906"
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},
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"Buster Brown":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": resembling or suggestive of Buster Brown (as in style of clothing or haircut)":[
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"he felt the pinch and chafe of the Buster Brown collar as he turned to watch the minister",
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"\u2014 Charles Jackson"
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]
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},
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"after Buster Brown , boy comic strip character pictured with wide-brimmed sailor hat, Lord Fauntleroy suit, and pageboy haircut, created by Richard F. Outcault \u20201928 American artist":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-220224"
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a plant of the genus Thermopsis":[]
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-235726"
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},
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"bush maple":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": mountain maple":[],
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": striped maple":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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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":"20220712-002121"
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},
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"busyness":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a busy quality or state: such as":[],
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": the state of having or being involved in many activities":[
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"the busyness of her schedule",
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"What with the busyness of the holidays and that conviction, I didn't pay much attention to my bird feeder for the next few days.",
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"\u2014 Emily Pasquale"
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],
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": the state of having many details":[
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"Consider other factors as well, such as color contrast, pattern busyness , and furnishings sizes.",
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"\u2014 Better Homes and Gardens"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bi-z\u0113-n\u0259s"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1809, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-002454"
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},
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"bush scythe":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": any of several implements:":[],
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": a scythe that has a short thick heavy blade and a stout handle and is used for cutting brush and bushes":[],
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": bush hook":[],
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": billhook":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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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":"20220712-005407"
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},
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"bush parole":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": escape from prison":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-005659"
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},
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"busy oneself":{
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to make or keep yourself busy : to occupy (oneself) with work or an activity":[
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"The children busied themselves with puzzles all day."
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]
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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":"20220712-005910"
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},
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"bush tea":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a southern African plant ( Cyclopia subternata ) of the family Leguminosae":[],
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": the leaves of the bush-tea plant used as a beverage":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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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":"20220712-011401"
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},
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"bustard quail":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": button quail":[]
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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":"20220712-012635"
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},
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"busywork":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": work that usually appears productive or of intrinsic value but actually only keeps one occupied":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8bi-z\u0113-\u02ccw\u0259rk"
|
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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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"Students were given busywork for the last few minutes of class.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"One of the biggest pitfalls of this new approach to getting work accomplished is when projects offered to employees represent nothing more than busywork or undesirable tasks where little learning will take place. \u2014 Edie Goldberg, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
|
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"Focusing on the necessary set of tools, particularly with a platform approach that can gather multiple inputs on one dashboard, empowers your analysts with information, rather than burdens them with the busywork of checking a million outputs. \u2014 Forbes , 1 June 2022",
|
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"However, the less enjoyable parts include manually deduplicating alerts, addressing similar cases and too much busywork and noise. \u2014 Eoin Hinchy, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"For example, workers were less distracted by pointless meetings and open office settings and were able to focus on meaningful tasks rather than being burdened by busywork . \u2014 Christina Maslach, Scientific American , 1 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Leaders can make work more engaging by eliminating bureaucratic practices, minimizing busywork , raising performance expectations and creating opportunities for employees to broaden their skills through challenging work assignments. \u2014 Mark Settle, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
|
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"The map makes the game look like it's filled with open-world busywork . \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 6 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Reserve the rest of the day for more mundane busywork . \u2014 Pia Silva, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Many of my clients have found, in their new work-from-home worlds, that in past years, much of their time has been spent on unnecessary activity, from busywork to social media scrolling. \u2014 John Duffy, CNN , 10 Oct. 2021"
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],
|
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|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1893, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-015008"
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},
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"bush marrow":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a squash with a bushy habit":[]
|
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},
|
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-023316"
|
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},
|
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"bustee":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a small village":[],
|
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": a group of poor huts : slum":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8b\u0259\u02ccst\u0113"
|
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],
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Hindi bast\u012b , from basn\u0101 to dwell, from Sanskrit vasati he dwells":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-050356"
|
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},
|
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"bush harrow":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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|
|
": to till with a brush harrow":[]
|
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},
|
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|
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|
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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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"bush harrow":"Verb"
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-055349"
|
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},
|
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"Bushman":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a member of any of the indigenous and traditionally hunter-gatherer peoples of southern Africa who are considered the oldest inhabitants of the region : san sense 1":[
|
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"Several dozen Bushmen who had been expelled from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve have returned there under a landmark court ruling giving the traditional hunter-gatherers rights to land they and their ancestors occupied for thousands of years.",
|
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"\u2014 Craig Timberg",
|
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"In Southern Africa, there are perhaps 100,000 indigenous people commonly referred to as Bushmen or San \u2014terms typically used by outsiders and, though sometimes considered demeaning, often by the people themselves.",
|
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"\u2014 Barry Bearak"
|
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],
|
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": san sense 2":[],
|
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": woodsman":[],
|
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": a person who lives in the bush":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bu\u0307sh-m\u0259n"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"bush entry 1 + man entry 1 ; in sense 1 after early Afrikaans bossieman, bossiesman, boschjesman, bosjesman":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
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"1785, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-073757"
|
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},
|
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"bush out":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"transitive verb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": to clear or make (a path, road, etc.) through bush country":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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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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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-074839"
|
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},
|
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"buster":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": someone or something extraordinary":[
|
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"a buster of a breakfast",
|
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"\u2014 Harriet B. Stowe"
|
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],
|
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": an unusually sturdy child":[],
|
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": fellow":[
|
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"\u2014 usually used as a form of address hey buster , come here"
|
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],
|
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": a sudden violent wind often coming from the south":[],
|
|
": one that breaks, breaks up, or eliminates something":[
|
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"crime busters"
|
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],
|
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": such as":[
|
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"crime busters"
|
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],
|
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": plow":[],
|
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": a person who breaks horses":[],
|
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": a bad fall":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8b\u0259-st\u0259r"
|
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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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"With that being said, AI and robotics can be a stress buster for the elderly. \u2014 Naveen Joshi, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
|
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"Between cabinets, countertops and contractors, revamping the heart of the home can be a budget- buster . \u2014 Sal Vaglica, USA TODAY , 8 May 2022",
|
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"After a 6-3 victory on Friday at Truist Park, the Brewers lost a 3-2 gut- buster on Saturday and then dropped the series after having their doors blown off, 9-2, Sunday afternoon. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel , 8 May 2022",
|
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"The biscuit on the side was soft and sensibly sized, not a cat-head Bubba- buster . \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 22 May 2022",
|
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"Science says that restful sleep can be a powerful natural stress- buster . \u2014 Noma Nazish, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The employees watched undercover videos showing an Amazon union buster , figuring Google would try similar tactics. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 24 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The employees watched undercover videos showing an Amazon union buster , figuring Google would try similar tactics. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Early treatment with clot- buster medications or a trip to the catheterization laboratory is critical. \u2014 Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2022"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1614, in the meaning defined at sense 3":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-091446"
|
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},
|
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"busby":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a military full-dress fur hat with a pendent bag on one side usually of the color of regimental facings":[],
|
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": the bearskin worn by British guardsmen":[
|
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"\u2014 not used by the guardsmen themselves"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8b\u0259z-b\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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|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"probably from the name Busby":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1853, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-101032"
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},
|
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"bush tamarind":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an African tree ( Machaerium schomburgkii ) that is the source of tigerwood":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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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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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-115406"
|
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},
|
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"bushmaster":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a pit viper of Central and South America that is the largest New World venomous snake":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8bu\u0307sh-\u02ccma-st\u0259r",
|
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"\u02c8bu\u0307sh-\u02ccmas-t\u0259r"
|
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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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"Bushmaster The funky blues-rock band wraps up the Falls Church Concerts in the Park series. \u2014 Sarah Lane, Washington Post , 2 Aug. 2017",
|
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"Ripa claimed to be the first herpetologist in the world to watch venomous bushmasters mate....and was bitten by them at least seven times in his life. \u2014 Mark Price, charlotteobserver , 15 May 2017"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1826, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-122430"
|
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},
|
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"Bushongo":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": kuba":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"b\u00fc\u02c8sh\u00e4\u014b(\u02cc)g\u014d"
|
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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":"20220712-145328"
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},
|
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"bush league":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": being of an inferior class or group of its kind : marked by a lack of sophistication or professionalism":[],
|
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": minor league":[]
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"\u02c8bu\u0307sh-\u02ccl\u0113g"
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"bad",
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"bastard",
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"bush",
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"crummy",
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"crumby",
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"deficient",
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"dissatisfactory",
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"ill",
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"inferior",
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"lame",
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"lousy",
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"off",
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"paltry",
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"poor",
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"punk",
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"sour",
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"suboptimal",
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"subpar",
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"substandard",
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"unacceptable",
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"unsatisfactory",
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"wack",
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"wanting",
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"wretched",
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"wrong"
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"acceptable",
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"adequate",
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"all right",
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"decent",
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"fine",
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"OK",
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"okay",
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"passable",
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"respectable",
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"satisfactory",
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"standard",
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"tolerable"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Sure, the Bucs are trying to get ready for the playoffs, but this was bush league . \u2014 Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press , 26 Dec. 2020",
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"In contemporary universities, in the social sciences and humanities, calling oneself Dr. is thought bush league . \u2014 Joseph Epstein, WSJ , 11 Dec. 2020",
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"The chief antagonist to these concerned scientists is Edward Teller (Joel Basman), the most fervent advocate for the construction of a hydrogen bomb that would make the atomic blasts in Japan seem almost bush league . \u2014 Stephen Farber, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 Jan. 2020",
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"Highlighting only Kitchens\u2019 blunders when calling identical plays and hiding his successes is deceitful and bush league . \u2014 Ellis L. Williams, cleveland , 17 Oct. 2019",
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"Not to be outdone, Richard Mille, grand master of alternative material innovation, is at the final stage of crafting a watch case from a material that relegates even unobtanium to the bush leagues by its sheer badassitude. \u2014 Wei Koh, A-LIST , 3 Apr. 2018",
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"The other maddening thing is that the Zinke scandal seems almost bush league in the swampy World Series of corruption that is Donald Trump\u2019s Washington. \u2014 Will Bunch, Philly.com , 5 Oct. 2017"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1908, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
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"1902, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-152628"
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},
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"bushmeat":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": meat obtained by hunting wild animals especially in Africa and Asia":[
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"Hahn's studies also alerted her to the spiraling trade in meat from wild animals, called bushmeat , which threatens chimps, gorillas, orangutans, and many other primate species with extinction.",
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"\u2014 Discover , December 2002",
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"The rarity of fish in West Africa contributes to the bushmeat trade\u2014meaning that leopards, monkeys, hippos, and antelopes are paying the price of EU overfishing.",
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"\u2014 Jonathan Stein , Mother Jones , March 2006",
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"\u2026 an organization \u2026 which works in the Democratic Republic of Congo to protect bonobo habitats and to combat illegal trading in bush meat .",
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"\u2014 Ian Parker , New Yorker , 30 July 2007"
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]
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bu\u0307sh-\u02ccm\u0113t"
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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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"1842, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-153347"
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},
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"bush-tailed opossum":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a common Australian marsupial ( Trichosurus vulpecula ) with thick woolly grizzled fur":[]
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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":"20220712-162100"
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},
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"bush swamp":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a plant association found in wet places, dominated by shrubs or low trees, and common in Europe and the southeastern U.S.":[]
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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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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-164739"
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},
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"bush soul":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a person's second soul believed in some cultures to inhabit a wild animal of the bush":[]
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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":"20220712-165424"
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},
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"bush meeting":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a religious gathering held in a woods \u2014 compare camp meeting":[]
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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":"20220715-103651"
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},
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"bush metal":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an alloy that is similar in composition to gun metal and used for bushings":[]
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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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"bush entry 3":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-204330"
|
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},
|
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"bush sickness":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
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": cobalt deficiency disease of cattle and sheep : pine":[]
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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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"so called from its occurrence in the New Zealand bushland":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-205646"
|
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},
|
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"bush oak":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a scrub oak ( Quercus ilicifolia )":[]
|
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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":"20220712-213523"
|
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},
|
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"bush shrike":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of various African thicket-dwelling shrikes":[]
|
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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":"20220712-220416"
|
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},
|
|
"bush monkey":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a logger who piles tanbark into ricks":[]
|
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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":"20220712-221025"
|
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},
|
|
"bush monkeyflower":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a low shrubby plant ( Mimulus longiflorus ) of California with evergreen viscid foliage and showy light yellow to salmon flowers":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"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":"20220712-224322"
|
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},
|
|
"bush morning-glory":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": man-of-the-earth":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"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":"20220712-225039"
|
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},
|
|
"bush nut":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": macadamia sense 2a":[],
|
|
": macadamia nut":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"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":"20220712-233626"
|
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},
|
|
"busily":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": engaged in action : occupied":[
|
|
"She's busy studying.",
|
|
"has enough work to keep him busy for a while"
|
|
],
|
|
": being in use":[
|
|
"found the telephone busy"
|
|
],
|
|
": full of activity : bustling":[
|
|
"a busy seaport"
|
|
],
|
|
": foolishly or intrusively active : meddling":[
|
|
"a busy , fussy sort of man much concerned with regulating everything",
|
|
"\u2014 A. M. Young"
|
|
],
|
|
": full of distracting detail":[
|
|
"a busy design"
|
|
],
|
|
": to make engaged in action : to make busy (see busy entry 1 sense 1a ) : occupy":[
|
|
"busied herself about the room"
|
|
],
|
|
": bustle":[
|
|
"small boats busied to and fro",
|
|
"\u2014 Quentin Crewe"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8bi-z\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"assiduous",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"diligent",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"engaged",
|
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"hopping",
|
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"industrious",
|
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"laborious",
|
|
"occupied",
|
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"sedulous",
|
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"tied-up",
|
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"working"
|
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],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
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"absorb",
|
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"bemuse",
|
|
"catch up",
|
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"engage",
|
|
"engross",
|
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"enthrall",
|
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"enthral",
|
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"enwrap",
|
|
"fascinate",
|
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"grip",
|
|
"immerse",
|
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"interest",
|
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"intrigue",
|
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"involve",
|
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"occupy"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for busy Adjective busy , industrious , diligent , assiduous , sedulous mean actively engaged or occupied. busy chiefly stresses activity as opposed to idleness or leisure. too busy to spend time with the children industrious implies characteristic or habitual devotion to work. industrious employees diligent suggests earnest application to some specific object or pursuit. very diligent in her pursuit of a degree assiduous stresses careful and unremitting application. assiduous practice sedulous implies painstaking and persevering application. a sedulous investigation of the murder",
|
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
|
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"She's busy preparing for her test.",
|
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"Are you busy ? Can I talk to you for a minute?",
|
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"I will be busy cleaning the house.",
|
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"I'm sorry I haven't called. I've been so busy .",
|
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"busy people who don't have time to cook",
|
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"I got enough work to keep me busy for a while.",
|
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"He is a very busy person.",
|
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"He's been busy in the kitchen all afternoon.",
|
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"My week has been so busy !",
|
|
"Is there any time in your busy schedule for us to have lunch next week?",
|
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"Verb",
|
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"the video game busied the child for hours",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
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"The candidate committee has been busy since the May 24 primary. \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 8 July 2022",
|
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"The landing dock of the Portland Fish Exchange is busy this afternoon, in a way that almost reminds David Townsend of when there were still groundfish to catch in Casco Bay, when this pier was piled with cod and haddock. \u2014 Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor , 5 July 2022",
|
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"The Marion County market was busy , with a median 30 days on market. \u2014 Mike Stucka And Sean Lahman Usa Today Network, The Indianapolis Star , 5 July 2022",
|
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"This summer is busy , but our teams are making time for and looking forward to purposeful initiatives rooted in our culture of teamwork. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 5 July 2022",
|
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"Roads are expected to be busy and airlines are struggling with cancellations. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 4 July 2022",
|
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"Large national firms like Wildfire Defense Systems are busy throughout the year. \u2014 Andrea Changstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 2 July 2022",
|
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"Other members of the royal family have also been busy during the Scotland visit. \u2014 Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com , 30 June 2022",
|
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"But six months into 3rd Street Market Hall being open, Dairyland is busy during lunch and on the weekends. \u2014 Corrinne Hess, Journal Sentinel , 30 June 2022",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
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"Wedding planning isn't the only thing keeping the Olympic gold medalist busy these days. \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
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"In the old days\u2014the \u201990s\u2014the affluent but creatively stifled would busy themselves DJing behind a turntable. \u2014 Marisa Meltzer, Town & Country , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
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"The challenge of transferring patients from rural communities to outlying hospitals, and from those hospitals to busy Anchorage facilities, was a factor in the decision. \u2014 Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News , 4 Oct. 2021",
|
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"One fear is that those who have the resources to help effect action on climate change will instead busy themselves with building their own escape pods. \u2014 Anna Russel, The New Yorker , 3 Aug. 2021",
|
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"One fear is that those who have the resources to help effect action on climate change will instead busy themselves with building their own escape pods. \u2014 Anna Russel, The New Yorker , 3 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"The cabin is too secluded to wander off-property, so guests busy themselves with activities. \u2014 Ashlea Halpern, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 18 Sep. 2021",
|
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"One fear is that those who have the resources to help effect action on climate change will instead busy themselves with building their own escape pods. \u2014 Anna Russel, The New Yorker , 3 Aug. 2021",
|
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"One fear is that those who have the resources to help effect action on climate change will instead busy themselves with building their own escape pods. \u2014 Anna Russel, The New Yorker , 3 Aug. 2021"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English bisy , from Old English bisig ; akin to Middle Dutch & Middle Low German besich busy":"Adjective and Verb"
|
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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":"Adjective",
|
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-233908"
|
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},
|
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"Bush Negro":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{},
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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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"translation of Dutch bosneger":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-235147"
|
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},
|
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"busway":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": bus duct":[],
|
|
": an expressway or a lane of one that is reserved for the exclusive use of commuter buses":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"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":"20220713-005645"
|
|
},
|
|
"busulfan":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an antineoplastic agent C 6 H 14 O 6 S 2 used in the treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"by\u00fc-\u02c8s\u0259l-f\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"To prepare their bodies for the gene therapy, patients then underwent four days of the chemotherapy drug busulfan intravenously. \u2014 Jacqueline Howard, CNN , 18 Apr. 2018"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"bu t an e + sulf onyl + -an entry 3":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1956, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-010718"
|
|
},
|
|
"busty":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": having a large bust":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8b\u0259-st\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Executives were seated around a Universal City conference table when their PowerPoint about production design was interrupted by a busty blonde wearing leopard-print arm warmers and not much else. \u2014 Mikey O'connell, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"As at Loewe, the classic bustier dress\u2013maybe the most conservative silhouette in all of menswear, reducing a woman to a sort of busty but sexless mermaid\u2013got the supernatural treatment, with a stormy cloud of fabric at the bust. \u2014 Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR , 6 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Fox posted a photo in a busty corset with her hands pushing up her top on February 9. \u2014 Addison Aloian, Allure , 10 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"It was driven by the blond and busty paramour of the president on her way to a White House assignation. \u2014 Laurie Hertzel, Star Tribune , 18 July 2021",
|
|
"Onstage and onscreen, Cher plays the brassy and busty good-time girl Sissy, lounging across counters and breezing through the store, struggling with the private agony of a mastectomy and the dissolution of her relationship. \u2014 Elle Carroll, Vulture , 20 May 2021",
|
|
"The focus was on getting a beautiful woman: busty , big lips, big eyes, flowing hair. \u2014 Angela Haupt, Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2021",
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