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{
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"civil":{
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"antonyms":[
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"nonnational"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": adequate in courtesy and politeness : mannerly":[
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"a civil question",
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"It was hard to be civil when I felt so angry."
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],
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": based on the theoretical mean sun and legally recognized for use in ordinary affairs":[
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"the civil calendar",
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"Esoteric and sometimes outlandish balloons were floated: If we're not going to worry about civil time matching solar time, for instance, why not simplify global timekeeping even more by reducing the number of global time zones from twenty-four to five",
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"\u2014 Michelle Stacey"
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],
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": civilized":[
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"civil society"
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],
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": established by law":[
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"civil freedoms"
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],
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": of or relating to citizens":[
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"civil duties"
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],
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": of or relating to the state or its citizenry":[
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"civil strife"
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],
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": of, relating to, or based on civil law":[],
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": of, relating to, or involving the general public, their activities, needs, or ways, or civic affairs as distinguished from special (such as military or religious) affairs":[
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"got married in a civil ceremony"
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],
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": relating to private rights and to remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"They got married in a civil ceremony at city hall.",
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"It was hard to be civil when I felt so angry.",
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"She was barely civil to me.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Friday's order from the Texas Supreme Court does not allow for criminal enforcement of the 1925 law, but does permit enforcement in civil court, according to the ACLU. \u2014 Madlin Mekelburg, USA TODAY , 2 July 2022",
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"And construction is only the beginning of a relationship between developers and public agencies that can last decades, noted Wentworth civil engineering professor Jim Lambrechts. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 2 July 2022",
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"And some of the civil cases are still moving forward and going to trial. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 1 July 2022",
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"The civil yet pointed takes from Jay B., who also became our foremost Friday Hemingway, which is saying quite a lot. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 1 July 2022",
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"The German commiserated with the American about civil wars \u2014 the worst of wars, brother against brother. \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 1 July 2022",
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"The government claims the decision will help spur development, improve public service delivery, and create more opportunities for Papuans to become civil servants in the resource-rich area that remains one of the country's poorest regions. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 30 June 2022",
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"Lints, who was identified as #261 on the federal government's seeking information photos, was charged in federal court with civil disorder, a felony, and misdemeanor offenses. \u2014 Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press , 30 June 2022",
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"But Kavanaugh\u2019s concurrence does not address the civil enforcement strategy that is gaining traction among antiabortion groups, Cohen said. \u2014 Caroline Kitchener, Devlin Barrett, Anchorage Daily News , 30 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 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin civilis , from civis \u2014 see civic":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8si-v\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for civil civil , polite , courteous , gallant , chivalrous mean observant of the forms required by good breeding. civil often suggests little more than the avoidance of overt rudeness. owed the questioner a civil reply polite commonly implies polish of speech and manners and sometimes suggests an absence of cordiality. if you can't be pleasant, at least be polite courteous implies more actively considerate or dignified politeness. clerks who were unfailingly courteous to customers gallant and chivalrous imply courteous attentiveness especially to women. gallant suggests spirited and dashing behavior and ornate expressions of courtesy. a gallant suitor of the old school chivalrous suggests high-minded and self-sacrificing behavior. a chivalrous display of duty",
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"synonyms":[
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"national",
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"public"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034209",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"civilian":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a specialist in Roman or modern civil law":[],
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": having the status of a civilian":[
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"a civilian pilot"
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],
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": intended or suited for use or consumption by civilians":[
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"civilian goods",
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"With twin 2,520-horsepower engines and up to 19 seats, the Sikorsky S-92 is among the world's most powerful civilian helicopters.",
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"\u2014 Josh Harkinson"
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],
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": of, relating to, or made up of civilians":[
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"civilian concerns/demands",
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"the civilian population",
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"civilian customers/casualties",
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"The Congressional Gold Medal and the Presidential Medal of Freedom are the highest civilian honors in the United States."
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],
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": one not on active duty in the armed services or not on a police or firefighting force":[],
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": operated or controlled by civilians":[
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"civilian industry",
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"civilian authority"
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],
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": outsider sense 1":[],
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": possessed by or vested in civilians":[
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"civilian industry",
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"civilian authority"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"The bomb injured 12 civilians .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"One firefighter and one civilian suffered minor injuries, and both were transported for medical attention, fire officials said. \u2014 Christian Martinez, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
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"In Lysychansk, Russian forces fired on a bakery and several administrative and residential buildings, Haidai said on Monday, adding one civilian had been wounded. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 6 June 2022",
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"Twelve soldiers and one civilian were killed and dozens injured when Army psychiatrist Maj. \u2014 John Santucci, ABC News , 26 May 2022",
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"Donetsk: Russian strikes killed one civilian and injured a dozen others, the region\u2019s governor, Pavlo Kyrylenko, said Friday. \u2014 Tobi Raji, Washington Post , 14 May 2022",
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"Elsewhere, the governor of a Russian region near Ukraine said at least one civilian was killed and six wounded by Ukrainian shelling in the village of Solokhi, near the border. \u2014 Elena Becatoros And Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor , 12 May 2022",
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"Another civilian was killed and two others were wounded and hospitalized. \u2014 Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2022",
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"However, during cross-examination, Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle Wasserman pointed to an email from another former officer who went on to work for Francis as a civilian . \u2014 Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 May 2022",
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"Instead, Washington chose to govern as a civilian and step down at the end of two terms, ensuring the transition to a new administration without military intervention. \u2014 Amanda Foreman, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1817, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"s\u0259-\u02c8vil-y\u0259n",
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"also -\u02c8vi-y\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025443",
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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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"civility":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a polite act or expression":[
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"lacked the little civilities and hypocrisies of political society",
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"\u2014 Roy Jenkins",
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"The men briefly exchanged civilities before the meeting began."
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],
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": training in the humanities":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"They greeted each other with the usual exchange of civilities .",
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"after the usual civilities , the parents and the principal had a serious talk about the boy",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"While that is happening, calls for civility are not changing the demonstrators\u2019 minds. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
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"Of course, some are chiming in with calls for civility . \u2014 Emma Specter, Vogue , 9 May 2022",
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"As political civility wanes, congressional staffers and interns answering constituent calls in congressional offices find themselves on the front lines of public anger. \u2014 Amy Nakamura, USA TODAY , 24 May 2022",
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"The barn is ablaze, civility is asunder, and once-sacred cows are noisily clunking around the yard. MOOOOOOOOO! \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
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"The four hours are divided into four segments, two in a lecture style and two where participants will practice their civility skills. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 10 May 2022",
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"Its knobbier tires may dull its ultimate dynamic performance a bit, but the wide-ranging enhancements made to the entire Grand Cherokee lineup ensure that its on-road manners and general civility are thoroughly agreeable. \u2014 Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver , 9 May 2022",
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"People often complain about civility in response to punching up. \u2014 Jessica Dulong, CNN , 6 May 2022",
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"In these challenging times maintaining civility in public discourse is critical. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 23 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1533, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"see civil":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"s\u0259-\u02c8vi-l\u0259-t\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"amenity",
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"attention",
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"courtesy",
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"formality",
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"gesture",
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"pleasantry",
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"politeness"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234321",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"civilization":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a situation of urban comfort":[
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"Our African safari was quite interesting, but it was great to get back to civilization ."
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],
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": refinement of thought, manners, or taste":[
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"exhibiting a high level of civilization"
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],
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": the culture characteristic of a particular time or place":[
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"the impact of European civilization on the lands they colonized"
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],
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": the process of becoming civilized":[
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"civilization is a slow process with many failures and setbacks"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the impact of technical advancements on civilization",
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"We are studying ancient Greek civilization .",
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"a book about life on the planet after wars have destroyed civilization",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Do Disney adults truly signal the end of Western civilization ",
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"His reporting has transported readers around the world into the secluded homes of people who are fighting to remain removed from the civilization and industry that threatens to intrude upon their lives. \u2014 Ruby Mellen, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
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"But any item less than 1,500 years old disqualifies it from being from antiquity, a period from the beginnings of Western civilization to about 450 A.D. \u2014 Samya Kullab, USA TODAY , 8 June 2022",
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"But any item less than 1,500 years old disqualifies it from being from antiquity, a period from the beginnings of Western civilization to about 450 A.D. \u2014 Samya Kullab, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
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"But over the past 22 years, the PSC has joined the woke movement and demeaned Western civilization and its accomplishments as a byproduct of white supremacy. \u2014 WSJ , 8 Feb. 2022",
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"The Machu Picchu discoveries, which include parts of a water system that ran through the area, are yielding new insights into Inca civilization and the role of ceremonial complexes at Machu Picchu. \u2014 NBC News , 21 Jan. 2022",
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"What has not changed is the identification of culture and civilization with a certain political dogma. \u2014 Ian Buruma, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022",
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"By erasing the barrier between human civilization and the natural world. \u2014 Karen Kaplan Science And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 16 Nov. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1760, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"see civil":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccsi-v\u0259-l\u0259-\u02c8z\u0101-sh\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"culture",
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"life",
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"lifestyle",
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"society"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103634",
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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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"civilized":{
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"antonyms":[
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"barbaric",
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"barbarous",
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"philistine",
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"uncivilized",
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"uncultured",
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"ungenteel",
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"unpolished",
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"unrefined"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[
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"A civilized society must respond to crime with fairness and justice.",
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"Stop yelling. We have to be more civilized about this.",
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"Try to act like a civilized human being!",
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"a civilized way to spend the evening",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The civilized world will have to act soon to prevent this from becoming an even larger humanitarian crisis. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
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"The only effective way to deal with the Second Amendment is to repeal it \u2014 and then replace it with something that makes sense in a civilized society. \u2014 Bill Press, CNN , 9 June 2022",
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"The 100-seat patio is roomy but civilized , with proper tables and chairs on the deck. \u2014 Emma Balter, Chron , 6 May 2022",
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"The United States and the civilized world have another weapon against Russia for its unprovoked war on Ukraine: nickel. \u2014 Ken Silverstein, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
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"The Ukrainian army is currently defending the entire civilized world from fascism (just now there are fierce battles in the Donbass). \u2014 Igor Krytsak, ajc , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"The path to eventually welcoming Russia back to the civilized world will be long: only once Putin is gone, which could take years. \u2014 Roger Ream, National Review , 21 Mar. 2022",
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"Russia declare war not for Ukraine but for all civilized world. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 3 Mar. 2022",
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"The civilized world is likely to react in horror and increasingly demand that it be stopped. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 2 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1611, 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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"\u02c8si-v\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bzd"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"accomplished",
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"couth",
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"cultivated",
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"cultured",
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"genteel",
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"polished",
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"refined"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174506",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"civil service exam":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a test to get a job in the civil service (the administrative part of the government)":[]
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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":"20220708-145044"
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},
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"civil defense":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the system of protective measures and emergency relief activities conducted by civilians in case of hostile attack, sabotage, or natural disaster":[]
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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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"She's in training to be part of the local civil defense .",
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"the head of civil defense",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Oaxaca state\u2019s civil defense agency showed families hustling into a shelter in Pochutla and a rock and mud slide that blocked the highway between that town and the state capital. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda \u00c1lvarez, Anchorage Daily News , 31 May 2022",
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"The civil defense office in Oaxaca said the hurricane\u2019s outer bands were already hitting the coast. \u2014 Henry Austin, NBC News , 29 May 2022",
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"Pernambuco's civil defense forces have urged residents living in areas at high risk of landslides to seek shelter elsewhere until the rain decreases. \u2014 Cnn's Marcelo Medeiros, CNN , 29 May 2022",
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"The capital, Helsinki, started building civil defense shelters in the 1940s. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Apr. 2022",
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"Some of the deaths were caused by landslides in the greater Recife area, in Pernambuco state, according to the local civil defense . \u2014 Cnn's Marcelo Medeiros, CNN , 29 May 2022",
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"Tomi Rask, a preparedness specialist with Helsinki\u2019s City Rescue Department, said footage of the devastating shelling in Ukraine, including people taking cover in makeshift shelters, has renewed interest in civil defense . \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Apr. 2022",
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"Tomi Rask, a preparedness specialist with Helsinki\u2019s Rescue Department, said footage of the devastating shelling in Ukraine, including people taking cover in makeshift shelters, has renewed interest in civil defense . \u2014 Emily Rauhala, Anchorage Daily News , 1 May 2022",
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"Sheveliuk escaped to the Czech Republic with her two daughters after war broke out on Feb. 24, but her husband remained behind as part of Ukraine\u2019s civil defense force. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1939, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145725"
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},
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"civil-spoken":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": given to speaking courteously":[]
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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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"1776, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153409"
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},
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"civil disobedience":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": refusal to obey governmental demands or commands especially as a nonviolent and usually collective means of forcing concessions from the government":[]
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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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"In an act of civil disobedience , the family sent its tax money to an antiwar organization.",
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"A student organization is encouraging civil disobedience as a way to get the university to change its policies.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The executive director of Greenpeace USA declared that peaceful civil disobedience was a cornerstone of the organization\u2019s philosophy, citing Nelson Mandela as a model. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
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"In 2017, the Sierra Club formally lifted its 120-year ban on civil disobedience after its executive director and other senior members were arrested for strapping themselves to a gate outside the White House. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
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"Paya was the the founder of the Cuba\u2019s Christian Liberation Movement, which called for nonviolent civil disobedience against the rule of the Cuban Communist Party and advocated for civil liberties and freedom for political prisoners. \u2014 Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel , 9 May 2022",
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"Having reached the limits of their patience with polite discourse, the suffragists become more and more desperate in their public grievances, which range from silent protests to acts of civil disobedience that land their leaders in jail. \u2014 Marilyn Stasio, Variety , 6 Apr. 2022",
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"The philosophical debate of the justification of civil disobedience that extends back to Socrates. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 11 Feb. 2022",
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"Doctors have been at the forefront of a nationwide civil disobedience movement that has crippled the economy, and the regime has targeted health care workers from the start. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"But both are matters of political dispute that shouldn't play a part in influencing how law enforcement and prosecutors respond to acts of civil disobedience . \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 13 May 2022",
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"The military ordered dozens of arrests to clamp down on civil disobedience for the coup\u2019s first anniversary. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Feb. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1866, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-155917"
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},
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"civil death":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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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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"Justice Maureen McKenna Goldberg wrote the dissenting opinion, saying changing the civil death law should be up to the state legislature, not the court. \u2014 Mark Pratt, BostonGlobe.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
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"The practice of banning people from certain rights or activities because of a criminal conviction was once known as civil death . \u2014 NBC News , 20 May 2021",
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"British settlers brought the idea of civil death with them to the New World, and the first laws stripping criminals of voting rights appeared in the 1600s. \u2014 Austin Sarat, The Conversation , 4 June 2020",
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"Most civil death laws in the United States have been repealed or successfully challenged in court. \u2014 USA TODAY , 4 July 2019",
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"The concept dates to the colonial era, when certain criminals were shunned and stripped of rights, a practice known as civil death . \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2018",
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"Most civil death laws in the United States have been repealed or successfully challenged in court. \u2014 USA TODAY , 4 July 2019",
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"The concept dates to the colonial era, when certain criminals were shunned and stripped of rights, a practice known as civil death . \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2018"
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": clock time reckoned in mean solar hours, minutes, and seconds and commonly divided into 12-hour periods beginning alternately at midnight and noon of each civil day \u2014 see standard time":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Salazar said at the time that part of the issue in filling open positions has to do with civil service rules. \u2014 Emilie Eaton, San Antonio Express-News , 11 Mar. 2022",
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"Executive assistant positions fall outside civil service rules and the appointments are usually political in nature. \u2014 Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com , 2 Feb. 2022",
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"The Ada Lovelace Institute report on which the scheme is based highlights the one lone practical example of how AIAs have been adopted so far: by the Canadian government for use in AI decision-making processes in the civil service . \u2014 Tim Guilliams, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
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"Trump\u2019s transition adviser, Chris Christie, had earlier threatened to change civil service laws to try to dislodge any Obama loyalists who may have found their way into the federal bureaucracy. \u2014 Lydia Depillis, ProPublica , 3 Dec. 2020",
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"Because they\u2019re protected by civil service laws, L.A. County\u2019s incoming district attorney can\u2019t just fire prosecutors who don\u2019t support his progressive vision. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Dec. 2020",
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"Lee represents a break with the past as the first chief executive with a career in the police force instead of a civil service or business background. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 May 2022",
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"Walter, meanwhile, secure in the civil service , retains a central role in the weapons buildup. \u2014 Andrew Cockburn, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 20 Jan. 2021",
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"Having taken on the BBC, the civil service , Parliament and the Supreme Court, the government has now graduated to international law. \u2014 The Economist , 12 Sep. 2020"
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": a large public building for sports events, concerts, etc.":[],
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": a section of a city or town where the public buildings are":[]
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": freedom from arbitrary governmental interference (as with the right of free speech) specifically by denial of governmental power and in the U.S. especially as guaranteed by the Bill of Rights":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"For years, civil liberty and immigrant rights groups, such as the American Civil Liberties Union, have exposed and pushed back against ICE\u2019s massive surveillance powers, launching lawsuits against the agency, with some success. \u2014 Cindy Carcamostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
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"The case was closely watched at the state and federal level by civil liberty advocates. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Feb. 2022",
|
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"And Mike Lee, in particular, has a bipartisan history on civil liberty issues. \u2014 Joel Mathis, The Week , 16 Feb. 2022",
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"Though the difference may seem academic, civil liberty groups were concerned the case could vastly expand police powers because of the breadth of misdemeanor charges. \u2014 John Fritze, USA TODAY , 23 June 2021",
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"Biden\u2019s team, wary of a fight over civil liberty and privacy, is developing measures to harden such systems without adding large-scale surveillance capabilities to the powers of the federal government. \u2014 Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner , 12 Mar. 2021",
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"The Supreme Court grappled Wednesday with whether an officer pursuing a misdemeanor suspect can follow that person into their home without a warrant in a case civil liberty groups say could vastly expand police powers. \u2014 John Fritze, USA TODAY , 24 Feb. 2021",
|
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"Celebrities such as Pamela Anderson and civil liberty groups from around the country have long argued that prosecuting Assange constitutes an assault on free speech and a grave threat to the rights of journalists. \u2014 Joseph Simonson, Washington Examiner , 20 Jan. 2021",
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"The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled Fairfax County\u2019s mass collection of vehicle license plate numbers does not violate legal privacy protections in a decision criticized by civil liberty advocates. \u2014 Tyler Arnold, Washington Examiner , 26 Oct. 2020"
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"\u2014 obsolete in U.S."
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": a list of sums appropriated by a parliament to pay expenses of the sovereign and the sovereign's household":[]
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"a teacher who had a civilizing influence on the students",
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"efforts to civilize the health-care system",
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"They believed it was their duty to civilize the native people.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Just as the United States had conquered the American West, the nation would subdue, civilize , and remake international relations. \u2014 Daniel Bessner, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
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"The goal was to civilize Native Americans, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians. \u2014 Felicia Fonseca, Anchorage Daily News , 13 May 2022",
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"The goal was to civilize Native Americans, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians. \u2014 Felicia Fonseca, ajc , 13 May 2022",
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"Gardens civilize our relationship with nature, but only barely so; there\u2019s always the serpent of surprise lurking somewhere in the shrubbery. \u2014 Christoph Irmscher, WSJ , 20 Dec. 2021",
|
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"During the 1870s, Fred Harvey did more to civilize the Wild West than anyone with a six-shooter. \u2014 Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic , 10 Sep. 2020",
|
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"Fifth is fine for everything from low-speed economy cruising to long-legged and very heady running at the top end, where the turbo system's softening, civilizing effect on the five-cylinder's inherent high-rev tingle is especially nice. \u2014 Larry Griffin, Car and Driver , 22 May 2020",
|
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"So why not spend it in the civilizing thrall of great art",
|
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"In their efforts to civilize the workplace, however, Roosevelt and his allies didn\u2019t set up a new institution for workers to speak through. \u2014 Caleb Crain, The New Yorker , 19 Aug. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"In a lawsuit filed Monday in Houston on behalf of several health care providers, the civil rights group said Paxton issued an advisory on June 24 saying the state's trigger law would not take effect until two months or longer. \u2014 Fox News , 28 June 2022",
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|
"July 26, 2022, marks the 32nd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the premier disability civil rights legislation that was enacted in 1990. \u2014 Meg O'connell, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
|
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"Only when matters become dire (during the Depression for building the social safety net and during the turbulent 1960s for civil rights legislation) does the United States act boldly. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 27 June 2022",
|
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"Others who rode buses into the South included civil rights activists Stokely Carmichael, Diane Nash, Tom Hayden and minister James Bevel. \u2014 David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 June 2022",
|
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"As anti-gay sentiments resurface, some are pushing for the parades to return to their roots \u2014 less blocks-long street parties and more overtly civil rights marches. \u2014 Bobby Caina Calvan, USA TODAY , 27 June 2022",
|
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"Over the last two years, he's become a cultural icon through bold and visionary Vogue issues that have put civil rights activists, first-responders, and more people of color on the cover. \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 26 June 2022",
|
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"Over the next five decades, conservatives heavily invested in legal scholarship and state level advocacy, as veterans of those earlier civil rights battles and newer crops of progressives tended to focus on federal policy. \u2014 New York Times , 25 June 2022",
|
|
"Set in the pre- civil rights era South, the story depicts an America that hardly exists anymore yet deals with issues of race and class that plague us still. \u2014 Amy Joyce, Washington Post , 24 June 2022"
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": in a civil manner : politely":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"In late February, Amit Mehta, one of the D.C. federal judges hearing January 6 cases, ruled that Trump could be held civilly liable for egging on participants in the Capitol riot. \u2014 Mark Hosenball, The New Republic , 13 June 2022",
|
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"Aside from potentially losing one\u2019s job, an employee who releases confidential information could face criminal prosecution and be sued civilly and face significant financial exposure. \u2014 Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY , 10 May 2022",
|
|
"The lawsuit sought to hold Huguely civilly liable in Love's death and asked the jury to award $29.5 million in compensatory damages, plus $1 million in punitive damages. \u2014 CBS News , 3 May 2022",
|
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"The lawsuit sought to hold Huguely civilly liable in Love\u2019s death and asked the jury to award $29.5 million in compensatory damages, plus $1 million in punitive damages to her mother, Sharon Love, the administrator of her estate. \u2014 Denise Lavoie, Baltimore Sun , 3 May 2022",
|
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"Remaining civilly engaged and involved is the best way to help your son and grandkids feel safe and supported. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Violations can be prosecuted civilly or criminally and are punishable by up to $100,000 in fines and up to a year in jail per violation. \u2014 Amy Bennett Williams, USA TODAY , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Cohen said medical professionals are entrusted to do no harm, and typically, they can be held accountable by their employers and licensing boards or civilly through malpractice lawsuits. \u2014 NBC News , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
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"An archaic Rhode Island law that says prison inmates serving life sentences are considered civilly dead in terms of their civil rights is unconstitutional, the state Supreme Court ruled in a landmark decision released Wednesday. \u2014 Mark Pratt, BostonGlobe.com , 3 Mar. 2022"
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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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"Recent defections have whittled the ruling coalition\u2019s voting power to just 60 seats in the 120-seat parliament, and political observers said the standoff on civil law could well be the blow that collapses the government. \u2014 Shira Rubin, Washington Post , 12 June 2022",
|
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"Legal practice: Private practice with a focus on civil law , 1987 to 2015; San Diego Superior Court commissioner, 2015 to present. \u2014 Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
|
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"In allowing the subpoenas, Engoron rejected arguments from Trump attorneys that James is politically biased against the former president, and is using a civil law investigation to advance a criminal case against him. \u2014 Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY , 17 Feb. 2022",
|
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"The Detroit eviction hotline has been operated by Wayne Metro since the organization took over its operations from Lakeshore Legal Aid, a not-for-profit civil law firm, in March. \u2014 Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press , 17 Dec. 2021",
|
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"Those effects include their encouraging observance of civil law and churchgoers\u2019 improved health and longevity recently highlighted in a cover story in Christianity Today. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 Nov. 2021",
|
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"In Asghar Farhadi\u2019s films, the institutional boxes his characters live in, seemingly solid structures of any society \u2014 justice system, civil law , family, religion \u2014 crumble in the face of the complexity of human situation. \u2014 Meta Mazaj, Variety , 22 Dec. 2021",
|
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"But the 11-member panel determined that five of the defendants \u2014 including Kessler, Spencer and Cantwell \u2014 were liable for engaging in racial, religious, or ethnic harassment or violence, in violation of Virginia state civil law . \u2014 Nicole Sganga, CBS News , 24 Nov. 2021",
|
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"Running the prosecutor\u2019s office and a large civil law firm allowed the Murdaughs to do it quietly, until recently. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 Sep. 2021"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-093622"
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"Civil Rights Movement":{
|
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"type":[
|
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|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a movement (see movement sense 2b ) for racial equality in the U.S. that came to prominence in the 1950s and 1960s":[]
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-102227"
|
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|
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"civil servant":{
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"type":[
|
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|
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|
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"definitions":{
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|
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": a member of the administrative staff of an international agency":[]
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|
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"synonyms":[
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"bureaucrat",
|
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"functionary",
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"mandarin",
|
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"public servant"
|
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|
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"examples":[
|
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"took the examination to become a civil servant in the defense department",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"The Metropolitan Police levied fines, and an internal investigation by a senior civil servant painted a lurid portrait of partying in the heart of government. \u2014 Mark Landler, New York Times , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"The report, compiled by senior civil servant Sue Gray, detailed excessive alcohol consumption and partying until near dawn at the center of British politics. \u2014 Adam Taylor, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"The report by a senior British civil servant published Wednesday gave a blow-by-blow breakdown of 16 social events that took place in government offices during lockdowns between 2020 and 2021. \u2014 Max Colchester, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
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"Horne had previously served as a career civil servant with the State Department for nearly a decade, including working as an NSC communications director during the Obama administration. \u2014 Arlette Saenz, CNN , 5 Mar. 2022",
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"The council will also consider naming part of a recreational trail after Betty Ferguson, a longtime resident, civil servant and civic volunteer. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 May 2022",
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"Once the police have finished, Sue Gray, a senior civil servant , will publish her full report into the scandal, which is likely to be highly critical of Johnson, if the parts already published are anything to go by. \u2014 Luke Mcgee, CNN , 4 May 2022",
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"Volodymyr Boyko, a civil servant and historian, showed me around the town center. \u2014 Tim Judah, The New York Review of Books , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"Sajat was ultimately charged again, this time with obstructing a civil servant . \u2014 Sarah Carr, Allure , 24 Mar. 2022"
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"definitions":{
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": a clause in fire and similar insurance policies excluding loss caused by order of civil authorities unless destruction is for the purpose of checking the progress of the hazard insured against":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The applicant is Hunter Brauer, a senior civil engineer at The Boring Company, based in Austin. \u2014 Eric Killelea, San Antonio Express-News , 23 June 2022",
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"The Center Ridge Road sewer extension work in North Ridgeville that was originally scheduled for the week of Jan. 24 is now scheduled to begin the week of Jan. 31, according to Eric Brown, civil engineer for the city. \u2014 Linda Gandee, cleveland , 24 Jan. 2022",
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"Francisco Rivera, a principal civil engineer , came in third with 18 percent. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
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"About 1,500 cubic yards of concrete were estimated to have been poured last week, according to a Wednesday update from Chris Kabala, principal civil engineer of the City of Tempe. \u2014 Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic , 23 May 2022",
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"Looking to reduce the district's environment impact and save money long-term, MPS plans to use about $300,000 to hire a sustainability manager and civil engineer . \u2014 Rory Linnane, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"Gross and a civil engineer , Andrea Pedretti, started looking at options. \u2014 Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
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"Frerichs, a Navy veteran and civil engineer , was working on development projects in Afghanistan. \u2014 Peter Bergen, CNN , 2 Apr. 2022",
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"Dibee, a civil engineer , was in Havana on a layover. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022"
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Latvia could take a similar step in the next days or weeks, with its civil union bill only a vote away from being approved, providing the president doesn\u2019t veto it. \u2014 Enrique Anarte Lazo, NBC News , 7 June 2022",
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"John and Furnish, now 73 and 58, respectively, met in 1993, had a civil union in 2005 and welcomed sons Zachary and Elijah via surrogacy in 2010 and 2013. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 Mar. 2021",
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"That document was issued after Rome criticized Bergoglio for refusing to speak up strongly when Buenos Aires extended civil union protections to gay couples within the capital region in 2002, Ivereigh wrote. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, Anchorage Daily News , 23 Oct. 2020",
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"The pope's civil union remarks have raised both hopes and doubts for gay Catholics. \u2014 NBC News , 23 Oct. 2020",
|
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"After the anecdote ends, the film cuts to Francis' civil union comments in the Televisa interview. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, Anchorage Daily News , 23 Oct. 2020",
|
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"In an interview with the Italian bishops\u2019 TV channel, Father Antonio Spadaro, a close Francis ally, said the pope\u2019s civil union remark had come from that 2019 sit-down. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Oct. 2020",
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"Tontian said Cyprus' Prisons Director Anna Aristotelous and her deputy Athena Demetrou helped do some of the legwork in gathering the appropriate paperwork for the civil union ceremony. \u2014 NBC News , 16 Jan. 2020",
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"Joint filing status is not available to couples in civil unions or domestic partnerships. \u2014 cleveland , 22 Mar. 2020"
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"1992, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-212712"
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"civic crown":{
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": a representation of a civic crown especially in architecture or heraldry":[]
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"translation of Latin corona civica":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-225304"
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},
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"civic":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"civic duty",
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"civic pride",
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"civic leaders"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8si-vik"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Recent improvements to the downtown area are a point of civic pride.",
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"the library association and other civic groups",
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"Voting is your civic duty.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Sears left the building for corporate campus in Hoffman Estates in the 1992, a move that bruised Chicago\u2019s civic pride and complicated commutes for many employees. \u2014 Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune , 26 June 2022",
|
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"Organizers urged participants to increase their civic engagement, including mobilizing for elections and promoting education that is inclusive of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. \u2014 Tat Bellamy-walker, NBC News , 26 June 2022",
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"Hartford \u2014 Potential profit and a sense of civic pride are what led Hartford resident and contractor Andre Davis to attend the city of Hartford\u2019s tax deed sale of 10 properties Thursday at Dunkin\u2019 Donuts Park. \u2014 Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant , 23 June 2022",
|
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"In 2021, Biden appointed Bottoms to serve as the vice chairwoman of civic engagement and voter protection at the Democratic National Committee. \u2014 Kevin L. Clark, Essence , 16 June 2022",
|
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"They were designed as extravagant bathing palaces for the masses, symbols of civic pride and public investment. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
|
|
"And to stir civic pride and bring back investment \u2014 especially in the maquiladora industry. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 May 2022",
|
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"The scrappy salt box has become an unlikely icon, and an object lesson in the puzzling origins and even more puzzling manifestations of civic pride. \u2014 Casey Cep, The New Yorker , 10 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"To help at least 35 children increase literacy skills, confidence and self-worth, and civic pride through a school-year weekend literacy-through-the-life-of-arts program, operated by professionals of the Black Theatre Troupe. \u2014 Haleigh Kochanski, The Arizona Republic , 20 Mar. 2022"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin civicus , from civis citizen \u2014 more at city":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-045925"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-061110"
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"definitions":{
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"a country on the brink of (a) civil war",
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"\u2014 often used in the capitalized names of specific wars the Spanish Civil War (American/U.S.) Civil War monuments"
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"a region that has had many civil wars",
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"The country is on the brink of civil war .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Foley, a globe-trotting freelance correspondent with extensive experience in the Middle East, was kidnapped by the terrorists in 2012 while reporting on the civil war in Syria. \u2014 Anna Schecter, NBC News , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Taiwan and China split during a civil war in 1949, but China claims the island as its own territory and has not ruled out using military force to take it. \u2014 Bradford Betz, Fox News , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Taiwan and China split during a civil war in 1949, but China claims the island as its own territory, and has not ruled out the use of military force to take it, while maintaining it is a domestic political issue. \u2014 Syawalludin Zain And David Rising, Anchorage Daily News , 12 June 2022",
|
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"Taiwan and China split during a civil war in 1949, but China claims the island as its own territory, and has not ruled out the use of military force to take it, while maintaining it is a domestic political issue. \u2014 CBS News , 12 June 2022",
|
|
"The Africa-coast nation of 12.4 million has long been torn by civil war , insurgency, and genocide, with 77% of the people in poverty, subsisting on $1.90 a day. \u2014 al , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"Increasing rates of child suicide and drug overdose. Threats against democracy. Potential civil war . \u2014 Sheila Callaham, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"Somalia, a nation of 16 million people strategically located in the Horn of Africa, has suffered for decades from civil war , weak governance, and terrorism. \u2014 Abdi Latif Dahir, BostonGlobe.com , 15 May 2022",
|
|
"Some pundits and political scientists have speculated the United States is at risk of another civil war , albeit one that would look totally unlike the conflict waged in the 1860s. \u2014 Erin Glynn, The Enquirer , 20 Apr. 2022"
|
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"civism":{
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"type":[
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|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": the virtues and sentiments of a good citizen":[
|
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"\u2014 used originally of devotion to the cause of the French revolution of 1789"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8si\u02ccviz\u0259m"
|
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],
|
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|
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|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1792, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-110138"
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},
|
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"civil process":{
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|
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|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-203018"
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},
|
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"civilly dead":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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|
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],
|
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|
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|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-204029"
|
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},
|
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"civil marriage":{
|
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"type":[
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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|
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},
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"a mayor who has officiated at several civil marriages this year",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Gantz also wants to introduce term limits for prime ministers (Netanyahu has already had four) and to usher in civil marriages . \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 17 Sep. 2019",
|
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"Many abhor the separation of genders in public schools and universities and are dismayed that Jewish Israelis still can\u2019t have civil marriages \u2014and that the Chief Rabbinate has begun asking for genetic tests before allowing couples to marry. \u2014 Bernard Avishai, The New Yorker , 10 Sep. 2019",
|
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"There is one in his office and another in the room where town officials perform civil marriages . \u2014 Katrin Bennhold, New York Times , 30 May 2018",
|
|
"Lauren Elyse Fonda and Jeffrey Scott Gordinier were married Jan. 12 at the county courthouse in Santa Barbara, Calif. Alma Medina Figueroa, a deputy commissioner of civil marriages , officiated. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Jan. 2018"
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1820, in the meaning defined above":""
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-210632"
|
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},
|
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"civic-minded":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": disposed to look after civic needs and interests":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccsi-vik-\u02c8m\u012bn-d\u0259d"
|
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],
|
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|
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|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-224738"
|
|
},
|
|
"civics":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
|
"noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a social science dealing with the rights and duties of citizens":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8si-viks"
|
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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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"Judge Douglas Ginsburg has a passion for civics education. \u2014 Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ , 21 May 2022",
|
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"The plaintiffs were considering appealing their case to the US Supreme Court, but instead reached an agreement with the state to bolster civics education. \u2014 Dan Mcgowan, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
|
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"My wife asked what was being cut, and the principal said civics classes that students would get later. \u2014 WSJ , 24 Aug. 2021",
|
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"The reluctance to criticize egregious misbehavior such as this week's Supreme Court leak is awful politics and even worse civics . \u2014 Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review , 6 May 2022",
|
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"In February, a judge ordered a man who pleaded guilty to taking part in the Capitol riot to spend 60 hours reading about American government and civics . \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Jose Sanchez, a civics and U.S. government teacher at Alhambra High School, said the rally came together in response to the shooting in Texas. \u2014 Melissa Gomezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"Others have questioned the intent of a chauvinistic approach to civics and history in a state undergoing sweeping demographic shifts. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2021",
|
|
"Kara Cisco curates which moments of the trial integrate with what her students at St. Louis Park High School are learning in civics and ethnic studies classes. \u2014 Zo\u00eb Jackson, Star Tribune , 16 Apr. 2021"
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|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1885, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-234724"
|
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|
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"civetta":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": civet sense 2":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"s\u0259\u0307\u02c8vet\u0259"
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from Civetta , old genus including the civet, from French civette civet":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-050322"
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"Civitan":{
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"type":[
|
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|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a member of a major national and international service club":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8si-v\u0259-\u02cctan"
|
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],
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"Civitan ( Club )":""
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"1926, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-080838"
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"type":[
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"transitive verb"
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"definitions":{
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": to infuse with civic consciousness":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02ccs\u012bz"
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"1888, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-095105"
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},
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"civil airway":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an airway designated by the national civil aeronautic authority as suitable for interstate or foreign air commerce":[]
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-112932"
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"civitas":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8k\u0113w\u0113\u02cct\u00e4s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-130929"
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},
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"civet":{
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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 various Old World carnivorous viverrid mammals with long bodies, short legs, and a usually long tail":[],
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": a thick yellowish musky-odored substance found in a sac near the anus of the civet (especially genera Civettictis, Viverra , and Viverricula ) and used in perfume":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8siv-\u0259t",
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"\u02c8si-v\u0259t"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Overall, Poust notes, Diegoaelurus was probably closer in appearance to a civet or a fossa. \u2014 Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 Mar. 2022",
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"SARS-CoV-1, the virus that caused the 2002-04 SARS epidemic, seems to have crossed over from civet cats. \u2014 Adam O\u2019neal, WSJ , 26 Nov. 2021",
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"The civet was identified as the most probable source of SARS within four months of the outbreak; camels were identified within nine months of MERS. \u2014 Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker , 12 Oct. 2021",
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"Previous coronavirus outbreaks include the first SARS in 2003, which started in bats, then spread to civet cats and into humans; and the 2012 MERS outbreak, which spilled over from bats to camels, and ultimately to people. \u2014 A. Chris Gajilan, CNN , 19 Sep. 2021",
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"As my colleague Alice Su reported last year, the breeding and sale of animals such as civet cats and pangolins, which are considered possible intermediary carriers of COVID-19 on its path from bats to humans, is a $73-billion industry in China. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2021",
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"Machine learning identified the palm civet and greater horseshoe bat as the species likeliest to transmit novel coronaviruses to humans. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper's Magazine , 27 Apr. 2021",
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"That animal probably transmitted the virus to an intermediate host, like a mink, pangolin, civet or racoon dog, which then passed the virus to a human. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 Apr. 2021",
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"The two previous coronavirus outbreaks both started when coronaviruses jumped from animals to humans, from civet cats in 2003 with SARS and from camels with MERS in 2012. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Scientific American , 19 Feb. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle French civette , from Old Italian zibetto , from Arabic zab\u0101d civet perfume":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1532, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-134045"
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},
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"civil affairs":{
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": affairs and operations of the civil population of a territory that are supervised and directed by a friendly occupying power":[]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-134441"
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},
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"civil action":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a lawsuit about a person's rights":[
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"a civil action for wrongful death"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-142942"
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},
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"civet cat":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": civet sense 1":[],
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": ringtail sense 2":[],
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": any of several small spotted skunks (genus Spilogale ) of western North America":[]
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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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"Although the origin of the virus is thought to be from a wild animal, either directly from a bat or though an intermediate host like a civet cat or a raccoon dog, domesticated and zoo animals haven\u2019t been implicated in the virus\u2019s spread. \u2014 Michelle Fay Cortez, Fortune , 16 Nov. 2021",
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"Scientists believe the virus may have originated in bats and was transmitted to another mammal such as a civet cat or an armadillo-like pangolin before being passed on to people. \u2014 NBC News , 10 July 2020",
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"Limiting interactions with civet cats in China restricted the outbreak. \u2014 Bart Jansen, USA TODAY , 31 Mar. 2020",
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"According to The Independent, farmers will be compensated about $88 per porcupine; $84 per civet cat ; $11 per kilogram of bamboo rat; $17 per kilogram of cobra, king rattle or rat snakes; and $345 per wild goose or Chinese muntjac deer. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 19 May 2020",
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"More exotic creatures like snakes and marmots are harder to spot since the days of SARS -- thought to have spread through civet cats -- but are sometimes sold surreptitiously. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 8 May 2020",
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"Bi\u2019s farm is one of nearly 20,000 in China raising rare species, including civet cats , peacocks, boar and ostriches, that have been forced to close. \u2014 Charlie Campbell / Shanghai, Time , 21 Apr. 2020",
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"Most of us didn\u2019t ride camels, didn\u2019t eat monkeys, didn\u2019t handle live bats and civet cats in the marketplace. \u2014 National Geographic , 8 Apr. 2020",
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"That\u2019s what happened with the SARS coronavirus, which was responsible for a deadly epidemic in 2003 and was believed to have spread to civet cats from bats before infecting humans in the Guangdong province of southern China in 2002. \u2014 Hallie Levine, New York Times , 17 Mar. 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1607, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-143351"
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},
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"civilizing":{
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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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": educate , refine":[],
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": socialize sense 1":[],
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": to acquire the customs and amenities of a civil community":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8si-v\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Her parents hoped that boarding school might civilize her some.",
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"a teacher who had a civilizing influence on the students",
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"He is credited with civilizing the treatment of people with mental illnesses.",
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"efforts to civilize the health-care system",
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"They believed it was their duty to civilize the native people.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Just as the United States had conquered the American West, the nation would subdue, civilize , and remake international relations. \u2014 Daniel Bessner, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
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"The goal was to civilize Native Americans, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians. \u2014 Felicia Fonseca, Anchorage Daily News , 13 May 2022",
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"The goal was to civilize Native Americans, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians. \u2014 Felicia Fonseca, ajc , 13 May 2022",
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"Gardens civilize our relationship with nature, but only barely so; there\u2019s always the serpent of surprise lurking somewhere in the shrubbery. \u2014 Christoph Irmscher, WSJ , 20 Dec. 2021",
|
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"During the 1870s, Fred Harvey did more to civilize the Wild West than anyone with a six-shooter. \u2014 Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic , 10 Sep. 2020",
|
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"Fifth is fine for everything from low-speed economy cruising to long-legged and very heady running at the top end, where the turbo system's softening, civilizing effect on the five-cylinder's inherent high-rev tingle is especially nice. \u2014 Larry Griffin, Car and Driver , 22 May 2020",
|
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"So why not spend it in the civilizing thrall of great art? \u2014 Marley Marius, Vogue , 25 Oct. 2019",
|
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"In their efforts to civilize the workplace, however, Roosevelt and his allies didn\u2019t set up a new institution for workers to speak through. \u2014 Caleb Crain, The New Yorker , 19 Aug. 2019"
|
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1595, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-170650"
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},
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"civic university":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": one of the modern universities in Great Britain founded since the early 19th century originally designed for the education of middle-class youth and therefore usually nonresidential and situated in a large city":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-182247"
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},
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"civet bean":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": sieva bean":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8siv\u0259\u0307t-"
|
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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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"probably by folk etymology from Sieva bean":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-182700"
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},
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"civicism":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": devotion to civic interests and causes : civic-mindedness":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8siv\u0259\u02ccsiz\u0259m"
|
|
],
|
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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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"civic + -ism":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1822, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-183111"
|
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},
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"Civitas Dei":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": city of god":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u02c8d\u0101\u02cc\u0113"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Late Latin":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-223843"
|
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},
|
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"civic-mindedness":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": disposed to look after civic needs and interests":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccsi-vik-\u02c8m\u012bn-d\u0259d"
|
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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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"1907, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-225911"
|
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},
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"Civitavecchia":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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"commune and port west-northwest of Rome on the Tyrrhenian Sea in Lazio, central Italy population 50,902":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccch\u0113-v\u0113-t\u00e4-\u02c8ve-(\u02cc)ky\u00e4"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-093527"
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},
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"cive":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": chive entry 1 sense 1":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8s\u012bv"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English, from Middle French, chives, onion, from Latin cepa, cepe onion":""
|
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-095151"
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},
|
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"civ":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"abbreviation"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
"civil; civilian; civilization":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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|
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|
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|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-160725"
|
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},
|
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"civvy":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": civilian clothes as distinguished from a particular uniform (as of the military)":[],
|
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": civilian":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8si-v\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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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1889, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-172055"
|
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},
|
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"civvy street":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": civilian life":[]
|
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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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"He was trying to make some money in civvy street .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Strenuous and life-endangering service in the field, by contrast, creates fewer and less lucrative opportunities on civvy street . \u2014 The Economist , 30 Sep. 2017"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1943, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-202027"
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}
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