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"Dover, Strait of":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"channel between southeastern England and northern France, easternmost section of the English Channel; 20 miles (32 kilometers) wide at its narrowest point":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccp\u00e4d-k\u00e4-\u02c8l\u0101"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122335",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"dove":{
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"antonyms":[
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"hawk",
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"jingo",
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"war hawk",
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"warmonger"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a gentle woman or child":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"The President sided with the doves and worked to avoid war.",
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"the doves were in favor of using the surplus to improve the nation's schools and not its weapons systems",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The queen, wearing a dusky dove blue dress designed by Angela Kelly, was joined on the balcony by more than a dozen royals \u2014 though not Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, who gave up front-line royal duties two years ago. \u2014 Danica Kirka, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
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"The queen, wearing a dusky dove blue dress designed by Angela Kelly, was joined on the balcony by more than a dozen royals \u2014 though not Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, who gave up front-line royal duties two years ago. \u2014 Danica Kirka And Jill Lawless, Anchorage Daily News , 2 June 2022",
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"The queen, wearing a dusky dove blue dress designed by Angela Kelly, was joined on the balcony by more than a dozen royals \u2014 though not Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, who gave up front-line royal duties two years ago. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 2 June 2022",
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"Driving from San Antonio to Uvalde, one passes big ranches and signs for dove hunting, bow hunting and sales of guns and ammunition alongside liquor. \u2014 Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times , 28 May 2022",
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"The dove defends its place on the feeder with something Beth calls the kung-fu wing slap. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 May 2022",
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"As Curry dove to the floor, Boston's Al Horford appeared to fall on Curry's left leg. \u2014 Larry Starks, USA TODAY , 11 June 2022",
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"Vermillion came in for Ramage and Zach Ehrhard hit a line drive that Lanzilli dove to catch in right field. \u2014 Bob Holt, Arkansas Online , 7 June 2022",
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"Other native species on-site include fox, bobcats, dove and turkey. \u2014 Gabriel Romero, Chron , 14 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English duve, douve, dowe, probably going back to Old English *d\u016bfe and a shortened form *dufe, going back to Germanic *d\u016b\u0180\u014dn- (whence also Old Frisian d\u016bwe \"dove,\" Old Saxon d\u016b\u0180a, Middle Dutch duve, Old High German t\u016bba, Old Icelandic d\u00fafa, Gothic -dubo, in hraiwadubo \"turtledove\"), of uncertain origin":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8d\u014dv",
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"\u02c8d\u0259v"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"pacifist",
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"peacenik"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221555",
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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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"dove shell":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": any of numerous small marine gastropod mollusks (family Columbellidae) with oval to conical shells that have a high luster and brilliant coloring":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"so called from the color of the shell":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-121734",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"dovetail":{
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"antonyms":[
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"differ (from)",
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"disagree (with)"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to cut to a dovetail":[],
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": to fit skillfully to form a whole":[],
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": to fit together into a whole":[],
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": to fit together with":[],
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": to join by means of dovetails":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"the Union and the Confederate accounts of the battle don't dovetail at all",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"These results dovetail with a recent Axios poll that found millennials wanted to work remotely more than any other generation\u201484% versus 75% of Gen X, 68% of Baby Boomers, and 66% of Gen Z. \u2014 Jane Thier, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
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"These potential efforts dovetail with legislative efforts to substantively expand the antitrust laws to recognize theories of harm that have not been recognized by Courts. \u2014 David Reichenberg, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
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"While the law itself allows the cash to be used for a broader set of purposes that could more closely dovetail with the mini-city vision, early conversations between the county and the stadium authority curtails how it would be used. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"That\u2019s where the results of the poll on homelessness dovetail with the Youth Poll. Local governments in Southern California have poured billions of dollars in recent years into housing and services for the region\u2019s homeless population. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Dec. 2021",
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"Because the voice plan\u2019s limitations dovetail with the limitations of using a phone behind the wheel anyway, Apple Music\u2019s voice plan might be best suited for people who spend long stretches in cars. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2021",
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"Harrison is visited a few times by friends like Mukunda Goswami of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness; in late 1971, his interests in Hinduism dovetail with his music in the classic Concert for Bangladesh. \u2014 Craig Jenkins, Vulture , 29 Nov. 2021",
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"In some cases, those requests dovetail with prosecutor offices whose approach to defendants is more lenient than prosecutors have been for decades. \u2014 Peter Nickeas, CNN , 26 Nov. 2021",
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"Sometimes these stories dovetail , as when Trump met with Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager who was recently acquitted after killing two people in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last summer. \u2014 Zachary B. Wolf, CNN , 25 Nov. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Moving toward the present day, the retrospective will dovetail with titles in other parts of NIFFF\u2019s 2022 slate \u2013 films that approach similar subjects with a remarkable lack of emphasis. \u2014 Ben Croll, Variety , 23 June 2022",
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"The series, presented by Robert Redford\u2019s nonprofit arts group, often will dovetail with other community events, like one where creatives of all kinds in the film industry can learn to develop strategies for storytelling. \u2014 Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022",
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"The policies dovetail with a growing demand among employees, government agencies and investors for greater transparency about corporate practices, including how firms manage their workforces, Ms. Rubin said. \u2014 Lauren Weber, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
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"Savvy specialists that are versed in cybersecurity protections can pretty much sit side-by-side with the AI crews and dovetail the security into the AI as it is being devised. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
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"And Fortune has heard from other sources that Meta has been on a hiring spree for employees with expertise in computer vision, which may dovetail more directly with its metaverse ambitions. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 5 Apr. 2022",
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"Kamala\u2019s story to dovetail with the rest of the MCU. \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 7 June 2022",
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"The bills dovetail with a bigger conversation about conserving and smartly using lands for the future. \u2014 Heather Hansman, Outside Online , 29 May 2021",
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"Allowing Trump to return to the platform would dovetail with Musk\u2019s ongoing criticism of how the app approaches free speech. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1573, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"circa 1656, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8d\u0259v-\u02cct\u0101l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"accord",
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"agree",
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"answer",
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"check",
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"chord",
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"cohere",
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"coincide",
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"comport",
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"conform",
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"consist",
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"correspond",
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"fit",
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"go",
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"harmonize",
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"jibe",
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"rhyme",
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"rime",
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"sort",
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"square",
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"tally"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114257",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"dovetails":{
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"antonyms":[
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"differ (from)",
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"disagree (with)"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to cut to a dovetail":[],
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": to fit skillfully to form a whole":[],
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": to fit together into a whole":[],
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": to fit together with":[],
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": to join by means of dovetails":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"the Union and the Confederate accounts of the battle don't dovetail at all",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"These results dovetail with a recent Axios poll that found millennials wanted to work remotely more than any other generation\u201484% versus 75% of Gen X, 68% of Baby Boomers, and 66% of Gen Z. \u2014 Jane Thier, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
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"These potential efforts dovetail with legislative efforts to substantively expand the antitrust laws to recognize theories of harm that have not been recognized by Courts. \u2014 David Reichenberg, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
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"While the law itself allows the cash to be used for a broader set of purposes that could more closely dovetail with the mini-city vision, early conversations between the county and the stadium authority curtails how it would be used. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"That\u2019s where the results of the poll on homelessness dovetail with the Youth Poll. Local governments in Southern California have poured billions of dollars in recent years into housing and services for the region\u2019s homeless population. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Dec. 2021",
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"Because the voice plan\u2019s limitations dovetail with the limitations of using a phone behind the wheel anyway, Apple Music\u2019s voice plan might be best suited for people who spend long stretches in cars. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2021",
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"Harrison is visited a few times by friends like Mukunda Goswami of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness; in late 1971, his interests in Hinduism dovetail with his music in the classic Concert for Bangladesh. \u2014 Craig Jenkins, Vulture , 29 Nov. 2021",
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"In some cases, those requests dovetail with prosecutor offices whose approach to defendants is more lenient than prosecutors have been for decades. \u2014 Peter Nickeas, CNN , 26 Nov. 2021",
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"Sometimes these stories dovetail , as when Trump met with Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager who was recently acquitted after killing two people in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last summer. \u2014 Zachary B. Wolf, CNN , 25 Nov. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Moving toward the present day, the retrospective will dovetail with titles in other parts of NIFFF\u2019s 2022 slate \u2013 films that approach similar subjects with a remarkable lack of emphasis. \u2014 Ben Croll, Variety , 23 June 2022",
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"The series, presented by Robert Redford\u2019s nonprofit arts group, often will dovetail with other community events, like one where creatives of all kinds in the film industry can learn to develop strategies for storytelling. \u2014 Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022",
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"The policies dovetail with a growing demand among employees, government agencies and investors for greater transparency about corporate practices, including how firms manage their workforces, Ms. Rubin said. \u2014 Lauren Weber, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
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"Savvy specialists that are versed in cybersecurity protections can pretty much sit side-by-side with the AI crews and dovetail the security into the AI as it is being devised. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
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"And Fortune has heard from other sources that Meta has been on a hiring spree for employees with expertise in computer vision, which may dovetail more directly with its metaverse ambitions. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 5 Apr. 2022",
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"Kamala\u2019s story to dovetail with the rest of the MCU. \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 7 June 2022",
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"The bills dovetail with a bigger conversation about conserving and smartly using lands for the future. \u2014 Heather Hansman, Outside Online , 29 May 2021",
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"Allowing Trump to return to the platform would dovetail with Musk\u2019s ongoing criticism of how the app approaches free speech. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022"
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],
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"1573, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"circa 1656, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8d\u0259v-\u02cct\u0101l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"accord",
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"agree",
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"answer",
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"check",
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"chord",
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"cohere",
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"coincide",
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"comport",
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"conform",
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"consist",
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"correspond",
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"fit",
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"go",
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"harmonize",
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"jibe",
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"rhyme",
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"rime",
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"sort",
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"square",
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"tally"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130956",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"dovish":{
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"antonyms":[
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"hawk",
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"jingo",
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"war hawk",
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"warmonger"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a gentle woman or child":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"The President sided with the doves and worked to avoid war.",
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"the doves were in favor of using the surplus to improve the nation's schools and not its weapons systems",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda, a monetary dove even by Tokyo\u2019s standards, had warned that was the point when yen weakness might start to damage the economy rather than helping it. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 13 June 2022",
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"That is, a hawk is more concerned more about fighting inflation, while a dove focuses more on growth and jobs. \u2014 Veronika Dolar, The Conversation , 19 Nov. 2021",
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"And as Weber turned to look at the dove again, Bryant pulled out the ring. \u2014 Tricia Despres, PEOPLE.com , 26 Oct. 2021",
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"The queen, wearing a dusky dove blue dress designed by Angela Kelly, was joined on the balcony by more than a dozen royals \u2014 though not Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, who gave up front-line royal duties two years ago. \u2014 Danica Kirka, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
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"The queen, wearing a dusky dove blue dress designed by Angela Kelly, was joined on the balcony by more than a dozen royals \u2014 though not Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, who gave up front-line royal duties two years ago. \u2014 Danica Kirka And Jill Lawless, Anchorage Daily News , 2 June 2022",
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"The queen, wearing a dusky dove blue dress designed by Angela Kelly, was joined on the balcony by more than a dozen royals \u2014 though not Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, who gave up front-line royal duties two years ago. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 2 June 2022",
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"Driving from San Antonio to Uvalde, one passes big ranches and signs for dove hunting, bow hunting and sales of guns and ammunition alongside liquor. \u2014 Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times , 28 May 2022",
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"The dove defends its place on the feeder with something Beth calls the kung-fu wing slap. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English duve, douve, dowe, probably going back to Old English *d\u016bfe and a shortened form *dufe, going back to Germanic *d\u016b\u0180\u014dn- (whence also Old Frisian d\u016bwe \"dove,\" Old Saxon d\u016b\u0180a, Middle Dutch duve, Old High German t\u016bba, Old Icelandic d\u00fafa, Gothic -dubo, in hraiwadubo \"turtledove\"), of uncertain origin":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8d\u014dv",
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"\u02c8d\u0259v"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"pacifist",
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"peacenik"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-115138",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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"dovetail cramp":{
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": a dovetailed cramp used to hold masonry":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142033"
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"Dover sole":{
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"noun"
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": a flatfish ( Microstomus pacificus of the family Ploeronectidae) of the Pacific coast of North America that is a commercially important food fish":[]
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"probably from Dover , England":""
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"circa 1911, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142721"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-172453"
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": a dark gray that is darker than pelican and lighter than fashion gray or Oxford gray":[]
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"perhaps from Dover , port city in southeastern England":""
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": butterfly hinge":[]
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"from Dover , a trademark":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-233306"
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": a flaring tenon and a mortise into which it fits tightly making an interlocking joint between two pieces that resists pulling apart in all directions except one":[]
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": a small short-billed auk ( Alle alle ) breeding on arctic coasts and ranging south in winter":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"For now, the dovekie population is thriving, producing just as many healthy chicks as before. \u2014 Thor Hanson, WSJ , 24 Sep. 2021",
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"Miscellaneous: Reports included a dovekie at Cuttyhunk Island. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 17 Apr. 2021",
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"At Andrew\u2019s Point in Rockport, sightings included a Pacific loon and a dovekie . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 Oct. 2019",
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"Richards confirms that monkfish can prey on small birds called dovekies , and the biggest could indeed snatch a goose. \u2014 Rachel Ellner, BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2018"
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": a Chinese deciduous tree ( Davidia involucrata ) of the family Cornaceae that has flower heads with two large unequal creamy-white bracts and alternate leaves which sometimes release a nauseous odor":[]
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": a settled or harmonious group or organization":[]
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"-\u02cck\u00e4t"
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"The ch\u00e2teau was listed as a Historic Monument in 1927 and its park, garden, orangery, enclosing walls, stables, basin and dovecote were also listed in 1994. \u2014 Alex Ledsom, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
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"This sophomore effort flashes back and forth between the springtime unfurling of Mungo and James\u2019 love (forged in the dovecote where James raises pigeons) and the goose-pimpling fishing expedition a few months later. \u2014 Hillary Kelly, Los Angeles Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"The Victorian dovecote in the eaves of the coach house may even remain home to the family of jackdaws now living there. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Oct. 2021",
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"The dovecote at the peak of the roof and the pale-yellow siding were overseen by one older man. \u2014 Emma Alpern, Curbed , 22 Sep. 2021",
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"For how better to understand adaptation, form, function and change than to witness them in one\u2019s own dovecote or chicken house? \u2014 Julie Zickefoose, WSJ , 22 Nov. 2018",
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"Her question reflected a conventional Republican gripe, namely that the State Department is a cooing dovecote , full of apologists for Abroad. \u2014 The Economist , 15 Mar. 2018",
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"The living room has a fireplace and views of the southern grounds of the property, including an ice house and a dovecote , or pigeon house, dating to the 15th century, before the original castle was built. \u2014 Kevin Brass, New York Times , 13 Sep. 2017",
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"Dilbeck would take creative liberties with mismatched chimneys, add dovecotes to the roofline, and insert turrets and cupolas discreetly into the facade \u2014 an idea that runs counter to contemporary use of turrets. \u2014 By Gaile Robinson Photos By Paul Moseley, star-telegram , 2 Aug. 2017"
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": a purplish gray that is redder, lighter, and stronger than crane, lighter than granite, slightly stronger than cinder, and redder and deeper than zinc":[]
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": a prism that reverts an image but does not produce deviation or displacement of the beam, the rotation of the prism about the axis of the beam rotating the beam at twice the rate of rotation of the prism":[]
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"channel between southeastern England and northern France, easternmost section of the English Channel; 20 miles (32 kilometers) wide at its narrowest point":[]
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": to recite the prescribed prayers in a Jewish liturgy":[]
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": the blossom of the doveflower":[]
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