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{
"facade":{
"antonyms":[
"back",
"rear",
"rearward",
"reverse"
],
"definitions":{
": a false, superficial , or artificial appearance or effect":[
"tried to preserve the facade of a happy marriage"
]
},
"examples":[
"\"I mean, don't you find yourself being extra careful about what you say and how you say it",
"When I watched him in motion picture roles after the war, I knew there was something of honest substance behind that acting fa\u00e7ade . \u2014 Andrew A. Rooney , And More by Andy Rooney , (1979) 1982",
"\u2026 but his magic power of concentration was gone. All the fa\u00e7ades he built up between himself and his desperate love never entirely hid it. \u2014 May Sarton , Shadow of a Man , 1950",
"the facade of the bank",
"the windowless fa\u00e7ade of the skyscraper",
"They were trying to preserve the facade of a happy marriage.",
"I could sense the hostility lurking behind her polite facade .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And there's a facade of like an open discussion when really there's not. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Second, the effect of silicones on making hair smooth and shiny is a facade . \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 Apr. 2022",
"On the exterior, the home has a white facade with stonework, custom swings, and top-tier landscaping. \u2014 Kelly Allen, House Beautiful , 13 Jan. 2022",
"The home has a south-facing glass facade , allowing for city views. \u2014 J.s. Marcus, WSJ , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Boritt designed a sprawling Malibu glass house that could double as status symbol and a trippy facade to project the characters' insecurities. \u2014 Leena Kim, Town & Country , 12 June 2022",
"Charlotte of the Upper West Side was built with a nearly airtight facade , with triple-glazed windows featuring four panes of glass. \u2014 Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor , 6 June 2022",
"Housed in an eight-story factory from the \u201850s, Mona plays on its wilder and more industrial assets: There\u2019s a bold iron staircase, terrazzo floors, original metal windows, and a marble facade . \u2014 Monica Mendal, Vogue , 4 June 2022",
"The exhibit begins with a red-carpet walk through a white-columned facade intended to resemble the North Portico of the White House. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1681, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from French, going back to Middle French fassade, borrowed from Italian facciata, from faccia \"face\" (going back to Vulgar Latin *facia ) + -ata -ade \u2014 more at face entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"f\u0259-\u02c8s\u00e4d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"face",
"forehead",
"forepart",
"front"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231056",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"face":{
"antonyms":[
"front",
"look (toward)",
"point (toward)"
],
"definitions":{
": a facial expression of distaste or displeasure":[
"he made a face when he saw the test results"
],
": a front, upper, or outer surface":[
"vanished from the face of the earth"
],
": a striking surface (as of a tool)":[
"the face of the golf club",
"the face of an anvil"
],
": a style of type":[],
": a surface specially prepared: such as":[],
": an exposed surface of rock":[],
": an inscribed, printed, or marked side":[
"the two faces of a coin"
],
": any of the plane surfaces that bound a geometric solid":[
"A cube is a solid with six square faces ."
],
": assurance , confidence":[
"maintaining a firm face in spite of adversity"
],
": baby face sense 2":[
"Randy Orton earned respect as a heel because of his cocky, overconfident persona. As a face , he's lost the smugness that defined his character and is struggling to find his identity.",
"\u2014 Rennie Detore"
],
": dignity , prestige":[
"afraid to lose face"
],
": directly and aggressively in one's presence":[
"dunked the ball in his face",
"\u2014 often used with get to describe aggressively confrontational speech or behavior his boss got in his face about being late"
],
": disguise , pretense":[],
": effrontery":[
"how anyone could have the face to ask that question"
],
": facade":[
"the face of a building"
],
": face value":[],
": face-to-face with : despite":[
"fearless in the face of danger"
],
": facial expression":[
"a friendly face"
],
": in one's presence or so that one is fully aware of what is going on":[
"If you have something to say about me, say it to my face ."
],
": makeup sense 3a(1)":[
"\u2014 usually used in the phrase put one's face on \u2026 I have never been the kind of woman who feels comfortable popping to the shops without putting my face on first. \u2014 Vicki Michelle"
],
": outward appearance":[
"put a good face on it"
],
": person":[
"lots of new faces around here"
],
": presence , sight":[],
": surface :":[],
": the aspect of something that is perceptible or obvious upon superficial examination":[
"the theory is absurd on its face",
"\u2014 Kim Neely"
],
": the end or wall of a mine tunnel, drift, or excavation at which work is progressing":[],
": the face as a means of identification : countenance":[
"would know that face anywhere"
],
": the front of something having two or four sides":[
"the face of a clock"
],
": the front part of the head that in humans extends from the forehead to the chin and includes the mouth, nose, cheeks, and eyes":[],
": the principal finished surface (as of a tool or implement)":[
"The tendency of the belt is to slip over the face of the pulley in a counter clockwise direction.",
"\u2014 H. W. Harkness",
"Cans are made from \u2026 thin sheets of steel lightly coated with tin. This tin coating serves two purposes: it covers the face of the steel sheet, preserving it from rust; and it acts as a medium by which parts of a sheet may be made to adhere to one another by soldering.",
"\u2014 B. S. Luh et al."
],
": the right side (as of cloth or leather)":[],
": the surface (as of type) that receives the ink and transfers it to the paper":[],
": to be a prospect or a source of concern for":[
"the problems that face us"
],
": to bring face-to-face":[
"he was faced with ruin"
],
": to cause (troops) to face in a particular direction on command":[
"The captain faced his company to the left."
],
": to confront impudently":[
"faced him with evidence of treachery"
],
": to cover the front or surface of":[
"faced the building with marble"
],
": to have as a prospect : be confronted by":[
"face a grim future"
],
": to have the face or front turned in a specified direction":[
"The house faced south."
],
": to have the front oriented toward":[
"a house facing the park"
],
": to line near the edge especially with a different material":[],
": to make the surface of (something, such as a stone) flat or smooth":[],
": to master by confronting with determination":[
"\u2014 used with down faced down his critics"
],
": to meet an unpleasant situation, a danger, or the consequences of one's actions":[],
": to meet face-to-face or in competition":[
"The team will face a tough opponent in its next game."
],
": to recognize and deal with straightforwardly":[
"face the facts"
],
": to stand or sit with the face toward":[
"The teacher faced the class."
],
": to turn the face in a specified direction":[
"She faced to her left."
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He has a round face .",
"His face is familiar but I can't remember his name.",
"I'll never forget the look on her face .",
"He fell flat on his face .",
"I didn't recognize any of the faces around the table.",
"There are lots of new faces around the office.",
"Verb",
"The teacher faced the class.",
"She turned around to face the window.",
"He sat facing the wall.",
"Turn and face to the east.",
"The house faces the park.",
"The living room faces the afternoon sun.",
"My shoe was lying in the corner with its sole facing upward.",
"The flower opens facing skyward.",
"Look at the illustration on the facing page.",
"Only by facing your problems can you hope to overcome them.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The back and arm of a naked person in a wooden box, no face or clues visible. \u2014 Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes , 3 July 2022",
"Finch is holding a copy of the January 1992 issue of Spin, which happens to be Nirvana\u2019s first national magazine cover; the face in question belongs to her ex-boyfriend, Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl. \u2014 Peter Rubin, Longreads , 1 July 2022",
"Liberals who distrust Kavanaugh, given his apparent about- face from statements during his Supreme Court confirmation vetting about overturning Roe, may be inclined to see gamesmanship in his wording. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022",
"Beginning earlier this year, the airport began a series of upgrades to put the best face on the terminal for any visitors. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 1 July 2022",
"After 2022 ceremony presenter Chris Rock made a joke on stage about the shaved head of Jada Pinkett Smith \u2014 who has alopecia \u2014 the actress' husband, Will Smith, approached the comedian and slapped him across the face . \u2014 Ew Staff, EW.com , 1 July 2022",
"McKibben later pleaded guilty to the crime and admitted special circumstances of robbery and torture \u2014 an allegation arising from the dozens of stab wounds to his mother\u2019s head, face and neck, prosecutors said. \u2014 Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 July 2022",
"Douglas, who has been in court nearly every day of the trial wearing shirts emblazoned by Hussle\u2019s face and a black cowboy hat, downplayed the idea that a gang member found to be cooperating with police needed to fear for one\u2019s life. \u2014 James Queallystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 1 July 2022",
"Ponvert said cameras recorded more than 50 incidents of William Shehadi being abused, including a nurse gyrating his groin on Shehadi's face , and workers dousing him with liquids, throwing food at him, and forcing him to wear a diaper on his head. \u2014 Fox News , 30 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Increasingly, Justice Department attorneys are leveraging the law to try to overcome some of the rampant discrimination that people with substance use disorders face . \u2014 Andrew Joseph, STAT , 22 June 2022",
"The tampon shortage is just one of several struggles people face right now, Heger said, including higher gas prices and inflation, which is causing higher prices on items across the board. \u2014 Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star , 22 June 2022",
"Now they are being forced to choose sides on a divisive issue not long before many of them face voters. \u2014 Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune , 22 June 2022",
"This all-natural, vegan face scrub targets multiple skin concerns in just one step. \u2014 Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health , 22 June 2022",
"One of the biggest challenges businesses face today is a talent shortage and difficulty hiring. \u2014 Christina Brun Petersen, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"The mayoral race also brought to light some of the challenges female candidates face that men don\u2019t, Hunter said. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
"More than one out of 10 people who catch the disease will die, even with treatment, and as many as one in five may face complications such as brain damage or limb loss, the CDC says on its website. \u2014 Caroline Catherman And Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel , 22 June 2022",
"In a pre-hearing ruling issued Tuesday, Judge Liam O\u2019Grady wrote that the government\u2019s sentencing guidelines, when accounting for the nature of the crime, suggest Ravenell should face the maximum penalty. \u2014 Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun , 22 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English facen, verbal derivative of face face entry 1":"Verb",
"Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French, going back to Vulgar Latin *facia (attested in early Medieval Latin as facia \"portrait\"), re-formation of Latin faci\u0113s \"appearance, aspect, form, human face,\" from fac-, stem of facere \"to make, do\" + -i\u0113s, noun suffix, usually deverbal \u2014 more at fact":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u0101s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"countenance",
"kisser",
"mug",
"pan",
"puss",
"visage"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055255",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"face brick":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200252",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"face guard":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114404",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"face joint":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a joint in the face of a wall usually more carefully struck or pointed than one less visible":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233430",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"face off":{
"antonyms":[
"battle",
"compete",
"contend",
"fight",
"race",
"rival",
"vie"
],
"definitions":{
": a method of beginning play (as in hockey or lacrosse) in which two opponents face each other and attempt to gain control of a puck or ball dropped or placed between them":[],
": confrontation":[],
": to be in or come into opposition or competition":[
"politicians facing off against each other in a televised debate"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"eager to face off with her longtime tennis rival"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1889, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1948, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u0101s-\u02cc\u022ff"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"ball game",
"battle",
"combat",
"competition",
"conflict",
"confrontation",
"contention",
"contest",
"dogfight",
"duel",
"grapple",
"match",
"rivalry",
"strife",
"struggle",
"sweepstakes",
"sweep-stake",
"tug-of-war",
"war",
"warfare"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015549",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"face-harden":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to harden the face or surface of":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200857",
"type":[
"transitive verb"
]
},
"face-lift":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an alteration, restoration, or restyling (as of a building) intended especially to modernize":[],
": plastic surgery on the face and neck to remove defects and imperfections (such as wrinkles or sagging skin) typical of aging":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1926, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u0101s-\u02cclift"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221326",
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb"
]
},
"face-off":{
"antonyms":[
"battle",
"compete",
"contend",
"fight",
"race",
"rival",
"vie"
],
"definitions":{
": a method of beginning play (as in hockey or lacrosse) in which two opponents face each other and attempt to gain control of a puck or ball dropped or placed between them":[],
": confrontation":[],
": to be in or come into opposition or competition":[
"politicians facing off against each other in a televised debate"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"eager to face off with her longtime tennis rival"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1889, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1948, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u0101s-\u02cc\u022ff"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"ball game",
"battle",
"combat",
"competition",
"conflict",
"confrontation",
"contention",
"contest",
"dogfight",
"duel",
"grapple",
"match",
"rivalry",
"strife",
"struggle",
"sweepstakes",
"sweep-stake",
"tug-of-war",
"war",
"warfare"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042223",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"face-to-face":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": in or into direct contact or confrontation":[
"came face-to-face with the problem"
],
": within each other's sight or presence":[
"met and talked face-to-face",
"a face-to-face consultation"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccf\u0101s-t\u0259-\u02ccf\u0101s",
"\u02c8f\u0101s-t\u0259-\u02c8f\u0101s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"personally",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002812",
"type":[
"adverb or adjective"
]
},
"faceless":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": lacking a face":[],
": lacking character or individuality : nondescript":[
"the faceless masses"
],
": not identified : anonymous":[
"a faceless accuser"
]
},
"examples":[
"a decision made by faceless bureaucrats",
"it was precisely because he was a faceless individual that the serial killer was able to go on for so long without detection",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At the time, Mr. Gilliam worked largely in a representational vein, depicting faceless , shadowy human figures on traditional stretched canvases. \u2014 Michael O'sullivan, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
"Hanging on the walls here at the Norman Rockwell Museum is the artist\u2019s famous 1964 depiction of a 6-year-old Black school girl being escorted to class by four faceless federal marshals. \u2014 Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
"This isn\u2019t some nameless, faceless tractor trailer. \u2014 Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant , 19 June 2022",
"With Islam forbidding the direct portrayal of religious figures, Fatima is seen as a faceless character, shrouded by a black veil. \u2014 Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
"Conventional discourse treats the government as a faceless entity, whose decisions are abstracted away from the people who make them. \u2014 Angelica Goetzen, Scientific American , 3 June 2022",
"Wlaschiha played Jaqen H'ghar, one of the faceless assassins, in Game of Thrones. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 31 May 2022",
"Vague, terse descriptions rendered the artifacts as faceless as the mannequins on display. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"With her childlike, faceless sketches, Delvey shows far less promise as an artist than as a canny cultural critic, with her work often alluding to the media circus around herself and her trial. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 20 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1568, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"face entry 1 + -less":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u0101s-l\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"beige",
"characterless",
"featureless",
"indistinctive",
"neutral",
"noncommittal",
"nondescript",
"vanilla"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233459",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"facelessness":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": lacking a face":[],
": lacking character or individuality : nondescript":[
"the faceless masses"
],
": not identified : anonymous":[
"a faceless accuser"
]
},
"examples":[
"a decision made by faceless bureaucrats",
"it was precisely because he was a faceless individual that the serial killer was able to go on for so long without detection",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At the time, Mr. Gilliam worked largely in a representational vein, depicting faceless , shadowy human figures on traditional stretched canvases. \u2014 Michael O'sullivan, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
"Hanging on the walls here at the Norman Rockwell Museum is the artist\u2019s famous 1964 depiction of a 6-year-old Black school girl being escorted to class by four faceless federal marshals. \u2014 Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
"This isn\u2019t some nameless, faceless tractor trailer. \u2014 Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant , 19 June 2022",
"With Islam forbidding the direct portrayal of religious figures, Fatima is seen as a faceless character, shrouded by a black veil. \u2014 Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
"Conventional discourse treats the government as a faceless entity, whose decisions are abstracted away from the people who make them. \u2014 Angelica Goetzen, Scientific American , 3 June 2022",
"Wlaschiha played Jaqen H'ghar, one of the faceless assassins, in Game of Thrones. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 31 May 2022",
"Vague, terse descriptions rendered the artifacts as faceless as the mannequins on display. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"With her childlike, faceless sketches, Delvey shows far less promise as an artist than as a canny cultural critic, with her work often alluding to the media circus around herself and her trial. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 20 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1568, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"face entry 1 + -less":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u0101s-l\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"beige",
"characterless",
"featureless",
"indistinctive",
"neutral",
"noncommittal",
"nondescript",
"vanilla"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030452",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"facellite":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": kaliophilite":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Italian, from Greek phakelos bundle, faggot + Italian -lite":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"f\u0259\u02c8se\u02ccl\u012bt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111601",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"facet":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a small plane surface (as on a cut gem) \u2014 see brilliant illustration":[],
": a smooth flat circumscribed anatomical surface (as of a bone)":[],
": any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration)":[
"Each facet of the problem requires careful attention."
],
": the external corneal surface of an ommatidium":[]
},
"examples":[
"Each facet of the problem requires careful attention.",
"the different facets of our culture",
"Which facet of his character is most appealing",
"the facets of a diamond",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Avoiding the me-first route of protecting his personal safety was just one facet of Zelensky\u2019s servant leadership. \u2014 Jason Randall, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"The amount of fentanyl allegedly ordered is only one facet of Husel's trial, which had been delayed during the pandemic and could last up to two months. \u2014 NBC News , 12 Feb. 2022",
"The $17 billion investment in Taylor, Texas, announced last month is just one facet of Samsung\u2019s broader ambitions to grow its chip prowess outside memory. \u2014 Jiyoung Sohn, WSJ , 7 Dec. 2021",
"Wednesday\u2019s announcement is just one facet of the city\u2019s recovery. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Nov. 2021",
"The showdown with Bannon is just one facet of a broad and escalating congressional inquiry, with 19 subpoenas issued so far and thousands of pages of documents flowing to the committee and its staff. \u2014 sun-sentinel.com , 16 Oct. 2021",
"Bannon\u2019s testimony is just one facet of an escalating congressional inquiry, with 19 subpoenas issued so far and thousands of pages of documents flowing in. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 14 Oct. 2021",
"The showdown with Bannon is just one facet of a broad and escalating congressional inquiry, with 19 subpoenas issued so far and thousands of pages of documents flowing to the committee and its staff. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 14 Oct. 2021",
"These characters\u2019 dress code-free teenage years are just one more facet of their idyllic upbringings, where real-life stressors are minimal. . \u2014 Frances Sol\u00e1-santiago, refinery29.com , 10 Sep. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1622, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from French facette \"individual surface (of an object with many surfaces, as a gem),\" going back to Middle French fasette, from face face entry 1 + -ette -ette":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fa-s\u0259t",
"\u02ccfa-\u02c8set",
"\u02c8fas-\u0259t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"angle",
"aspect",
"hand",
"phase",
"side"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194142",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"facetious":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish":[
"just being facetious"
],
": meant to be humorous or funny : not serious":[
"a facetious remark"
]
},
"examples":[
"The portrait is good, the prose embroidered here with the facetious parlance\u2014is that the word",
"Nor was Liebling seriously asserting that his facetious bit of investigation into Tin Pan Alley history constituted a refutation of Sartre's philosophy. \u2014 Raymond Sokolov , Wayward Reporter , 1980",
"\u2026 old ladies shrivelling to nothing in a forest of flowers and giant facetious get-well cards \u2026 \u2014 John Updike , Trust Me , 1962",
"the essay is a facetious commentary on the absurdity of war as a solution for international disputes",
"a facetious and tasteless remark about people in famine-stricken countries being spared the problem of overeating",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Now, Courtney, this is a way of asking the question in a facetious manner, but there is a kernel here. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 27 May 2022",
"Extending their doofus-and-diva act to the classrooms, corridors, and teachers\u2019 lounge transfers their personal careerism into a facetious representation of a major social institution. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Check out Warrick\u2019s facetious reaction to her aunt\u2019s meet-up with Rihanna below. \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 2 Feb. 2022",
"But Sorkin ignores that inconvenient truth by giving this dramatic biopic a facetious documentary structure. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 18 Feb. 2022",
"An index should be objective, but some indexers can\u2019t resist expressing subjective judgments, or even mocking a book\u2019s contents with facetious or insulting entries. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Feb. 2022",
"The title does not refer to Julie, by the way, but is a throwaway, somewhat facetious , reference to that other lover, Eivind (Herbert Nordrum), the one who doesn\u2019t think Julie is sensible. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Spielberg\u2019s own career then seemed upended by misguided egotism, not necessarily his own, but that of a faction hiding behind a facetious pretense of moral values and public trust. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 10 Dec. 2021",
"And the other screen Bonds have their admirers, despite the lesser movies\u2019 unevenness or facetious gadgetry. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 8 Oct. 2021"
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"borrowed from Middle French facetieux, facecieux, from facetie \"joke, jesting remark\" (borrowed from Latin fac\u0113tia, fac\u0113tiae \"cleverness, wit,\" in plural sense, \"amusing things, jests\") + -eux (going back to Latin -\u014dsus -ous ) \u2014 more at facetiae":""
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"witty"
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"just being facetious"
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"a facetious remark"
]
},
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"The portrait is good, the prose embroidered here with the facetious parlance\u2014is that the word",
"Nor was Liebling seriously asserting that his facetious bit of investigation into Tin Pan Alley history constituted a refutation of Sartre's philosophy. \u2014 Raymond Sokolov , Wayward Reporter , 1980",
"\u2026 old ladies shrivelling to nothing in a forest of flowers and giant facetious get-well cards \u2026 \u2014 John Updike , Trust Me , 1962",
"the essay is a facetious commentary on the absurdity of war as a solution for international disputes",
"a facetious and tasteless remark about people in famine-stricken countries being spared the problem of overeating",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Now, Courtney, this is a way of asking the question in a facetious manner, but there is a kernel here. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 27 May 2022",
"Extending their doofus-and-diva act to the classrooms, corridors, and teachers\u2019 lounge transfers their personal careerism into a facetious representation of a major social institution. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Check out Warrick\u2019s facetious reaction to her aunt\u2019s meet-up with Rihanna below. \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 2 Feb. 2022",
"But Sorkin ignores that inconvenient truth by giving this dramatic biopic a facetious documentary structure. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 18 Feb. 2022",
"An index should be objective, but some indexers can\u2019t resist expressing subjective judgments, or even mocking a book\u2019s contents with facetious or insulting entries. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Feb. 2022",
"The title does not refer to Julie, by the way, but is a throwaway, somewhat facetious , reference to that other lover, Eivind (Herbert Nordrum), the one who doesn\u2019t think Julie is sensible. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Spielberg\u2019s own career then seemed upended by misguided egotism, not necessarily his own, but that of a faction hiding behind a facetious pretense of moral values and public trust. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 10 Dec. 2021",
"And the other screen Bonds have their admirers, despite the lesser movies\u2019 unevenness or facetious gadgetry. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 8 Oct. 2021"
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"jocular",
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"witty"
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"circa 1889, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130209",
"type":[
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"deep",
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": mild or pleasing in manner or disposition":[],
": poised , assured":[
"a facile lecturer"
],
": readily manifested and often lacking sincerity or depth":[
"facile tears"
],
": ready , fluent":[
"facile prose"
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": shallow , simplistic":[
"I am not concerned \u2026 with offering any facile solution for so complex a problem",
"\u2014 T. S. Eliot"
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": used or comprehended with ease":[]
},
"examples":[
"But in the less palmy days of their marriage and the final years of his life, Lennon produced (with Yoko's help) shallow, facile recordings that cannibalized his early work. \u2014 Francine Prose , The Lives of the Muses , 2002",
"Melville shrank from atheism, and from all facile theisms. \u2014 John Updike , Hugging the Shore , (1983) 1984",
"\u2026 I saw that my old enemy was dead, Amy [Lowell], noble Amy. How I despised myself then for my facile self-pity and for my failure to die\u2014how she seemed to have worsted me once again. \u2014 Conrad Aiken 14 May 1925 , in Selected Letters of Conrad Aiken , 1978",
"This problem needs more than just a facile solution.",
"He is a wonderfully facile writer.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But the Kings, especially Robert, bridled at creators who adopted more facile strategies\u2014blandly inclusive casting and writing designed to uplift rather than to interrogate. \u2014 Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"The brief\u2019s argument that FIFRA does not expressly preempt state-law liability claims is a straight rehash of the Ninth Circuit\u2019s flawed, facile reasoning in Hardeman. \u2014 Glenn G. Lammi, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"In a lecturous speech delivered Thursday at Stanford University, the 44th president succeeded in the facile task of diagnosing the cause and effect of our poisonous social media ecosystem. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Until then, the musical, a facile , satirical stage treatment of a far better movie, bounces from one insincere interlude to the next, doling out bits of exposition without establishing any compelling rationale to feel for its characters. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Biden more than anyone should realize that the facile belief that Donald Trump or other Republicans had it within their power to shut down the pandemic at any point was partisan opportunism and tripe. \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 24 Dec. 2021",
"Moli\u00e8re is not our contemporary in some facile and fatuous way. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Marusic's point isn't to draw a facile parallel between Putinism and Nazism. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Whatever the facile comparisons, familiar symbols and fearful words, this Canadian protest isn't a grassroots revolt or even a Prairie brushfire. \u2014 Andrew Cohen, CNN , 3 Feb. 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":""
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"borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin facilis \"easy, accommodating, nimble,\" from fac-, stem of facere \"to make, bring about, perform, do\" + -ilis -ile entry 1 \u2014 more at fact":""
},
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"\u02c8fa-s\u0259l"
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": ready , fluent":[
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"\u2014 T. S. Eliot"
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": used or comprehended with ease":[]
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"But in the less palmy days of their marriage and the final years of his life, Lennon produced (with Yoko's help) shallow, facile recordings that cannibalized his early work. \u2014 Francine Prose , The Lives of the Muses , 2002",
"Melville shrank from atheism, and from all facile theisms. \u2014 John Updike , Hugging the Shore , (1983) 1984",
"\u2026 I saw that my old enemy was dead, Amy [Lowell], noble Amy. How I despised myself then for my facile self-pity and for my failure to die\u2014how she seemed to have worsted me once again. \u2014 Conrad Aiken 14 May 1925 , in Selected Letters of Conrad Aiken , 1978",
"This problem needs more than just a facile solution.",
"He is a wonderfully facile writer.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But the Kings, especially Robert, bridled at creators who adopted more facile strategies\u2014blandly inclusive casting and writing designed to uplift rather than to interrogate. \u2014 Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"The brief\u2019s argument that FIFRA does not expressly preempt state-law liability claims is a straight rehash of the Ninth Circuit\u2019s flawed, facile reasoning in Hardeman. \u2014 Glenn G. Lammi, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"In a lecturous speech delivered Thursday at Stanford University, the 44th president succeeded in the facile task of diagnosing the cause and effect of our poisonous social media ecosystem. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Until then, the musical, a facile , satirical stage treatment of a far better movie, bounces from one insincere interlude to the next, doling out bits of exposition without establishing any compelling rationale to feel for its characters. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Biden more than anyone should realize that the facile belief that Donald Trump or other Republicans had it within their power to shut down the pandemic at any point was partisan opportunism and tripe. \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 24 Dec. 2021",
"Moli\u00e8re is not our contemporary in some facile and fatuous way. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Marusic's point isn't to draw a facile parallel between Putinism and Nazism. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Whatever the facile comparisons, familiar symbols and fearful words, this Canadian protest isn't a grassroots revolt or even a Prairie brushfire. \u2014 Andrew Cohen, CNN , 3 Feb. 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":""
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"borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin facilis \"easy, accommodating, nimble,\" from fac-, stem of facere \"to make, bring about, perform, do\" + -ilis -ile entry 1 \u2014 more at fact":""
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for facile easy , facile , simple , light , effortless , smooth mean not demanding effort or involving difficulty. easy is applicable either to persons or things imposing tasks or to activity required by such tasks. an easy college course facile often adds to easy the connotation of undue haste or shallowness. facile answers to complex questions simple stresses ease in understanding or dealing with because complication is absent. a simple problem in arithmetic light stresses freedom from what is burdensome. a light teaching load effortless stresses the appearance of ease and usually implies the prior attainment of artistry or expertness. moving with effortless grace smooth stresses the absence or removal of all difficulties, hardships, or obstacles. a smooth ride",
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"shallow",
"skin-deep",
"superficial"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204841",
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"facilis descensus Averno":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014709",
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"The strength of the inner identities that black women forged and nurtured during slavery facilitated the transition to freedom. \u2014 Darlene Clark Hine , Lure and Loathing , 1993",
"What physical events might have facilitated the evolution of macroscopic animals",
"Nothing so facilitates writing as actually having something to say, yet the conditions under which, and the tools with which, writing is done can contribute to facility\u2014or to difficulty. \u2014 Joseph Epstein , The Middle of My Tether , 1983",
"Cutting taxes may facilitate economic recovery.",
"Her rise to power was facilitated by her influential friends.",
"The moderator's role is to facilitate the discussion by asking appropriate questions.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Becoming a co-conspirator requires building relationships across differences and centering voices of color to guide and facilitate cultural change at work. \u2014 Michelle King, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, citing efforts made by the government to accelerate the visa application process and facilitate shoots in Spain\u2019s national parks, railways and airports. \u2014 Pablo Sandoval, Variety , 22 June 2022",
"The insanely large fender flares are grotesque out of necessity to facilitate the 73.2- and 73.6-inch front and rear track widths\u2014over six inches wider than a Sasquatch. \u2014 David Beard, Car and Driver , 20 June 2022",
"The healthcare sector, on the other hand, has the potential to be a longer-term play as industry consolidation and demographics facilitate growth. \u2014 Ali Fazal, Fortune , 19 June 2022",
"Turkey would facilitate and protect the transport of the grain in the Black Sea, Turkish officials say. \u2014 Ayse Wieting And Susan Fraser, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 June 2022",
"Finance was always meant to facilitate investment and spur economic growth benefiting the entire country. \u2014 Mike Pence, WSJ , 26 May 2022",
"They are designed to facilitate a straight line water path from the faucet to the bottom of your gardening shoes and to generate maximum frustration. \u2014 Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal , 20 May 2022",
"But Stanley argues that MiamiCoin will be used for local business transactions, facilitate software development, and even one day furnish a source of a universal basic income for residents. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 16 May 2022"
],
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"1599, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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},
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],
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": the increasing of the ease or intensity of a response by repeated stimulation":[],
": the lowering of the threshold for reflex conduction along a particular neural pathway especially from repeated use of that pathway":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Breaux and Barrett told officials about the end of their facilitation work in a June 16 letter to Bronson, Assembly leadership and other key organizations aiding in homelessness efforts. \u2014 Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News , 18 June 2022",
"Through communication, facilitation , and negotiation, the Drug Shortage program works with pharmaceutical manufacturers, review divisions, compliance, and other FDA components to manage product shortages. \u2014 Peter J. Pitts, STAT , 3 June 2022",
"Each group will have a Mentor Coach who provides subject matter expertise, facilitation , scheduling, and general organization. \u2014 Tony Gambill, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The rules of engagement used in the facilitation can become the team members\u2019 model for future hot-button discussions. \u2014 Lynne Curry | Alaska Workplace, Anchorage Daily News , 16 May 2022",
"The other defendant, Isaiah Beasley, had his complicity-to-murder indictment dismissed \u2014 a Class A felony with a possible 20 years-to-life sentence \u2014 but was reindicted on a much lesser charge of facilitation to commit murder, a Class D felony. \u2014 Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal , 9 May 2022",
"This is exacerbated by the facilitation of growing demand and utilizing escalation. \u2014 David Yu, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Last month, Texas opened an investigation into TikTok\u2019s alleged violations of children\u2019s privacy and facilitation of human trafficking. \u2014 Marcy Gordon, Chron , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Last month, Texas opened an investigation into TikTok\u2019s alleged violations of children\u2019s privacy and facilitation of human trafficking. \u2014 NBC News , 3 Mar. 2022"
],
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"1620, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"The strength of the inner identities that black women forged and nurtured during slavery facilitated the transition to freedom. \u2014 Darlene Clark Hine , Lure and Loathing , 1993",
"What physical events might have facilitated the evolution of macroscopic animals",
"Nothing so facilitates writing as actually having something to say, yet the conditions under which, and the tools with which, writing is done can contribute to facility\u2014or to difficulty. \u2014 Joseph Epstein , The Middle of My Tether , 1983",
"Cutting taxes may facilitate economic recovery.",
"Her rise to power was facilitated by her influential friends.",
"The moderator's role is to facilitate the discussion by asking appropriate questions.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Becoming a co-conspirator requires building relationships across differences and centering voices of color to guide and facilitate cultural change at work. \u2014 Michelle King, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, citing efforts made by the government to accelerate the visa application process and facilitate shoots in Spain\u2019s national parks, railways and airports. \u2014 Pablo Sandoval, Variety , 22 June 2022",
"The insanely large fender flares are grotesque out of necessity to facilitate the 73.2- and 73.6-inch front and rear track widths\u2014over six inches wider than a Sasquatch. \u2014 David Beard, Car and Driver , 20 June 2022",
"The healthcare sector, on the other hand, has the potential to be a longer-term play as industry consolidation and demographics facilitate growth. \u2014 Ali Fazal, Fortune , 19 June 2022",
"Turkey would facilitate and protect the transport of the grain in the Black Sea, Turkish officials say. \u2014 Ayse Wieting And Susan Fraser, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 June 2022",
"Finance was always meant to facilitate investment and spur economic growth benefiting the entire country. \u2014 Mike Pence, WSJ , 26 May 2022",
"They are designed to facilitate a straight line water path from the faucet to the bottom of your gardening shoes and to generate maximum frustration. \u2014 Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal , 20 May 2022",
"But Stanley argues that MiamiCoin will be used for local business transactions, facilitate software development, and even one day furnish a source of a universal basic income for residents. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 16 May 2022"
],
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Around that time, Payne, an adept facilitator for Kearney, Godbolt and other potent scorers on the Kettering squad, was feeling good too. \u2014 Scott Talley, Freep.com , 19 June 2022",
"Usability tests can be moderated when a facilitator guides the participant through the session. \u2014 Kevin Philpott, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"The wife and mother of two spent more than two decades at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, working in the newspaper\u2019s advertising department and as a diversity training facilitator . \u2014 Shaddi Abusaid, ajc , 20 May 2022",
"Blue pins mark places where she and alliance colleagues have led or arranged for an H.V.N. facilitator training. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
"This next frontier will take Block into the live events market, bringing the company back to its in-person money transaction roots, but this time as the direct payment instrument instead of as a mere middleman facilitator . \u2014 Adario Strange, Quartz , 13 May 2022",
"His principal function as watermaster, though, has usually been as a mediator and facilitator . \u2014 David Owen, The New Yorker , 11 May 2022",
"The singer is currently on her Future Nostalgia world tour, and has been working with Venezuelan yoga teacher and movement facilitator Anabella Landa, best known as Annie Moves. \u2014 Hannah Coates, Vogue , 10 May 2022",
"Participants lie on yoga mats as a facilitator reads meditations and poetry; dim lights and soft music, sometimes performed by live musicians, set the tone. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022"
],
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},
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"1867, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"facilitate + -ory entry 2":""
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"f\u0259-\u02c8si-l\u0259-t\u0259-\u02cct\u022fr-\u0113",
"f\u0259-\u02c8sil-\u0259-t\u0259-\u02cct\u014dr-\u0113, -\u02cct\u022fr-"
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"adjective"
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": a lease, rental agreement, or other contractual agreement governing the acquisition, use, or disposition of government-owned machinery, tools, building installations, or other property furnished to or acquired by a war contractor for war production purposes other than incorporation in a finished product":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
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"has a great facility for writing"
],
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"\u2014 often used in plural"
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": readiness of compliance":[],
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": something that makes an action, operation, or course of conduct easier":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural facilities for study The resort has a wide range of facilities for young and old alike."
],
": the quality of being easily performed":[]
},
"examples":[
"The facilities are at the end of the corridor.",
"He had a great facility for writing.",
"He had great facility with words.",
"She handled the crisis with facility .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The new facility was set up to isolate teens in cells for weeks or months at a time. \u2014 Annie Waldman, ProPublica , 24 June 2022",
"The power supply comes courtesy of Honda\u2019s Transportation Research Center (TRC), which surrounds the new facility . \u2014 Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics , 23 June 2022",
"Sam, Scotsdale\u2019s executive director, bought the facility with her mother, Kathy, who worked in clinical care since the \u201870s. \u2014 Kim Bellware, BostonGlobe.com , 26 June 2022",
"Sam, Scotsale\u2019s executive director, bought the facility with her mother, Kathy, who worked in clinical care since the \u201970s. \u2014 Kim Bellware, Washington Post , 26 June 2022",
"Today, nearly two years since that injunction, the facility is still holding inmates who could be transferred to home confinement and the BOP is fighting the case. \u2014 Walter Pavlo, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"According to investigators, the 74-year-old pedestrian walked away from the Cedarview Rehabilitation and Nursing Care facility in Lebanon. \u2014 Brook Endale, The Enquirer , 25 June 2022",
"The Gainesville school district settled by spending about $750,000 to upgrade the softball facility , while also paying for Folger\u2019s attorney fees, according to a district spokeswoman. \u2014 New York Times , 24 June 2022",
"With the arrival of the new inmates, a dominant gang \u2014 the Bloods \u2014 quickly overwhelmed the facility \u2019s depleted security staff and has remained in control since, the AJC has found. \u2014 Danny Robbins, ajc , 23 June 2022"
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"1531, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Middle English facilite \"gentleness,\" borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French facilit\u00e9 \"quality of being easily performed,\" borrowed from Latin facilit\u0101t-, facilit\u0101s, from facilis \"easy, facile \" + -it\u0101t-, -it\u0101s -ity":""
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"f\u0259-\u02c8si-l\u0259-t\u0113",
"f\u0259-\u02c8sil-\u0259t-\u0113"
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"synonyms":[
"complex",
"establishment",
"installation"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062512",
"type":[
"noun"
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": a lining at the edge especially of a garment":[],
": an ornamental or protective layer":[],
": having the front oriented toward a specified direction or location":[
"\u2014 usually used in combination the east- facing windows To maintain themselves above water, the islands must conserve their limited sand supply by moving sand to their lagoon- facing side as their seaward side is eroded by waves. \u2014 Wade Graham"
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": located directly across from something : opposite":[
"an illustration on the facing page"
],
": material for facing":[],
": the collar, cuffs, and trimmings of a uniform coat":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"a house with brick facing",
"a suit with red facings at the collar and the cuffs",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Two nights after the facing Toronto, the Blazers opened the second quarter against the Utah Jazz by missing five straight shots and committing six turnovers. \u2014 Mike Richman, OregonLive.com , 4 Nov. 2017",
"The new facing will have varying heights up to 35 feet, Rosen said. \u2014 John Sowell, idahostatesman , 31 Oct. 2017",
"Why Less Mortar Is More Hansen purchased mosaic tiles held together by a peel-away paper facing . \u2014 Rob Wherry, ELLE Decor , 5 July 2012",
"At the Miami Marlins\u2019 stadium in Little Havana, Irma\u2019s winds peeled the facing off a portion of the retractable sliding roof. \u2014 Andres Viglucci, Carli Teproff And Daniel Chang, miamiherald , 11 Sep. 2017",
"Water weakens regular drywall, and the paper facing provides food for mold, Reichel said. \u2014 Aaron Steckelberg, Washington Post , 1 Sep. 2017",
"Moore sent a towering drive that peaked at 119 feet before smacking off the facing of the second deck in left. \u2014 Craig Davis, Sun-Sentinel.com , 17 June 2017",
"Correa, who had three hits and three RBIs, got the Astros going in the first inning with a shot that slammed off the facing of the second deck in left field. \u2014 Ap, USA TODAY , 31 May 2017",
"In other words, the aluminum facings fall off, leaving the flammable plastic core exposed. \u2014 David Hambling, Popular Mechanics , 16 June 2017"
],
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"1566, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1785, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"from gerund of face entry 2":"Noun",
"from present participle of face entry 2":"Adjective"
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"\u02c8f\u0101-si\u014b"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190438",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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": face brick":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194724",
"type":[
"noun"
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": the minimum distance (as 14 inches) between men necessary to make the facings in military drill":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a system of transmitting and reproducing graphic matter (such as printing or still pictures) by means of signals sent over telephone lines":[],
": an exact copy":[
"A facsimile of the world's first computer was exhibited at the museum."
]
},
"examples":[
"A facsimile of the world's first computer was exhibited in the museum.",
"the family resemblance is so strong that the boy is virtually a pint-size facsimile of his father",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After surveying the inventory at the Gucci store, Ms. Glaum-Lathbury headed down to Canal Street to peruse the knockoffs being hawked to tourists \u2014 people who longed for the status conferred by a Gucci handbag, or at least a convincing facsimile . \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
"For example, what appears to be a mannequin might actually be a real person or at least a facsimile of one. \u2014 Scott Luxor, sun-sentinel.com , 8 Oct. 2021",
"Still, the new recording is more a facsimile than an addendum. \u2014 Carrie Battan, The New Yorker , 17 Nov. 2021",
"But that game plan would produce a weak facsimile of Mississippi State, a team that Alabama held to nine points this season. \u2014 Christopher Smith, al , 8 Nov. 2021",
"The space has a sparse, futuristic feel; there\u2019s a 3D print facsimile of a boulder from the Alps that is supposed to symbolize the synthesis of technological innovation, appreciation for the natural world, and Swiss charisma. \u2014 Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online , 6 Oct. 2021",
"The finding, published last October in Nature Neuroscience, suggests that in many cases, a memory isn\u2019t a facsimile of past perceptions that gets replayed. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Pranksters quickly found that some basic photoshop skills could offer a reasonable facsimile of an NFT avatar. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Jan. 2022",
"Plus, one of the major characters comes off like a facsimile of Steve Ditko (who created the Question, the Charlton hero that inspired Rorschach), while Dark Knight Returns writer-artist Frank Miller appears as himself. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 8 Jan. 2022"
],
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"1691, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"from the Latin phrase fac simile \"make alike,\" from fac, singular imperative of facere \"to make, do, perform\" + simile, neuter of similis \"like, similar\" \u2014 more at fact , same entry 1":""
},
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"fak-\u02c8si-m\u0259-l\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for facsimile reproduction , duplicate , copy , facsimile , replica mean a thing made to closely resemble another. reproduction implies an exact or close imitation of an existing thing. reproductions from the museum's furniture collection duplicate implies a double or counterpart exactly corresponding to another thing. a duplicate of a house key copy applies especially to one of a number of things reproduced mechanically. printed 1000 copies of the lithograph facsimile suggests a close reproduction often of graphic matter that may differ in scale. a facsimile of a rare book replica implies the exact reproduction of a particular item in all details a replica of the Mayflower but not always in the same scale. miniature replicas of classic cars",
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"alter ego",
"carbon",
"carbon copy",
"clone",
"counterpart",
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
"doppelganger",
"double",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"fetch",
"image",
"likeness",
"look-alike",
"match",
"mirror image",
"picture",
"replica",
"ringer",
"spit",
"spitting image",
"twin"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"facsimile telegraph":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a telegraphic apparatus that reproduces matter (as messages, drawings, or pictures) in facsimile":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-084735"
},
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": a maker of facsimiles (as in the preparation of lithographs)":[]
},
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"-l\u0259\u0307st"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174619",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"facsimilize":{
"antonyms":[],
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": facsimile":[]
},
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"pronounciation":[
"-\u0259\u02ccl\u012bz"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025753",
"type":[
"transitive verb"
]
},
"fact":{
"antonyms":[
"irreality",
"unreality"
],
"definitions":{
": a piece of information presented as having objective reality":[
"These are the hard facts of the case."
],
": a thing done: such as":[],
": action":[],
": an actual occurrence":[
"prove the fact of damage"
],
": crime":[
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],
": feat":[],
": in truth":[
"He looks younger, but in fact , he is 60 years old."
],
": performance , doing":[],
": something that has actual existence":[
"space exploration is now a fact"
],
": the quality of being actual : actuality":[
"a question of fact hinges on evidence"
]
},
"examples":[
"Rapid electronic communication is now a fact .",
"The book is filled with interesting facts and figures.",
"He did it, and that's a fact .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Iron Banner Rift sort of landed with a thud, given all the technical problems and the fact that there\u2019s no good new loot to chase. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"The fact that Lake Mead sits on federal ground, within the nation\u2019s first recreation area, has somewhat discouraged a full-fledged treasure hunt. \u2014 Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News , 29 June 2022",
"Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of fact -checking website Alt News, which debunks misinformation in the Indian media, was arrested Monday and remanded overnight in police custody, said KPS Malhotra, a deputy commissioner in Delhi's Cyber Crime Unit. \u2014 Rhea Mogul And Esha Mitra, CNN , 28 June 2022",
"Banners on the eight-foot fence cleverly conceal the fact that her lot backs up to a parking lot on Detroit. \u2014 Susan Brownstein, cleveland , 28 June 2022",
"But at the same time the fact that there are still in Chicago in these areas where crime is\u2026 where people are being murdered in the streets bothers me. \u2014 Fox News Staff, Fox News , 28 June 2022",
"To be sure, Democratic fortunes in the fall of 2018 were based on many factors, including the historical fact that the incumbent president\u2019s party \u2014 in this case, Donald Trump\u2019s Republicans \u2014 generally do poorly in midterms. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
"In a new Men's Health video, Pratt revealed another fun fact about his famous body transformation, which involved Chris Hemsworth's personal chef. \u2014 Milan Polk, Men's Health , 28 June 2022",
"The fact of this disappointment betrays a funny optimism, circa the early 2010s, about the power and promise of passing human intelligence through a machine in order to distill or expand it. \u2014 Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic , 28 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Latin factum \"deed, action, real event,\" noun derivative from neuter of factus, past participle of facere \"to make, bring about, perform, do,\" going back to a suffixed form *d h h 1 -k-i\u032fe- (with perfect f\u0113c\u012b from *d h eh 1 -k- ) of Indo-European *d h h 1 -, d h eh 1 - \"put, place, make, do\" \u2014 more at do entry 1":""
},
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"\u02c8fakt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"actuality",
"factuality",
"materiality",
"reality"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111025",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fact verdict":{
"antonyms":[],
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": special verdict":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180623",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fact-check":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to verify the factual accuracy of":[
"fact-check the article before publication"
]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1973, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fak(t)-\u02ccchek"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131406",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"facta":{
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"definitions":[
"Definition of facta plural of factum"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-045156",
"type":[]
},
"facta, non verba":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": acts, not words : actions speak louder than words":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u00e4k-t\u00e4 n\u014dn-\u02c8ver-b\u00e4"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103637",
"type":[
"Latin phrase"
]
},
"factable":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": coping entry 1":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1849, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"alteration of earlier fractable, fract table , from Latin fractus (past participle of frangere to break) + English table":""
},
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"\u02c8fak\u02cct\u0101b\u0259l"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022537",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"facticity":{
"antonyms":[
"falseness",
"falsity",
"untruth"
],
"definitions":{
": the quality or state of being a fact":[]
},
"examples":[
"the facticity of the information is not at issue; it's whether something so private should ever be made public",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Conversant with digital media \u2014 iPhone animation, in Ms. Sillman\u2019s case \u2014 yet committed to the facticity of paint. \u2014 Jason Farago, New York Times , 8 Oct. 2020",
"An effective story must have the unity and lyricism of a poem while giving the comforting facticity of a novel. \u2014 Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker , 27 Apr. 2020",
"Molina seems to be trying to prove a point here, something about what can be lost by emphasizing the facticity and evidentiary value of archival research. \u2014 Jacob Silverman, New Republic , 16 Aug. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1869, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"fact + -icity (as in authenticity ), perhaps after German Faktizit\u00e4t":""
},
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"fak-\u02c8ti-s\u0259-t\u0113"
],
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"factuality",
"sooth",
"trueness",
"truth",
"verity"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035552",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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": a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique":[
"The committee soon split into factions ."
],
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"petri faction"
],
": party spirit especially when marked by dissension":[
"faction , or the irreconcilable conflict of parties",
"\u2014 Ernest Barker"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The committee soon split into factions .",
"several factions within the environmental movement have joined forces to save this wilderness area",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Bennett struggled over the past three months to keep his coalition together after members of his own faction quit over ideological differences. \u2014 Fox News , 29 June 2022",
"Justice Minister Gideon Saar, leader of the New Hope party, told Army Radio that his faction had advocated such a bill and would vote in favor if it's brought before parliament. \u2014 Ilan Ben Zion, ajc , 21 June 2022",
"The United States now also has, in today\u2019s Republican Party, its first modern ethnic and religious faction . \u2014 Barbara F. Walter, The New Republic , 14 Apr. 2022",
"My father had been a leading Mountaineer and would still maintain the general superiority in skill and hardihood of the Above Boys (his own faction ) over the Below Boys (so were they called), of which party his contemporary had been a chieftain. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
"But behind the scenes, many of its traditionalist members doubted their own faction would achieve its goals. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Even the supposedly nonpartisan Supreme Court has split along the seams, with justices openly expressing scorn and suspicion of the enemy faction . \u2014 William Falk, The Week , 28 May 2022",
"Another account says that, in times of violent social change, the most militant of factions tend to triumph, and then the leader of the faction becomes the dictator of the land. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
"Weeks of Israeli-Palestinian violence, much of it fueled by tensions and fighting at Jerusalem\u2019s most sensitive holy site, prompted Mansour Abbas, leader of the Islamist Arab Ra\u2019am faction in the coalition, to suspend cooperation. \u2014 Josef Federman, ajc , 9 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1509, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Latin -facti\u014dn-, -facti\u014d (as in satisfacti\u014dn-, satisfacti\u014d satisfaction )":"Noun combining form",
"borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French faccion, borrowed from Latin facti\u014dn-, facti\u014d \"act of making, social set, band, group, self-seeking political group,\" from facere \"to make, bring about, place, classify\" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action \u2014 more at fact":"Noun"
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"\u02c8fak-sh\u0259n"
],
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"block",
"body",
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"party",
"sect",
"set",
"side",
"wing"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213336",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"noun combining form"
]
},
"factitious":{
"antonyms":[
"genuine",
"natural",
"real"
],
"definitions":{
": formed by or adapted to an artificial or conventional standard":[
"factitious tastes and values",
"\u2026 her genuine vocation, as distinguished from the hollow and factitious ideal with which her family and her association with Olive Chancellor had saddled her \u2026",
"\u2014 Henry James"
],
": of, relating to, or affected with factitious disorder":[
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"\u2014 Liz Hunt"
],
": produced by humans rather than by natural forces":[
"It seems probable that several of the mounds are factitious .",
"Those factitious stones have resisted atmospheric influences much better than sandstones; they are composed of perfectly hard mortar mixed with pounded pebbles \u2026",
"\u2014 Principles of Modern Building , volume 1"
],
": produced by special effort : not genuine":[
"created a factitious demand by spreading rumors of shortage",
"\u2026 whether the smile began as a factitious one, to test her capacity in that art,\u2014nobody knows; it ended certainly in a real smile.",
"\u2014 Thomas Hardy",
"What was dramatic in it tended to be factitious , generated as it was by the mystery part of the story \u2026",
"\u2014 Alan Horsman"
]
},
"examples":[
"presumably the statue is of factitious marble, because for that price you're not going to get the real stuff",
"the factitious friendliness shown by the beauty-pageant contestants to one another",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Their connection to these was as factitious as their previous link to toothpaste. \u2014 David Mamet, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Marc Feldman, the American psychiatrist who popularized the term Munchausen by internet, has noticed that most of the cases of factitious disorder that come to his attention involve women. \u2014 Helen Lewis, The Atlantic , 16 Mar. 2021",
"Amidst this sad and factitious disorder what became clear was that political agendas were once again trumping facts. \u2014 Amir Husain, Forbes , 4 Mar. 2021",
"Life here feels familiar\u2014perversely, almost easy, if admittedly factitious . \u2014 Sylvia Poggioli, The New York Review of Books , 29 Mar. 2020",
"That\u2019s because, for the most part, music is used in movies as sonic wallpaper, covering silences and images with an indifferent and casually factitious unity. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 13 Mar. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1624, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Latin fact\u012bcius \"manufactured, artificial,\" from factus (past participle of facere \"to make, create, bring about\") + -\u012bcius -itious \u2014 more at fact":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"fak-\u02c8tish-\u0259s",
"fak-\u02c8ti-sh\u0259s"
],
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"synonyms":[
"artificial",
"bogus",
"dummy",
"ersatz",
"fake",
"false",
"faux",
"imitation",
"imitative",
"man-made",
"mimic",
"mock",
"pretend",
"sham",
"simulated",
"substitute",
"synthetic"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174241",
"type":[
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"noun"
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},
"factor":{
"antonyms":[
"allow (for)",
"consider",
"provide (for)",
"regard"
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": a good or service (such as land, labor, or capital) used in the process of production":[],
": a quantity by which a given quantity is multiplied or divided in order to indicate a difference in measurement":[
"costs increased by a factor of 10"
],
": a substance that functions in or promotes the function of a particular physiological process or bodily system":[
"a clotting factor that facilitates blood coagulation"
],
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": gene":[],
": one that actively contributes to the production of a result : ingredient":[
"price wasn't a factor in the decision"
],
": one that lends money to producers and dealers (as on the security of accounts receivable)":[],
": one who acts or transacts business for another: such as":[],
": to exclude as a factor":[
"\u2014 used with out"
],
": to include or admit as a factor":[
"\u2014 used with in or into factor inflation into our calculations"
],
": to resolve into factors":[],
": to work as a factor":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"There were several factors contributing to their recent decline.",
"Poor planning was a major factor in the company's failure.",
"6, 4, 3, and 2 are factors of 12.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Do the developers use two factor authentication to access the platform",
"Confirm that rain or melting snow will not be a factor . \u2014 Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day , 29 June 2022",
"As Timmer explained, a building is rarely made using one material; functionality has to be a factor . \u2014 Meghan Willcoxon, Journal Sentinel , 29 June 2022",
"Despite what precipitated between Mariners reliever Erik Swanson and Angels center fielder Mike Trout the night before \u2014 when Swanson threw a pitch near Trout\u2019s head \u2014 the umpires and Wantz downplayed that being a factor in Sunday\u2019s events. \u2014 Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"Thirty-eight of the 45 players on the current roster will make their debut next month, which could be a factor , coach Callie Brownson acknowledged. \u2014 Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun , 26 June 2022",
"This makes passkeys stronger than all common two- factor authentication types. \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 24 June 2022",
"For American travelers to Europe, the dollar strengthening against the euro and the pound is also a factor , by making hotels and restaurants more affordable. \u2014 Mike Corder, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"The most glaring of those problems is that many of these apps don't support two- factor authentication (2FA) for administrators or parents. \u2014 Nathaniel Mott, PCMAG , 22 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"And this doesn\u2019t factor in Gen Zers\u2019 ascension through the ranks of companies. \u2014 Sid Sijbrandij, Fortune , 21 June 2022",
"The credit also does not factor in millions of dollars in parking revenue the city will no longer collect once the land is sold. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 Apr. 2022",
"International politics also don\u2019t always factor into climate economic models. \u2014 Matthew E. Kahn, The Conversation , 22 Feb. 2022",
"The two tangled and barked at each other from their respective penalty boxes, demonstrating that age or prior experience does not factor into this rivalry. \u2014 Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY , 2 Feb. 2022",
"This isn\u2019t a Morning Show finale party; coronavirus shouldn\u2019t factor into it. \u2014 Rebecca Alter, Vulture , 11 Dec. 2021",
"For both McCord and Pryor, redshirting might not factor into their long-term college career. \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 16 Nov. 2021",
"As of now, LIV Golf events don\u2019t factor into the official world golf rankings. \u2014 Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
"The figure did not factor in new college graduates for this year. \u2014 Laura He, CNN , 13 June 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1621, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb"
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"Middle English factour \"doer, perpetrator, commercial agent,\" borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin factor \"maker, creator, perpetrator\" (Medieval Latin, \"commercial agent, broker\"), from fac-, stem of facere \"to make, bring about, perform, do\" + -tor, agent suffix \u2014 more at fact":"Noun",
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"assignee",
"attorney",
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"\u02c8fak-tr\u0113",
"\u02c8fak-t\u0259-r\u0113",
"\u02c8fak-t(\u0259-)r\u0113"
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"workshop"
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"examples":[
"She got a job in the factory .",
"the new factory will create hundreds of much-needed jobs",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His father was a chemical engineer at a wool factory , his mother an artist who taught cooking. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"But the 75kWh battery in a Tesla Model 3 Long Range \u2013 which has a 358-mile EPA range and 374-mile WLTP range \u2013 produces 4.5 tons of CO2 if manufactured in Tesla\u2019s battery factory in Nevada, and still only 7.5 tons if produced in Asia. \u2014 James Morris, Forbes , 18 June 2022",
"Visitors to the Augusta Canal Boat Tours cruise the canal in a historic Petersburg boat, where guides offer the history of the 19th-century mills, gunpowder factory , and some of Georgia\u2019s oldest homes. \u2014 Avery Newmark, AccessAtlanta , 17 June 2022",
"Which starts the process of spending a whopping 3.5 billion other than the Intel chip factory outside Columbus, which gets all of the attention. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 15 June 2022",
"Ukraine says more than 500 civilians are trapped alongside soldiers inside the Azot chemical factory , where its forces have resisted weeks of Russian bombardment that has reduced much of Sievierodonetsk to ruins. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
"In the Ural Mountains, a factory worked with Siemens, the German manufacturing giant, to produce modern trains to replace rusting Soviet stock. \u2014 Ivan Nechepurenko, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
"McCaster claims demand has been up 7.7% over the past two years, and the company is running its Auburn, Maine, Tampax factory 24/7 to meet demand. \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 9 June 2022",
"Local reports said the shooting occurred at the \u0421olumbia Machine factory , which produces molds and production equipment, according to its website. \u2014 Fox News , 9 June 2022"
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"1582, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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": a ship equipped to process a whale or fish catch at sea":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"By 1930, there were forty-one factory ships in the Southern Ocean, taking nearly thirty thousand blue whales in a single season. \u2014 Lucy Jakub, Harper's magazine , 2 Mar. 2020",
"If the store orders directly from the manufacturer, make sure your purchase contract requires the store to provide a copy of its factory invoice for the carpet, showing your name and the style, color and amount of carpet the factory shipped . \u2014 Kevin Brasler, Washington Post , 9 July 2019",
"The mother factory ship Nisshin-maru and two support boats that used to go to the Antarctic will travel as far as Japan's 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone to catch minke, Bryde's and sei whales. \u2014 Mari Yamaguchi, Anchorage Daily News , 2 July 2019",
"In some past investigations, the NTSB, such as in the 2008 sinking of the Alaska Ranger factory ship , has reached a different probable cause of the sinking of a vessel. \u2014 Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times , 12 July 2018",
"Last year, American factories shipped barely 300,000 vehicles to China, or about 1 percent of the market. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Apr. 2018"
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"definitions":{
": a general servant":[],
": a person having many diverse activities or responsibilities":[]
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"examples":[
"He was the office factotum .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Pulling the curtain through the years is Atung (Glenn Obrero), a figure who exists somewhere between spectacle and narrator, authorial representative and stagehand, factotum and moral conscience. \u2014 Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune , 16 May 2022",
"In early 1929, only a few months after the young Doheny family moved in, Ned and his friend and factotum , Hugh Plunkett, were both shot and killed in a guest bedroom. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
"To woo Rosina, Almaviva hires Figaro, the town\u2019s factotum (a jack-of-all-trades) who is the doctor\u2019s barber and wig stylist. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Apr. 2021",
"In a nutshell, this figure of speech fits Detroit Tigers reliever Buck Farmer, the factotum of the bullpen. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 20 Feb. 2021",
"The longtime Clinton factotum Lanny Davis devoted a book to the argument. \u2014 Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ , 13 Nov. 2020",
"Kennedy was named for Eddie Moore, a longtime family factotum (and sometime procurer for Joe). \u2014 Edward Kosner, WSJ , 23 Oct. 2020",
"In camp, Bundini was a factotum who did everything for his charge. \u2014 Gordon Marino, WSJ , 3 Sep. 2020",
"On Friday Beijing\u2019s local factotum used the pandemic as an excuse to postpone elections for a year, and dissenters are being arrested or fired. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 2 Aug. 2020"
],
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"1562, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"from the Latin phrase fac t\u014dtum \"do all!\", from fac (singular imperative of facere \"to make, do\" + t\u014dtum \"the whole, entirety,\" from neuter of t\u014dtus \"all, the whole of\") \u2014 more at fact , total entry 1":""
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"type":[
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": a female factor":[]
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"\u02c8faktriks"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193022",
"type":[
"noun"
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"antonyms":[
"irreality",
"unreality"
],
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": a piece of information presented as having objective reality":[
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": a thing done: such as":[],
": action":[],
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],
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": feat":[],
": in truth":[
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],
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": the quality of being actual : actuality":[
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]
},
"examples":[
"Rapid electronic communication is now a fact .",
"The book is filled with interesting facts and figures.",
"He did it, and that's a fact .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Iron Banner Rift sort of landed with a thud, given all the technical problems and the fact that there\u2019s no good new loot to chase. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"The fact that Lake Mead sits on federal ground, within the nation\u2019s first recreation area, has somewhat discouraged a full-fledged treasure hunt. \u2014 Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News , 29 June 2022",
"Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of fact -checking website Alt News, which debunks misinformation in the Indian media, was arrested Monday and remanded overnight in police custody, said KPS Malhotra, a deputy commissioner in Delhi's Cyber Crime Unit. \u2014 Rhea Mogul And Esha Mitra, CNN , 28 June 2022",
"Banners on the eight-foot fence cleverly conceal the fact that her lot backs up to a parking lot on Detroit. \u2014 Susan Brownstein, cleveland , 28 June 2022",
"But at the same time the fact that there are still in Chicago in these areas where crime is\u2026 where people are being murdered in the streets bothers me. \u2014 Fox News Staff, Fox News , 28 June 2022",
"To be sure, Democratic fortunes in the fall of 2018 were based on many factors, including the historical fact that the incumbent president\u2019s party \u2014 in this case, Donald Trump\u2019s Republicans \u2014 generally do poorly in midterms. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
"In a new Men's Health video, Pratt revealed another fun fact about his famous body transformation, which involved Chris Hemsworth's personal chef. \u2014 Milan Polk, Men's Health , 28 June 2022",
"The fact of this disappointment betrays a funny optimism, circa the early 2010s, about the power and promise of passing human intelligence through a machine in order to distill or expand it. \u2014 Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic , 28 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4":""
},
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"borrowed from Latin factum \"deed, action, real event,\" noun derivative from neuter of factus, past participle of facere \"to make, bring about, perform, do,\" going back to a suffixed form *d h h 1 -k-i\u032fe- (with perfect f\u0113c\u012b from *d h eh 1 -k- ) of Indo-European *d h h 1 -, d h eh 1 - \"put, place, make, do\" \u2014 more at do entry 1":""
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"materiality",
"reality"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"nonfactual",
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"unhistorical"
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": restricted to or based on fact":[
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"She tried to separate what is factual from what is not."
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"examples":[
"That statement is not factual .",
"a report filled with factual errors",
"the factual aspects of the case",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The people who use these platforms have a right to honest, factual information in making enormous life decisions such as whether or not to continue a pregnancy. \u2014 Jenna Sherman, Scientific American , 24 June 2022",
"My own reading turned up poor annotation and sloppy factual errors, including mischaracterizations of the circumstances around the writing and editing of Anne\u2019s diary. \u2014 Ruth Franklin, The New York Review of Books , 11 May 2022",
"The fabrication included so many other factual errors that no serious historian has ever considered Frank's record reliable. \u2014 Anthony D. Kauders, CNN , 5 May 2022",
"Mainstream media outlets and fact-checking sites inevitably eviscerated Mr. Carlson\u2019s work for its factual errors and dubious assertions, but that was beside the point. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Apr. 2022",
"The increased scrutiny that has focused on factual errors, inadequate historical context and racist or otherwise inappropriate references, prompting the state to remove two markers, revise two and order new text for two others so far. \u2014 CBS News , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Even without the assistance of Led Zeppelin or its inner circle, Spitz manages to tell a compelling story (despite a few factual errors in my edition). \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Dalrymple said he's found numerous factual errors in the decisions made by the Department of Workforce Development, particularly in letters sent to people asking for benefits back. \u2014 Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star , 13 Nov. 2021",
"For his part, Abbott contends his criticisms are factual and based on information available in the public record. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 June 2022"
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"circa 1832, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8faksh-w\u0259l",
"-ch\u00fc-\u0259l",
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"1936, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8faksh-w\u0259-",
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"That statement is not factual .",
"a report filled with factual errors",
"the factual aspects of the case",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The people who use these platforms have a right to honest, factual information in making enormous life decisions such as whether or not to continue a pregnancy. \u2014 Jenna Sherman, Scientific American , 24 June 2022",
"My own reading turned up poor annotation and sloppy factual errors, including mischaracterizations of the circumstances around the writing and editing of Anne\u2019s diary. \u2014 Ruth Franklin, The New York Review of Books , 11 May 2022",
"The fabrication included so many other factual errors that no serious historian has ever considered Frank's record reliable. \u2014 Anthony D. Kauders, CNN , 5 May 2022",
"Mainstream media outlets and fact-checking sites inevitably eviscerated Mr. Carlson\u2019s work for its factual errors and dubious assertions, but that was beside the point. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Apr. 2022",
"The increased scrutiny that has focused on factual errors, inadequate historical context and racist or otherwise inappropriate references, prompting the state to remove two markers, revise two and order new text for two others so far. \u2014 CBS News , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Even without the assistance of Led Zeppelin or its inner circle, Spitz manages to tell a compelling story (despite a few factual errors in my edition). \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Dalrymple said he's found numerous factual errors in the decisions made by the Department of Workforce Development, particularly in letters sent to people asking for benefits back. \u2014 Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star , 13 Nov. 2021",
"For his part, Abbott contends his criticisms are factual and based on information available in the public record. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 June 2022"
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": the manner in which something (such as a painting) is made":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The impression of freshness and immediacy is reinforced by the paint\u2019s facture . \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Oct. 2021",
"In art, the inefficiencies of hand facture were understood as essential markers of meaning. \u2014 Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books , 19 Aug. 2021",
"These sensuous aspects \u2014 the painting\u2019s facture , the colors\u2019 intensity \u2014 are as important, in their way, as Mondrian\u2019s organization of form and space. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 May 2021",
"Her face, while more contoured than Eva\u2019s, still quivers with facture , the tenderness of coming-to-be embodied in Kiely\u2019s additions, erasures, and smudges. \u2014 Cate Mcquaid, BostonGlobe.com , 18 Mar. 2021"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Middle English, \"manner of making, shape,\" borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin fact\u016bra \"working (of metal), make, fashion,\" from factus (past participle of facere \"to make, do\") + -\u016bra -ure \u2014 more at fact":""
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"1871, in the meaning defined above":""
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"definitions":{
": any of the bright regions of the sun's photosphere seen most easily near the sun's edge":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Four of the seven newly named features lie in the Caloris basin, shown above, where faculae take names from African languages of the Somalian, Igbo (of southeastern Nigeria), Arabic, and Afrikaans. \u2014 Nola Taylor Redd, Science | AAAS , 9 Apr. 2018"
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"1706, in the meaning defined above":""
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Because cleaner fish have other food sources besides the parasites, such as crustaceans, this relationship is also facultative mutualism. \u2014 Liz Langley, National Geographic , 25 Sep. 2020",
"Ball pythons are native to central and western Africa and can reproduce asexually, which is known as facultative parthenogenesis, the zoo said. \u2014 David Williams, CNN , 11 Sep. 2020",
"The dragon\u2019s birth, which came during a study of fertility, was said to result from a special type of parthenogenesis, called facultative parthenogenesis. \u2014 Martin Weil, Washington Post , 6 July 2019"
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"1820, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"borrowed from French & New Latin; French facultatif, borrowed from New Latin facult\u0101t\u012bvus, from Medieval Latin facult\u0101t-, facult\u0101s \"ability, power, authority, privilege, right\" (Latin, \"ability, power\") + Latin -\u012bvus -ive \u2014 more at faculty":""
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"\u02c8fa-k\u0259l-\u02cct\u0101-tiv",
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"The school hired more faculty .",
"a meeting with students and faculty",
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"The Faculty of Arts and Sciences.",
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"Gunn served on the faculty of Parsons School of Design from 1982 to 2007. \u2014 Amethyst Tate, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022",
"Rosenfeld eventually joined the faculty at Baylor College of Medicine, in Houston, becoming a specialist in tubal reversal, and, in the early eighties, taking charge of the clinic in the center of town. \u2014 Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker , 25 June 2022",
"Crick joined the Salk faculty at the same time Eckhart was taking over the cancer center. \u2014 Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 June 2022",
"The only woman on a faculty of about 40, she was often ignored by her colleagues. \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
"Hardin joined the FIU Business faculty in 2006 as director of real estate programs and the Jerome Bain Real Estate Institute. \u2014 Cindy Kent, Sun Sentinel , 13 June 2022",
"In the early and mid-1950s, my dad was on the faculty at Peacock Military Academy. \u2014 Paula Allen, San Antonio Express-News , 4 June 2022",
"After lecturing at the Johns Hopkins University and Goucher College, Mrs. Stern joined the faculty of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 1981. \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun , 27 May 2022",
"Our terrain was Irvine, in Southern California, where Ng\u0169g\u0129 moved two decades ago, joining the faculty at UC Irvine. \u2014 Dw Gibson, The Atlantic , 20 May 2022"
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"There were several factors contributing to their recent decline.",
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"6, 4, 3, and 2 are factors of 12.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Do the developers use two factor authentication to access the platform",
"Confirm that rain or melting snow will not be a factor . \u2014 Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day , 29 June 2022",
"As Timmer explained, a building is rarely made using one material; functionality has to be a factor . \u2014 Meghan Willcoxon, Journal Sentinel , 29 June 2022",
"Despite what precipitated between Mariners reliever Erik Swanson and Angels center fielder Mike Trout the night before \u2014 when Swanson threw a pitch near Trout\u2019s head \u2014 the umpires and Wantz downplayed that being a factor in Sunday\u2019s events. \u2014 Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"Thirty-eight of the 45 players on the current roster will make their debut next month, which could be a factor , coach Callie Brownson acknowledged. \u2014 Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun , 26 June 2022",
"This makes passkeys stronger than all common two- factor authentication types. \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 24 June 2022",
"For American travelers to Europe, the dollar strengthening against the euro and the pound is also a factor , by making hotels and restaurants more affordable. \u2014 Mike Corder, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"The most glaring of those problems is that many of these apps don't support two- factor authentication (2FA) for administrators or parents. \u2014 Nathaniel Mott, PCMAG , 22 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"And this doesn\u2019t factor in Gen Zers\u2019 ascension through the ranks of companies. \u2014 Sid Sijbrandij, Fortune , 21 June 2022",
"The credit also does not factor in millions of dollars in parking revenue the city will no longer collect once the land is sold. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 Apr. 2022",
"International politics also don\u2019t always factor into climate economic models. \u2014 Matthew E. Kahn, The Conversation , 22 Feb. 2022",
"The two tangled and barked at each other from their respective penalty boxes, demonstrating that age or prior experience does not factor into this rivalry. \u2014 Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY , 2 Feb. 2022",
"This isn\u2019t a Morning Show finale party; coronavirus shouldn\u2019t factor into it. \u2014 Rebecca Alter, Vulture , 11 Dec. 2021",
"For both McCord and Pryor, redshirting might not factor into their long-term college career. \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 16 Nov. 2021",
"As of now, LIV Golf events don\u2019t factor into the official world golf rankings. \u2014 Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
"The figure did not factor in new college graduates for this year. \u2014 Laura He, CNN , 13 June 2022"
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"examples":[
"The book is really just a collection of interesting factoids .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Oh well, maybe the factoid will help a future contestant or inspire this trio to visit the Shoals or look up our glorious history in the vast world of rock and roll. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 17 June 2022",
"This is the kind of factoid that the internet can reliably deliver in a matter of seconds, and yet the joy of discovering such things has been entirely lost. \u2014 New York Times , 10 May 2022",
"Schor\u2019s book, a best seller and classic of its genre, may very well be the origin story for how so many people otherwise uninvolved in medieval history came to know and share this particular factoid . \u2014 Amanda Mull, The Atlantic , 6 May 2022",
"In a field where shifts typically move at a glacial pace, that demographic factoid may represent the most abrupt and most consequential shift in U.S. society in the postwar period. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Rodrigo told the Portland crowd that she was introduced to Veruca Salt by her mother \u2014 a factoid that led more than a few Gen Xers online to jokingly confront their own mortality. \u2014 Kat Bouza, Rolling Stone , 7 Apr. 2022",
"As a huge Peaky Blinders fan, here\u2019s another Cine Lens factoid that intrigued me. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 16 Dec. 2021",
"Given how loose the show feels and how unflattering the pair can come off, this is a curious factoid . \u2014 Nicholas Quah, Vulture , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Frey grew up in Oakton, Va., in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. \u2014 a factoid that has often been raised by detractors over the last year who have occasionally shouted at him to move back to Virginia. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Nov. 2021"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Perhaps my brain uses factor analysis to distill thousands of attributes\u2014height, fashion sense, tone of voice\u2014into a single point in an abstract space. \u2014 James Somers, The New Yorker , 29 Nov. 2021",
"The regulations replaced a complex factor analysis that determined whether an entity could be taxed as a partnership. \u2014 Peter J Reilly, Forbes , 1 Oct. 2021",
"In an interview Thursday morning, Bernhardt said the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service used the five- factor analysis required by law to delist a species, and concluded the wolf is no longer endangered or threatened. \u2014 Jennifer Bjorhus, Star Tribune , 29 Oct. 2020",
"Through factor analysis of those five sub-scores, computing a factor score on overall effectiveness for each firm, which, in turn, was also transformed into a T-Score. \u2014 WSJ , 5 Dec. 2017"
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"1928, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-154233"
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": a clotting factor that is produced primarily in the liver under the influence of vitamin K and in its activated form is a proteolytic enzyme that converts prothrombin to thrombin in a reaction dependent on calcium ions and phospholipids and accelerated by factor V":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In Strategy 1, the revealing factor X is 3160/1600 = 1:98. \u2014 Nicholas Diaco, Scientific American , 20 Mar. 2018"
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"first_known_use":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-154542"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The benefits of having a small and independent unit focusing on a challenge is multi- factorial . \u2014 Nelson Dumas, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"The coefficients of all those polynomials were only made up of odd factorial denominators with their alternating signs. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 1 June 2022",
"The total number of possibilities is 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 or 120, the factorial 5!. \u2014 Eugenia Cheng, WSJ , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Factorials grow so fast that a library of 240 songs will result in sequences totaling the figure 240!\u2014a factorial that is a mind-boggling 469 digits long. \u2014 Eugenia Cheng, WSJ , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The exclamation point there isn\u2019t the end of a sentence but, instead, denotes a factorial , the value obtained by multiplying the number by every number that precedes it. \u2014 Philip Bump, Washington Post , 20 Dec. 2019",
"But for graphs with n nodes, the number of different matchings is n factorial (1 * 2 * 3 * \u2026 * n), which is so much larger than n that this brute-force approach is hopelessly impractical for all but the smallest graphs. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 14 Dec. 2015",
"Here\u2019s one easy way to construct a list of, say, 100 composite numbers in a row: Start with the numbers 2, 3, 4, \u2026 , 101, and add to each of these the number 101 factorial (the product of the first 101 numbers, written 101!). \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 10 Dec. 2014"
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"She got a job in the factory .",
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"His father was a chemical engineer at a wool factory , his mother an artist who taught cooking. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"But the 75kWh battery in a Tesla Model 3 Long Range \u2013 which has a 358-mile EPA range and 374-mile WLTP range \u2013 produces 4.5 tons of CO2 if manufactured in Tesla\u2019s battery factory in Nevada, and still only 7.5 tons if produced in Asia. \u2014 James Morris, Forbes , 18 June 2022",
"Visitors to the Augusta Canal Boat Tours cruise the canal in a historic Petersburg boat, where guides offer the history of the 19th-century mills, gunpowder factory , and some of Georgia\u2019s oldest homes. \u2014 Avery Newmark, AccessAtlanta , 17 June 2022",
"Which starts the process of spending a whopping 3.5 billion other than the Intel chip factory outside Columbus, which gets all of the attention. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 15 June 2022",
"Ukraine says more than 500 civilians are trapped alongside soldiers inside the Azot chemical factory , where its forces have resisted weeks of Russian bombardment that has reduced much of Sievierodonetsk to ruins. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
"In the Ural Mountains, a factory worked with Siemens, the German manufacturing giant, to produce modern trains to replace rusting Soviet stock. \u2014 Ivan Nechepurenko, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
"McCaster claims demand has been up 7.7% over the past two years, and the company is running its Auburn, Maine, Tampax factory 24/7 to meet demand. \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 9 June 2022",
"Local reports said the shooting occurred at the \u0421olumbia Machine factory , which produces molds and production equipment, according to its website. \u2014 Fox News , 9 June 2022"
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"noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Meanwhile, Potter will publicly document the scale and degree of factory farm operations. \u2014 Hannah Weinberger, Outside Online , 22 July 2014",
"Making pork entirely cruelty-free would render the factory farm production model economically unviable. \u2014 Aaron Regunberg, The New Republic , 13 Aug. 2021",
"Making pork entirely cruelty-free would render the factory farm production model economically unviable. \u2014 Aaron Regunberg, The New Republic , 13 Aug. 2021",
"Making pork entirely cruelty-free would render the factory farm production model economically unviable. \u2014 Aaron Regunberg, The New Republic , 13 Aug. 2021",
"Making pork entirely cruelty-free would render the factory farm production model economically unviable. \u2014 Aaron Regunberg, The New Republic , 13 Aug. 2021",
"Making pork entirely cruelty-free would render the factory farm production model economically unviable. \u2014 Aaron Regunberg, The New Republic , 13 Aug. 2021",
"Making pork entirely cruelty-free would render the factory farm production model economically unviable. \u2014 Aaron Regunberg, The New Republic , 13 Aug. 2021",
"Making pork entirely cruelty-free would render the factory farm production model economically unviable. \u2014 Aaron Regunberg, The New Republic , 13 Aug. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The factor V Leiden mutation puts people at higher risk for developing blood clots. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 8 Feb. 2022",
"In this case, the hematologist will usually look for underlying causes, such as protein C or S deficiency or the factor V Leiden mutation. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 10 Nov. 2021",
"Among the 20 or so known genetic risk factors, the most common include the factor V Leiden mutation, prothrombin gene mutations and deficiencies in protein C, protein S and antithrombin. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 1 Nov. 2021"
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"\u2014 Nick Coltrain",
"The headbands are reusable with an interchangeable face shield , which greatly increases their utility versus a single-use disposable design.",
"\u2014 Edwin B. Smith",
"\u2026 no action was taken by the American Hockey Coaches Association regarding the matter of a three-quarters face shield for college hockey players. Thus, the full face mask requirement will remain in place for next season.",
"\u2014 John Connolly",
"If it's really cold, a snowmobile-style helmet with a face shield is your best bet.",
"\u2014 Tom Kaiser",
"Wash your hands frequently and use a cloth face shield to protect yourself and others from spreading the virus.",
"\u2014 Howard B. Owens"
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"Brady's response isn't heard, though his facial expressed suggested he wasn't quite done yet. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 14 Mar. 2022",
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"Anytime the award-winning actress crosses our feeds it\u2019s either for a stellar performance, those ever-aspirational arms or because the face card continues to be top tier. \u2014 Blake Newby, Essence , 28 Feb. 2022",
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"Earlier this month, Justin told fans he had been diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt syndrome, a condition that occurs when a varicella-zoster virus infects a facial nerve . \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 22 June 2022",
"Bieber also confirmed in that video that the syndrome \u2014 which, according to Mayo Clinic, occurs when a case of the shingles impacts the facial nerve near the ear \u2014 was the reason behind his postponing his Justice World tour earlier this month. \u2014 Hannah Dailey, Billboard , 14 June 2022",
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"This meningitis symptom stems from irritation of the meninges located at the base of the skull, spreading into the trigeminal, or facial nerve , and triggering discomfort, according to a 2012 report published in the Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology. \u2014 Sarah Lemire, Health.com , 19 Jan. 2022",
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"That\u2019s because every divisor of 28 is a combination of divisors of 22 and 7, the prime powers that appear in the factorization of 28. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 15 Mar. 2021",
"So far, B\u00f6ck has identified only a handful of keys in the wild that are vulnerable to the factorization attack. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 14 Mar. 2022",
"This can easily be broken with Fermat's factorization method. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 14 Mar. 2022",
"If 2020 was the year of 2 + 2 = 5, maybe 2021 will be the year of ... prime factorization ? \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 17 Feb. 2021",
"The size of a p-adic number is determined by the prevalence of p in its prime factorization . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 19 Oct. 2020",
"Quantum computers, though, may be able to solve integer factorization problems many millions of times faster. \u2014 Sara Castellanos, WSJ , 9 Oct. 2020",
"Light beams might be used to create optical computers powerful enough to solve difficult problems such as factorization . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 30 Sep. 2020",
"One recent query: how to link lessons on prime factorization with simplifying fractions so students can learn how different topics connect with each other. \u2014 Sarah E. Needleman, WSJ , 9 Aug. 2020"
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"The difference is that firefighters, at the fact finder \u2019s recommendation, were given a three-year contract. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 12 July 2021",
"North Royalton Finance Director Eric Dean said the firefighters union has also accepted the fact finder \u2019s terms. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 12 July 2021",
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"Had Danney been willing to testify regarding his treatment of these and other athletes, Plaintiff would be entitled to have the fact finder weigh the scope of Danney\u2019s activities. \u2014 Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY , 16 Sep. 2019",
"The Chicago Teachers Union has rejected a 16 percent raise over five years offered by the city and recommended by an independent fact finder and the union has laid the groundwork for a strike. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Aug. 2019",
"Mueller, a former F.B.I. director, sees himself as a fact finder , a scrupulous prosecutor. \u2014 Eric Lach, The New Yorker , 24 July 2019",
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"In his deposition, former Trump campaign spokesman Jason Miller is answering questions in muffled tones from behind a face mask while sitting in a stark, characterless room. \u2014 Robin Givhan, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"Slather on a face mask and settle in for some R&R with this podcast that covers all things beauty. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 23 May 2022",
"No obvious pandemic metaphors loom here, even if Saul does spend much of his time outdoors in a face mask that matches his dark hooded robes. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022",
"While exercising on a stationary bike, each of the 16 subjects breathed clean air through a silicone face mask , and then exhaled into a plastic bag. \u2014 Tara Law, Time , 23 May 2022",
"Much like any other face mask , peel-off masks can address an array of different skin concerns based on their ingredient profile. \u2014 ELLE , 20 May 2022",
"Covid-19 precautions such as face mask and vaccination requirements were being dropped in NYC, as Candace McCowan reported for ABC 7 News on March 7. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 7 May 2022",
"The hearing lasted less than five minutes, with Ethan appearing via Zoom from jail wearing a face mask and saying nothing. \u2014 Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press , 19 May 2022",
"The authoritarian leader appeared in public wearing a face mask for the first time on Thursday. \u2014 Min Joo Kim, Washington Post , 13 May 2022"
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"Look at the illustration on the facing page.",
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"The back and arm of a naked person in a wooden box, no face or clues visible. \u2014 Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes , 3 July 2022",
"Finch is holding a copy of the January 1992 issue of Spin, which happens to be Nirvana\u2019s first national magazine cover; the face in question belongs to her ex-boyfriend, Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl. \u2014 Peter Rubin, Longreads , 1 July 2022",
"Liberals who distrust Kavanaugh, given his apparent about- face from statements during his Supreme Court confirmation vetting about overturning Roe, may be inclined to see gamesmanship in his wording. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022",
"Beginning earlier this year, the airport began a series of upgrades to put the best face on the terminal for any visitors. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 1 July 2022",
"After 2022 ceremony presenter Chris Rock made a joke on stage about the shaved head of Jada Pinkett Smith \u2014 who has alopecia \u2014 the actress' husband, Will Smith, approached the comedian and slapped him across the face . \u2014 Ew Staff, EW.com , 1 July 2022",
"McKibben later pleaded guilty to the crime and admitted special circumstances of robbery and torture \u2014 an allegation arising from the dozens of stab wounds to his mother\u2019s head, face and neck, prosecutors said. \u2014 Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 July 2022",
"Douglas, who has been in court nearly every day of the trial wearing shirts emblazoned by Hussle\u2019s face and a black cowboy hat, downplayed the idea that a gang member found to be cooperating with police needed to fear for one\u2019s life. \u2014 James Queallystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 1 July 2022",
"Ponvert said cameras recorded more than 50 incidents of William Shehadi being abused, including a nurse gyrating his groin on Shehadi's face , and workers dousing him with liquids, throwing food at him, and forcing him to wear a diaper on his head. \u2014 Fox News , 30 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"If convicted on drug smuggling charges, Griner could face 10 years in a Russian prison. \u2014 Analisa Novak, CBS News , 5 July 2022",
"Three men charged with sabotaging the railway network in southern Belarus to disrupt the Russian war effort could face the death penalty, said the Investigative Committee of Belarus. \u2014 Katya Soldak, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"If convicted, both Zamorano and Martinez could face up to life in prison or could face the death penalty. \u2014 Rosa Flores, Rosalina Nieves And Raja Razek, CNN , 29 June 2022",
"If convicted, Griner could face 10 years in prison. \u2014 Kent Somers, USA TODAY , 29 June 2022",
"If convicted on all four counts, Hughes could face more than 22 years in prison. \u2014 Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel , 28 June 2022",
"If convicted, Griner could face 10 years in prison. \u2014 Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic , 28 June 2022",
"Griner, who was seen in shackles, could face 10 years in prison if convicted on charges of large-scale transportation of drugs. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 27 June 2022",
"Griner could face 10 years in prison if convicted on charges of large-scale transportation of drugs. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022"
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"Finch is holding a copy of the January 1992 issue of Spin, which happens to be Nirvana\u2019s first national magazine cover; the face in question belongs to her ex-boyfriend, Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl. \u2014 Peter Rubin, Longreads , 1 July 2022",
"Liberals who distrust Kavanaugh, given his apparent about- face from statements during his Supreme Court confirmation vetting about overturning Roe, may be inclined to see gamesmanship in his wording. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022",
"Beginning earlier this year, the airport began a series of upgrades to put the best face on the terminal for any visitors. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 1 July 2022",
"After 2022 ceremony presenter Chris Rock made a joke on stage about the shaved head of Jada Pinkett Smith \u2014 who has alopecia \u2014 the actress' husband, Will Smith, approached the comedian and slapped him across the face . \u2014 Ew Staff, EW.com , 1 July 2022",
"McKibben later pleaded guilty to the crime and admitted special circumstances of robbery and torture \u2014 an allegation arising from the dozens of stab wounds to his mother\u2019s head, face and neck, prosecutors said. \u2014 Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 July 2022",
"Douglas, who has been in court nearly every day of the trial wearing shirts emblazoned by Hussle\u2019s face and a black cowboy hat, downplayed the idea that a gang member found to be cooperating with police needed to fear for one\u2019s life. \u2014 James Queallystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 1 July 2022",
"Ponvert said cameras recorded more than 50 incidents of William Shehadi being abused, including a nurse gyrating his groin on Shehadi's face , and workers dousing him with liquids, throwing food at him, and forcing him to wear a diaper on his head. \u2014 Fox News , 30 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"If convicted on drug smuggling charges, Griner could face 10 years in a Russian prison. \u2014 Analisa Novak, CBS News , 5 July 2022",
"Three men charged with sabotaging the railway network in southern Belarus to disrupt the Russian war effort could face the death penalty, said the Investigative Committee of Belarus. \u2014 Katya Soldak, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"If convicted, both Zamorano and Martinez could face up to life in prison or could face the death penalty. \u2014 Rosa Flores, Rosalina Nieves And Raja Razek, CNN , 29 June 2022",
"If convicted, Griner could face 10 years in prison. \u2014 Kent Somers, USA TODAY , 29 June 2022",
"If convicted on all four counts, Hughes could face more than 22 years in prison. \u2014 Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel , 28 June 2022",
"If convicted, Griner could face 10 years in prison. \u2014 Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic , 28 June 2022",
"Griner, who was seen in shackles, could face 10 years in prison if convicted on charges of large-scale transportation of drugs. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 27 June 2022",
"Griner could face 10 years in prison if convicted on charges of large-scale transportation of drugs. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022"
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"The cards were dealt faceup .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Bridge with single-arm chest press Lie faceup with knees bent, feet hip-width apart, and left elbow bent and on the ground with a kettlebell in hand, knuckles faceup . \u2014 Rozalynn S. Frazier, Health.com , 10 June 2019"
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"Zucker warns about taking most available debt data at face value . \u2014 Brennan Barnard, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Taken at face value , these numbers may appear to indicate that vaccination does not make that much of a difference. \u2014 Amanda Monta\u00f1ez, Scientific American , 7 June 2022",
"But what happens next is the even more insidious danger, Ms. Phillips said: The joke is taken at face value by the sizable portion of people who are already primed to distrust society\u2019s institutions. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
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"An April 15 repost of the video on Facebook was captioned with an emoji typically used to indicate skepticism, but its more than 60,000 comments suggested at least some of the post's 14 million viewers took the content at face value . \u2014 Bayliss Wagner, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
"In an email to the Journal Sentinel, Vos, who is a member of the WEDC board, called on people who received free tickets to repay them at face value . \u2014 Corrinne Hess, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 May 2022"
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"The parasites often spread among cows - their preferred hosts - through certain types of face flies that eat eye secretions, such as tears, the Oct. 22 paper said. \u2014 Allyson Chiu, chicagotribune.com , 7 Nov. 2019",
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"East 183rd Street and Adams Place, the Bronx A man lies facedown on the sidewalk in front of a bodega. \u2014 Michael Schwirtz, New York Times , 24 Mar. 2017",
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"Ever since Sony revealed that the PS5 would have a detachable faceplate , fans have been wondering when the company would start selling new covers. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 13 Dec. 2021",
"When James Jamerson was laid to rest in Detroit in 1983, his gravesite was marked by a simple faceplate \u2014 as dictated by rules governing that section of Woodlawn Cemetery at the time. \u2014 Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press , 28 Aug. 2021",
"Align the intakes vertically, mark the U-bolt locations, drill on the marks, and slip a faceplate on either side of the barrel wall. \u2014 Joe Kohl-riggs, Popular Mechanics , 26 June 2021",
"As Brown installed a faceplate on the light switch to keep others from touching it, the tenant's daughter bumped into Brown hard while walking by. \u2014 Jay Heflin, Washington Examiner , 31 Dec. 2020",
"Transparent faceplates measuring 9 by 13 inches are cut from large sheets of polyethylene using a laser cutter or cutting die. \u2014 Tom Simonite, Wired , 26 Mar. 2020",
"Each faceplate sets the tone for how the headset tracks a given VR user's space. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 20 Feb. 2020",
"Walkthroughs at JBSA Lackland, on the other hand, found dirt, dust on vents, missing screws on electric faceplates , non-working light fixtures and leaky plumbing. \u2014 Sig Christenson, ExpressNews.com , 15 Nov. 2019"
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