2362 lines
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2362 lines
95 KiB
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{
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"Kildare":{
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"county in the eastern Ireland province of Leinster; capital Naas area 654 square miles (1700 square kilometers), population 210,312":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"kil-\u02c8der"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-085743"
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},
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"Kilimanjaro":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"volcanic massif in Tanzania near the border with Kenya whose central peak is the highest point in Africa \u2014 see kibo":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02c8ja-(\u02cc)r\u014d",
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"\u02ccki-l\u0259-m\u0259n-\u02c8j\u00e4r-(\u02cc)\u014d"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132424",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Killington Peak":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"peak 4235 feet (1291 meters) with a ski resort in the Green Mountains of central Vermont":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ki-li\u014b-t\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125234",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"kild":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"kilderkin":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134927",
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"type":[
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"abbreviation"
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]
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},
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"kildare green":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a moderate yellow green that is greener, lighter, and stronger than average moss green, yellower and lighter than average pea green, and yellower and paler than apple green (see apple green sense 1 )":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-093334"
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},
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"kildee":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":[
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"Definition of kildee dialectal variant of killdeer"
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],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8kild\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-100532",
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"type":[]
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},
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"kildeer":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":[
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"Definition of kildeer variant spelling of killdeer"
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],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-033025",
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"type":[]
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},
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"kilderkin":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an English unit of capacity equal to \u00b9/\u2082 barrel":[],
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": cask":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the kilderkins that line one wall of the brewpub are just for decoration\u2014there's no beer in them"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Middle Dutch kindekijn , from Medieval Latin quintale quintal":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8kil-d\u0259r-k\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"barrel",
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"butt",
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"cask",
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"firkin",
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"hogshead",
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"keg",
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"pipe",
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"puncheon",
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"rundlet",
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"runlet",
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"tun"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093849",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"kiley":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":[
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"Definition of kiley variant spelling of kylie"
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],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-075232",
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"type":[]
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},
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"kilhig":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a short thick pole used in logging to direct the fall of a tree":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"origin unknown":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8kil\u02cchig"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235653",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"kilim":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a pileless handwoven reversible rug or covering made in Turkey, Kurdistan, the Caucasus, Iran, and western Turkestan":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"k\u0113-\u02c8l\u0113m"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Lodging The lively Sherwood Queenstown has 78 motel rooms updated in industrial-meets-bohemian style with army blankets atop beds and oversize cushions made from recycled kilim rugs. \u2014 Elaine Glusac, New York Times , 27 Feb. 2020",
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"Over the bridge, the old city\u2019s bazaar \u2014 lined with shops selling souvenirs, trinkets, kebabs and goatskin and kilim rugs \u2014 is deserted. \u2014 Kim Willsher, Los Angeles Times , 3 Oct. 2019",
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"Vintage Moroccan rugs with Berber motifs and Turkish kilims are hallmarks to the look of this style. \u2014 Joan Morris, The Mercury News , 2 July 2019",
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"Poufs, made from vintage kilims , cleverly nestle up under the six-foot-square custom coffee table that Mazzarini designed for game nights in the family room. \u2014 Robert Ruffino, House Beautiful , 28 May 2019",
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"Elsewhere, there are flintlock rifles and camel saddlebags; kilims and suzanis; chain mail shirts and Tartar helmets. \u2014 Rod Nordland, New York Times , 22 Apr. 2018",
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"The museum was closed for renovation, but lunch with Ms. Iuga, who wrote her thesis on rug-making in Maramures, paid off in terms of tips on where to look for kilims along the way. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2018",
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"Every twist and turn in this sprawling indoor-outdoor space reveals a new treasure or gem, from glossy art tomes and vintage kilims to neon Fermob furniture. \u2014 Genevieve Mimeault, ELLE Decor , 24 Oct. 2016",
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"The variations of kilims , which refer to any flatweave rug, are endless. \u2014 Sophia Markoulakis, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 May 2018"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Turkish, from Persian kil\u012bm":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1881, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-061500"
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},
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"kill":{
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"antonyms":[
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"animate"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a decisive act that conclusively secures something (such as a deal or win)":[],
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": a return shot in any of various games (such as badminton, handball, or table tennis) that is too hard for an opponent to handle":[],
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": an act or instance of killing":[
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"an animal moving in for the kill"
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],
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": an animal shot in a hunt":[],
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": an enemy unit (such as an airplane or ship) destroyed by military action":[],
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": animals killed in a hunt, season, or particular period of time":[],
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": annihilate , destroy":[
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"kill an enemy"
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],
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": channel , creek":[
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"\u2014 used chiefly in place names in Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New York"
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],
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": defeat , veto":[
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"killed the amendment"
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],
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": something killed : such as":[],
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": to cause extreme pain to":[
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"My back is killing me."
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],
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": to cause the death of a person, animal, or plant":[
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"a murderer who may kill again",
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"an herbicide that kills on contact",
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"if looks could kill"
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],
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": to cause to stop":[
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"kill the motor"
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],
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": to check the flow of current through":[
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"kill the lights"
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],
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": to consume (something, such as a drink) totally":[
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"\u2026 killed his drink and held out the glass.",
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"\u2014 W. L. Gresham",
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"killed two bottles of wine over dinner"
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],
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": to convert a food animal into (a kind of meat) by slaughtering":[],
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": to deprive of life : cause the death of":[
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"a disease that has killed thousands",
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"He threatened to kill them."
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],
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": to destroy the vital or essential quality of":[
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"killed the pain with drugs"
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],
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": to hit (a shot) so hard in various games that a return is impossible":[
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"killed a backhand down the line"
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],
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": to make a markedly favorable impression":[
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"was dressed to kill"
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],
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": to make a markedly favorable impression on":[
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"she killed the audience"
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],
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": to put an end to":[
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"kill competition",
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"a change that could kill our chances for success"
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],
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": to slaughter (an animal) for food":[],
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": to tire almost to the point of collapse":[
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"has been killing herself to get the project done on time"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"The disease has killed thousands of people.",
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"Three people were killed in the accident.",
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"a chemical that kills weeds",
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"a disease that can kill",
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"taking drugs to kill the pain",
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"Despite protests, the mayor killed the program.",
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"The committee killed the bill.",
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"This delay has killed our chances of finishing the project on schedule.",
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"She told him to kill the lights."
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
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"1669, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1814, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Dutch kil":"Noun",
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"Middle English, perhaps from Old English *cyllan ; akin to Old English cwellan to kill \u2014 more at quell":"Verb and Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8kil"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for kill Verb kill , slay , murder , assassinate , dispatch , execute mean to deprive of life. kill merely states the fact of death caused by an agency in any manner. killed in an accident frost killed the plants slay is a chiefly literary term implying deliberateness and violence but not necessarily motive. slew thousands of the Philistines murder specifically implies stealth and motive and premeditation and therefore full moral responsibility. convicted of murdering a rival assassinate applies to deliberate killing openly or secretly often for political motives. terrorists assassinated the Senator dispatch stresses quickness and directness in putting to death. dispatched the sentry with one bullet execute stresses putting to death as a legal penalty. executed by lethal gas",
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"synonyms":[
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"carry off",
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"claim",
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"croak",
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"destroy",
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"dispatch",
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"do in",
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"fell",
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"slay",
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"take"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041415",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"kill-kid":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": sheep laurel":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"kill entry 1 + kid (young goat); from the poisonous foliage":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112521",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"killer":{
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"antonyms":[
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"baleful",
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"deadly",
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"deathly",
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"fatal",
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"fell",
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"lethal",
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"mortal",
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"murderous",
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"pestilent",
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"terminal",
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"vital"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": killer whale":[],
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": one that has a forceful, violent, or striking impact":[],
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": one that is extremely difficult to deal with":[],
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": one that kills":[],
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": strikingly impressive or effective":[
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"a killer smile",
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"a killer r\u00e9sum\u00e9"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"Heart disease is the leading killer of both men and women.",
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"The chemical is used as a weed killer .",
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"Adjective",
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"killer viruses that claimed millions of lives",
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"a killer exercise program guaranteed to whip you into shape",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Scott Derrickson\u2019s The Black Phone deals with tough subject matter: A sadistic child killer named the Grabber, played by Ethan Hawke, abducts children, never to be seen again. \u2014 Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 June 2022",
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"This killer \u2019s handler, portrayed by Ellen Barkin, sent him to Virginia to obtain sensitive government information for former Venezuelan colonel Sebastian Marin. \u2014 Robert Daniels, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
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"The twist: this sequel takes the form of a retrospective murder plot told by Marilyn's killer (Jeremy Slate) between flashbacks to the previous film. \u2014 Allaire Nuss, EW.com , 22 June 2022",
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"The killer , who President Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador said Wednesday had been identified, took their bodies. \u2014 Mar\u00cda Verza, ajc , 22 June 2022",
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"Fear of failure is the No. 1 killer of creativity, which is ultimately rooted in shame. \u2014 Expert Panel, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
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"The gaunt killer , dressed in a gray suit, declined the judge\u2019s final offer to address the court. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
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"The fictional man who loved his family, but cheated on his wife and was a ruthless killer , who tried to get his head right by airing his dirty laundry to a shrink, brought on the era of TV\u2019s antihero. \u2014 Mike Postalakis, SPIN , 9 June 2022",
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"The Parkland killer , Nikolas Cruz, fled the building and was arrested off-campus. \u2014 Scott Travis, Anchorage Daily News , 29 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1951, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ki-l\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bear",
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"beast",
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"chore",
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"headache",
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"job",
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"labor"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044504",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"killing":{
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"antonyms":[
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"humorless",
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"lame",
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"unamusing",
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"uncomic",
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"unfunny",
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"unhumorous",
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"unhysterical"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a sudden notable gain or profit":[
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"made a killing in the stock market"
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],
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": highly amusing":[],
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": kill sense 2a":[],
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": that kills or relates to killing":[],
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": the act of one that kills":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"The oil spill is responsible for the killing of thousands of birds.",
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"Adjective",
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"he's usually quiet, but occasionally unleashes some killing remark that cracks everyone up",
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"a killing schedule that requires the touring company to play in a different city every night",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The account of the killing in Springfield Township, which is a community of around 25,000 around 10 miles west of downtown Philadelphia, is from witnesses, Daly said. \u2014 Phil Helsel, NBC News , 30 June 2022",
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"In 1972, he and three others were acquitted of murdering a Texas drug dealer in Oakland and setting a residence on fire as part of the killing . \u2014 al , 30 June 2022",
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"Local authorities vowed to punish internet users for sharing videos and photos of the killing , but by late Tuesday, videos and photos had circulated widely, and snippets of video were played repeatedly on television news. \u2014 Niha Masih, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
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"This week also marks the 40th anniversary of the killing of Vincent Chin, whose death galvanized the Asian American civil rights movement. \u2014 Maria Aguilar, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
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"Four months after police found a man dead, burned and beaten in a Hollywood motel room, a 48-year-old woman has been arrested and accused of the killing , police said. \u2014 Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel , 21 June 2022",
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"No mention was made of the killing in the Los Angeles Times. \u2014 Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 June 2022",
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"The charges stem from the May 2020 shooting of two guards at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Oakland amid anti-police brutality protests that arose out of the killing of George Floyd. \u2014 Christian Martinez, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
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"In Uvalde, top Texas officials gathered for an emotional news conference that began with calls for unity in the aftermath of the killing . \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"The anti-trapping, anti- killing anything movement has also taken a toll. \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 8 Jan. 2022",
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"For the few pests that do show up, first spray with non- killing repellents such as garlic and garlic pepper tea. \u2014 Howard Garrett, Dallas News , 26 July 2021",
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"And Morgan put an end to his non- killing ways by chopping off the head of his bounty-hunting pursuer \u2014 stealing his axe and hat in the process. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 12 Oct. 2020",
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"The killing spree began in the cottage community of Portapique where Mr. Wortman owned several properties. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2020",
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"The problem at hand is the novel coronavirus, and U.S. sanctions are aiding its killing spree in Iran. \u2014 Bonnie Kristian, TheWeek , 18 Mar. 2020",
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"In 2014, his daughter, Alex, was at the University of California, Santa Barbara when a gunman on a killing spree fatally shot three women outside her sorority house. \u2014 James Barrag\u00e1n, Dallas News , 21 Feb. 2020",
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"Keenan was the New York Police Department\u2019s Chief of Detectives during the killing spree, which terrified the city in 1976 and 1977 as an unknown gunman stalked his victims with a .44 caliber handgun, killing six and wounding seven others. \u2014 Michael R. Sisak, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Sep. 2019",
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"Police reports, witness statements and dispatch logs shared earlier have provided more detail about the confusion and heroism as the concert venue became a killing field. \u2014 Ken Ritter, Fox News , 13 June 2018"
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"I don't want to sound like a killjoy , but shouldn't we study tonight",
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"his perpetually negative attitude made him a real killjoy when others were trying to have fun",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Now for the killjoy : Pregnancy can cause your skin to go a little haywire. \u2014 ELLE , 24 June 2022",
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"Earles will play as Dewey Wood, the stone-faced, killjoy of a Camp Director of Camp Shallow Lake. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 18 Jan. 2022",
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"So sorry to be a killjoy , Hoosiers\u2019 fans, but Michigan wins this one big. \u2014 USA TODAY , 7 Nov. 2020",
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"The bigger threat is the army of Halloween killjoys , sprinkled throughout neighborhoods, their houses often decorated for the holiday, the better to lure unsuspecting children to their doorsteps. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 Oct. 2019",
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"But as emissions rise, the killjoys are resorting to shame and repulsion as weapons against environmental evils. \u2014 The Economist , 12 Dec. 2019",
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"Sadly, the plan to use the full Formula 1 layout has been squashed by the killjoys at the FIA, for reasons that completely elude me. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 14 Dec. 2018",
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"Cinemas have opened; music is performed in public; the killjoy morality police are off the streets. \u2014 The Economist , 23 June 2018",
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"Feminists don\u2019t want to pose as killjoys bent on confiscating mani-pedis. \u2014 Amanda Hess, New York Times , 23 Apr. 2018"
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"1776, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8kil-\u02ccj\u022fi"
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"drag",
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"grinch",
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"party pooper",
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"spoilsport",
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"wet blanket"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063340",
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"since I dropped my food processor, it's been all out of kilter",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"But there\u2019s also a creepy off- kilter quality to Anger\u2019s study of a Hells Angel that allows the film to explore the violent dark side of this subculture. \u2014 Steven Gaydos, Variety , 1 July 2022",
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"But the pandemic\u2019s economic legacy means that this season is an off- kilter one, too. \u2014 Colin Lodewick, Fortune , 28 June 2022",
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"On top of that, the weakness, vision loss and sensory issues triggered by MS can also throw you off kilter . \u2014 Kaitlyn Pirie, Good Housekeeping , 28 June 2022",
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"Season 3 of the sensationally off- kilter procedural is loopier than ever. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 27 June 2022",
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"The actor seems always right at home in Almod\u00f3var\u2019s off- kilter universe, where the gravitational pull of philosophical pathos and nakedly honest emotion balances out the centripetal forces of absurdist humor and erotic camp. \u2014 Sergio Burstein, Los Angeles Times , 18 June 2022",
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"The Celtics had opened the season off- kilter , losing their first two games and, by early January, 19 more. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
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"Likewise, its visual grammar privileges an off- kilter sensibility that keys us into the sense that something is always slightly off. \u2014 Manuel Betancourt, Variety , 15 June 2022",
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"But both hold up an off- kilter mirror to our warped world, as if to help viewers see the distortions more clearly. \u2014 Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1628, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"origin unknown":""
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"\u02c8kil-t\u0259r"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"condition",
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"estate",
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"fettle",
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"form",
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"health",
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"keeping",
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"nick",
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"order",
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"repair",
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"shape",
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"trim"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103400",
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"type":[
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": to achieve two things by doing a single action":[
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"definitions":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-160945"
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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": celandine sense 1":[]
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"kill-wart from kill entry 1 + wart ; from its use to remove warts; killwort by folk etymology from kill-wart":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165911"
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": the meter-kilogram-second gravitational unit of work and energy equal to the work done by a kilogram force acting through a distance of one meter in the direction of the force : about 7.235 foot-pounds":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"1866, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-191451"
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},
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"killy fish":{
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"type":[
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-005720"
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"The antigen receptors of killer T cells allow them to recognize the viral peptides, which signal that a cell must be destroyed as unhealthy.",
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"\u2014 Harald von Boehmer et al.",
|
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"A subset of lymphocytes known as killer T cells may also respond to the envelope protein by destroying infected cells.",
|
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"\u2014 William A. Haseltine et al."
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]
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"first_known_use":{
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"1971, in the meaning defined above":""
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-010245"
|
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},
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"killer plant":{
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": an East African plant ( Adenia sinensis ) of the family Passifloraceae that contains a highly poisonous alkaloid":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-020335"
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|
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|
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],
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|
"definitions":{
|
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": sparrow hawk sense 2":[]
|
|
},
|
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|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-021012"
|
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},
|
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|
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|
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|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": cytotoxic t cell":[
|
|
"The antigen receptors of killer T cells allow them to recognize the viral peptides, which signal that a cell must be destroyed as unhealthy.",
|
|
"\u2014 Harald von Boehmer et al.",
|
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"A subset of lymphocytes known as killer T cells may also respond to the envelope protein by destroying infected cells.",
|
|
"\u2014 William A. Haseltine et al."
|
|
]
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|
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"1971, in the meaning defined above":""
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-021316"
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},
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"Kilmarnock":{
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"type":[
|
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|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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"burgh southwest of Glasgow in southwestern Scotland population 46,000":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"kil-\u02c8m\u00e4r-n\u0259k"
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],
|
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|
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-042511"
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},
|
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"killer instinct":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an aggressive tenacious urge for domination in a struggle to attain a set goal":[]
|
|
},
|
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|
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|
|
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|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Her killer instincts have helped her become one of the top tennis players in the world.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Aaron Paul plays the guy who helps Sarah hone her killer instinct in a film about identity and fighting for one's life. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 13 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Still, part of what makes Lowe so successful, say those who know him, is his ability to balance that killer instinct with real empathy. \u2014 Fortune , 15 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"In development for many years, the narrative charts the rise of one woman (Patrizia Reggiani, played by Lady Gaga) who saw a chance to break down old systems, using unscrupulous methods and a killer instinct in order to accomplish her goals. \u2014 Nick Clement, Variety , 14 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Gobert was even more succinct about the missing-in-action killer instinct . \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 30 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Who could believe that such utter innocence might conceal a killer instinct ",
|
|
"Shaky quarterback play, inexcusable penalties, breakdowns on defense and special teams, and a lack of killer instinct in crunch time combined for yet another defeat during the first losing season for Florida (6-7) since 2017. \u2014 Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com , 24 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"None being bigger than their killer instinct and knack for excitement. \u2014 Mike Bohn, Rolling Stone , 3 Dec. 2021",
|
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"Focus was maintained and killer instinct was flexed, as the lead escalated to 20, 30, 40 points. \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 Nov. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1931, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-042545"
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},
|
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"killing field":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a scene of mass killing (as from a battle or massacre)":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"So when the horrors of Russia's invasion of Ukraine play out in full view, when a Kyiv suburb is turned into a killing field , when a missile strikes a train terminal packed with people trying to flee the war, there's a powerful impulse for justice. \u2014 Richard Galant, CNN , 10 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Once popular with tech workers and young families, Bucha became a killing field as Russia sought to seize the capital. \u2014 Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor , 10 June 2022",
|
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"His neighbor was the first to identify him, recognizing the unshaven face of a man who had watched his beloved street become a killing field . \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"His neighbor was the first to identify him, recognizing the unshaven face of a man who had watched his beloved street become a killing field . \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 16 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Sunday worship at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, is turned into a a killing field with 26 lives lost. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Nine years later, even those who have never set foot near Newtown, Connecticut, can conjure the scene painted by police of a first-grade classroom turned into a killing field . \u2014 Cnn Staff, CNN , 14 Dec. 2021",
|
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"My mother and father were fortunate to have survived the killing fields of Cambodia and to have emigrated to America. \u2014 James Kuo, New York Times , 27 Mar. 2020",
|
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"That is 40 million more than perished on the killing fields of Flanders and northern France (and elsewhere in Europe), and 10 million more than have died from AIDS in the forty years since the syndrome was first recognized in the 1980s. \u2014 Mark Honigsbaum, The New York Review of Books , 17 Mar. 2020"
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"1980, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-044252"
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"kilohertz":{
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"definitions":{
|
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": 1000 hertz":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8k\u0113-l\u0259-",
|
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"-\u02ccherts",
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"\u02c8kil-\u0259-\u02cch\u0259rts",
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"-\u02cche(\u0259)rts",
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"\u02c8ki-l\u0259-\u02cch\u0259rts"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"a frequency of 80 kilohertz",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The upper frequency limit for the average human ear may be a measly 20 kilohertz , but most mammals can hear well into the ultrasound range. \u2014 Jennifer Szalai, New York Times , 22 June 2022",
|
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"These devices send out sound waves above 20 kilohertz , the typical human high-end threshold for hearing, and some modulate between 32 and 64 kHz so undesirable animals cannot adapt. \u2014 Adam Hadhazy, Popular Mechanics , 9 Mar. 2021",
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"But at 10 kilohertz , electricity slips by these nerves unnoticed. \u2014 Max G. Levy, Wired , 29 Jan. 2021",
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"Measuring in the range of 20 to 150 kilohertz , the researchers found that even happy, healthy plants made the occasional noise. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian , 2 Dec. 2019",
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"Starting Tuesday, Amazon HD customers will have access to some 50 million songs in what the company calls HD audio, or the equivalent of CD quality \u2014 16-bit files with sampling rates of 44.1 kilohertz . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 Sep. 2019",
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"Advertising Frequency response is 15 hertz to 40 kilohertz , and sensitivity is greater than or equal to 101 decibels (at 1,000 hertz). \u2014 Jim Rossman, The Seattle Times , 13 Apr. 2019",
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"The transmitter and receiver are matched to the same magnetic frequency, about 85 kilohertz , so that energy losses are minimal and the system operates at 95 percent efficiency, Daga said, comparable to a plug-in charger. \u2014 Andrew Maykuth, Philly.com , 26 Apr. 2018",
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"Peak hearing sensitivity for most birds is believed to rest between two to three kilohertz . \u2014 Douglas Quenqua, New York Times , 5 Mar. 2018"
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"1929, in the meaning defined above":""
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": any of a family (Cyprinodontidae) of numerous small oviparous fishes much used as bait and in mosquito control":[],
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": any of various live-bearers (family Poeciliidae)":[]
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"The flatworm begins its life in a snail, then moves into a California killifish , then to its final destination in the gut of a predatory water bird, such as a heron or egret. \u2014 Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"Best bait is live killifish or shrimp fished on bottom. \u2014 Frank Sargeant, al , 9 Dec. 2021",
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"And the killifish is not the only species to have managed this feat. \u2014 Cal Flyn, WSJ , 3 June 2021",
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"The winners in a rapidly changing world will likely be creatures, like the killifish , who are numerous and genetically diverse. \u2014 Cal Flyn, WSJ , 3 June 2021",
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"Take the trematode preying on the California killifish , a normally secretive bait fish that hangs out in western salt marshes. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Dec. 2020",
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"And several studies published in the past 3 years suggest the eyes of killifish and water fleas vary in size depending on the presence of predators. \u2014 Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS , 27 Oct. 2020",
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"But a 2019 study found that the intrepid eggs of the killifish , which can enter a kind of hibernation to survive dry spells buried in sand and soil, were able to survive a trip through both ends of a swan. \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 2 July 2020",
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"This video compares the embryos and life spans of killifish who either experienced or skipped diapause, capturing time-lapses and detailed snapshots of their embryonic development. \u2014 Joel Goldberg, Science | AAAS , 20 Feb. 2020"
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"Leeman was one of two fishermen in the waters off Cape Cod on Sunday afternoon who took video and photographs of a large orca \u2014 better known as a killer whale \u2014 swimming nearby. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 17 May 2022",
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"The Haida, whose land encompassed cedar forests, probably shaped it and decorated the prow and stern with designs of an eagle and killer whale . \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2022",
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"The southern resident orcas \u2014 a type of killer whale \u2014 are struggling to survive. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 May 2022",
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"But when a killer whale breaks from its training, all bets are off. \u2014 Tim Zimmermann, Outside Online , 30 July 2010",
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"This submersible was designed to look like a dolphin, shark or killer whale and\u2014just like its marine inspirations\u2014can leap out of the water or even do a 360-degree flip under the surface. \u2014 Michael Verdon, Robb Report , 2 Apr. 2022",
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"Demonstrators have been rallying to free a killer whale named Lolita for more than a year now. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 27 Jan. 2015",
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"Huggins takes skin samples from where the killer whale teeth marks are. \u2014 Peter Wayne Moe, Longreads , 25 Feb. 2022",
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"For the past 45 years, Ken Balcomb has taken to the waters of the Pacific Northwest, leading the Orca Survey, a long-term photo identification project focusing on what is known as the southern resident killer whale population of Puget Sound. \u2014 Emily D'alessandro, CBS News , 19 Feb. 2022"
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"\u2014 Jean Garrigue",
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"The group of immune cells that surge during and after short bouts of exercise, which include neutrophils and natural- killer cells , serve as our frontline defense against invading viruses. \u2014 Katarina Zimmer, Outside Online , 27 Mar. 2020",
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"The checkpoint inhibitors allow powerful immune cells to recognize and hone in on cancer cells and co-opt killer cells to destroy them. \u2014 Alice Park, Time , 12 July 2018"
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"Likewise, the new definition of the kilogram rests on the second, in a manner too complicated to explain in fewer than several paragraphs. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"Holloman-Ellis, Ian-Isaiah, 27, of Middletown was charged with possession with intent to sell over one kilogram of cannabis. \u2014 Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant , 17 June 2022",
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"The eggs from the previous day\u2019s grocery shopping, which included three kilograms of turkey breast and one kilogram of ground veal, will last him just three days. \u2014 New York Times , 4 June 2022",
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"The current recommended dietary allowance (RDA) is 0.8 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight. \u2014 Nikhita Mahtani, SELF , 7 June 2022",
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"The group made kilogram -level drug deals in parking lots of a bowling alley in Parma, a liquor store in Cleveland and a Maple Heights shopping plaza, among other locations. \u2014 Adam Ferrise, cleveland , 1 June 2022",
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"Produced jointly by the Kweichow Moutai group and one of China's biggest dairy companies, Mengniu Dairy, the ice cream is made up of 50 grams of Moutai per kilogram of milk, customer service staff at the International Hotel told local media. \u2014 Ziyu Zhang, CNN , 24 May 2022",
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"Maxwell was accused of being a kilogram -level redistributor for the trafficking organization. \u2014 Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News , 5 Nov. 2021",
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"Maxwell was a kilogram -level redistributor for the trafficking organization, prosecutors said. \u2014 Aaron Katersky, ABC News , 29 Oct. 2021"
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"Interviewed by email, Takahashi says the label murder hornet is appropriate because the species is as dangerous as killer bees , a nickname for the African honeybee. \u2014 National Geographic , 4 May 2020",
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"Droves of vicious killer bees are headed toward the United States. \u2014 Nashia Baker, House Beautiful , 11 Oct. 2019",
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"But killer bees \u2014hybrids of the relatively docile European strain of honey bee and a more aggressive African relative\u2014are particularly fierce. \u2014 Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS , 15 June 2018",
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"His team hopes to eventually use these insights to develop a way to protect people from these killer bees , perhaps through a spray or chemical plug that can be applied to a hive. \u2014 Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS , 15 June 2018",
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"A week before the vote, a swarm of killer bees attacked supporters who showed up to see Uribe speak at a Duque rally in a small town in northern Colombia. \u2014 NBC News , 17 June 2018",
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"A week before the vote, a swarm of killer bees attacked supporters who showed up to see Uribe speak at a Duque rally in a small town in northern Colombia. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 June 2018",
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"An auto racing legend and Indianapolis 500 star was attacked by killer bees Wednesday and wound up in the hospital\u2014for the second time. \u2014 Elana Glowatz, Newsweek , 16 Mar. 2018",
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"Theatricality: True to this world where sizzle substitutes for substance, video projections create architecture and gardens, dining rooms and libraries, killer bees (really) and pools of blood. \u2014 Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 2 May 2018"
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"\u02c8kil-\u0259-\u02ccs\u012b-k\u0259l",
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"But shots in the first 3 years of the ignition campaign only yielded about 1 kilojoule (kJ) of energy each, short of the 21 kJ pumped into the capsule by the x-ray pulse and far short of the 1.8 megajoules (MJ) in the original laser pulse. \u2014 Daniel Clery, Science | AAAS , 23 Nov. 2020",
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"The dose of 1 kilojoule per square meter, which killed bacteria and roundworms after just 5 minutes, was lethal to Hypsibius exemplaris tardigrades at 15 minutes; most died after 24 hours. \u2014 Lakshmi Supriya, Science | AAAS , 13 Oct. 2020",
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"The energy content varies from 80 kilojoules (kJs) to 150 kJs per 100ml compared to zero for water. \u2014 Alexandra Hansen, Quartzy , 5 Nov. 2019",
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"These include coconut cream, sugar, other fruit juices, vitamin C, and added flavors which add to its kilojoule content. \u2014 Alexandra Hansen, Quartzy , 5 Nov. 2019",
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"As befits a fellow whose characters rarely can work up the kilojoules needed to produce an emphatic shrug, though, Jarmusch has remained a recessive figure in the culture. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 11 June 2019",
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"One such rider posted his stats on Instagram: 17.49 miles biked, 960 calories burned, 699 kilojoules of total ride output. \u2014 Cheryl Wischhover, Vox , 14 Nov. 2018",
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"On Wednesday, Jackman scored his personal best on the Peloton-- 699 kilojoules output and 960 calories burned! \u2014 Joey Morona, cleveland.com , 1 Mar. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"At the start of the show, the contestants\u2019 mean resting metabolic rate was 2,607 +/-649 kilocalories per day. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 17 Dec. 2019",
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"Based on their individual weights, the researchers estimate that the contestants were burning an average of about 500 fewer kilocalories a day than would be expected of people their size. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 17 Dec. 2019",
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"By 2050 that number could go as high as 850 kilocalories , the researchers predict. \u2014 Prachi Patel, Scientific American , 1 Aug. 2016",
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"By 2050 that number could go as high as 850 kilocalories , the researchers predict. \u2014 Prachi Patel, Scientific American , 1 Aug. 2016",
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"Super Faiths claims that the final, odorless product becomes less than 1/3 the weight and bulk of the original diapers and contains 5,000 kilocalories of heat per kilogram. \u2014 Fox News , 6 May 2010"
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"1894, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-204441"
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"\u02c8ki-l\u0259-\u02ccl\u0113-t\u0259r",
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"\u02c8k\u0113-l\u0259-"
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"French kilolitre , from kilo- + litre liter":""
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"\u02c8ki-l\u0259-\u02ccb\u012bt",
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"\u02c8k\u0113-l\u0259-"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"On the building's surface, the 1,024 panels, representing a kilobyte of data, were cut with Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machines. \u2014 Nicola Chilton, CNN , 20 June 2022",
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"For a 523 kilobyte image file hosted by Twitter, researchers determined that the amount of data that could be downloaded decreased by more than 87% compared with an image hosted elsewhere, closely resembling a 2G connection. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Oct. 2021",
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"The program weighed in at two kilobytes , four times the size of Mark Lesser\u2019s 511-byte handheld games, and was much more complex. \u2014 David L. Craddock, Ars Technica , 14 Sep. 2019",
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"Facebook's popular open source React library for building user interfaces, for example, weighs in at 100 kilobytes . \u2014 Klint Finley, Wired , 4 Apr. 2020",
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"In total, 28 days of data can be stored in the app in under 100 kilobytes of space (that's less storage space than a single photo takes up). \u2014 Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics , 18 Mar. 2020",
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"Images can be compressed into a few kilobytes versus a video that plays at 25 frames per second. \u2014 Bryan Borzykowski, Washington Post , 10 Feb. 2020",
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"FTI Consulting found that six months before the video download, Bezos's phone averaged about 430 kilobytes of data coming from the phone per day, a small amount. \u2014 Louise Matsakis, Wired , 22 Jan. 2020",
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"By comparison, a single three minute song compressed in mp3 format is about 3,000 kilobytes , and a typical 1 terabyte personal computer hard drive can store 1,073,741,824 kilobytes. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 22 Oct. 2019"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"from the fact that 1024 (2 10 ) is the power of 2 closest to 1000":""
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"1970, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-020524"
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"definitions":{
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"\u02c8k\u0113-l\u0259-",
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"\u02c8ki-l\u0259-\u02ccbit"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The researchers were able to send 72 kilobits of data per second\u2014or the equivalent of 4,600 characters per second. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 22 Apr. 2020",
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"Many countries on the continent still have bandwidth as low as 64 kilobits . \u2014 Clement Prince Addo, Quartz Africa , 18 Dec. 2019",
|
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"Consumers, sending emails from home, were just getting used to the squealing and squawking sounds of the latest 56 kbps ( kilobits per second) dial-up modems. \u2014 Wired , 12 Sep. 2019",
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"In July last year, Alberto Boaron of the University of Geneva, Switzerland, and colleagues reported distributing secret keys using QKD over a record distance of more than 400 kilometers of optical fiber, at 6.5 kilobits per second. \u2014 Anil Ananthaswamy, Scientific American , 19 June 2019",
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"What Young and his team have built in to share with archive visitors is the streaming rate at which songs are played back, numbers that are markedly higher than the standard streaming speed of 320 kilobits per second. \u2014 Randy Lewis, latimes.com , 14 Feb. 2018",
|
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"As Stephanie Pappas at LiveScience reports, after snapping an image and storing it on its hard drive, New Horizons sends its data back on an antenna that transmits at only 12 watts, moving data at a snail\u2019s pace\u2014only two kilobits per second. \u2014 Jason Daley, Smithsonian , 12 Feb. 2018",
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"Many customers stuck with much slower speeds Even 10Mbps download speeds would be welcome to customers in AT&T territory who get DSL service measured in the kilobits or none at all. \u2014 Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica , 28 Sep. 2017",
|
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"Unfortunately, many people in AT&T's traditional territory are still stuck with DSL Internet measured in the kilobits per second or no Internet at all. \u2014 Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica , 23 Aug. 2017"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1961, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-102800"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Doug Neubauer's Star Raiders became the killer app for these early computers, a sophisticated and epic space battle game with incredible animation that was crammed into just 8K of memory. \u2014 PCMAG , 27 June 2022",
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"Yet to many true believers, skirting those rules is DeFi\u2019s killer app . \u2014 Michael P. Regan, Bloomberg.com , 24 Sep. 2021",
|
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"Speaking of consumers, what will be the killer app that gets us all wanting to put these types of devices on our faces? \u2014 Joanna Stern, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
|
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"Google Maps is a killer app in a car, but if manufacturers want Google Maps, Google requires them to take the Play Store, the Google Assistant, YouTube Music, and any other car apps the company makes. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Google Plex could have been a digital checking account killer app . \u2014 Ron Shevlin, Forbes , 6 Dec. 2021",
|
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"Analysts say demand for 5G phones would be even stronger if a proverbial killer app had emerged\u2014a feature that makes adopting the technology virtually indispensable. \u2014 John Mccormick, WSJ , 12 Oct. 2021",
|
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"That realization has finally taken hold in Washington and led to growing support for what could be the killer app for this new private digital money \u2014 an official digital version of the dollar minted not in the Treasury but solely online. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 June 2021",
|
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"But the magical, killer app for Wristcam is real-time video communication. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 23 June 2021"
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|
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"1988, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-103250"
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"kiln":{
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|
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|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8kiln",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Unfinished vases of various sizes (and a few spidery-looking objects, of course) line the shelf of a back wall, some ready for the kiln and others unfinished prototypes. \u2014 Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor , 23 June 2022",
|
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"The gold and silver enamel on the vase\u2019s exterior would have required a final firing in a special kiln , the auction house adds. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 May 2022",
|
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"For the first time, Lugo was able to create at a larger scale, making nine works that are four to five feet tall during his on-site residency at the 42-acre garden and using a kiln specifically purchased for that purpose. \u2014 Rima Suqi, ELLE Decor , 19 May 2022",
|
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"There\u2019s an arts-and-crafts studio onsite, too, with its own kiln , and an extensive garden including a mansion-sized chicken coop. \u2014 Mark Ellwood, Robb Report , 7 Apr. 2022",
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"Reeves is not the first filmmaker to tackle Batman\u2019s world with a keen sense of social awareness, but his vision of Gotham feels the most like a character, a kiln in which people are forged, rather than born. \u2014 Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Berrow took up ceramics in early 2020 while on lockdown at her mother\u2019s house in Dorset; her mother, Miranda, is also a ceramist, so Berrow availed herself of her earthenware, kiln and high-sheen glazes. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Feb. 2022",
|
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"The gongs are bent and formed by hand in several stages before being hardened at temperatures up to 1,652 degrees Fahrenheit before being cleaned and reheated in a 932-degree kiln , which gives the metal its superior sound. \u2014 Paige Reddinger, Robb Report , 24 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The enameling requires a firing process in a kiln at 1,292 degrees to 1,382 degrees to achieve the various colors in multiple layers. \u2014 Paige Reddinger, Robb Report , 30 Mar. 2022"
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English kilne , from Old English cyln , from Latin culina kitchen, from coquere to cook \u2014 more at cook":""
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-125556"
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"type":[
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": 1000 watts":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8kil-\u0259-\u02ccw\u00e4t",
|
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"\u02c8ki-l\u0259-\u02ccw\u00e4t",
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"\u02c8k\u0113-l\u0259-"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"New program offers credit of $2 per kilowatt -hour for electricity saved. \u2014 Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 June 2022",
|
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"The state\u2019s electricity rates now stand at 39 cents a kilowatt -hour, nearly three times the national average of 14 cents. \u2014 Ivan Penn, BostonGlobe.com , 30 May 2022",
|
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"The state\u2019s electricity rates now stand at 39 cents a kilowatt -hour, nearly three times the national average of 14 cents. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
|
|
"Eversource\u2019s standard service rate will be 12.05 cents per kilowatt -hour, a 4.9% increase over the Jan. 1 rate, the state Office of Consumer Counsel said Thursday. \u2014 Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant , 19 May 2022",
|
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"Last June, India\u2019s federal government increased its subsidy for manufacturers ofelectric two-wheelers to 15,000 rupees or $196 per kilowatt -hour of battery capacity, up 50% from the previous amount. \u2014 Biman Mukherji, Fortune , 15 May 2022",
|
|
"The national average residential electricity rate in the first two months of the year was nearly 14 cents per kilowatt -hour. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
|
|
"Plasma Kinetics asserts that its storage system is 30 percent lighter, 7 percent smaller, and 17 percent less expensive than a lithium-ion battery per kilowatt -hour. \u2014 Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Achieve 100% renewable electricity use across its global operations. Invest approximately $300 million in energy conservation at its facilities to achieve 4 billion cumulative kilowatt -hours of energy savings. \u2014 Carolina Milanesi, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
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"first_known_use":{
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"1884, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-160724"
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"kilobaud":{
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": 1000 baud":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\"+\u02cc"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary kilo- + baud":""
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-162644"
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},
|
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"kiln-dried":{
|
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"type":[
|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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": dried or cured in a kiln":[
|
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"kiln-dried lumber"
|
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|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-180302"
|
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},
|
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"kilomegacycle":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": gigahertz":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u00a6kil\u0259+"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary kilo- + megacycle":""
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-180917"
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"kill out":{
|
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"type":[
|
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|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to complete the curing of (tobacco) by exposing to high temperature to dry out the stem and stop further chemical change":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-220426"
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},
|
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"kiln-dry":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"transitive verb"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to dry (wood) in a kiln : season artificially":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-223512"
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},
|
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"kiltie":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": one who wears a kilt":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8kil-t\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The shoe of choice for those new wave bohemians was a kiltie loafer in brown or beige. \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 5 May 2018"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1842, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-104210"
|
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},
|
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"killdeer":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": an American plover ( Charadrius vociferus ) characterized by two black breast bands and a plaintive penetrating cry":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8kil-\u02ccdir"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"The bird, a killdeer , had made its ground nest in a high traffic area. \u2014 Bill Jones, Chicago Tribune , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"Urso, who was carrying a bird book, showed Mrvan a photo of a killdeer . \u2014 Alexandra Kukulka, chicagotribune.com , 19 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Those killdeer eggs, however, completely exposed on the gravel of a shoreline or your driveway, are heavily speckled with dark markings. \u2014 Jim Williams, Star Tribune , 27 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"But perhaps this particular killdeer and its mate were just hoping to take in a performance by Ghostface Killah. \u2014 Brigit Katz, Smithsonian , 28 June 2018",
|
|
"At the ballfields a pair of killdeer occupied the same area that seems to attract them each year. \u2014 Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver , 9 Mar. 2018",
|
|
"Also, 19 killdeer were lined up along the water\u2019s edge, and a very cold-looking Eastern phoebe surveyed the ice. \u2014 Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver , 11 Jan. 2018",
|
|
"A lovely bird in the plover family, killdeer have black, white and tan on long legs with bright orange eyes. \u2014 Anna Thomas Bates, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 June 2017",
|
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"A killdeer flew high above, and there were cardinals, a little farther away, sticking closer to the ground. \u2014 Rick Rojas, New York Times , 26 Apr. 2017"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"imitative":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1731, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-004105"
|
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|
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"kill oneself":{
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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"definitions":{
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": to commit suicide":[
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"In despair he threatened to kill himself ."
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"type":[
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": a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters \u2014 see Metric System Table":[]
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"k\u0259-\u02c8l\u00e4-m\u0259-t\u0259r",
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"\u02c8ki-l\u0259-\u02ccm\u0113-t\u0259r",
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"ki-",
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"\u02c8k\u0113-l\u0259-",
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"ki-\u02c8l\u00e4-m\u0259-t\u0259r"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Compare that to Mariupol, Ukraine -- devastated in the war with Russia -- and with an average of 2,690 people per square kilometer . \u2014 Brad Lendon And Ivan Watson, CNN , 31 May 2022",
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"This crude demonstration illustrates that a more refined system could transmit orders or instructions to someone a kilometer away, without deafening anyone at closer range. \u2014 David Hambling, Popular Mechanics , 23 May 2022",
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"Multiple teams of astronomers using the Hubble telescope have arrived at a Hubble constant value that equals 73 plus or minus 1 kilometer per second per megaparsec. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 23 May 2022",
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"On January 18, the kilometer -wide asteroid known as 7482 (1994PC1) will pass within 1.2 million miles of our planet, moving at a speed of more than 47,000 miles per hour. \u2014 Aj Willingham, CNN , 12 Jan. 2022",
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"Inside the more than half-mile-long ( kilometer -long) conference venue, negotiators knuckled down for a seventh straight day of talks to finish draft agreements that can be passed to government ministers for political approval next week. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 6 Nov. 2021",
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"Inside the more than half-mile-long ( kilometer -long) conference venue, negotiators knuckled down for a seventh straight day of talks to finish draft agreements that can be passed to government ministers for political approval next week. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 Nov. 2021",
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"It\u2019s probably not a coincidence that a precursor to Stonehenge dates to around the same time: a ring of pine posts that stood a bit more than half a kilometer away from the much later site at Stonehenge. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 4 May 2022",
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"Each square kilometer of lake has an average of 232 lightning flashes a year, for a total of some 297 thunderstorms annually. \u2014 Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine , 4 Feb. 2022"
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"French kilom\u00e8tre , from kilo- + m\u00e8tre meter":""
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"Kill Devil":{
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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"definitions":{
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"hill in eastern North Carolina near the town of":[
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"Kit*ty Hawk \\ \u02c8ki-\u200bt\u0113-\u200b\u02cch\u022fk \\ ( population 3272)"
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],
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"on a sand barrier opposite Albemarle Sound":[
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"Kit*ty Hawk \\ \u02c8ki-\u200bt\u0113-\u200b\u02cch\u022fk \\ ( population 3272)"
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]
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"\u02c8kil-\u02ccde-v\u0259l"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-021429"
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"killogie":{
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the sheltered space before a kiln fire":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"k\u0259\u0307\u02c8l\u014dgi"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"perhaps irregular from Scots kill kiln, from Middle English, alteration of kilne":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-054059"
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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": packaged mixtures of unsorted postage stamps accumulated especially by European post offices largely from parcel tags and sold by the kilogram":[],
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": a package of unsorted stamps usually sealed by the government to indicate that the mixture is as originally assembled by the post office":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"kilo + ware":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-055425"
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a unit of apparent power in an electric circuit equal to 1000 volt-amperes":[]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-061404"
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},
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"kilobase":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a unit of measure of the length of a nucleic-acid chain that equals one thousand base pairs":[]
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},
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"\u02c8ki-l\u0259-\u02ccb\u0101s",
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"\u02c8k\u0113-l\u0259-",
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"\u02c8kil-\u0259-\u02ccb\u0101s"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1975, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-062958"
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},
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"killed":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": being or containing a virus that has been inactivated (as by chemicals) so that it is no longer infectious":[
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"killed vaccines"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8kild"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Killed January 22, 2015 by an illegal immigrant who shot him in the face. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Sep. 2016"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1902, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-063122"
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},
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"kill off":{
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"type":[
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to destroy in large numbers or totally":[]
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1607, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-072606"
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},
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"kilobar":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a unit of pressure equal to 1000 bars":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8k\u0113-l\u0259-",
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"\u02c8ki-l\u0259-\u02ccb\u00e4r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1926, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-092327"
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},
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"kilo":{
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"type":[
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"combining form",
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"communications code word",
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"noun",
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"prefix"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a unit of mass or weight equaling one thousand grams or approximately 2.2 pounds : kilogram":[
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"Each sack weighs 50 kilos .",
|
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"Did you know \u2026 that it takes a lobster between five and seven years to grow to a weight of half a kilo , the minimum size it should reach before being fished?",
|
|
"\u2014 Food & Drink",
|
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"When he finally strips off the kilos of gold enveloping his body, Deion is as light as a feather.",
|
|
"\u2014 Curry Kirkpatrick",
|
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"Gathering in Versailles, west of Paris, governments are expected on Friday to approve plans to instead use a scientific formulation to define the exact mass of a kilo .",
|
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"\u2014 John Leicester"
|
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],
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": thousand":[
|
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"kilo ton"
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]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8k\u0113-(\u02cc)l\u014d",
|
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"also \u02c8ki-",
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"\u02c8k\u0113-l\u014d"
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],
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Both favored municipalities governed by their allies and demanded bribes, including a kilo of gold, the reports said. \u2014 D\u00c9bora \u00c1lvares, ajc , 22 June 2022",
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|
"After the surge in feed and energy costs, Koch said most pig farmers will need prices at about 2 to 2.40 euros per kilo to be profitable, up from 1.60 to 1.70 in normal times. \u2014 Megan Durisin, Jen Skerritt, Michael Hirtzer, Anchorage Daily News , 21 May 2022",
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|
"Hundreds were lining up outside his synagogue hoping to receive a kilo of matzah each for their Passover dinner tables. \u2014 Deepa Bharath, ajc , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Hundreds were lining up outside his synagogue hoping to receive a kilo of matzah each for their Passover dinner tables. \u2014 Deepa Bharath, chicagotribune.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Gray hydrogen, produced from natural gas, emits 8-12 kg of CO2 for every kilo of hydrogen produced. \u2014 Aurora Almendral, Quartz , 28 Feb. 2022",
|
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"When hydrogen is made using coal power, each kilo of hydrogen produced results in 18\u201320 kg of C02 emissions, according to a study cited by the industry outlet Recharge. \u2014 Aurora Almendral, Quartz , 28 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"When hydrogen is produced from coal, each kilo of hydrogen produced results in 18\u201320 kg of C02 emissions, according to a study cited by the industry outlet Recharge. \u2014 Aurora Almendral, Quartz , 11 Feb. 2022",
|
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"In one call, the price of a kilo of fentanyl was discussed as being $45,000. \u2014 Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer , 28 Oct. 2021"
|
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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|
"French, modification of Greek chilioi":"Combining form"
|
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1870, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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|
"1952, in the meaning defined above":"Communications code word"
|
|
},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-101819"
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|
},
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"kiln evaporator":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
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": a room with a slatted floor through which heat is circulated for drying fruit":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-104306"
|
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},
|
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"Killeen":{
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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|
"city north of Austin in central Texas population 127,921":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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|
"ki-\u02c8l\u0113n"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-105339"
|
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},
|
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"kilovoltage":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": potential difference expressed in kilovolts":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-tij"
|
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-111548"
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},
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"kilneye":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-113310"
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},
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"kilooersted":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
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": 1000 oersteds":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u00a6k\u0113l\u014d",
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"\u00a6kil\u014d+"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary kilo- + oersted":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-115518"
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},
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"kiloparsec":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": 1000 parsecs":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8k\u0113-l\u0259-",
|
|
"\u02c8ki-l\u0259-\u02ccp\u00e4r-\u02ccsek"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{
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"1922, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-115627"
|
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},
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"kilovolt":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a unit of potential difference equal to 1000 volts":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ki-l\u0259-\u02ccv\u014dlt",
|
|
"\u02c8k\u0113-l\u0259-",
|
|
"-\u02ccv\u014dlt"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"An article in RadioGraphics has highlighted some exciting CT techniques that do this, such as low- kilovolt imaging, which the authors describe as one of the most effective means of reducing the radiation dose for children. \u2014 Morris Panner, Forbes , 4 May 2021",
|
|
"Operating at voltages of 300 kilovolts , more than 2500 times stronger than electricity from a U.S. wall socket, the machine requires a bulky transformer and thick, heavily insulated cabling. \u2014 Eric Hand, Science | AAAS , 23 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"For safety and other reasons, third-rail systems typically operate at 750 volts DC, a much lower voltage than overhead lines, which in Britain run at 25 kilovolts AC. \u2014 The Economist , 21 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"Motors and Propellers Motors are rated in kilovolts , or rpm generated per volt. \u2014 Trevor Bauer, Popular Mechanics , 23 Aug. 2018",
|
|
"However, in a thunderstorm those levels can rise up to 10 kilovolts per meter, exponentially larger. \u2014 David Grossman, Popular Mechanics , 5 July 2018",
|
|
"And before the electricity leaves the tower, a transformer inside the nacelle steps it up from 690 volts to 34.5 kilovolts . \u2014 Matt Allyn, Popular Mechanics , 6 Feb. 2018",
|
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"To get power to Foxconn, ATC would add a second 345 kilovolt transmission circuit along 12 miles of existing lines from Pleasant Prairie north to Mount Pleasant. \u2014 Rick Romell, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 Dec. 2017",
|
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"The substation, which would convert a 33-kilovolt current to a lower distribution voltage of 12 kilovolts , is needed to meet the growing power demand in the area, according to Edison. \u2014 Tomoya Shimura, Orange County Register , 11 Jan. 2017"
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"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1898, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-115719"
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},
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"kilopascal":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": 1000 pascals":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccki-l\u0259-\u02ccpa-\u02c8skal",
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"\u02cck\u0113-l\u0259-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"And 166 kilopascals of pressure from the water times the 1.5 square meters of the door equaled 249,000 newtons of aquatic force shoving against the door. \u2014 Rachel Lance, Wired , 7 Apr. 2020",
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"Pressure to perform Physicists hope to achieve their dream of creating a material that conducts electricity with no resistance at room temperature \u2014 although, for now, such superconducting materials work only at pressures of millions of kilopascals . \u2014 Davide Castelvecchi, Scientific American , 30 Dec. 2019",
|
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"Sinatra says that a contact pressure (the force created by two objects pushing away from each other) of 1 kilopascals (kPa) or more could potentially squish the fragile jellies. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 28 Aug. 2019",
|
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"This setup allows each muscle on the Arque to manage 0.8 kilopascals (kPa), or approximately 0.12 psi. \u2014 Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics , 7 Aug. 2019"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1978, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-125808"
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},
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"killefer":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a tractor-drawn agricultural machine that is used for deep tillage and loosening of the subsoil and consists essentially of one or more wheel-mounted pointed horizontal knives or chisels":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"from the name Killefer":""
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-155538"
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},
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"kilovar":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the part of a kilovolt-ampere contributed by reactance":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02ccv\u00e4r"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"kilov olt + a mpere + r eactive":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-160331"
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"kiloton":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": 1000 tons":[],
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": an explosive force equivalent to that of 1000 tons of TNT":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8k\u0113-l\u0259-",
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"\u02c8ki-l\u0259-\u02cct\u0259n",
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"also -\u02cct\u00e4n"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"That\u2019s enough to flatten a city or industrial target: by comparison, the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima was just 16 kilotons . \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 30 Jan. 2020",
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"Current American bombs can range from 50 to 1,200 kilotons , so the explosion would be that much bigger. \u2014 Fox News , 13 Feb. 2020",
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"The first test, Able, was a 23 kiloton atomic bomb dropped from a B-29 bomber and set to explode at 1,500 to 2,000 feet. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 12 Dec. 2019",
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"The Castle Bravo bomb was exponentially more powerful than previous tests, and had an estimated yield of 15 megatons\u2014or 15,000 kilotons . \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 12 Dec. 2019",
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"By comparison, the yield of the Hiroshima bomb was just 15 kilotons . \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 20 May 2019",
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"North Korea\u2019s first nuclear test took place in 2006 and had a estimated yield of .7 to 2 kilotons . \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 5 June 2019",
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"Earlier this year, it was announced that in late 2018, a space rock had exploded above the Earth's surface with an impact energy of 173 kilotons . \u2014 David Grossman, Popular Mechanics , 30 July 2019",
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"The resulting shock wave was as powerful as a 550 kiloton nuclear explosion\u2014and the Tunguska object was probably much larger. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 17 July 2019"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1950, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-190701"
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},
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"kilnman":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": one who loads or fires a kiln or controls the drying or baking done therein":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-205422"
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},
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"kiln-run":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": as taken from the kiln : not sorted as to quality":[
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"kiln-run brick"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-210918"
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},
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"kilorad":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": 1000 rads":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8k\u0113-l\u0259-",
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"\u02c8ki-l\u0259-\u02ccrad",
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"\u02c8kil-\u0259-\u02ccrad"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1965, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-213414"
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},
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"kiln scum":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": whitewash sense 3":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-214039"
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},
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"Kilo":{
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"type":[
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"combining form",
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"communications code word",
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"noun",
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"prefix"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a unit of mass or weight equaling one thousand grams or approximately 2.2 pounds : kilogram":[
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"Each sack weighs 50 kilos .",
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"Did you know \u2026 that it takes a lobster between five and seven years to grow to a weight of half a kilo , the minimum size it should reach before being fished?",
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"\u2014 Food & Drink",
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"When he finally strips off the kilos of gold enveloping his body, Deion is as light as a feather.",
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"\u2014 Curry Kirkpatrick",
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"Gathering in Versailles, west of Paris, governments are expected on Friday to approve plans to instead use a scientific formulation to define the exact mass of a kilo .",
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"\u2014 John Leicester"
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],
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": thousand":[
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"kilo ton"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8k\u0113-(\u02cc)l\u014d",
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"also \u02c8ki-",
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"\u02c8k\u0113-l\u014d"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Both favored municipalities governed by their allies and demanded bribes, including a kilo of gold, the reports said. \u2014 D\u00c9bora \u00c1lvares, ajc , 22 June 2022",
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"After the surge in feed and energy costs, Koch said most pig farmers will need prices at about 2 to 2.40 euros per kilo to be profitable, up from 1.60 to 1.70 in normal times. \u2014 Megan Durisin, Jen Skerritt, Michael Hirtzer, Anchorage Daily News , 21 May 2022",
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"Hundreds were lining up outside his synagogue hoping to receive a kilo of matzah each for their Passover dinner tables. \u2014 Deepa Bharath, ajc , 12 Apr. 2022",
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"Hundreds were lining up outside his synagogue hoping to receive a kilo of matzah each for their Passover dinner tables. \u2014 Deepa Bharath, chicagotribune.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
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"Gray hydrogen, produced from natural gas, emits 8-12 kg of CO2 for every kilo of hydrogen produced. \u2014 Aurora Almendral, Quartz , 28 Feb. 2022",
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"When hydrogen is made using coal power, each kilo of hydrogen produced results in 18\u201320 kg of C02 emissions, according to a study cited by the industry outlet Recharge. \u2014 Aurora Almendral, Quartz , 28 Feb. 2022",
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"When hydrogen is produced from coal, each kilo of hydrogen produced results in 18\u201320 kg of C02 emissions, according to a study cited by the industry outlet Recharge. \u2014 Aurora Almendral, Quartz , 11 Feb. 2022",
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"In one call, the price of a kilo of fentanyl was discussed as being $45,000. \u2014 Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer , 28 Oct. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"French, modification of Greek chilioi":"Combining form"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1870, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1952, in the meaning defined above":"Communications code word"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-223321"
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}
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} |