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{
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"sow":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a channel that conducts molten metal to molds":[],
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": a mass of metal solidified in such a mold : ingot":[],
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": to introduce into a selected environment : implant":[],
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": to plant seed for growth especially by scattering":[],
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": to set in motion : foment":[
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"sow suspicion"
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],
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": to set something in motion : begin an enterprise":[],
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": to spread abroad : disperse":[],
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": to strew with or as if with seed":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"Every year we sow corn.",
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"Farmers sowed the fields with corn.",
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"We'll sow in the early spring.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Tyson Foods, which buys hogs from hundreds of independent farmers, said its producers choose their sow housing systems, with a growing number converting from gestation stalls to open-pen gestation, a spokesman said. \u2014 Patrick Thomas And Heather Haddon, WSJ , 27 Mar. 2022",
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"Fast-food chain Chipotle, which started weeding out the practice of sow crates 11 years before McDonalds, briefly took pork off its menu in 2015 over inhumane treatment by a major supplier. \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 21 Feb. 2022",
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"Pig packs, also known as sounders, generally consist of at least one sow and a multigenerational assortment of her offspring. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
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"Behind the pulse pounding against his temples was the sickening realization that a sow with a cub in a den was among the worst possible scenarios for a bear encounter. \u2014 Caroline Van Hemert, Outside Online , 11 Aug. 2021",
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"The edits, which included the deletion of three genes that might have led to rejection by the human immune system, were made in pig cells as part of a lab process resulting in an embryo that was implanted in a sow . \u2014 Amy Dockser Marcus, WSJ , 20 Jan. 2022",
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"One is the standard for sows: The law requires that pork producers provide at least 24 square feet of space per pregnant sow . \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 23 Feb. 2022",
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"Proposition 12 would also mandate elaborate tracking systems to certify that pork sold in California originated from a sow at a compliant farm. \u2014 Allysia Finley, WSJ , 30 Dec. 2021",
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"This undated file photo provided by the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks shows a sow grizzly bear spotted near Camas, in northwestern Montana. \u2014 CBS News , 7 Dec. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"The aim of the attack was to sow chaos and panic in Zaporizhia by setting off a bomb at a crowded location in the city center, according to SBU\u2019s press service. Poltava. \u2014 Katya Soldak, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
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"Rather than the satisfying, perfect bang that ends the 1999 movie, the character now fails miserably in his effort to sow chaos. \u2014 oregonlive , 27 Jan. 2022",
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"The network, known to cybersecurity experts as Ghostwriter, seemingly aimed to sow distrust between Ukraine and Poland. \u2014 David Klepper, ajc , 19 May 2022",
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"The hack-and-leak operation was intended to sow distrust in Ukraine\u2019s government and its ability to secure citizens\u2019 data, the researchers said. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"Controversy surrounding the laptop grew as the Biden camp tried to sow doubts about its authenticity, even as several major news outlets confirmed that some files on the hard drive were real. \u2014 Jim Axelrod, CBS News , 18 May 2022",
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"In January, an outspoken pro-Beijing newspaper, Ta Kung Pao, accused the cardinal of using his priesthood to sow chaos in Hong Kong. \u2014 Selina Cheng, WSJ , 11 May 2022",
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"During the depths of the pandemic, Forrester advised companies to continue to invest in marketing, arguing that marketing investments made during the downturn would sow the seeds for a quicker recovery. \u2014 Forrester, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
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"Both are viral baseless conspiracy theories, with prejudicial undertones, championed by Trump to engage an enthusiastic base and to sow seeds of doubt in the wider population. \u2014 Dan Merica, CNN , 10 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English sowe , from Old English sugu ; akin to Old English & Old High German s\u016b sow, Latin sus pig, swine, hog, Greek hys":"Noun",
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"Middle English, from Old English s\u0101wan ; akin to Old High German s\u0101wen to sow, Latin serere , Lithuanian s\u0117ti":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sau\u0307",
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"\u02c8s\u014d"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bestrew",
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"dot",
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"pepper",
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"scatter",
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"spot",
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"spray",
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"sprinkle",
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"strew"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035816",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"sow thistle":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": any of a genus ( Sonchus ) of spiny weedy Eurasian and African composite herbs including some (such as S. arvensis and S. oleraceus ) widely naturalized in North America":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sau\u0307-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-111609",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"sow-tit":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a wood strawberry ( Fragaria vesca )":[]
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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":"20220708-113637",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"sowable":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": fit for sowing":[]
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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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"\u02c8s\u014d\u0259b\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-105433",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"sown":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a channel that conducts molten metal to molds":[],
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": a mass of metal solidified in such a mold : ingot":[],
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": to introduce into a selected environment : implant":[],
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": to plant seed for growth especially by scattering":[],
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": to set in motion : foment":[
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"sow suspicion"
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],
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": to set something in motion : begin an enterprise":[],
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": to spread abroad : disperse":[],
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": to strew with or as if with seed":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"Every year we sow corn.",
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"Farmers sowed the fields with corn.",
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"We'll sow in the early spring.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Tyson Foods, which buys hogs from hundreds of independent farmers, said its producers choose their sow housing systems, with a growing number converting from gestation stalls to open-pen gestation, a spokesman said. \u2014 Patrick Thomas And Heather Haddon, WSJ , 27 Mar. 2022",
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"Fast-food chain Chipotle, which started weeding out the practice of sow crates 11 years before McDonalds, briefly took pork off its menu in 2015 over inhumane treatment by a major supplier. \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 21 Feb. 2022",
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"Pig packs, also known as sounders, generally consist of at least one sow and a multigenerational assortment of her offspring. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
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"Behind the pulse pounding against his temples was the sickening realization that a sow with a cub in a den was among the worst possible scenarios for a bear encounter. \u2014 Caroline Van Hemert, Outside Online , 11 Aug. 2021",
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"The edits, which included the deletion of three genes that might have led to rejection by the human immune system, were made in pig cells as part of a lab process resulting in an embryo that was implanted in a sow . \u2014 Amy Dockser Marcus, WSJ , 20 Jan. 2022",
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"One is the standard for sows: The law requires that pork producers provide at least 24 square feet of space per pregnant sow . \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 23 Feb. 2022",
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"Proposition 12 would also mandate elaborate tracking systems to certify that pork sold in California originated from a sow at a compliant farm. \u2014 Allysia Finley, WSJ , 30 Dec. 2021",
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"This undated file photo provided by the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks shows a sow grizzly bear spotted near Camas, in northwestern Montana. \u2014 CBS News , 7 Dec. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"The aim of the attack was to sow chaos and panic in Zaporizhia by setting off a bomb at a crowded location in the city center, according to SBU\u2019s press service. Poltava. \u2014 Katya Soldak, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
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"Rather than the satisfying, perfect bang that ends the 1999 movie, the character now fails miserably in his effort to sow chaos. \u2014 oregonlive , 27 Jan. 2022",
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"The network, known to cybersecurity experts as Ghostwriter, seemingly aimed to sow distrust between Ukraine and Poland. \u2014 David Klepper, ajc , 19 May 2022",
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"The hack-and-leak operation was intended to sow distrust in Ukraine\u2019s government and its ability to secure citizens\u2019 data, the researchers said. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"Controversy surrounding the laptop grew as the Biden camp tried to sow doubts about its authenticity, even as several major news outlets confirmed that some files on the hard drive were real. \u2014 Jim Axelrod, CBS News , 18 May 2022",
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"In January, an outspoken pro-Beijing newspaper, Ta Kung Pao, accused the cardinal of using his priesthood to sow chaos in Hong Kong. \u2014 Selina Cheng, WSJ , 11 May 2022",
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"During the depths of the pandemic, Forrester advised companies to continue to invest in marketing, arguing that marketing investments made during the downturn would sow the seeds for a quicker recovery. \u2014 Forrester, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
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"Both are viral baseless conspiracy theories, with prejudicial undertones, championed by Trump to engage an enthusiastic base and to sow seeds of doubt in the wider population. \u2014 Dan Merica, CNN , 10 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English sowe , from Old English sugu ; akin to Old English & Old High German s\u016b sow, Latin sus pig, swine, hog, Greek hys":"Noun",
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"Middle English, from Old English s\u0101wan ; akin to Old High German s\u0101wen to sow, Latin serere , Lithuanian s\u0117ti":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8s\u014d",
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"\u02c8sau\u0307"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bestrew",
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"dot",
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"pepper",
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"scatter",
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"spot",
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"spray",
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"sprinkle",
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"strew"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-103908",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"sow one's (wild) oats":{
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to have many sexual relationships particularly when one is young":[
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"They look upon his indiscretions as just his sowing his wild oats ."
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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":"20220708-141642"
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},
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"sowar":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a member of an Indian cavalry regiment : lancer":[],
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": a mounted orderly":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"s\u014d\u02c8(w)\u00e4r"
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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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"Persian suw\u0101r rider, from Middle Persian asb\u0101r, aspw\u0101r , from Old Persian asab\u0101ra- horseman, from asa- horse + -b\u0101ra- carried by, rider":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152709"
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},
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"sowlth":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": ghost":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sau\u0307lth"
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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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"Irish samhailt , literally, likeness":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-200449"
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},
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"sowback":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a long low hill : ridge":[]
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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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"sow entry 1 + back":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-110854"
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},
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"sowbane":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"sow entry 1 + bane":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-213037"
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},
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"sow bug":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sau\u0307-"
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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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"1750, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-215753"
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},
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"sowbread":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a common wild cyclamen ( Cyclamen europeaum ) of central Europe having leaves that are dark green spotted with white above and carmine or white flowers : a related European herb ( Cyclamen neapolitanum ) often cultivated for its showy rose or white flowers":[]
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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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"sow entry 1 + bread ; from the fact that its rootstocks are eaten by swine":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-214652"
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},
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"sow-gelder":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": one that spays sows":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-195104"
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},
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"sowf":{
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"type":[
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"transitive verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to sing softly : hum":[]
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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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"probably alteration of sough entry 1":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-005343"
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},
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"sowbelly":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": fat salt pork or bacon":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sau\u0307-\u02ccbe-l\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1867, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-014326"
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},
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"Soweto":{
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"type":[
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"geographical name",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"township adjoining southwestern Johannesburg in the province of Gauteng in the northeastern part of the Republic of South Africa":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02c8we-",
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"-t\u00fc",
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"s\u014d-\u02c8w\u0101-t\u014d"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-232222"
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},
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"sower":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": someone or something that sows : such as":[],
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": a person who plants seed":[
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"A sower looking forward to seed catalogues might be glad this Christmas to be given a dibble .",
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"\u2014 The New Yorker"
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],
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": a machine or tool for planting seed":[
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"\u2026 fuel costs for agricultural machinery such as tractors and sowers and harvesters \u2026",
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"\u2014 Jared Diamond",
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"Finally, with the dark moon in place, the fields cut and fertilizer spread, our son Clark and I used a hand-crank seed sower to spread the seed mixture \u2026",
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"\u2014 Philip Case"
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],
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": a person or thing that promotes the spread of something (such as fear or doubt)":[
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"Readers of Dante will recall that, in the Inferno , a special slice of hell is reserved for the sowers of discord\u2014 schismatics who tried to advance themselves by dividing institutions.",
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"\u2014 James Poulos",
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"It's good to know this particular Saturday Night Live sketch was cut for time and not vetoed, because Will Ferrell playing a sower of chaos in the form of a high school drama teacher is pure magic.",
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"\u2014 Nick Romano"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8s\u014d(-\u0259)r"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English sower, sawere, from Old English s\u0101were, from s\u0101wan \"to sow entry 2 \" + -ere -er entry 2":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-065910"
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},
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"sowens":{
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"type":[
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"noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": porridge from oat husks and siftings":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8s\u00fc-\u0259nz",
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"\u02c8s\u014d-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Scottish Gaelic s\u00f9ghan":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1582, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-095605"
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}
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} |