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"Tellinidae":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a family of marine bivalve mollusks (suborder Tellinacea ) comprising the sunset shells":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Tellina , type genus + -idae":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"t\u0259\u0307\u02c8lin\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005955",
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"telegraphic":{
"antonyms":[
"circuitous",
"circumlocutory",
"diffuse",
"long-winded",
"prolix",
"rambling",
"verbose",
"windy",
"wordy"
],
"definitions":{
": concise , terse":[],
": of or relating to the telegraph":[]
},
"examples":[
"when dealing with her staff, she communicated mostly in telegraphic sentences and meaningful looks",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Media scholars like Daniel Czitrom and Jeffrey Sconce have noted how contemporaneous research linked the emergence and prevalence of neurasthenia to the rapid proliferation of telegraphic news in the late 19th century. \u2014 Michael J. Socolow, Chron , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Media scholars like Daniel Czitrom and Jeffrey Sconce have noted how contemporaneous research linked the emergence and prevalence of neurasthenia to the rapid proliferation of telegraphic news in the late 19th century. \u2014 Michael J. Socolow, Chron , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Media scholars like Daniel Czitrom and Jeffrey Sconce have noted how contemporaneous research linked the emergence and prevalence of neurasthenia to the rapid proliferation of telegraphic news in the late 19th century. \u2014 Michael J. Socolow, Chron , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Media scholars like Daniel Czitrom and Jeffrey Sconce have noted how contemporaneous research linked the emergence and prevalence of neurasthenia to the rapid proliferation of telegraphic news in the late 19th century. \u2014 Michael J. Socolow, Chron , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Media scholars like Daniel Czitrom and Jeffrey Sconce have noted how contemporaneous research linked the emergence and prevalence of neurasthenia to the rapid proliferation of telegraphic news in the late 19th century. \u2014 Michael J. Socolow, Chron , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Media scholars like Daniel Czitrom and Jeffrey Sconce have noted how contemporaneous research linked the emergence and prevalence of neurasthenia to the rapid proliferation of telegraphic news in the late 19th century. \u2014 Michael J. Socolow, Chron , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Media scholars like Daniel Czitrom and Jeffrey Sconce have noted how contemporaneous research linked the emergence and prevalence of neurasthenia to the rapid proliferation of telegraphic news in the late 19th century. \u2014 Michael J. Socolow, Chron , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Media scholars like Daniel Czitrom and Jeffrey Sconce have noted how contemporaneous research linked the emergence and prevalence of neurasthenia to the rapid proliferation of telegraphic news in the late 19th century. \u2014 Michael J. Socolow, Chron , 10 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1794, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccte-l\u0259-\u02c8gra-fik"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"aphoristic",
"apothegmatic",
"brief",
"capsule",
"compact",
"compendious",
"concise",
"crisp",
"curt",
"elliptical",
"elliptic",
"epigrammatic",
"laconic",
"monosyllabic",
"pithy",
"sententious",
"succinct",
"summary",
"terse",
"thumbnail"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045930",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"teleologism":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": belief in or acceptance of teleology":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"teleology + -ism":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190143",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"teleology":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a doctrine (as in vitalism) that ends are immanent in nature":[],
": a doctrine explaining phenomena by final causes":[],
": the fact or character attributed to nature or natural processes of being directed toward an end or shaped by a purpose":[],
": the study of evidences of design in nature":[],
": the use of design or purpose as an explanation of natural phenomena":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Yet this approach itself reinforces a particular nationalist teleology . \u2014 Fara Dabhoiwala, The New York Review of Books , 1 July 2021",
"The various models proposed for the mechanism of evolution, such as Lamarckian evolution, orthogenesis, and use-disuse, all implied some level of teleology , that there was a directionality inherent in the process. \u2014 Mano Singham, Scientific American , 5 Sep. 2021",
"His early preoccupation with initial cosmic conditions led Barrow to reinstate in physical science the ancient philosophical concept of teleology , which (in its various guises) takes into account final as well as initial states. \u2014 Paul Davies, Scientific American , 10 Oct. 2020",
"The Weberian analysis then offers no relief from that process, only a fatalism without a teleology . \u2014 George Blaustein, The New Republic , 2 July 2020",
"Similarly, the transformative forward-thrust of time in Boyne\u2019s narrative, which orders the novel\u2019s very structure \u2014 each chapter break accounts for seven years in Cyril\u2019s life \u2014 suggests a kind of progressive teleology . \u2014 Manuel Betancourt, Longreads , 29 Mar. 2018",
"The question sums up why the hopeful teleology should nag at us: there are still people who\u2019ve been left ashore. \u2014 Manuel Betancourt, Longreads , 29 Mar. 2018",
"Which is what, some believe, happened to Thomas Aquinas, the medieval theologian who tried (and largely succeeded) to fit the entire world into a synthesis of Christian revelation and Aristotelian teleology . \u2014 Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer , 22 Dec. 2017",
"What had happened was one story, the story of communism, the teleology of communism had turned out not to be true. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, Slate Magazine , 7 Mar. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1742, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin teleologia , from Greek tele-, telos end, purpose + -logia -logy \u2014 more at wheel":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cctel-\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4l-\u0259-j\u0113",
"\u02ccte-l\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4-l\u0259-j\u0113",
"\u02cct\u0113-",
"\u02cct\u0113l-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194548",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"telephone pole":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a tall wooden pole that supports the wires of a telephone system":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114733",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"telescope":{
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"decompress",
"expand",
"open",
"outspread",
"outstretch"
],
"definitions":{
": a usually tubular optical instrument for viewing distant objects by means of the refraction of light rays through a lens or the reflection of light rays by a concave mirror \u2014 compare reflector , refractor":[],
": any of various tubular magnifying optical instruments":[],
": compress , condense":[],
": radio telescope":[],
": to become compressed or condensed":[],
": to become forced together lengthwise with one part entering another as the result of collision":[],
": to cause to telescope":[],
": to slide or pass one within another like the cylindrical sections of a collapsible hand telescope":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The rings of Saturn can be seen through a telescope .",
"Verb",
"for dramatic purposes, the film telescopes the years over which the events occurred into a few short months",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"It\u2019s like a view through the wrong end of a telescope , a far point with a journey implied. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"The recipe to see stars doesn\u2019t just require a telescope and a dark sky. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, USA TODAY , 5 June 2022",
"The recipe to see stars doesn\u2019t just require a telescope and a dark sky. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic , 26 May 2022",
"People have taken Schockmel\u2019s tools, an air compressor, a telescope and bicycles. \u2014 Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 May 2022",
"Equipped with a telescope and two spectrometers, EnMAP is designed to record sunlight reflected from the surface across 242 different wavelengths, or colors. \u2014 William Harwood, CBS News , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The telescope and all its parts have traveled by truck, plane, ship, and rocket. \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Weather-permitting, the evening adventure will finish with night-sky viewing of the cosmos until 11 p.m. using the Oberle telescope and other portable telescopes spaced out around the plaza. \u2014 Joan Rusek, cleveland , 3 Jan. 2022",
"During a news conference Tuesday, NASA officials said the rocket and telescope were in good shape, and that the only lingering, though tolerable problem was an intermittent communication relay between the two. \u2014 NBC News , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Events include evening programming that begins at 8 p.m., constellation talks, telescope viewing with over 60 telescopes and photography workshops. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, USA TODAY , 5 June 2022",
"This particular item, decommissioned from a firetruck, will telescope to 54 feet high and can be yours for $3,000. \u2014 Pat Myers, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"Events include evening programming that begins at 8 p.m., constellation talks, telescope viewing with over 60 telescopes and photography workshops. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic , 26 May 2022",
"The entire space is designed for comfort with reclining seats, food and beverage capabilities, LED lighting to enhance the views of earth and blackness of space, and telescope and interactive screens to keep passengers up to date on flight progress. \u2014 Valerie Stimac, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The 20th Dark Sky Reserve\u2014central Idaho is the only other U.S. region carrying the designation\u2014should put a dent in those numbers, so grab your camera, telescope , or binoculars, and map out your next stargazing adventure. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 7 Apr. 2022",
"But the real design fun comes with the tree house's spiral slide, climbing rope, bucket pulley, net swing, secret ladder, trapdoor, telescope , and even a custom drink shoot for bottles and cans from the kitchen to the lower porch. \u2014 Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Astronomers\u2019 telescope observations and computer simulations revealed the real culprit: a roving dust cloud that temporarily crossed in front of the star. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 31 Dec. 2021",
"The space agency, along with its counterparts in Europe and Canada, will launch the James Webb space telescope 25 years after it was first announced. \u2014 Ivan Pereira, ABC News , 23 Dec. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1650, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1866, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin telescopium , from Greek t\u0113leskopos farseeing, from t\u0113le- tele- + skopos watcher; akin to Greek skopein to look \u2014 more at spy":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8te-l\u0259-\u02ccsk\u014dp"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"capsule",
"capsulize",
"collapse",
"compact",
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"constringe",
"contract",
"narrow (down)",
"squeeze"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052841",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"telescoping":{
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"decompress",
"expand",
"open",
"outspread",
"outstretch"
],
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": a usually tubular optical instrument for viewing distant objects by means of the refraction of light rays through a lens or the reflection of light rays by a concave mirror \u2014 compare reflector , refractor":[],
": any of various tubular magnifying optical instruments":[],
": compress , condense":[],
": radio telescope":[],
": to become compressed or condensed":[],
": to become forced together lengthwise with one part entering another as the result of collision":[],
": to cause to telescope":[],
": to slide or pass one within another like the cylindrical sections of a collapsible hand telescope":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The rings of Saturn can be seen through a telescope .",
"Verb",
"for dramatic purposes, the film telescopes the years over which the events occurred into a few short months",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"It\u2019s like a view through the wrong end of a telescope , a far point with a journey implied. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"The recipe to see stars doesn\u2019t just require a telescope and a dark sky. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, USA TODAY , 5 June 2022",
"The recipe to see stars doesn\u2019t just require a telescope and a dark sky. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic , 26 May 2022",
"People have taken Schockmel\u2019s tools, an air compressor, a telescope and bicycles. \u2014 Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 May 2022",
"Equipped with a telescope and two spectrometers, EnMAP is designed to record sunlight reflected from the surface across 242 different wavelengths, or colors. \u2014 William Harwood, CBS News , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The telescope and all its parts have traveled by truck, plane, ship, and rocket. \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Weather-permitting, the evening adventure will finish with night-sky viewing of the cosmos until 11 p.m. using the Oberle telescope and other portable telescopes spaced out around the plaza. \u2014 Joan Rusek, cleveland , 3 Jan. 2022",
"During a news conference Tuesday, NASA officials said the rocket and telescope were in good shape, and that the only lingering, though tolerable problem was an intermittent communication relay between the two. \u2014 NBC News , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Events include evening programming that begins at 8 p.m., constellation talks, telescope viewing with over 60 telescopes and photography workshops. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, USA TODAY , 5 June 2022",
"This particular item, decommissioned from a firetruck, will telescope to 54 feet high and can be yours for $3,000. \u2014 Pat Myers, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"Events include evening programming that begins at 8 p.m., constellation talks, telescope viewing with over 60 telescopes and photography workshops. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic , 26 May 2022",
"The entire space is designed for comfort with reclining seats, food and beverage capabilities, LED lighting to enhance the views of earth and blackness of space, and telescope and interactive screens to keep passengers up to date on flight progress. \u2014 Valerie Stimac, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The 20th Dark Sky Reserve\u2014central Idaho is the only other U.S. region carrying the designation\u2014should put a dent in those numbers, so grab your camera, telescope , or binoculars, and map out your next stargazing adventure. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 7 Apr. 2022",
"But the real design fun comes with the tree house's spiral slide, climbing rope, bucket pulley, net swing, secret ladder, trapdoor, telescope , and even a custom drink shoot for bottles and cans from the kitchen to the lower porch. \u2014 Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Astronomers\u2019 telescope observations and computer simulations revealed the real culprit: a roving dust cloud that temporarily crossed in front of the star. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 31 Dec. 2021",
"The space agency, along with its counterparts in Europe and Canada, will launch the James Webb space telescope 25 years after it was first announced. \u2014 Ivan Pereira, ABC News , 23 Dec. 2021"
],
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"1650, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1866, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin telescopium , from Greek t\u0113leskopos farseeing, from t\u0113le- tele- + skopos watcher; akin to Greek skopein to look \u2014 more at spy":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8te-l\u0259-\u02ccsk\u014dp"
],
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"capsulize",
"collapse",
"compact",
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"constringe",
"contract",
"narrow (down)",
"squeeze"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015248",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"telestial glory":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the lowest of three Mormon degrees or kingdoms of glory attainable in heaven \u2014 compare celestial glory , terrestrial glory":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"telestial from tel- entry 1 + -estial (as in celestial )":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)te\u00a6l|",
"-st\u0113\u0259l",
"t\u0259\u0307\u02c8l|es(h)ch\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183516",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"telestic":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": mystical":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek telestikos , from telestos (verbal of telein to fulfill, initiate into mysteries or sacred rites) + -ikos -ic":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"t\u0259\u0307\u02c8lestik"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192403",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"tell":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an inadvertent behavior or mannerism that betrays a poker player's true thoughts, intentions, or emotions":[
"The World Series of Poker: earth's greatest liars gathered together with millions of dollars on the line \u2026 . It's a blur of action, but the educated spectator ignores these distractions and focuses on the players' mannerisms\u2014it's all part of the science of tells , reflexes a player can't control that, read right, give away his thoughts.",
"\u2014 Seth Stevenson"
],
": count , enumerate":[
"tell the stars, if thou be able to number them",
"\u2014 Genesis 15:5 (King James Version)"
],
": order , direct":[
"told me to wait"
],
": to assure emphatically":[
"they did not do it, I tell you"
],
": to express in words":[
"she never told her love",
"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
],
": to find out by observing : recognize":[
"you can tell it's a masterpiece"
],
": to give an account":[
"an article telling of her experience"
],
": to give information to : inform":[
"tell us about your job"
],
": to give utterance to : say":[
"could never tell a lie"
],
": to have a marked effect":[
"the pressure was beginning to tell on him"
],
": to make known : divulge , reveal":[
"don't tell your password"
],
": to relate in detail : narrate":[
"told the whole story to us"
],
": to serve as evidence or indication":[],
": to tell someone (such as a parent or other person of authority) about what someone else has done":[
"\u2014 often used with on I'll get even with you if you ever tell on me \u2014 Inside Detective"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"He told us the story.",
"Has she told you the good news, yet",
"Please tell us your name and occupation.",
"She looked at the palm of my hand and told me my fortune.",
"If you see her, tell her hello for me.",
"\u201cI feel sick,\u201d he told his mom.",
"\u201cWhat is his name",
"\u201cWho is the letter from",
"I promise not to tell anyone.",
"I can't tell you because it's a secret.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Clinic employees had to contact patients and tell them not to come for their appointments. \u2014 New York Times , 26 June 2022",
"There's no blueprint on how to live your life, but there are no shortage of books that will tell you how to do so. \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 26 June 2022",
"To read Warner\u2019s writing is to appreciate how stories, persisting over thousands of years, shape and are shaped by the societies that tell them. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 26 June 2022",
"And then call the press and tell them what the police said. \u2014 Steven Gaydos, Variety , 24 June 2022",
"When a team member is underperforming, be candid and tell her or him what to work on. \u2014 Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Get paid to listen to AC/DC and tell you about traffic on the 495. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 20 June 2022",
"All that these experts and specialists could tell me was that my results seemed normal. \u2014 Outside Online , 20 June 2022",
"Lorenzo Cain was designated for assignment Saturday, but conventional wisdom would tell you he wasn\u2019t supposed to make it to this point. \u2014 Curt Hogg, Journal Sentinel , 19 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1840, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1974, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 6":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Arabic tall":"Noun",
"Middle English, from Old English tellan ; akin to Old High German zellen to count, tell, Old English talu tale":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8tel"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for tell Verb reveal , disclose , divulge , tell , betray mean to make known what has been or should be concealed. reveal may apply to supernatural or inspired revelation of truths beyond the range of ordinary human vision or reason. divine will as revealed in sacred writings disclose may imply a discovering but more often an imparting of information previously kept secret. candidates must disclose their financial assets divulge implies a disclosure involving some impropriety or breach of confidence. refused to divulge an anonymous source tell implies an imparting of necessary or useful information. told them what he had overheard betray implies a divulging that represents a breach of faith or an involuntary or unconscious disclosure. a blush that betrayed her embarrassment",
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"chart",
"chronicle",
"describe",
"narrate",
"recite",
"recount",
"rehearse",
"relate",
"report"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033200",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tell (of)":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to be evidence of (something) : to indicate":[
"Her smile told of her good news.",
"His rough hands tell of a hard life."
],
": to describe (something) : to make the details of (something) known":[
"The article tells of her Arctic journey."
],
": to talk to (someone) about (something)":[
"He told us of his plans to move to the city."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011451",
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
]
},
"tell (on)":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to have a noticeable effect on (someone or something)":[
"The stress began to tell on her face/health."
],
": to tell someone in authority about the bad behavior or actions of (someone else)":[
"Please don't tell on me."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034524",
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
]
},
"tell it like it is":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to say what the facts are : to speak about unpleasant things in an honest way":[
"I don't want to offend anyone; I'm just telling it like it is ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231249",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"tell me":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220218",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"tell me about it":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204419",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"tell of":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to be evidence of (something) : to indicate":[
"Her smile told of her good news.",
"His rough hands tell of a hard life."
],
": to describe (something) : to make the details of (something) known":[
"The article tells of her Arctic journey."
],
": to talk to (someone) about (something)":[
"He told us of his plans to move to the city."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022729",
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
]
},
"tell off":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": reprimand , excoriate":[
"told him off for his arrogance"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1727, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215532",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tell on":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to have a noticeable effect on (someone or something)":[
"The stress began to tell on her face/health."
],
": to tell someone in authority about the bad behavior or actions of (someone else)":[
"Please don't tell on me."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071325",
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
]
},
"tell right from wrong":{
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"Her experience is a telling example of why the nation's educational system needs to be changed.",
"The most telling moment in the case was when the victim took the stand.",
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"The most telling stat of Game 4 was this one: Chris Paul fouled out in just 23 minutes of play. \u2014 Mark Faller, The Arizona Republic , 16 May 2022",
"What is equally telling is that leading Republican officials in Georgia\u2014now the ultimate swing state\u2014have almost all endorsed Kemp despite Trump\u2019s rage at the governor. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 24 May 2022",
"In one very telling incident on the Desna River near Chernihiv in early April, Ukrainian commandos riding in speedboats intercepted a Russian convoy and captured one of the Russians\u2019 latest SNAR-10M1 radar vehicles. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The Detroit Red Wings' next game will be one of their most telling of the season. \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The breadth of price increases might be more telling . \u2014 Elisabeth Buchwald, USA TODAY , 10 May 2022",
"There\u2019s nothing more telling than the contents of a cook\u2019s pantry. \u2014 Adina Steiman, WSJ , 4 May 2022",
"Breaking down that data by neighborhoods \u2014 or Public Use Microdata Areas as defined by the U.S. Census \u2014 can be more telling . \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 17 Dec. 2021",
"How the Ducks choose to go about that today will be more telling . \u2014 oregonlive , 2 Oct. 2021"
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"the media's professional telltales have basically decided that today's celebrities have no right to privacy",
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"As the economy reopened earlier this year, Disney\u2019s response\u2014and consumers\u2019 enthusiasm to get back to the parks\u2014became a telltale of the country\u2019s larger re-emergence. \u2014 Erich Schwartzel, WSJ , 29 July 2021",
"Clean all outboard telltales with a piece of wire, and store the engine in a vertical position to make sure the water drains completely. \u2014 Popmech Editors, Popular Mechanics , 21 Nov. 2019",
"But the best telltale is that the tourists are the only ones swimming in the ocean. \u2014 Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal , 15 Nov. 2019",
"FordPass enabled vehicles have a telltale in the top right hand corner of the SYNC screen if location sharing and remote start/stop, lock/unlock are active. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 28 Oct. 2019",
"That\u2019s a telltale for the approach on the culinary business for me. \u2014 Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 May 2018",
"And nobody is closer to these telltales - and the people who fuel them - than Lisa Fair, Chico Lewis and Roger Lowe. \u2014 Mark Naymik, cleveland.com , 26 Apr. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sears was founded in 1892 and virtually invented home shopping with a catalog as thick as Chicago\u2019s telephone directory . \u2014 Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune , 26 June 2022",
"The documents include pages from a 1945 Los Alamos telephone directory as a way of confirming the suspect\u2019s lab employment. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Jan. 2020"
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"\u2026 I asked parents what they thought of children's telly .",
"\u2014 Vanessa Feltz",
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"\u2014 Berb Caen",
"Is there any truth to the hundreds of pieces of advice we hear from aunt Jane, who 'saw it on the tele '",
"\u2014 Patrick Holler"
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"Please turn off the telly .",
"I just want to relax and watch the telly .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But part of me will always half stifle a laugh when a man is naked on the telly . \u2014 Raven Smith, Vogue , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Getting plunked in front of the telly rather than taken to the funeral was formative. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Jan. 2022",
"This is a fine time to cozy up with a good book or in front of the telly . \u2014 Ed Silverman, STAT , 19 Jan. 2022",
"As a Chinese woman growing up in Australia, role models who looked like me on the telly and on the big screen were hard to come by. \u2014 Maggie Zhou, refinery29.com , 6 Sep. 2021",
"This was an attempt by the BBC to educate Britons about just what the hell all these new fancy machines that looked like crappy typewriters connected to your telly were all about. \u2014 Jason Torchinsky, Ars Technica , 20 Dec. 2020",
"Tonight: Nothing but blitz out in front of the telly . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 25 Aug. 2020",
"And with the rise of digital media, promotion of liquor products has moved from the telly screen to online platforms such as Facebook, and Instagram targeting young tipplers. \u2014 Sangeeta Tanwar, Quartz India , 27 Dec. 2019",
"But generally the interviews make for great telly , especially in the last days of an election. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Dec. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Another recurring theme in the book brings to mind William F. Buckley\u2019s pronouncement (which has many versions) that he would rather be governed by names taken from the telephone book than by the Harvard faculty. \u2014 Fred O\u2019brien, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Facebook has become the telephone book (and birthday calendar) of the Internet. \u2014 Joanna Stern, WSJ , 4 Oct. 2021",
"The telephone book of that year lists 19 Food Fair stores, a competing chain based in Philadelphia but well known throughout Baltimore for its distinctive pylon architecture and aggressive marketing campaigns. \u2014 Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com , 10 July 2021",
"Then the Restoration Hardware catalogue arrives, like a parody of the whole problem, in two volumes, each the size of a telephone book . \u2014 Eula Biss, The New Yorker , 30 Aug. 2020",
"Hazmi was even listed in the San Diego telephone book . \u2014 Tim Golden, ProPublica , 23 Jan. 2020",
"The disappearance of the telephone book is not the only relevant change. \u2014 Judith Martin, Washington Post , 5 Nov. 2019",
"The system will contact anyone in the white pages of a telephone book and those who have registered their smart phone devices with the town to receive messages. \u2014 Peter Marteka, courant.com , 9 Oct. 2019",
"The staff compiled a list of 10 million people from telephone books , subscriber lists from many different periodicals, association and club membership rosters and other sources. \u2014 Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities , 25 Aug. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Utah Senate Judicial Confirmation Committee says all statements should include the commenter\u2019s name, telephone number and mailing address. \u2014 Saige Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 June 2022",
"Passengers will be asked to provide their name, reservation code (PNR) or ticket number, a date range for the anticipated stay, preferred room type (single, double, or triple), and a telephone number and e-mail address. \u2014 Breanna Wilson, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"Thus, clear instructions, readily available support, and a telephone number can make all the difference to their experience. \u2014 Gary Drenik, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"That initial fraud alert should ensure that the best telephone number to reach you at is added to the alert. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"No one at the company had his private telephone number ; all calls, appointments, questions were first screened by Carelli. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 22 May 2022",
"Members should not respond to emails that ask them to update their personal information online or by dialing a telephone number . \u2014 Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News , 5 Apr. 2022",
"No one responded to a message left at a telephone number listed for Brand's mother. \u2014 CBS News , 10 May 2022",
"No one responded to a message left at a telephone number listed for Brand\u2019s mother. \u2014 Jeffrey Collins, ajc , 9 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Purportedly, a telegram was sent from Buckingham Palace to Kenya, informing the royal party of the King\u2019s death. \u2014 Deborah Hart Strober And Gerald Strober, Town & Country , 3 June 2022",
"Nelson remembers telegram customers calling at all hours and belly dancers\u2014who were hired to deliver telegrams known as Belly Tellys\u2014stopping by the family\u2019s house to pick up their paychecks. \u2014 Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"The same morning, his sister, 60 miles away in Coburg, was flooded with foreboding and persuaded her father to send a telegram inquiring about her brother\u2019s well-being. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
"However, after filming starts, the director, Jack Barber (Hugh Dancy), gets a telegram that the studio has decided it\u2019s only making talkies now, so his silent film is done. \u2014 Alexis Potter, The Arizona Republic , 18 May 2022",
"Then one Friday afternoon in London, a telegram arrived at the theater. \u2014 Marc Myers, WSJ , 22 Mar. 2022",
"At the event, Dylan sent a telegram honoring the drummer. \u2014 Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Celebrity panelists include Loni Love, Adam Pally and Ron Funches; panel features a concertmaster, a toilet-paper wedding dress designer, a wing walker, a telegram singer and a vegan chef. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's Minister of Digital Transformation, confirmed the Twitter ban in a telegram post, and likened the move to something out of a George Orwell book. \u2014 Nicole Sganga, CBS News , 4 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sterling and Blair\u2019s world \u2014 and the logic of their kitschy twin telepathy \u2014 is thrown into total chaos. \u2014 Ariana Romero, refinery29.com , 14 Aug. 2020",
"Psychic powers, including telekinesis and telepathy . Dragon King (1981): Real name unknown. \u2014 cleveland , 29 May 2020",
"Now confined to a mental hospital, the spectral Mabuse (again Klein-Rogge) uses mental telepathy and a form of radio to incite a crime wave. \u2014 J. Hoberman, New York Times , 6 May 2020",
"As a result, some of the first clear influences seen in Superman come from such stories', which often featured characters who possessed incredible abilities such as superhuman strength, telepathy , and clairvoyance. \u2014 Theo Karasavvas, Ars Technica , 4 Jan. 2020",
"Well, Masa has even presented on telepathy (which seemed to me an eerie coincidence to the Harbinger character Harada). \u2014 Jason Kothari, Quartz India , 13 Mar. 2020",
"Her books are often known to feature mysteries involving children or telepathy . \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 1 Feb. 2020",
"And some of it is speculation: the particular blend of body-language analysis, clothing-choice analysis, telepathy and tea-leaves reading that go into so many discussions about Melania Trump. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Dec. 2019",
"Super sight, super muscles, super hearing, and telepathy could have profound implications on the broader society, implications that could slow down or speed up the military\u2019s adoption. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 26 Nov. 2019"
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"We've been playing telephone tag \u2014she's always out when I call, and vice versa.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Not that there aren\u2019t plenty of excuses for slipping up, given the immensity of the task and its attendant glitches \u2013 the outdated lists, the telephone tag , the last-minute head-count changes. \u2014 Mary Beth Mccauley, The Christian Science Monitor , 1 Nov. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sterling and Blair\u2019s world \u2014 and the logic of their kitschy twin telepathy \u2014 is thrown into total chaos. \u2014 Ariana Romero, refinery29.com , 14 Aug. 2020",
"Psychic powers, including telekinesis and telepathy . Dragon King (1981): Real name unknown. \u2014 cleveland , 29 May 2020",
"Now confined to a mental hospital, the spectral Mabuse (again Klein-Rogge) uses mental telepathy and a form of radio to incite a crime wave. \u2014 J. Hoberman, New York Times , 6 May 2020",
"As a result, some of the first clear influences seen in Superman come from such stories', which often featured characters who possessed incredible abilities such as superhuman strength, telepathy , and clairvoyance. \u2014 Theo Karasavvas, Ars Technica , 4 Jan. 2020",
"Well, Masa has even presented on telepathy (which seemed to me an eerie coincidence to the Harbinger character Harada). \u2014 Jason Kothari, Quartz India , 13 Mar. 2020",
"Her books are often known to feature mysteries involving children or telepathy . \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 1 Feb. 2020",
"And some of it is speculation: the particular blend of body-language analysis, clothing-choice analysis, telepathy and tea-leaves reading that go into so many discussions about Melania Trump. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Dec. 2019",
"Super sight, super muscles, super hearing, and telepathy could have profound implications on the broader society, implications that could slow down or speed up the military\u2019s adoption. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 26 Nov. 2019"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Assimilation rather than revolution is the telos toward which Secret City strives. \u2014 Samuel Clowes Huneke, The New Republic , 8 June 2022",
"Setting and pursuing performance goals supplies the telos of the sport, but success and failure are fleeting moments \u2014 drops in the bucket of the overall experience. \u2014 Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online , 26 Apr. 2021",
"Techniques exist to be perfected; Curry has pushed the three toward its telos . \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 15 Dec. 2021",
"His telos \u2014his endgame\u2014is the destabilization, the overcoming, of the whole Western order. \u2014 vanityfair.com , 10 Jan. 2017"
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"Noun",
"I just have to make a quick telephone call before we leave.",
"You can order the cake over the telephone .",
"The telephone has been ringing all morning!",
"She picked up the telephone and dialed the number.",
"He slammed down the telephone .",
"They hired someone to answer the telephones .",
"All our telephones are cordless.",
"I left the telephone off the hook.",
"Verb",
"He telephoned me to say that he was going to be late.",
"He telephoned to say that he was going to be late.",
"You never write or telephone .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The custody documents filed in April stated that Mama June was allowed to contact Alana via telephone every day but visitation rights would be determined by Pumpkin, 22. \u2014 Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
"The story follows along as the mysterious voice known as Miranda entices famous men to fall in love with her\u2014all via the telephone . \u2014 Jessica Radloff, Glamour , 24 Apr. 2022",
"For Wednesday\u2019s poll results, Quinnipiac surveyed 1,436 U.S. adults nationwide from March 31 through April 4 via telephone . \u2014 Shawna Mizelle, CNN , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Justice Clarence Thomas participated in arguments at the Supreme Court via telephone rather than in person on Monday following a hospital stay of nearly a week. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
"When asked about how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the court, forcing arguments before the justices to be done via telephone rather than in person, Thomas surprisingly said that arrangement was positive. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 Mar. 2022",
"The poll surveyed 500 adults and was conducted via telephone between Jan. 26 and 29. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 2 Feb. 2022",
"The public can listen live, however, a change made earlier in the pandemic when the justices for nearly 19 months heard cases via telephone . \u2014 Mark Sherman And Jessica Gresko, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 Jan. 2022",
"The public could listen live, however, a change made earlier in the pandemic when the justices for nearly 19 months heard cases via telephone . \u2014 Mark Sherman And Jessica Gresko, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The Chechens celebrated their victory and let their prisoners telephone their mothers back home in Russia, calling on Moscow to withdraw its troops. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The Taylors\u2019 family members have not been able to visit or telephone them. \u2014 Yuri Kageyama, ajc , 10 Mar. 2022",
"On the eve of the invasion, Zelensky had tried to telephone Putin to appeal for negotiations, but the Russian leader would not take the call. \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 27 Feb. 2022",
"He was bound with rope for hours in his basement, but eventually made it to a neighbors house to telephone police after regaining consciousness. \u2014 Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com , 12 Apr. 2021",
"Brent Jones, president of the bottler, AffinityLifestyles.com Inc., and a former Nevada state Republican lawmaker, did not immediately respond Wednesday to telephone and email messages seeking comment. \u2014 NBC News , 25 Mar. 2021",
"And their parents had to telephone the witch to arrange for her visit. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 25 Dec. 2020",
"After speaking at a union hall in his original hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, Biden was approached by a man named Jim Gilbooley, who asked him to telephone a passionate supporter, Sarah Corbett, who was dying of cancer. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 7 Nov. 2020",
"Any members of the Kuykendahl location can telephone the Town Center gym with questions on how to switch membership. \u2014 Jeff Forward, Houston Chronicle , 17 June 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Making the hiring process less virtual, through initial telephonic screens to explore fit or potential opportunities, could help several caregivers get their foot in the door. \u2014 Nabanita De Foundation, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
"OSFM Bomb Technicians and explosive detection K9s are assisting @BowieState PD with a telephonic bomb threat. \u2014 Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com , 31 Jan. 2022",
"McGinley has previous convictions for harassing people over the phone, including being convicted of 35 counts of telephonic harassment in Multnomah County in 2017, court records show. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Nicholas Biase, spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, previously told USA TODAY there is not a telephonic dial-in to the proceedings for the Maxwell trial. \u2014 Ella Lee, USA TODAY , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Atkinson pleaded with the judge to do a telephonic hearing, but the judge had moved on. \u2014 Deepa Fernandes, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 Oct. 2021",
"One of the most devastating points in that report involved the initial effort to investigate complaints about Nassar by the FBI\u2019s Indianapolis field office, via a telephonic interview with Ms. Maroney in early September 2015. \u2014 Sadie Gurman, WSJ , 5 Oct. 2021",
"The second included the use of electrical and steam power and telephonic communications. \u2014 Venu Lambu, Forbes , 10 Sep. 2021",
"The public was surprised when Justice Clarence Thomas, who rarely asked questions during the traditional format, jumped in during the telephonic arguments and played an active role under the new system. \u2014 Ariane De Vogue, CNN , 8 Sep. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sterling and Blair\u2019s world \u2014 and the logic of their kitschy twin telepathy \u2014 is thrown into total chaos. \u2014 Ariana Romero, refinery29.com , 14 Aug. 2020",
"Psychic powers, including telekinesis and telepathy . Dragon King (1981): Real name unknown. \u2014 cleveland , 29 May 2020",
"Now confined to a mental hospital, the spectral Mabuse (again Klein-Rogge) uses mental telepathy and a form of radio to incite a crime wave. \u2014 J. Hoberman, New York Times , 6 May 2020",
"As a result, some of the first clear influences seen in Superman come from such stories', which often featured characters who possessed incredible abilities such as superhuman strength, telepathy , and clairvoyance. \u2014 Theo Karasavvas, Ars Technica , 4 Jan. 2020",
"Well, Masa has even presented on telepathy (which seemed to me an eerie coincidence to the Harbinger character Harada). \u2014 Jason Kothari, Quartz India , 13 Mar. 2020",
"Her books are often known to feature mysteries involving children or telepathy . \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 1 Feb. 2020",
"And some of it is speculation: the particular blend of body-language analysis, clothing-choice analysis, telepathy and tea-leaves reading that go into so many discussions about Melania Trump. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Dec. 2019",
"Super sight, super muscles, super hearing, and telepathy could have profound implications on the broader society, implications that could slow down or speed up the military\u2019s adoption. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 26 Nov. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Rather than stone telamons that hold society up, Homer and Plato and Ovid are bodies that some embrace and feel, still, a heartbeat. \u2014 Giancarlo Buonomo, New Republic , 3 Oct. 2017"
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"I sent the message by telegraph .",
"Verb",
"He telegraphed a message to her.",
"Please telegraph when you get there.",
"Please telegraph me when you get there.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"As with so many things, tragedy can be the mother of invention, and Morse\u2019s development of the telegraph was born from a deep personal tragedy. \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun , 2 June 2022",
"Like most things today, these sessions connected Sentry Sound, Vancouver with Austin, TX, Santa Fe, NM and Los Angeles, CA by the magic of the musical telegraph . \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 30 May 2022",
"The Free Press began publishing before the telegraph was invented. \u2014 Dan Austin, Detroit Free Press , 5 May 2022",
"Just a year after Samuel Morse sent the first long-distance telegraph in 1844, his attorney and publicist designed a code to keep messages secret. \u2014 Andrew Lanham, The New Republic , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The technology\u2014a telegraph -like device that used snails to purportedly send messages\u2014was a failure, but the dream of instantaneous, wireless communication remained until humanity achieved it, perhaps to our own detriment. \u2014 The New Yorker , 4 June 2022",
"Before the transcontinental telegraph put it out of business in 1861, the Pony Express pledged that a letter from Missouri could reach California in 10 days or fewer. \u2014 Adam Chandler, The Atlantic , 31 May 2022",
"Myths hold their own in spite of the railroad and the telegraph . \u2014 Robert Shackleton, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"Some of our favorite varieties that offer sweet flavor for slicing and eating fresh are Armenian, Suyo long, salt and pepper, and telegraph . \u2014 Dean Kuipers, Outside Online , 8 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"And there\u2019s no better person to telegraph your victory than the person who gave it to you: the shopper. \u2014 Rebecca Brooks, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
"Buying also allows insiders to telegraph confidence to outside investors. \u2014 John Hyatt, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Outfits for early modeling castings needed to telegraph trend awareness more than personal style, while dressing for a fashion magazine's HQ came with some professional conformity. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 June 2022",
"And yet the hand that instinctively moves to his face, the torso that recoils in horror before reluctantly stepping into the breach, more swiftly and surely telegraph Pyre\u2019s looming crisis of faith than hours of exposition. \u2014 Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022",
"This may be endemic to the production: Director Neil Pepe can, at times, telegraph certain moments unduly. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 14 Apr. 2022",
"New fantasy sequences, demarcated in concert with sudden shifts of lighting, telegraph a bit too crudely how much these women want to run from their lives. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Mar. 2022",
"At the same time, Aron did telegraph potentially more losses in early 2022 before the benefits of a Hollywood box office rebound showed up in the rest of the year. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 Mar. 2022",
"In other words, if borrowing costs weren't already ticking up, and the stock market was still looking particularly frothy, the Fed would have to telegraph even more dramatic steps. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 5 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Chronic telogen effluvium, where the shedding continues for months, is possible. \u2014 Melanie Rud, SELF , 26 May 2022",
"In healthy hair cycles, most hairs are in a growing phase, with a small percentage in a short resting phase and only about 10 percent of hairs in a shedding or telogen phase. \u2014 Pam Belluck, New York Times , 24 Sep. 2020",
"The delayed result, a form of diffuse hair loss called telogen effluvium, was causing her hair to fall out in frightening clumps. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Feb. 2020",
"Hairs in the telogen phase generally fall out 100 days later, which means that people would see a shedding at the end of the summer and into the fall. \u2014 Allure , 21 Nov. 2019",
"But, in some cases, your body might shed an excessive amount of hair ( telogen effluvium). \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 10 Aug. 2018",
"What\u2019s more likely is that telogen effluvium is at play (again). \u2014 Jane Chertoff, SELF , 13 July 2018",
"Thyroid problems: Excessive hair loss, or telogen effluvium, can be a sign that your thyroid gland is overactive (hyperthyroidism) or underactive (hypothyroidism). \u2014 Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living , 29 Mar. 2018",
"The subsequent decline in estrogen levels and rise of the stress hormone cortisol causes hair to move from the anagen cycle (growth) to the telogen phase (shedding), Wesley describes. \u2014 Priya Rao, Vogue , 19 Mar. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Soldier Boy found them and quickly inflicted much pain on the telepath . \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 1 July 2022",
"His character is likely a revamp of telepath Mind-Droid from the comics. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 3 June 2022",
"Stewart returns to the X-Men world and makes his first appearance in the MCU as the powerful telepath Professor Charles Xavier. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 May 2022",
"The mutant telepath Psylocke, a.k.a. Betsy Braddock, started out as the English sister of Brian Braddock, a.k.a Captain Britain. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 17 Aug. 2021",
"The bad guys are trailer-park telepaths devouring kidsouls for family orgies. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 30 Oct. 2019",
"Her first novels, Patternmaster (1976) and Mind of My Mind (1977), were about telepaths and shapeshifters who can inhabit the bodies of different races and genders. \u2014 Tananarive Due, Essence , 4 Oct. 2019",
"Doctor Sleep has its fans, but the film is structured around an oddly shameless bait-and-switch, clashing flashbacks to the Overlook Hotel into a brand new story about nefarious telepaths with terrible hats. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 19 Nov. 2019",
"And Doctor Sleep never really makes a cohesive argument for why this movie about centuries-old telepath kidkillers is also a Shining sequel, even when the action leads back to the Overlook Hotel. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 30 Oct. 2019"
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"Tomlin has won Tony, Emmy and Grammy awards for her work on Broadway, on television and in recording. \u2014 Phoebe Wall Howard, USA TODAY , 1 July 2022",
"One of the year\u2019s most gripping spectacles on television happens to be the most momentous. \u2014 Inkoo Kang, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"Victoria Beckham has opened up about the moment she was asked to weigh herself on television shortly after giving birth to her first child, Brooklyn Beckham, in 1999. \u2014 Whitney Perry, Glamour , 1 July 2022",
"In a break with its past five hearings this month, the panel provided no advance confirmation about the witness list Tuesday and members did not appear on television beforehand. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 29 June 2022",
"Among all American fans who watch sports on television , baseball fans are the oldest: the median age is 57, up from 52 a generation ago. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 29 June 2022",
"The event drew robust numbers on television , as well for FOX with an average of 4.28 million viewers. \u2014 Maury Brown, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"Ruby Chavez, 53, a housewife who lives about a mile away from where the truck was found, heard about the discovery on television , then saw a helicopter churning overhead. \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2022",
"May Alcott\u2019s 19th-century novel has received a great number of adaptations in film, on stage, and on television . \u2014 cleveland , 25 June 2022"
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"The same network will televise the tournament next year.",
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"Disney will televise the Stanley Cup Finals in 2022, 2024, 2026 and 2028. \u2014 Brad Adgate, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Where: Dodger Stadium, 7:10 p.m. TV/radio: Fox will televise Saturday\u2019s game. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 18 June 2022",
"Under a pact unveiled recently, FX and its corporate siblings at Disney will televise XFL games between 2023 and 2027. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 16 June 2022",
"In fact, five years ago, the conventional wisdom was that Sony Pictures Television Studios could not survive without a major distribution platform that would televise SPTS content. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022",
"On June 9, however, the gala tribute at the Dolby Theatre will at last take place (TNT will televise the ceremony a week later), and Dame Andrews will be on site to remind everyone what achievement in cinema looks like. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"The SEC Network will televise all the action prior to Sunday\u2019s 2 p.m. championship game, which will air on ESPN2. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 21 May 2022",
"This year is the last in which CBS will primarily televise AFC games and Fox will get NFC games. \u2014 Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2022",
"The Orioles also announced the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network will televise three of their nine spring training games at Ed Smith Stadium. \u2014 Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun , 16 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"England imported gutta-percha from Southeast Asia for undersea telegraphy wires. \u2014 Rebecca Altman, The Atlantic , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Such anecdotes add welcome color to the technical explanations of phonetic scripts, typewriters, telegraphy , card-catalogue systems, and computers. \u2014 Ian Buruma, The New Yorker , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Morris gestures toward a better one, by titling each section with a discipline in which Edison distinguished himself: each backward-marching decade is matched to botany, defense, chemistry, magnetism, light, sound, telegraphy , or natural philosophy. \u2014 Casey Cep, The New Yorker , 21 Oct. 2019",
"In Europe telegraphy largely was added to postal operations as a government responsibility. \u2014 Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities , 29 Sep. 2019",
"To show their appreciation, the station agent taught Edison telegraphy . \u2014 Micah Walker, Detroit Free Press , 11 Aug. 2019",
"In 1888, George Safford Parker, a telegraphy instructor, founded the Parker Pen Company there; General Motors opened its plant in 1919. \u2014 Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker , 19 May 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After losing Vision and fighting in a final battle with villain Agatha Harkness, Wanda, spurred by her grief, fully accepts her powers of telekinesis , energy manipulation, and neuroelectric interfacing. \u2014 Annie O\u2019sullivan, Good Housekeeping , 7 June 2022",
"Her friend-turned-romantic-interest Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard) assures her the loss is only temporary, after Eleven unsuccessfully tries to grab something using her telekinesis while packing. \u2014 Charles Trepany, USA TODAY , 23 May 2022",
"In Vogt's film, a group of pre-teens develops supernatural powers, including telepathy and telekinesis . \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 10 May 2022",
"There was a glut of child possession and telekinesis films during the late 1970s and early \u201980s like The Omen, The Fury, Carrie, The Shining, and The Twilight Zone film. \u2014 Erik Morse, Vogue , 9 May 2022",
"The evening offers networking with drinks and snacks before the awards presentation, and, a magic show after from Mentalism by RW Magic, offering mind-reading, telekinesis and a book test. \u2014 cleveland , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Both of them get similar powers, like super strength, heightened hearing, telekinesis , and the ability to run at Flash-like speeds. \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 12 Jan. 2022",
"And then of course there is the fact that these 4400 people popped up in the same place and time completely unaged from the day of their disappearance \u2014 and with new abilities that range from telekinesis to being able to heal extremely fast. \u2014 Danielle Turchiano, Variety , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Does the fact that this is accomplished with telekinesis somehow justify it? \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 5 Sep. 2021"
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"The rifle has a telescopic sight.",
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"The ride is good, telescopic shock absorbers being used. \u2014 B.c. George, Car and Driver , 27 June 2022",
"The main callout for this one is its telescopic handle \u2013 some testers gave it low scores for comfort and sturdiness. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 24 June 2022",
"Chris Turek of Traverse City looked through the telescopic sight on top of a .30 caliber rifle, settled the crosshairs on the paper target 50 yards downrange, flicked off the safety and pulled the trigger. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel , 6 June 2022",
"Garden pump sprayers with a simple design, like this one from Chapin, are perfect for treating potted plants, as the task doesn\u2019t require a telescopic wand. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 20 May 2022",
"Sachs reviewing maneuverability features, such as wheel performance and ease of raising and lowering the telescopic handle and. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022",
"The screen\u2019s telescopic arm attaches to the dash or windshield via a suction cup. \u2014 Nicole Nguyen, WSJ , 24 Apr. 2022",
"One team replaced a telescopic flag pole with a more traditional pole with ropes and pulleys. \u2014 Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Jackson noted that 1,000 rounds of armor-piercing ammunition, an assault-style rifle with a telescopic scope and high-capacity magazines were probably not needed for target practice with children. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Dec. 2021"
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"But one patient advocacy group has publicly shared that Yu\u2019s team has designed an oligonucleotide for a toddler with ataxia- telangiectasia , a neurodegenerative disorder, and hoped to begin to treat her this fall. \u2014 Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | AAAS , 9 Oct. 2019",
"His inoperable neurological condition HHT (hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia ) has kept Moskowitz restricted and in rehabilitation since first discovered at the end of last year. \u2014 Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com , 9 May 2018",
"Further scans and exams detected HHT (hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia ) existed, something no family would expect. \u2014 Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com , 26 Apr. 2018",
"Di Bernardo suffers from hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia , or HHT, which makes the body create blood vessels without the typical capillaries that go between arteries and veins. \u2014 Megan Friedman, Cosmopolitan , 4 Nov. 2015"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Information collected will be compiled, analyzed and used to assist the city in communicating with telecommunication companies to better improve network connectivity throughout the city, the website indicates. \u2014 cleveland , 22 June 2022",
"China continues to hack into major telecommunication companies in an effort to spy on users, according to a new warning from the US government. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 8 June 2022",
"Thanks to Sox's telecommunication abilities, Buzz enjoys a final moment with his friend at a pivotal moment of the film. \u2014 Patrick Gomez, EW.com , 13 June 2022",
"One stock that Bank of America called attention to in particular was Helios Towers, which owns and operates telecommunication towers and other infrastructure across Africa and the Middle East. \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"The tribe was one of the first to create its telecommunication service provider, said Lewis. \u2014 Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic , 11 May 2022",
"Verizon bought the Portland startup in 2017, aiming to connect Skyward\u2019s drone management technology to the telecommunication company\u2019s wireless services business. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 May 2022",
"Data collection equipment includes specialized quiet mooring technology, whale vocalization detection algorithms, and telecommunication to transmit whale alerts. \u2014 Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Throughout the living world, telecommunication is more likely the norm than the exception. \u2014 Justin E. H. Smith, Wired , 3 Mar. 2022"
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"\u02ccte-l\u0259-\u02c8sen-trik",
"\u02cctel-\u0259-\u02c8sen-trik",
"\u02cct\u0113l-"
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"International Scientific Vocabulary tel- + centr omere + -ic":""
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"1939, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-124158"
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": a semimetallic element that occurs in a silvery-white brittle crystalline form of metallic luster, in a dark amorphous form, or combined with metals and that is used especially in alloys and catalysts \u2014 see Chemical Elements Table":[]
},
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"te-",
"t\u0259-\u02c8lu\u0307r-\u0113-\u0259m",
"t\u0259-\u02c8lu\u0307r-\u0113-\u0259m, te-"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But the United States is second only to China in the amount of tellurium reserves. \u2014 Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 May 2022",
"And many metals have production losses of 95 percent or higher: arsenic, gallium, germanium, hafnium, scandium, selenium, and tellurium . \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 20 May 2022",
"Rio Tinto is working with the U.S. Department of Energy on ideas to produce more tellurium . \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022",
"Most tellurium is produced in China, as are 90% of solar panels. \u2014 Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 May 2022",
"Most of the tellurium produced comes from China and other countries. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022",
"It will be sent to Canada to be refined into pure tellurium . \u2014 Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 May 2022",
"Most of the worries about solar panel production have focused on the elements that go into the panels themselves, like gallium, cadmium, germanium, indium, selenium, and tellurium . \u2014 Doug Johnson, Ars Technica , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Rio Tinto is building a plant at Kennecott that will recover tellurium , a critical mineral used in solar panels, from ore that has been dug up for its copper. \u2014 Rhiannon Hoyle, WSJ , 25 Oct. 2021"
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"New Latin, from Latin tellur-, tellus earth":""
},
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"1800, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-131511"
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"geographical name",
"noun"
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"town in the San Juan Mountains, southwestern Colorado population 2325":[]
},
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"\u02c8tel-y\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bd"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Copper telluride , shown here, is produced in a new process at Rio Tinto's Kennecott copper operation. \u2014 Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 May 2022",
"Its solar cells rely on a coating of cadmium and telluride . \u2014 Bob Davis, WSJ , 21 June 2021",
"Previous thermoelectric material compositions were made up of cadmium, telluride or mercury\u2014elements that were all toxic to humans and, according to Saini\u2019s research, not as stable as the Ca3Co4Og combination. \u2014 Kristen A. Schmitt, Smithsonian , 10 Apr. 2017",
"Goodyear is looking to use thermoelectric materials (like bismuth telluride and tin selenide), to generate electricity from the difference between the hottest and coolest parts of the rubber. \u2014 Alex Davies, WIRED , 12 Mar. 2015",
"Previous thermoelectric material compositions were made up of cadmium, telluride or mercury\u2014elements that were all toxic to humans and, according to Saini\u2019s research, not as stable as the Ca3Co4Og combination. \u2014 Kristen A. Schmitt, Smithsonian , 10 Apr. 2017"
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"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1832, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-132546"
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"telefacsimile":{
"type":[
"noun"
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": facsimile sense 2":[]
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"\u02ccte-li-fak-\u02c8si-m\u0259-(\u02cc)l\u0113"
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"first_known_use":{
"1940, in the meaning defined above":""
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"verb"
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"told the whole story to us"
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": to give utterance to : say":[
"could never tell a lie"
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": to make known : divulge , reveal":[
"don't tell your password"
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": to express in words":[
"she never told her love",
"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
],
": to give information to : inform":[
"tell us about your job"
],
": to assure emphatically":[
"they did not do it, I tell you"
],
": order , direct":[
"told me to wait"
],
": to find out by observing : recognize":[
"you can tell it's a masterpiece"
],
": count , enumerate":[
"tell the stars, if thou be able to number them",
"\u2014 Genesis 15:5 (King James Version)"
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": to give an account":[
"an article telling of her experience"
],
": to tell someone (such as a parent or other person of authority) about what someone else has done":[
"\u2014 often used with on I'll get even with you if you ever tell on me \u2014 Inside Detective"
],
": to serve as evidence or indication":[],
": to have a marked effect":[
"the pressure was beginning to tell on him"
],
": an inadvertent behavior or mannerism that betrays a poker player's true thoughts, intentions, or emotions":[
"The World Series of Poker: earth's greatest liars gathered together with millions of dollars on the line \u2026 . It's a blur of action, but the educated spectator ignores these distractions and focuses on the players' mannerisms\u2014it's all part of the science of tells , reflexes a player can't control that, read right, give away his thoughts.",
"\u2014 Seth Stevenson"
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"\u02c8tel"
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"chart",
"chronicle",
"describe",
"narrate",
"recite",
"recount",
"rehearse",
"relate",
"report"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for tell Verb reveal , disclose , divulge , tell , betray mean to make known what has been or should be concealed. reveal may apply to supernatural or inspired revelation of truths beyond the range of ordinary human vision or reason. divine will as revealed in sacred writings disclose may imply a discovering but more often an imparting of information previously kept secret. candidates must disclose their financial assets divulge implies a disclosure involving some impropriety or breach of confidence. refused to divulge an anonymous source tell implies an imparting of necessary or useful information. told them what he had overheard betray implies a divulging that represents a breach of faith or an involuntary or unconscious disclosure. a blush that betrayed her embarrassment",
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"Verb",
"He told us the story.",
"Has she told you the good news, yet?",
"Please tell us your name and occupation.",
"She looked at the palm of my hand and told me my fortune.",
"If you see her, tell her hello for me.",
"\u201cI feel sick,\u201d he told his mom.",
"\u201cWhat is his name?\u201d \u201cI don't know. He didn't tell me.\u201d",
"\u201cWho is the letter from?\u201d \u201cI'm not telling .\u201d",
"I promise not to tell anyone.",
"I can't tell you because it's a secret.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Clinic employees had to contact patients and tell them not to come for their appointments. \u2014 New York Times , 26 June 2022",
"There's no blueprint on how to live your life, but there are no shortage of books that will tell you how to do so. \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 26 June 2022",
"To read Warner\u2019s writing is to appreciate how stories, persisting over thousands of years, shape and are shaped by the societies that tell them. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 26 June 2022",
"And then call the press and tell them what the police said. \u2014 Steven Gaydos, Variety , 24 June 2022",
"When a team member is underperforming, be candid and tell her or him what to work on. \u2014 Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Get paid to listen to AC/DC and tell you about traffic on the 495. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 20 June 2022",
"All that these experts and specialists could tell me was that my results seemed normal. \u2014 Outside Online , 20 June 2022",
"Lorenzo Cain was designated for assignment Saturday, but conventional wisdom would tell you he wasn\u2019t supposed to make it to this point. \u2014 Curt Hogg, Journal Sentinel , 19 June 2022"
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"Middle English, from Old English tellan ; akin to Old High German zellen to count, tell, Old English talu tale":"Verb",
"Arabic tall":"Noun"
},
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 6":"Verb",
"1974, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1840, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"noun",
"verb"
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": to work at home by the use of an electronic linkup with a central office":[]
},
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"\u02c8te-li-k\u0259-\u02ccmy\u00fct"
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"examples":[
"The company now allows some of its employees to telecommute .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But the obstacles to realizing that vision were partly outlined in a report released Thursday, which showed city economists expect about a third of workers to telecommute long term, more than double the 15% projected in a previous five year plan. \u2014 Chase Difeliciantonio, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 Apr. 2022",
"These jobs had the advantage of being portable, but the world to which the exiles could telecommute was becoming a mirage. \u2014 Masha Gessen, The New Yorker , 20 Mar. 2022",
"For now, city forecasters are estimating that by 2023, on average, office workers will permanently telecommute for 15% of the time. \u2014 Romy Varghese, Bloomberg.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
"When shops and restaurants shuttered at the start of the pandemic, causing widespread layoffs elsewhere, most residents were able to telecommute . \u2014 Washington Post , 28 May 2021",
"The rule does not apply to workers who telecommute or otherwise don\u2019t work around other people, where there is no risk of workplace transmission, as well as workers who work entirely outdoors, where the transmission risk is dramatically lower. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 4 Nov. 2021",
"Workers are being urged to telecommute if possible. \u2014 Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times , 13 Sep. 2021",
"And although the pandemic pushed more women than men out of the labor force, gender gaps in job losses arose almost entirely among workers, and specifically parents, who were unable to telecommute . \u2014 Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic , 20 Aug. 2021",
"Some firms have talked about allowing employees to telecommute several days a week, which could ease the traffic burden in job centers. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 June 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1974, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-152520"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": the supposed carrying over of the influence of a sire to the offspring of subsequent matings of the dam with other males \u2014 compare saturation":[]
},
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"t\u0259\u0307\u02c8leg\u0259n\u0113"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-152712"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the holding of a conference among people remote from one another by means of telecommunication devices (such as telephones or computer terminals)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8te-li-\u02cck\u00e4n-f(\u0259-)r\u0259n(t)-si\u014b",
"-f\u0259rn(t)-"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This week, Williams will be announcing the next step: a collaboration with Cisco, creator of the Webex teleconferencing system (and sometime NASA collaborator) who will be providing tech support. \u2014 David Browne, Rolling Stone , 15 June 2022",
"Paradigm shifts that aren\u2019t fully clear yet have occurred during the pandemic, Wise said, including the way companies will view the necessity for business travel after growing comfortable with meetings on teleconferencing services such as Zoom. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Mar. 2022",
"In contrast, the CEO of Amygdala, Bradley Hasling (Derek DelGaudio) is shown at the beginning of the movie teleconferencing from a makeshift workspace in his garage. \u2014 Kate Knibbs, Wired , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Then there\u2019s the business communications division which is increasingly important in the world of hybrid working and teleconferencing . \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Saied\u2019s announcement accused the government of trying to censor it by disabling teleconferencing applications. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Neither Bynes nor her parents were present in court during the hearing, which was also available over teleconferencing . \u2014 NBC News , 23 Mar. 2022",
"More than two decades before companies like Skype helped make two-way video calls part of everyday life, Jenkins had improvised his own teleconferencing system and used it to make art. \u2014 Carolina A. Mirandacolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Councilmember Ed Spriggs voted against a hybrid model, which means the city will allow for in-person attendance and teleconferencing options, such as Zoom. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Mar. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1963, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-160942"
},
"Tell el Amarna":{
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"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"locality in central Egypt on the east bank of the Nile River northwest of Asy\u00fbt":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8tel-\u02ccel-\u0259-\u02c8m\u00e4r-n\u0259"
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-161805"
},
"televangelist":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an evangelist who conducts regularly televised religious programs":[]
},
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"\u02ccte-li-\u02c8van-j\u0259-list"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The show tells the story of a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed and charitable work. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 27 June 2022",
"However, his world is turned upside down when an ultra-conservative televangelist arrives. \u2014 Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 May 2022",
"Danny McBride\u2019s outrageous comedy about a televangelist family returns for a second season. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 Jan. 2022",
"Eradicating the distribution of pornography became a top priority of the Moral Majority, a conservative organization led by televangelist Jerry Falwell Sr., that helped propel Ronald Reagan twice to the White House in the 1980s. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Feb. 2022",
"Dede Robertson, the beloved wife of televangelist Pat Robertson and a founding board member of the Christian Broadcasting Network, has died. \u2014 Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The comedy about a famous televangelist family marks McBride\u2019s third show for HBO, following Eastbound and Down and Vice Principals. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 Jan. 2022",
"The show tells the story of a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed and charitable work. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 25 Jan. 2022",
"In The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Chastain plays Tammy Faye Bakker who, during her career of being a televangelist , author and talk show host, was known for her outrageous persona as well as her advocacy for the LGBTQ community. \u2014 Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1973, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-161845"
},
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"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a telephoto lens":[]
},
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"\u02c8tel\u0259+\u02cc-"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"tel- entry 1 + lens":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-161926"
},
"telephone box":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a public telephone booth":[]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The store also features a London telephone box for photo opportunities with a hinge to ensure wheelchair users are also able to enjoy the experience. \u2014 Emma Pocock, Forbes , 3 June 2021",
"Jeanie tries and fails to cash her paychecks, finds that the iconic red public telephone box has been filled with used books. \u2014 Susan Straight, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2021",
"The installation was a mock prison, reminiscent of a British telephone box . \u2014 The Economist , 26 Sep. 2019",
"That is roughly twice the volume of one of London\u2019s red telephone boxes . \u2014 Oliver Morton, WIRED , 4 June 2019",
"The English-centric d\u00e9cor, with a big red telephone box , paintings and photographs, makes this shop a bit kitschy. \u2014 Ann Maloney, NOLA.com , 17 Oct. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1880, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-165923"
},
"telogonia":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an order of Nematoda comprising forms in which new germ cells originate only at the distal end of the gonad \u2014 compare hologonia":[]
},
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"New Latin, from tel- entry 2 + -gonia (from Greek gonos offspring, procreation, genitals)":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-170859"
},
"tellurized":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": combined with or containing tellurium":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8tely\u0259\u02ccr\u012bzd"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"tellur- + -ize + -ed":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-173420"
},
"Telescopium":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a southern constellation that is visible between the constellations of Sagittarius and Pavo and that is represented by the figure of a telescope":[
"Voyager 1 is now found in the constellation Telescopium . Voyager 2 is speeding toward Ophiuchus the Serpent Bearer.",
"\u2014 Michael Alicea , Palm Beach (Florida) Post , 19 Aug. 2001"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccte-l\u0259-\u02c8sk\u014d-p\u0113-\u0259m"
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1802, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-181805"
},
"telescope fly":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of various acalyptrate two-winged flies with eyes on very long stalks that constitute Diopsis and a few related genera of Africa and Asia":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-183000"
},
"Telenomus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a large and widespread genus of minute serphoid wasps (family Scelionidae) having larvae that are parasitic in the eggs of various insects":[]
},
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"t\u0259\u0307\u02c8len\u0259m\u0259s"
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"New Latin":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-183008"
},
"telenovela":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a soap opera produced in and televised in or from many Latin American countries":[]
},
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"\u02ccte-l\u0259-n\u014d-\u02c8ve-l\u0259"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In my head, this album is almost like a telenovela so these instrumentals serve as intermissions and also give listeners a breather from the drama of the vocals. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 3 June 2022",
"After the Hallie telenovela -worthy bombshell, Buhle says that Hunter can no longer hurt her, that the worst is behind her. \u2014 Karen Heller, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"Since the 1970s, Globo is by a large head the free-to-air TV leader in Brazil and one the world\u2019s top telenovela producers. \u2014 Marcelo Cajueiro, Variety , 1 May 2022",
"Joao Emanuel Carneiro will write the next Globoplay telenovela , Bretas said. \u2014 Marcelo Cajueiro, Variety , 1 May 2022",
"This Colombian telenovela follows a man who hunts down the people behind an organ-trafficking operation that murdered his wife, while also falling for the woman who received her heart. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The singer says it\u2019s an homage to the gal\u00e1n telenovela actors of the 1950s. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Because only does this telenovela introduce you to the breathtaking beauty of Medellin, Colombia. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 29 Dec. 2021",
"The project, currently in development, will be a reimagining of the classic '50s Disney TV show as a period piece set in Pueblo de Los Angeles, the precursor to modern-day L.A., and told in a contemporary telenovela style. \u2014 Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com , 14 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Spanish, from tele- tele- + novela novel, serial drama":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1961, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-183841"
},
"telluric line":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of the absorption lines or bands added to the spectrum of a heavenly body by various substances in the earth's atmosphere":[
"the telluric lines of nitrogen, oxygen, water vapor"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-184702"
},
"television set":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-190246"
},
"Telotremata":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun,",
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an order of brachiopods having the opening for the peduncle shared by both valves in earlier stages but usually confined to one in later stages and more or less limited below by a pair of deltidial plates and having spiral arms that are supported by calcareous bars, loops, or spirals":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-r\u0113m-"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from tel- entry 2 + Greek tr\u0113mata , plural of tr\u0113ma hole":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-190631"
},
"telnet":{
"type":[
"intransitive verb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a telecommunications protocol providing specifications for emulating a remote computer terminal so that one can access a distant computer and function online using an interface that appears to be part of the user's local system":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8tel-\u02ccnet"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The plan never came to fruition, but Gibson got to know the band; the Edge showed him how to telnet . \u2014 Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker , 9 Dec. 2019",
"More enterprising hakchi2 users can also add two interesting new tweaks to the SNES Classic, though these require some telnet operations. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 9 Oct. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"tele type net work":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1969, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-201949"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the product of telomerization":[]
},
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"\u02c8tel\u0259m\u0259(r)"
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"The same network will televise the tournament next year.",
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"Disney will televise the Stanley Cup Finals in 2022, 2024, 2026 and 2028. \u2014 Brad Adgate, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Where: Dodger Stadium, 7:10 p.m. TV/radio: Fox will televise Saturday\u2019s game. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 18 June 2022",
"Under a pact unveiled recently, FX and its corporate siblings at Disney will televise XFL games between 2023 and 2027. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 16 June 2022",
"In fact, five years ago, the conventional wisdom was that Sony Pictures Television Studios could not survive without a major distribution platform that would televise SPTS content. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022",
"On June 9, however, the gala tribute at the Dolby Theatre will at last take place (TNT will televise the ceremony a week later), and Dame Andrews will be on site to remind everyone what achievement in cinema looks like. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"The SEC Network will televise all the action prior to Sunday\u2019s 2 p.m. championship game, which will air on ESPN2. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 21 May 2022",
"This year is the last in which CBS will primarily televise AFC games and Fox will get NFC games. \u2014 Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2022",
"The Orioles also announced the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network will televise three of their nine spring training games at Ed Smith Stadium. \u2014 Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun , 16 Mar. 2022"
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"noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The rest are enrolled in programs online or through telecourse and correspondence classes, said Aeron Zentner, a Coastline dean. \u2014 Roxana Kopetman, Orange County Register , 15 June 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"How else to make sense of a world without any intrinsic narrative, no teleological release? \u2014 Emma Cline, The New Yorker , 23 Dec. 2021",
"From the rally scene on, Ahmed takes it more or less as a given that progress is cyclical, not teleological . \u2014 Lily Meyer, The Atlantic , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Western Marxists had already seen their teleological view of history reduced to ruin. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 30 July 2021",
"In this sense, history is not only rational but also providential: designed, purposive, teleological . \u2014 James Wood, The New Yorker , 25 May 2020",
"To Kierkegaard, this sweeping teleological view left no room for human agency. \u2014 Christopher Beha, Harper's Magazine , 27 Apr. 2020",
"Importantly, Thunberg\u2019s criticisms of growth economics aren\u2019t programmatic and teleological enough to place her on the left. \u2014 Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic , 25 Sep. 2019",
"The standard story about mass printing is a story of linear, teleological progress. \u2014 Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker , 23 Sep. 2019",
"For Williamson, a nation in existential crisis needs teleological guidance. \u2014 Kayla Bartsch, National Review , 12 Aug. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Copper telluride , shown here, is produced in a new process at Rio Tinto's Kennecott copper operation. \u2014 Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 May 2022",
"Its solar cells rely on a coating of cadmium and telluride . \u2014 Bob Davis, WSJ , 21 June 2021",
"Previous thermoelectric material compositions were made up of cadmium, telluride or mercury\u2014elements that were all toxic to humans and, according to Saini\u2019s research, not as stable as the Ca3Co4Og combination. \u2014 Kristen A. Schmitt, Smithsonian , 10 Apr. 2017",
"Goodyear is looking to use thermoelectric materials (like bismuth telluride and tin selenide), to generate electricity from the difference between the hottest and coolest parts of the rubber. \u2014 Alex Davies, WIRED , 12 Mar. 2015",
"Previous thermoelectric material compositions were made up of cadmium, telluride or mercury\u2014elements that were all toxic to humans and, according to Saini\u2019s research, not as stable as the Ca3Co4Og combination. \u2014 Kristen A. Schmitt, Smithsonian , 10 Apr. 2017"
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"\u2014 The Wall Street Journal",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The main barrier to more municipal broadband is not a lack of success stories but telecom lobbyists, who have succeeded in banning or restricting it in 18 states. \u2014 Gabriel Nicholas, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"Vishakha Saigal, vice president and head of strategic initiatives at Reliance Jio, India's biggest telecom 's operator, understands why. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 21 June 2022",
"El Gouna was launched in 2017 by Egyptian telecom billionaire Naguib Sawiris, whose brother Samih built the El Gouna resort in a swathe of desert near Hurghada, a tourist town 250 miles south of Cairo. \u2014 Nick Vivarelli, Variety , 20 June 2022",
"Hard-to-reach rural communities are plagued by poor, unreliable telecom infrastructure which would cost a fortune to upgrade and maintain, and thus not be a worthwhile investment for telcos due to low revenues. \u2014 Miriam Tuerk, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"But some telecom firms require payments to come from a bank account or debit card \u2013 either of which will spare them from eating a credit card\u2019s higher transaction fees. \u2014 Rob Pegoraro, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
"In rare cases, census blocks may have appeared in multiple programs due to changes in the boundaries served by a telecom provider, or because of imperfections in the FCC\u2019s program data, according to the FCC. \u2014 Ryan Tracy, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"For telecom companies that often face little competition, the most cost-effective promotion may be one that most people don\u2019t know about. \u2014 Rob Pegoraro, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
"But The Toronto Star reports that the move is coming after a lobbying campaign by two of Canada\u2019s largest telecom companies. \u2014 Camille Squires, Quartz , 4 May 2022"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-044939"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Homan has used parts from typewriters, an oncology machine, cars and motorcycles and an old telefax machine in his work. \u2014 Laura Latzko, azcentral , 19 Mar. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On the bottom was a white tier featuring Union Jack bunting and was topped with a miniature version of a telephone booth and a recreation of the traditional British dish bangers and mash. \u2014 Robyn Merrett, PEOPLE.com , 2 Mar. 2022",
"On the bottom was a white tier featuring Union Jack bunting and was topped with a miniature version of a telephone booth and a recreation of the traditional British dish bangers and mash. \u2014 Robyn Merrett, PEOPLE.com , 2 Mar. 2022",
"On the bottom was a white tier featuring Union Jack bunting and was topped with a miniature version of a telephone booth and a recreation of the traditional British dish bangers and mash. \u2014 Robyn Merrett, PEOPLE.com , 2 Mar. 2022",
"On the bottom was a white tier featuring Union Jack bunting and was topped with a miniature version of a telephone booth and a recreation of the traditional British dish bangers and mash. \u2014 Robyn Merrett, PEOPLE.com , 2 Mar. 2022",
"On the bottom was a white tier featuring Union Jack bunting and was topped with a miniature version of a telephone booth and a recreation of the traditional British dish bangers and mash. \u2014 Robyn Merrett, PEOPLE.com , 2 Mar. 2022",
"On the bottom was a white tier featuring Union Jack bunting and was topped with a miniature version of a telephone booth and a recreation of the traditional British dish bangers and mash. \u2014 Robyn Merrett, PEOPLE.com , 2 Mar. 2022",
"On the bottom was a white tier featuring Union Jack bunting and was topped with a miniature version of a telephone booth and a recreation of the traditional British dish bangers and mash. \u2014 Robyn Merrett, PEOPLE.com , 2 Mar. 2022",
"On the bottom was a white tier featuring Union Jack bunting and was topped with a miniature version of a telephone booth and a recreation of the traditional British dish bangers and mash. \u2014 Robyn Merrett, PEOPLE.com , 2 Mar. 2022"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-065315"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The telephoto lens will have seven instead of six elements, which should improve the zoom camera\u2019s performance. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 26 May 2022",
"While such fake optical zoom techniques do use real telephoto optics to magnify the subject, the effect of smoothly zooming between different magnifications is always achieved digitally. \u2014 Paul Monckton, Forbes , 14 May 2022",
"Speaking of photography: Invest in a telephoto lens. \u2014 Andrea Sachs, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
"The telephoto lens is still restricted to the Pro models. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 2 June 2022",
"The telephoto camera on the phones will be 10 megapixels, with 3x optical zoom. \u2014 Christian De Looper, BGR , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Luna zoomed in with his telephoto lens and saw an unzipped black duffel bag and an AR-15-style rifle. \u2014 Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker , 28 May 2022",
"The iPhone 14 Pro versions will get a new pill-and-hole display design, the A16 Bionic chip, a third telephoto lens, and a 48-megapixel primary camera. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 18 May 2022",
"How to take a \u2018Blood Moon\u2019 close-up use a mirrorless or DSR camera with a 500-600mm telephoto lens (though 300mm will just about do). \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 13 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Javid and Sunak are both telegenic , superficial, and right-of-center British politicians who are not known for their ideological stances or, indeed, for their moral character. \u2014 Sam Knight, The New Yorker , 6 July 2022",
"But Sullivan, a youthful telegenic candidate, sought to bill himself as an untainted political outsider who pledged to restore family values and parental rights. \u2014 Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune , 28 June 2022",
"Naomi was more telegenic and engaging with crowds, while Wynonna was more reserved but a better singer. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Apr. 2022",
"The far-right wing of the party once viewed Mr. Cawthorn, a telegenic congressman who uses a wheelchair after a car crash at the age of 18, as a young leader with potential. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
"In 1992, Eamonn Casey, the popular and telegenic Bishop of Galway, fled Ireland for New York on an Aer Lingus plane. \u2014 James Wood, The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Are the acceptance speeches of cinematographers and costume designers inherently more telegenic than those of composers and editors? \u2014 New York Times , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The world has oligarchs on the brain because, as the United States and the European Union impose ever more severe financial sanctions on Russia, one of their more telegenic methods is to seize the gaudy assets of Russian oligarchs. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Even when playing dumb, as the handsomely telegenic , unapologetically shallow news anchor in Broadcast News, Hurt humanized the role with stealth warmth and emotional availability. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Mar. 2022"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-082132"
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"\u02c8t\u0113-",
"\u02c8tel-\u0259-\u02ccmi(\u0259)r",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Each time a cell divides to drive growth and repair, its telomeres shorten. \u2014 Simon Makin, Scientific American , 1 Apr. 2020",
"But extremely short and extremely long telomeres are seen as a predictor of cancer risk. \u2014 David Grossman, Popular Mechanics , 11 Apr. 2019",
"Telocyte\u2019s gene therapy would aim to rebuild those glial telomeres . \u2014 Katherine Ellen Foley, Quartz , 14 Jan. 2020",
"A year in space caused DNA damage; gene expression changes; a thickening of the retina; thickening of Kelly's carotid artery; shifts in gut microbes; reduced cognitive abilities; and a structural change at the ends of chromosomes called telomeres . \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 20 Dec. 2019",
"The first deviation was the length of telomeres on Scott's DNA grew shorter than expected and his gene expression also changed. \u2014 John Wenz, Popular Mechanics , 23 Oct. 2019",
"With every cell division, these protective telomeres grew shorter, hastening the plants\u2019 inevitable genetic meltdown. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 5 Aug. 2019",
"As cells age, their telomeres shorten, and chromosomes in turn stop the cell from dividing further, Chen says. \u2014 Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY , 20 Nov. 2019",
"In a nutshell, telomeres are caps found at the ends of chromosomes that protect DNA. \u2014 Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health.com , 1 Oct. 2019"
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"1940, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the 1990s, scientists at the Bay Area biotech company Geron Corporation mapped the human gene for telomerase . \u2014 Megan Molteni, STAT , 3 May 2021",
"There were even indications that telomerase activity could predict treatment response. \u2014 Simon Makin, Scientific American , 1 Apr. 2020",
"The two scientists wanted to explore the idea that differences in telomerase length in T cells could explain the large disparity in the average age of onset of a type of leukemia between Chinese and U.S. patients. \u2014 Jeffrey Mervis, Science | AAAS , 11 Mar. 2020",
"During some of the heated sessions, medical doctors and anti-aging researchers argued loudly across the conference room about biomarkers, enzymes, telomerase endings of genes, and how far mitochondria might be manipulated. \u2014 Zoltan Istvan, Quartz , 29 July 2019",
"And the bat maintains its chromosome ends through a pathway that doesn't seem to involve telomerase , the enzyme most frequently associated with that activity. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 11 June 2019",
"Researchers from UC Berkeley have discovered the 3D structure of the enzyme telomerase , which could lead to new advances in aging research, as well as possible new insights into cancer. \u2014 Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics , 27 Apr. 2018",
"Cells that are exposed to cortisol have shorter telomeres and less telomerase , which is the enzyme responsible for maintaining the ends of telomeres. \u2014 Smithsonian , 22 Jan. 2018",
"Available without a prescription, TA-65 is derived from astragalus root extract, a powerful antioxidant, and is said to work by activating the enzyme telomerase , which counteracts telomere shortening. \u2014 Emily Dudding, Harper's BAZAAR , 31 Mar. 2015"
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"1988, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-103624"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-103814"
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"Noun",
"I just have to make a quick telephone call before we leave.",
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"The telephone has been ringing all morning!",
"She picked up the telephone and dialed the number.",
"He slammed down the telephone .",
"They hired someone to answer the telephones .",
"All our telephones are cordless.",
"I left the telephone off the hook.",
"Verb",
"He telephoned me to say that he was going to be late.",
"He telephoned to say that he was going to be late.",
"You never write or telephone .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The custody documents filed in April stated that Mama June was allowed to contact Alana via telephone every day but visitation rights would be determined by Pumpkin, 22. \u2014 Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
"The story follows along as the mysterious voice known as Miranda entices famous men to fall in love with her\u2014all via the telephone . \u2014 Jessica Radloff, Glamour , 24 Apr. 2022",
"For Wednesday\u2019s poll results, Quinnipiac surveyed 1,436 U.S. adults nationwide from March 31 through April 4 via telephone . \u2014 Shawna Mizelle, CNN , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Justice Clarence Thomas participated in arguments at the Supreme Court via telephone rather than in person on Monday following a hospital stay of nearly a week. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
"When asked about how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the court, forcing arguments before the justices to be done via telephone rather than in person, Thomas surprisingly said that arrangement was positive. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 Mar. 2022",
"The poll surveyed 500 adults and was conducted via telephone between Jan. 26 and 29. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 2 Feb. 2022",
"The public can listen live, however, a change made earlier in the pandemic when the justices for nearly 19 months heard cases via telephone . \u2014 Mark Sherman And Jessica Gresko, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 Jan. 2022",
"The public could listen live, however, a change made earlier in the pandemic when the justices for nearly 19 months heard cases via telephone . \u2014 Mark Sherman And Jessica Gresko, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The Chechens celebrated their victory and let their prisoners telephone their mothers back home in Russia, calling on Moscow to withdraw its troops. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The Taylors\u2019 family members have not been able to visit or telephone them. \u2014 Yuri Kageyama, ajc , 10 Mar. 2022",
"On the eve of the invasion, Zelensky had tried to telephone Putin to appeal for negotiations, but the Russian leader would not take the call. \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 27 Feb. 2022",
"He was bound with rope for hours in his basement, but eventually made it to a neighbors house to telephone police after regaining consciousness. \u2014 Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com , 12 Apr. 2021",
"Brent Jones, president of the bottler, AffinityLifestyles.com Inc., and a former Nevada state Republican lawmaker, did not immediately respond Wednesday to telephone and email messages seeking comment. \u2014 NBC News , 25 Mar. 2021",
"And their parents had to telephone the witch to arrange for her visit. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 25 Dec. 2020",
"After speaking at a union hall in his original hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, Biden was approached by a man named Jim Gilbooley, who asked him to telephone a passionate supporter, Sarah Corbett, who was dying of cancer. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 7 Nov. 2020",
"Any members of the Kuykendahl location can telephone the Town Center gym with questions on how to switch membership. \u2014 Jeff Forward, Houston Chronicle , 17 June 2020"
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"I just have to make a quick telephone call before we leave.",
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"The telephone has been ringing all morning!",
"She picked up the telephone and dialed the number.",
"He slammed down the telephone .",
"They hired someone to answer the telephones .",
"All our telephones are cordless.",
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"Verb",
"He telephoned me to say that he was going to be late.",
"He telephoned to say that he was going to be late.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The custody documents filed in April stated that Mama June was allowed to contact Alana via telephone every day but visitation rights would be determined by Pumpkin, 22. \u2014 Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
"The story follows along as the mysterious voice known as Miranda entices famous men to fall in love with her\u2014all via the telephone . \u2014 Jessica Radloff, Glamour , 24 Apr. 2022",
"For Wednesday\u2019s poll results, Quinnipiac surveyed 1,436 U.S. adults nationwide from March 31 through April 4 via telephone . \u2014 Shawna Mizelle, CNN , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Justice Clarence Thomas participated in arguments at the Supreme Court via telephone rather than in person on Monday following a hospital stay of nearly a week. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
"When asked about how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the court, forcing arguments before the justices to be done via telephone rather than in person, Thomas surprisingly said that arrangement was positive. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 Mar. 2022",
"The poll surveyed 500 adults and was conducted via telephone between Jan. 26 and 29. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 2 Feb. 2022",
"The public can listen live, however, a change made earlier in the pandemic when the justices for nearly 19 months heard cases via telephone . \u2014 Mark Sherman And Jessica Gresko, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 Jan. 2022",
"The public could listen live, however, a change made earlier in the pandemic when the justices for nearly 19 months heard cases via telephone . \u2014 Mark Sherman And Jessica Gresko, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The Chechens celebrated their victory and let their prisoners telephone their mothers back home in Russia, calling on Moscow to withdraw its troops. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The Taylors\u2019 family members have not been able to visit or telephone them. \u2014 Yuri Kageyama, ajc , 10 Mar. 2022",
"On the eve of the invasion, Zelensky had tried to telephone Putin to appeal for negotiations, but the Russian leader would not take the call. \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 27 Feb. 2022",
"He was bound with rope for hours in his basement, but eventually made it to a neighbors house to telephone police after regaining consciousness. \u2014 Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com , 12 Apr. 2021",
"Brent Jones, president of the bottler, AffinityLifestyles.com Inc., and a former Nevada state Republican lawmaker, did not immediately respond Wednesday to telephone and email messages seeking comment. \u2014 NBC News , 25 Mar. 2021",
"And their parents had to telephone the witch to arrange for her visit. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 25 Dec. 2020",
"After speaking at a union hall in his original hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, Biden was approached by a man named Jim Gilbooley, who asked him to telephone a passionate supporter, Sarah Corbett, who was dying of cancer. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 7 Nov. 2020",
"Any members of the Kuykendahl location can telephone the Town Center gym with questions on how to switch membership. \u2014 Jeff Forward, Houston Chronicle , 17 June 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The sources for the DVD transfers were digital videotapes, which, as SaveStarWars.com explains, were created in 1993 via telecine from an interpositive struck from the original negatives back in 1985. \u2014 Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica , 6 Nov. 2017",
"Further, as SaveStarWars demonstrates, the telecine source used for the DVDs was subject to a high degree of digital noise removal, which erases fine details. \u2014 Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica , 6 Nov. 2017",
"The same telecine was later given the THX treatment and used as the source for the 1995 Laserdisc release of the trilogy, which\u2014up until the DVD release in 2006\u2014was considered the definitive reference version of Star Wars on a home video format. \u2014 Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica , 6 Nov. 2017"
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"probably short for telecinema , from French t\u00e9l\u00e9cin\u00e9ma , from t\u00e9l\u00e9- tele- + cin\u00e9ma cinema":""
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"Yet fortune- teller Madame Marie's stall remains and New Jersey's festive boardwalk scene still thrives. \u2014 Fox News , 29 June 2022",
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"John Korty, who directed Cicely Tyson in the landmark telefilm The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and won an Oscar for the documentary Who Are the DeBolts? \u2014 Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 Mar. 2022",
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"The teletypewriter process is burdensome, especially if both parties don\u2019t have access to one, Robertson said. \u2014 Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post , 20 Sep. 2019",
"For example, a deaf inmate trying to talk with a deaf person outside must first type a message into the teletypewriter . \u2014 Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post , 20 Sep. 2019",
"Baudot\u2019s teletype machine, also called a teletypewriter , used a five-key keyboard, write Froehlich and Kent. \u2014 Kat Eschner, Smithsonian , 11 Sep. 2017"
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"This will to self-sabotage by a truth- teller who knew and loved both Foucault and the Carpenters ironically strengthened the glamour of his anti-institutional position, increasingly at the cost of his being engaged as a serious writer and thinker. \u2014 Jarrett Earnest, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
"On the other hand, his many supporters saw Samuels as a relatable truth- teller \u2014 and the critical reaction to his death as disrespectful. \u2014 Claretta Bellamy, NBC News , 13 May 2022",
"The second time, Martin was a 26-year-old single mom making $12 an hour as a bank teller , could barely afford childcare or health insurance and was in a custody battle with her daughter's father. \u2014 Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN , 18 May 2022",
"Cervantes already is undergoing People 101 training as a teller at the Belmont Bank and Trust, 8250 W. Belmont, a mile from Triton. \u2014 George Castle, chicagotribune.com , 5 Apr. 2022",
"The married mom was taking care of her young son, learning a new job as a teller at a credit union, and caring for her mother, who lived nearby and suffered from several health issues. \u2014 Diane Herbst, PEOPLE.com , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Like Havrilesky, Kipnis, a social critic and film professor, styles herself as a teller of unflattering truths, embracing life\u2019s messes, completely uninhibited. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Upon entering the bank, Williams pointed a firearm at a bank teller and demanded money. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 1 June 2022"
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"\u2014 Sarah Harrison",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But one patient advocacy group has publicly shared that Yu\u2019s team has designed an oligonucleotide for a toddler with ataxia- telangiectasia , a neurodegenerative disorder, and hoped to begin to treat her this fall. \u2014 Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | AAAS , 9 Oct. 2019",
"His inoperable neurological condition HHT (hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia ) has kept Moskowitz restricted and in rehabilitation since first discovered at the end of last year. \u2014 Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com , 9 May 2018",
"Further scans and exams detected HHT (hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia ) existed, something no family would expect. \u2014 Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com , 26 Apr. 2018",
"Di Bernardo suffers from hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia , or HHT, which makes the body create blood vessels without the typical capillaries that go between arteries and veins. \u2014 Megan Friedman, Cosmopolitan , 4 Nov. 2015"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"According to naval historian James D. Hornfischer, on that day the longest teletype missive ever delivered to the State Department chattered out of a machine in Foggy Bottom. \u2014 Alex Kershaw, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
"His father, who didn\u2019t go to college, cobbled together a living, first as a teletype operator on Wall Street, and later at a car-rental agency in New Jersey; his mother stayed home with Elias and his older brother. \u2014 Sue Halpern, The New Yorker , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Meg was also on the board of an organization supporting deaf children, which inspired her to give Glover\u2019s character a deaf daughter who communicates with him using a teletype machine. \u2014 Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Players wrote their moves on a teletype , a typewriter electronically connected to the computer, which both printed the moves on paper and sent them to the computer. \u2014 Noah Wardrip-fruin, The Conversation , 29 Nov. 2021",
"Back then, mainframe computers were so expensive, most companies could afford only one, and employees communicated with it via clunky teletype . \u2014 Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News , 8 Nov. 2021",
"With that identification, detectives put together a teletype announcing the prosecutor\u2019s office\u2019s recovery of body parts. \u2014 Elon Green, Vulture , 24 Feb. 2021",
"The Senate took an emergency five-minute recess as the UPI ticker and AP teletype in the Senate lobby kept up a drumbeat of bad news from Dallas. \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com , 10 Apr. 2021",
"A half dozen New Jersey state troopers, in response to the July 31 teletype , filed into the squad room. \u2014 Elon Green, Vulture , 24 Feb. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Each time a cell divides to drive growth and repair, its telomeres shorten. \u2014 Simon Makin, Scientific American , 1 Apr. 2020",
"But extremely short and extremely long telomeres are seen as a predictor of cancer risk. \u2014 David Grossman, Popular Mechanics , 11 Apr. 2019",
"Telocyte\u2019s gene therapy would aim to rebuild those glial telomeres . \u2014 Katherine Ellen Foley, Quartz , 14 Jan. 2020",
"A year in space caused DNA damage; gene expression changes; a thickening of the retina; thickening of Kelly's carotid artery; shifts in gut microbes; reduced cognitive abilities; and a structural change at the ends of chromosomes called telomeres . \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 20 Dec. 2019",
"The first deviation was the length of telomeres on Scott's DNA grew shorter than expected and his gene expression also changed. \u2014 John Wenz, Popular Mechanics , 23 Oct. 2019",
"With every cell division, these protective telomeres grew shorter, hastening the plants\u2019 inevitable genetic meltdown. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 5 Aug. 2019",
"As cells age, their telomeres shorten, and chromosomes in turn stop the cell from dividing further, Chen says. \u2014 Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY , 20 Nov. 2019",
"In a nutshell, telomeres are caps found at the ends of chromosomes that protect DNA. \u2014 Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health.com , 1 Oct. 2019"
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"\u2014 Jane E. Brody",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Keith further said that doctors will face questions regarding how reproductive care gets coded in medical records, as well as whether certain restrictions are placed on out-of-state telemedicine providers. \u2014 Jennifer Henderson | Medpage Today, ABC News , 2 July 2022",
"Those states may also interfere with medication abortions by prohibiting telemedicine consultations with doctors. \u2014 Gloria Allred, Variety , 29 June 2022",
"Kiki Freedman, the chief executive of Hey Jane, a start-up that provides telemedicine abortions to women in six states, said patient demand doubled after the court\u2019s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. \u2014 New York Times , 26 June 2022",
"Noem also raised concerns about the safety of telemedicine abortions on ABC, noting how often there is no physician supervision. \u2014 Danielle Wallace, Fox News , 26 June 2022",
"Medication abortions \u2014 abortions in which pills are prescribed and dispensed by in-person or telemedicine providers for patients to take at home \u2014 have been around for two decades. \u2014 Erica Sweeney, Good Housekeeping , 24 June 2022",
"The National Alliance on Mental Health has promoted the use of telemedicine as a tool for improving access to mental health. \u2014 Sergey Avdeychik, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"The growth of telemedicine has been exponential since the COVID-19 pandemic began. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Nearby specialists are hard to find, but telemedicine removes this barrier. \u2014 Gideon Kimbrell, Forbes , 6 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Data telemetry is the ecosystem that securely allows data collection, transmission, storage and management from the endpoint to the cloud and ultimately the user interface. \u2014 Romil Bahl, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"The docking was originally scheduled for 7:10 p.m. but was delayed as controllers on the ground worked to confirm telemetry data and to ensure that lighting conditions were ideal and communications were stable. \u2014 Christian Davenport, Washington Post , 21 May 2022",
"Its technology is 7x more accurate than traditional telemetry systems. \u2014 Blake Morgan, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
"In the supplemental materials, the authors note that after later analyzing the AI's telemetry , Gallo was able to improve his time to 114.181 seconds. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 9 Feb. 2022",
"The dash features improved visibility and legibility, and the user interface provides digital diaries and onboard telemetry that can be shared, as well as compatibility with Amazon Alexa, Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. \u2014 Viju Mathew, Robb Report , 12 Apr. 2022",
"In that case, the fish has been implanted with a transmitter as part of a telemetry study DWR is conducting to better understand this species\u2019 population, feeding habits and movements. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Michael Robinson, the senior conservation advocate with the Center for Biological Diversity, said such actions could include not loaning telemetry devices to private citizens or putting up cameras in areas where poaching is likely. \u2014 Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Justin Byington, left, and Dave Eiriksson, both hydrologists with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), dump the snow out of a Federal Snow Sampler at the Powder Mountain SNOTEL or snow telemetry network, March 24, 2022. \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 29 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The lodge in the 1970s hosted a raucous telemark -skiing scene where patrons could pay $10 to sleep on the floor and get lessons. \u2014 Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News , 27 Oct. 2020",
"While alpine skiers\u2019 heels are firmly clipped into place, telemark turns are made by lifting the heel and bending the knee. \u2014 R. Scott Rappold, The Know , 19 Dec. 2019",
"The telemark skier Every few decades since at least the 1860s, a generation of downhill skiers revives the ancient art of tele-skiing. \u2014 R. Scott Rappold, The Know , 19 Dec. 2019",
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"Thus the AT set-up makes ski mountaineering possible for downhill skiers who never mastered the telemark turn. \u2014 John Meyer, The Denver Post , 23 Mar. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"This triple scale chronograph is a telemeter , a tachymeter and pulsometer in one, with a spiral inner dial track that extends the ability to measure things. \u2014 Carol Besler, Robb Report , 27 Sep. 2021",
"The track just in from the telemeter is the pulsometer, which measures heart rate, graduated for 30 pulsations. \u2014 Carol Besler, Robb Report , 27 Sep. 2021",
"There is also a telemeter function on the periphery, another common feature of vintage Minerva pieces. \u2014 Carol Besler, Robb Report , 22 Mar. 2021"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-234739"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-235005"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a genus of southern African fossil hominids that is based on an incomplete lower jaw and associated teeth and is held to comprise forms intermediate in some respects between the australopithecines and true man":[]
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"t\u0259\u02c8lan(t)thr\u0259p\u0259s",
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"Thieriot co-wrote the story with Tony Phelan and Joan Rater, with Phelan and Rater writing the teleplay . \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 12 May 2022",
"Thieriot shares story credit on the pilot with Grey\u2019s Anatomy alums Tony Phelan and Joan Rater, who wrote the teleplay (and worked with Napolitano previously on the long-running ABC series). \u2014 Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 May 2022",
"Seamus Fahey wrote the teleplay and co-wrote the story with Anna Fricke. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 12 May 2022",
"At the time Reginald Rose wrote the original teleplay in the 1950s, women weren\u2019t allowed to serve on juries in the United States. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Tony Phelan and Joan Rater also co-wrote the story for the pilot in addition to writing the teleplay . \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Seamus Fahey wrote the teleplay and shares story credit with Walker showrunner Anna Fricke; both exec produce with Padalecki, Dan Lin and Lindsey Liberatore of Rideback and Laura Terry of Fricke\u2019s Pursued By a Bear shingle. \u2014 Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Astrof wrote the pilot teleplay from a story by himself and Horgan. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 16 Nov. 2021",
"Clark, who also wrote the finale teleplay , told me. \u2014 Devon Maloney, Vulture , 2 Nov. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1947, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-010502"
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"\u02c8te-l\u0259-\u02ccth\u00e4n"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The final hour of the telethon will be televised on WLEX-TV in Lexington. \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 14 Dec. 2021",
"The telethon was in addition to the $1,000 a month donation for six months Parton pledged to each of the 1,300 families who lost their home in the blaze. \u2014 Arcelia Martin, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
"Dmytro Kuleba, the foreign minister, said on Thursday night during a nationwide telethon to raise funds for the country. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
"In the average episode, Cobra tries to take over the world via some largely incomprehensible scheme, like a hypnotizing metal band, fundraising telethon , or carving their leader\u2019s face on the moon. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 2 May 2022",
"This year\u2019s telethon will air on KTLA 5 at 7 p.m. PT on July 23, with returning hosts Eric McCormack, Jessica Holmes, Loni Love and Alec Mapa. \u2014 Marc Malkin, Variety , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The University of Kentucky athletics department will host a telethon to raise money for Western Kentucky tornado relief efforts Tuesday from 4-8 p.m. \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 14 Dec. 2021",
"Project Angel Food has signed a three-year deal with KTLA and City National Bank for its annual Lead With Love telethon . \u2014 Marc Malkin, Variety , 14 Apr. 2022",
"After the specificity of Zelensky\u2019s call, yet another telethon -ready ballad hardly seemed suitable. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 3 Apr. 2022"
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"tele- + -athon":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-023247"
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": a suborder or other division of Eulamellibranchia comprising usually rather small and bottom-dwelling mollusks with separate siphons, a large strong foot, and often brightly colored shells and including the sunset shells, surf clams, and wedge shells":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-023606"
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"teleferic from Italian teleferica , from feminine of teleferico of telpherage, from French t\u00e9l\u00e9ph\u00e9rique , from t\u00e9l\u00e9ph\u00e9rage telpherage (alteration of telph\u00e9rage , from English telpherage ) + -ique -ic; teleferique from French t\u00e9l\u00e9f\u00e9rique , from Italian teleferica":""
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"definitions":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-030738"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-030825"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-035242"
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"definitions":{
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"State broadcaster Doordarshan, too, has refused to telecast the opening and closing ceremonies live. \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 3 Feb. 2022",
"In a rare confluence, the company will telecast both the Winter Olympics and Super Bowl LVI within days of each other, and expects to use the two big events to examine non-traditional kinds of audience counts and responses. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 14 Oct. 2021",
"As part of the activity, Nickelodeon will telecast another NFL Wild Card game on Jan. 16, alongside CBS Sports\u2019 usual coverage that day. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 10 Sep. 2021",
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"Before the pandemic, WNET, New York\u2019s PBS affiliate, used to telecast plays from Manhattan at irregular intervals. \u2014 Terry Teachout, WSJ , 14 Jan. 2021",
"The billboard was purchased by WJZ-TV, the CBS affiliate that will telecast Sunday\u2019s showdown when the Ravens (5-1) will try to sack the NFL\u2019s only undefeated team (6-0). \u2014 Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY , 31 Oct. 2020",
"The show will be telecast live on the East Coast on ABC. \u2014 Paul Grein, Billboard , 11 Nov. 2019",
"It will be broadcast by Spectrum SportsNet, which telecasts Lakers games in Southern California, and it is expected that ESPN and NBA TV will show portions or all of the memorial, though those plans have yet to be announced. \u2014 Kevin Draper, New York Times , 14 Feb. 2020"
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"While alpine skiers\u2019 heels are firmly clipped into place, telemark turns are made by lifting the heel and bending the knee. \u2014 R. Scott Rappold, The Know , 19 Dec. 2019",
"The telemark skier Every few decades since at least the 1860s, a generation of downhill skiers revives the ancient art of tele-skiing. \u2014 R. Scott Rappold, The Know , 19 Dec. 2019",
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"Thus the AT set-up makes ski mountaineering possible for downhill skiers who never mastered the telemark turn. \u2014 John Meyer, The Denver Post , 23 Mar. 2017"
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"But there was science and engineering in Schwartz\u2019s future: telephony . \u2014 Llewellyn King, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
"Not just communications systems such as telephony and news media, but vehicles, power plants, and banking systems. \u2014 Ian Bogost, The Atlantic , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Confirm your telephony setup has multiple lines or is set up on VoIP. \u2014 Adam Ahmad, Forbes , 7 May 2021",
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"That\u2019s what made postal mail, telephony , email, and later Facebook and Instagram so effective (and valuable): their ubiquity. \u2014 Ian Bogost, The Atlantic , 12 Jan. 2022",
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"The Android emergency call system will now only consider simpler telephony providers that plug into the default phone app, like your carrier account. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 5 Jan. 2022"
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"But was this really Chase chasing cinema, or discovering and capitalizing on latent, intrinsically televisual storytelling possibilities that were there all along? \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Oct. 2021",
"In spite of his recent televisual coup, the stage is where his heart lies. \u2014 Hayley Maitland, Vogue , 21 Sep. 2021",
"Still, Guill\u00e9n has spent a decade navigating some pretty weird televisual worlds. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Sep. 2021",
"Marvel\u2019s cinematic and now televisual universe has persisted for long enough for self-criticism to be its latest stage. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 9 July 2021",
"Even Matthews\u2019s appeals to history qua history are correspondingly punditized, and miniaturized for seeming televisual consumption. \u2014 Chris Lehmann, The New Republic , 1 June 2021",
"In any event, Mare of Easttown has given us a perfect televisual Rorschach test. \u2014 Nate Jones, Vulture , 27 May 2021",
"World in Action was a m\u00e9lange of lots of different things wrapped into filmmaking: There was a lot of documentary, a lot of reportage, a lot of journalism, a lot of strange televisual stunts that turned into programs, a lot of agitprop politics. \u2014 Bilge Ebiri, Vulture , 3 Feb. 2021",
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"What\u2019s more, hosts can create portals that teleport people to the next environment so that attendees can travel between different worlds, experiences and conference events. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"Distraught by Sloane\u2019s absence, Luther attempts to squeeze\u2014literally\u2014answers out of Five, so Five tries to teleport out of his brother\u2019s grasp. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 23 June 2022",
"The metaverse, designed and produced by Carnevale Interactive, will debut before the brick-and-mortar museum opens and will feature a subway that serves as a gateway to teleport guests into different areas of the museum's exhibits. \u2014 Amalia Nu\u00f1ez, CBS News , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Pop in the coordinates 30.264785, -87.653860 into your GPS and get ready to teleport yourself to Shangri-La. \u2014 Perri Ormont Blumberg, Travel + Leisure , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Years of what might feel like directionless living will suddenly take on all kinds of significance, and relationships that have dead-ended can abruptly teleport into bizarre and unexpected new places. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 2 Feb. 2022",
"On Roblox\u2019s extensive virtual world, users can teleport between games, dedicated social spaces and concert venues, and can purchase virtual goods. \u2014 Sarah E. Needleman, WSJ , 20 Jan. 2022",
"The No Way Home leak says that the black-and-gold suit features Strange magic that allows Peter to catch the villains and teleport them to the prison. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 7 Dec. 2021",
"The purpose of the magical power is to collect the multiverse villains and teleport them to Strange\u2019s prison. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 15 Nov. 2021"
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"Register with DMAchoice to get off of direct marketing and telemarking lists. \u2014 David Nield, Wired , 7 Nov. 2019",
"In 2006, Estruth led a group called Common Sense Ohio, which used telemarking to poll voters about conservative issues. \u2014 Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati.com , 9 Jan. 2018"
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"The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication was founded in 1973 to replace the telex and is now used by over 11,000 financial institutions to send secure messages and payment orders. \u2014 Charles Riley, CNN , 28 Feb. 2022",
"The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication was founded in 1973 to replace the telex and is now used by over 11,000 financial institutions to send secure messages and payment orders. \u2014 Charles Riley, CNN , 28 Feb. 2022",
"The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication was founded in 1973 to replace the telex and is now used by over 11,000 financial institutions to send secure messages and payment orders. \u2014 Charles Riley, CNN , 28 Feb. 2022",
"The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication was founded in 1973 to replace the telex and is now used by over 11,000 financial institutions to send secure messages and payment orders. \u2014 Charles Riley, CNN , 28 Feb. 2022",
"The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication was founded in 1973 to replace the telex and is now used by over 11,000 financial institutions to send secure messages and payment orders. \u2014 Charles Riley, CNN , 28 Feb. 2022",
"The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication was founded in 1973 to replace the telex and is now used by over 11,000 financial institutions to send secure messages and payment orders. \u2014 Charles Riley, CNN , 28 Feb. 2022",
"The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication was founded in 1973 to replace the telex and is now used by over 11,000 financial institutions to send secure messages and payment orders. \u2014 Charles Riley, CNN , 28 Feb. 2022"
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"Previous law enforcement investigations have found that Walmart money transfers are a common vehicle for criminals to cash out in a range of telemarketing schemes, according to the civil complaint. \u2014 Kate Gibson, CBS News , 28 June 2022",
"Sourcing High-volume companies, in particular, have turned sourcing into almost a telemarketing arm. \u2014 Anil Dharni, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"In Los Angeles, McClarnon shared a one-bedroom apartment with some roommates and worked in construction and telemarketing . \u2014 Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 June 2022",
"Tushar had hired Lindsay and Charters after one of them had made a telemarketing call to one of Tushar's associates. \u2014 CBS News , 2 Apr. 2022",
"Dutchess worked on the case of Kyle Kimoto, the Las Vegas man who had served 12 years of a 29-year sentence for a telemarketing scheme selling fake credit cards. \u2014 Elizabeth Macbride, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"The former president of a telemarketing company was back in San Diego federal court this week more than two decades since fleeing the country to avoid sentencing on a fraud conspiracy and tax evasion conviction, prosecutors said. \u2014 Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 May 2022",
"Consumer advocacy organizations such as Better Business Bureau are issuing warnings about an increase in incidents involving scammers who often pose as airline ticket brokers and travel agents via telemarketing calls. \u2014 Blane Bachelor, CNN , 26 May 2021",
"The defendants in the suit \u2013 the companies on whose behalf Fluent executed the telemarketing campaign \u2013 filed a motion to dismiss, claiming that the Federal Arbitration Act required that the claims be arbitrated. \u2014 Jack Greiner, The Enquirer , 3 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Purportedly, a telegram was sent from Buckingham Palace to Kenya, informing the royal party of the King\u2019s death. \u2014 Deborah Hart Strober And Gerald Strober, Town & Country , 3 June 2022",
"Nelson remembers telegram customers calling at all hours and belly dancers\u2014who were hired to deliver telegrams known as Belly Tellys\u2014stopping by the family\u2019s house to pick up their paychecks. \u2014 Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"The same morning, his sister, 60 miles away in Coburg, was flooded with foreboding and persuaded her father to send a telegram inquiring about her brother\u2019s well-being. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
"However, after filming starts, the director, Jack Barber (Hugh Dancy), gets a telegram that the studio has decided it\u2019s only making talkies now, so his silent film is done. \u2014 Alexis Potter, The Arizona Republic , 18 May 2022",
"Then one Friday afternoon in London, a telegram arrived at the theater. \u2014 Marc Myers, WSJ , 22 Mar. 2022",
"At the event, Dylan sent a telegram honoring the drummer. \u2014 Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Celebrity panelists include Loni Love, Adam Pally and Ron Funches; panel features a concertmaster, a toilet-paper wedding dress designer, a wing walker, a telegram singer and a vegan chef. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's Minister of Digital Transformation, confirmed the Twitter ban in a telegram post, and likened the move to something out of a George Orwell book. \u2014 Nicole Sganga, CBS News , 4 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With Party on the CAPS, Meriem Bennani has animated an all-too-commonplace refugee scenario with fantastical qualities based on a futuristic premise of travel by teleportation . \u2014 Jonathon Keats, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"His campaign trick of appearing in several cities at once via holographic teleportation is perhaps an indication that his presence is more like a ghostly visit from the past than a harbinger of the future. \u2014 Arthur Goldhammer, The New Republic , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Four years ago, Sissy Spacek and David Strathairn appeared in a wonderful little movie about an older couple, living out in the middle of nowhere, who build a makeshift teleportation machine in their garage. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 16 May 2022",
"The first paper describing the idea of quantum teleportation is published. \u2014 Gil Press, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Chinese researchers report the first quantum teleportation of independent single-photon qubits from a ground observatory to a low Earth orbit satellite with a distance of up to 1400 km. \u2014 Gil Press, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"See It Now with simultaneous views of the Golden Gate Bridge and the Brooklyn Bridge on two different monitors) but never had the cross-country teleportation been handled so seamlessly. \u2014 Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Mar. 2022",
"While science is still behind on teleportation devices, BROWN GIRL Jane has created the next best thing with their latest product, an olfactive experience with the Wanderlust Collection. \u2014 Essence , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Bennani was on a research jag, obsessively learning about teleportation . \u2014 New York Times , 1 Dec. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The lodge in the 1970s hosted a raucous telemark -skiing scene where patrons could pay $10 to sleep on the floor and get lessons. \u2014 Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News , 27 Oct. 2020",
"While alpine skiers\u2019 heels are firmly clipped into place, telemark turns are made by lifting the heel and bending the knee. \u2014 R. Scott Rappold, The Know , 19 Dec. 2019",
"The telemark skier Every few decades since at least the 1860s, a generation of downhill skiers revives the ancient art of tele-skiing. \u2014 R. Scott Rappold, The Know , 19 Dec. 2019",
"But ski mountaineering isn\u2019t only for telemark skiers. \u2014 John Meyer, The Denver Post , 23 Mar. 2017",
"Thus the AT set-up makes ski mountaineering possible for downhill skiers who never mastered the telemark turn. \u2014 John Meyer, The Denver Post , 23 Mar. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The telephoto lens will have seven instead of six elements, which should improve the zoom camera\u2019s performance. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 26 May 2022",
"While such fake optical zoom techniques do use real telephoto optics to magnify the subject, the effect of smoothly zooming between different magnifications is always achieved digitally. \u2014 Paul Monckton, Forbes , 14 May 2022",
"Speaking of photography: Invest in a telephoto lens. \u2014 Andrea Sachs, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
"The telephoto lens is still restricted to the Pro models. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 2 June 2022",
"The telephoto camera on the phones will be 10 megapixels, with 3x optical zoom. \u2014 Christian De Looper, BGR , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Luna zoomed in with his telephoto lens and saw an unzipped black duffel bag and an AR-15-style rifle. \u2014 Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker , 28 May 2022",
"The iPhone 14 Pro versions will get a new pill-and-hole display design, the A16 Bionic chip, a third telephoto lens, and a 48-megapixel primary camera. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 18 May 2022",
"How to take a \u2018Blood Moon\u2019 close-up use a mirrorless or DSR camera with a 500-600mm telephoto lens (though 300mm will just about do). \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 13 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The teletypewriter process is burdensome, especially if both parties don\u2019t have access to one, Robertson said. \u2014 Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post , 20 Sep. 2019",
"For example, a deaf inmate trying to talk with a deaf person outside must first type a message into the teletypewriter . \u2014 Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post , 20 Sep. 2019",
"Baudot\u2019s teletype machine, also called a teletypewriter , used a five-key keyboard, write Froehlich and Kent. \u2014 Kat Eschner, Smithsonian , 11 Sep. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Over the telegram The news came not over the teleprinter but in a bland government document posted online: Western Union is laying off 169 employees and essentially shuttering its San Francisco office, the home of WU Digital. \u2014 Owen Thomas, SFChronicle.com , 28 Aug. 2019",
"What most people don't know is that the classic game, which dates back to the 1970s and was originally played on pre-screen teleprinter , was thought up by three public school teachers trying to make learning about American history more fun. \u2014 Sophie Weiner, Popular Mechanics , 3 Mar. 2017"
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": a poem in which the consecutive final letters of the lines spell a name \u2014 compare acrostic sense 1a":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After a full day of press beginning at 9 a.m., most were, perhaps understandably, reading off a teleprompter , but that didn\u2019t stop outliers like Stallone, who relished in a bit of improv. \u2014 Manori Ravindran, Variety , 20 June 2022",
"But the President couldn\u2019t shake perceptions that the comment was in his heart, if not on his teleprompter . \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Looking alert and chipper, Mitchell seemed to run into a bit of trouble dealing with the teleprompter (leading to Raitt assisting her much in the way Lady Gaga did with Liza Minnelli at the Oscars). \u2014 David Browne, Rolling Stone , 4 Apr. 2022",
"No teleprompter , none of the energy that comes from being in the room. \u2014 Karl Rove, WSJ , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The joke wasn\u2019t on the teleprompter , and what Will did was not OK. \u2014 Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times , 28 Mar. 2022",
"More than 60 students are involved in various roles \u2014 operating the cameras and teleprompter , and broadcasting the news. \u2014 Janice Neumann, chicagotribune.com , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Rare is the bout with the teleprompter from which Biden emerges victorious \u2014 and this one will be on in primetime. \u2014 Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review , 25 Feb. 2022",
"In many ways, the pick of Reynolds tells America as much about the current state of the GOP as any words that are loaded on her teleprompter . \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 28 Feb. 2022"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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"\u02cctel\u02ccp\u00fcch\u02c8k\u00e4l\u0113"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Spanish telpuchcali, telpuchcalli , from Nahuatl telpuchcalli":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-003736"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8tel-s\u0259n"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"It's also got something that looks like a tail but is actually called a telson \u2014 used to flip over the body, which can weigh 10 pounds. \u2014 Carol Motsinger, USA TODAY , 22 Sep. 2020",
"Uraraneida have more primitive spinnerets and retain the telson that modern day spiders no longer have. \u2014 John Wenz, Popular Mechanics , 5 Feb. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek, end of a plowed field; perhaps akin to Greek telos end":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1855, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-005759"
},
"Telugu":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a member of the largest group of people in Telangana , India":[],
": the Dravidian language of the Telugu people":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8te-l\u0259-\u02ccg\u00fc"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Telugu tel\u0169gu, ten\u0169ngu":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1789, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-011719"
},
"Teluk Cenderawasih":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"inlet of the Pacific in the northern Indonesian part (West Papua) of New Guinea":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8te-\u02cclu\u0307k-\u02ccchen-d\u0259-r\u0259-\u02c8w\u00e4-s\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-012335"
},
"teleran":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a system of aerial navigation in which ground radar scans the area about an airport and the results are televised so that the pilot of an airplane sees the positions of all craft in the vicinity superimposed upon a map of the area":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8tel\u0259\u02ccran"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"tele vision- ra dar na vigation":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-012906"
},
"telvsn":{
"type":[
"abbreviation"
],
"definitions":{
"television":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-014233"
},
"telergic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to telergy":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)te\u00a6l\u0259rjik"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-021513"
},
"telco":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a telecommunications company":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8tel-(\u02cc)k\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The ability to build products/services/networks/customer experiences more quickly will require everything within the telco to speed up. \u2014 Chris Menier, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"There is hardly an hour of the day that passes by without us interacting with our telco , be that by means of browsing or gaming or streaming or making a call. \u2014 Pramod Konandur Prabhakar, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
"According to Forbes, the number of people who have cut the cord on their cable, satellite or telco subscription has tripled since 2014, jumping from 16 million to more than 50 million last year. \u2014 Andrew Ellenberg, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Movistar Plus, the pay-SVOD operator of giant European telco Telefonica. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Other Indian telco giants are also experimenting with 5G in India. \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 10 June 2021",
"Like many telco \u2019s, customer retention is a significant issue, so not surprisingly, this is where Spark found some early success with AI, building a churn model to address customer retention. \u2014 Patrick Moorhead, Forbes , 15 Sep. 2021",
"Also in India, online telco payments and recharges were historically a tiny percentage of overall sales. \u2014 Sarunas Chomentauskas, Forbes , 11 Oct. 2021",
"Last week, Google announced an Android smartphone in collaboration with Reliance Jio, the telco spearheaded by India\u2019s richest man Mukesh Ambani. \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 28 June 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"tel ephone co mpany":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1975, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-021824"
},
"telergy":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a hypothetical action of one person's thought and desire upon the brain of another person by the transmission of some unknown form of energy":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8te(\u02cc)l\u0259rj\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"tel- entry 1 + -ergy":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-022645"
},
"telyn":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an old Celtic harp":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8tel\u0259\u0307n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Welsh, from Middle Welsh; akin to Old Cornish telein harp, Breton telenn":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-022647"
}
}
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