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{
"FORTRAN":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a computer programming language that resembles algebra in its notation and is widely used for scientific applications":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1954, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"for mula tran slation":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02cctran"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175701",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Forbush's sparrow":{
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"definitions":{
": a sparrow ( Melospiza lincolnii gracilis ) of the Pacific coast closely related to the Lincoln's sparrow but browner":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"after Edward H. Forbush \u20201929 American ornithologist":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u022fr\u02ccbu\u0307sh\u0259\u0307z-",
"-b\u0259sh-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065315",
"type":[
"noun"
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},
"Fordism":{
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"definitions":{
": a technological system that seeks to increase production efficiency primarily through carefully engineered breakdown and interlocking of production operations and that depends for its success on mass production by assembly-line methods":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Henry Ford \u20201947 American auto manufacturer + English -ism":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02ccdiz\u0259m"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030914",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Formosan termite":{
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"definitions":{
": a large termite ( Coptotermes formosanus of the family Rhinotermitidae) native to Taiwan and southern China that forms very large, usually underground colonies and has been introduced into Hawaii and the southern U.S. where it is a destructive pest of wooden structures":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1968, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Formosa (Taiwan)":""
},
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"-z\u1d4an-",
"f\u0259r-",
"f\u022fr-\u02c8m\u014d-s\u1d4an-"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"Forstner bit":{
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"definitions":{
": a spurless wood-drilling bit used especially for drilling blind holes":[]
},
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"from the name Forstner":""
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"\u02c8f\u022frstn\u0259r-"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"Forsyth":{
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"definitions":{
"John 1780\u20131841 American statesman":[]
},
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"f\u022fr-\u02c8s\u012bth",
"f\u0259r-"
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"Fort Collins":{
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"definitions":{
"city north-northeast of Boulder in northern Colorado population 143,986":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"definitions":{
"city northwest of Des Moines in northwest central Iowa population 25,206":[]
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"\u02c8d\u00e4j"
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"Fort Peck Dam"
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"Fort Peck Dam"
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"Fort Pierce":{
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"city on the Atlantic in eastern Florida population 41,590":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pirs"
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"Fort Pulaski National Monument":{
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"definitions":{
"reservation in eastern Georgia comprising an island in the mouth of the Savannah River; site of a fort built 1829\u201347 to replace the Revolutionary Fort Greene":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"py\u00fc-",
"p\u0259-\u02c8la-sk\u0113"
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"Fort Smith":{
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"city on the Arkansas River in northwestern Arkansas population 86,209":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8smith"
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"site of a reconstructed British fort in the city of Rome in east central New York":[]
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"\u02c8stan-(\u02cc)wiks"
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"Fort Sumter National Monument":{
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"reservation in South Carolina at the entrance to Charleston Harbor containing the site of Fort Sumter, where the American Civil War began":[]
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"Fort-de-France":{
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"definitions":{
"commune on the western coast of Martinique population 87,216":[]
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"\u02ccf\u022fr-d\u0259-\u02c8fr\u00e4\u207fs"
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": as being or constituting":[
"taken for a fool",
"eggs for breakfast"
],
": because of":[
"can't sleep for the heat"
],
": completely : excessively : to exhaustion : to pieces":[
"for spent"
],
": destructively or detrimentally":[
"for do"
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": for the reason that : on this ground : because":[],
": in favor of":[
"all for the plan"
],
": in honor of : after":[
"named for her grandmother"
],
": in place of":[
"go to the store for me"
],
": in spite of":[
"\u2014 usually used with all for all his large size, he moves gracefully"
],
": on behalf of : representing":[
"speaks for the court"
],
": so as to involve prohibition, exclusion, omission, failure, neglect, or refusal":[
"for bid"
],
": with respect to : concerning":[
"a stickler for detail",
"heavy for its size"
],
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"forestry":[],
"free on rail":[]
},
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"Conjunction",
"the bill should be listed as paid, for I mailed it in on time",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Preposition",
"On a practical level, a better system would make life easier for patients. \u2014 Mohana Ravindranath, STAT , 3 July 2022",
"The younger inhabitants find a way to have fun; Cecil and Jack agree on a deal for the sale of the Ainsworth family heirloom. \u2014 Olivia Mccormack, Washington Post , 3 July 2022",
"State Police put out a be on the lookout alert at 9:30 p.m. for a gray Chevrolet Silverado that had almost struck a guardrail in the area of Interstate 95 northbound near exit 57 in Reading, the statement said. \u2014 Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com , 3 July 2022",
"Keibert Ruiz homered for Washington, which fell to 6-25 against the the NL East. \u2014 Patrick Stevens, Sun Sentinel , 2 July 2022",
"Authorities began to search the lake for three children and a woman. \u2014 CBS News , 2 July 2022",
"Argro, of Brooklyn, is Johnson's ex-boyfriend and the father of the baby in the stroller, a spokesman for the New York City Police Department said. \u2014 Phil Helsel, NBC News , 2 July 2022",
"But few doors opened for the ambitious young couple. \u2014 Patrick J. Mcdonnell, Los Angeles Times , 2 July 2022",
"The government has given a variety of reasons for the seizures, including that some boats were unlicensed. \u2014 Chao Deng, WSJ , 2 July 2022"
],
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"12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Conjunction",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Preposition"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English; akin to Latin per through, prae before, pro before, for, ahead, Greek pro , Sanskrit pra before, in front, Old English faran to go \u2014 more at fare":"Preposition and Conjunction",
"Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German far- for-, Old English for":"Prefix"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u022fr",
"Southern also (\u02c8)f\u00e4r",
"(\u02c8)f\u022fr",
"f\u0259r"
],
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"'cause",
"as",
"as long as",
"because",
"being (as ",
"considering",
"inasmuch as",
"now",
"seeing",
"since",
"whereas"
],
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"conjunction",
"prefix",
"preposition"
]
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"for (the) want of":{
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"definitions":{
": because of not having (something) : because (something) does not exist or is not available":[
"For want of a better name, let's call it \"Operation One.\"",
"People are dying for want of medical treatment.",
"The project failed for the want of adequate funding."
]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115753",
"type":[
"idiom"
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"for a song":{
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"definitions":{
": for a very small amount of money":[
"This old car can be bought/had for a song ."
]
},
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"type":[
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"for a start":{
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"definitions":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213910",
"type":[
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"for as long as one can remember":{
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": for most or all of one's life : for a very long time":[
"Her family has lived in New York for as long as she can remember ."
]
},
"examples":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105728",
"type":[
"idiom"
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},
"for aught one knows":{
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"definitions":{
": for all one knows : one does not know":[
"For aught I know , he could have left an hour ago."
]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105100",
"type":[
"idiom"
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"for aye":{
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"definitions":{
": always , forever , eternally":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English for aye":""
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221748",
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"for better or (for) worse":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": whether good or bad things happen : no matter what happens":[
"We've made our decision and now we have to stick to it for better or worse ."
]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115055",
"type":[
"idiom"
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"for cheap":{
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"definitions":{
": for a relatively low cost":[
"They bought a used sofa for cheap .",
"You can dye your hair at home for cheap ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1977, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200458",
"type":[
"idiomatic phrase"
]
},
"for color":{
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"definitions":{
": in order to make something more colorful":[
"She used red peppers in the salad for color ."
]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071743",
"type":[
"idiom"
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},
"for company":{
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"definitions":{
": in order not to be lonely":[
"I turned the radio on for company ."
]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173529",
"type":[
"idiom"
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},
"for crying out loud":{
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"definitions":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221816",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"for dear life":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": very tightly or quickly because of fear or danger":[
"He was hanging/holding on to the rope for dear life .",
"They were running for dear life to get away from the vicious dogs."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132357",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"for decoration":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": used to make something more attractive":[
"The handles are not just for decoration , they serve a practical purpose."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-182803",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"for good and for ill":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": in good ways and in bad ways":[
"After the war, the country was changed, for good and for ill ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130700",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"for instance":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": example":[
"I'll give you a for instance"
]
},
"examples":[
"Let me give you a for instance .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Stock splits break up shares into smaller pieces\u2014similar, for instance , to breaking a $50 bill into five $10s\u2014without affecting a company\u2019s underlying finances. \u2014 Kristin Broughton, WSJ , 30 June 2022",
"Just after midnight on June 19, for instance , a 21-year-old man and college basketball standout was fatally shot at a popular summer picnicking area in Harlem in an episode that left eight other people wounded. \u2014 Ed Shanahan, BostonGlobe.com , 30 June 2022",
"Employers may find simple and low- or moderate-cost ways\u2014providing parking or transit passes, for instance , or boosting tuition assistance\u2014to make a substantial impact on employee satisfaction. \u2014 Ethan Karp, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"Westlake\u2019s facility has a habit of leaking vinyl chloride; in 2011, for instance , 11,000 pounds of the compound streamed from a hole in a piece of piping that hadn\u2019t been inspected. \u2014 Lisa Song, ProPublica , 29 June 2022",
"Think about it: A never-ending stream of news on a phone screen is like a piercing scream, far different from, for instance , a half-hour newscast that always ends with sports or a feel-good story. \u2014 Brian Stelter, CNN , 29 June 2022",
"Employers, for instance , can object to certain categories of workers being included in a bargaining unit. \u2014 Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun , 29 June 2022",
"Foley, for instance , instituted impact fees on new developments within city limits about one year ago. \u2014 al , 29 June 2022",
"In the first round, for instance , try to familiarize yourself with the movement patterns and get more comfortable performing them. \u2014 Christa Sgobba, SELF , 29 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1959, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"f\u0259-\u02c8rin(t)-st\u0259nts",
"\u02c8frin(t)-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123808",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"for it":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": certain to be punished":[
"If his parents find out what he's done, he'll be for it ."
],
": in favor of the thing specified":[
"If it's that's what you think we should do, I'm (all) for it ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131732",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"for one's own benefit":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": in a way that benefits oneself":[
"Since he owns the land, he thinks he should be free to use it for his own benefit ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-182113",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"for one's own good":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": being or done for the benefit of oneself":[
"I know you don't want to do this, but it's for your own good ."
],
": resulting in harm to oneself":[
"They talk too much for their own good ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183424",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"for safekeeping":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": in order to be kept from danger or harm":[
"I gave her my jewelry for safekeeping while I was away."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212402",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"for services rendered":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": for something that a person, company, etc., has done":[
"a fee/payment for services rendered"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-120303",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"for some reason or another":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": for a reason unknown to the speaker":[
"They had to change their plans for some reason or another ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-204054",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"for storage":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": for the purpose of being put away when not being used":[
"The table folds down for storage ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000033",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"for the life of one":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": in any way at all":[
"\u2014 used to say that one is unable to remember or understand something For the life of me , I can't think of any reasons why you wouldn't want a computer at home. She couldn't for the life of her remember what his name was."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-182907",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"for the love of God":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183543",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"for the love of Mike/Pete":{
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"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191611",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"for the simple reason that":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": because":[
"I don't want to go for the simple reason that I'm very tired."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124708",
"type":[
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"for the use of":{
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"definitions":{
": available to be used by":[
"The pool is for the use of hotel guests only."
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"\u2014 used to make a statement more forceful I wouldn't miss your wedding for the world ."
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"The grass serves as forage for livestock."
],
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"They made forages to find food."
],
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": to secure by foraging":[
"foraged a chicken for the feast"
],
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": to strip of provisions : collect forage from":[],
": to wander in search of forage or food":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The grass serves as forage for livestock.",
"Verb",
"The cows were foraging in the pasture.",
"He had to forage for firewood.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The bristly groundhog and her plump twins experiment with the best part of the lawn on which to forage . \u2014 Maria Shine Stewart, cleveland , 28 June 2022",
"The Kaibab National Forest site\u2019s ample forage grasses, water and quiet isolation make this a perfect spot for wildlife to congregate, feed, drink and \u2014 oh yeah \u2014 be stalked. \u2014 Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic , 28 June 2022",
"For that to happen, humans need to have enough contact with the animals to make exposure likely\u2014on routine hunts for bushmeat, for instance, or in fractured landscapes where animals forage for food in and around people\u2019s homes. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 21 June 2022",
"Scientists have long been in the dark about how deep-diving seals forage for their meals in pitch-black seas, and the answer may have been right under the animals\u2019 nose all along: whiskers. \u2014 Sasha Warren, Scientific American , 13 June 2022",
"In front of her are the towers of grain that had sprouted into forage . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 June 2022",
"The operator can run their own experiments to try a new forage source. \u2014 Steven Savage, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Here's more background on alewives, a bane to some beachgoers but an important forage species for the lake's trout and salmon fishery. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel , 8 June 2022",
"Like native trees and shrubs, wildflowers offer tremendous benefits to insects, birds, and mammals in terms of food, forage , and shelter. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Although extremely intelligent, the confiscated parrots had lost their culture: the parrots did not know to forage in their new land and had forgotten (or never learned) how to flock to avoid predators. \u2014 Grrlscientist, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"And with anomalously warm water extending hundreds of meters, sharks can forage much deeper and for longer. \u2014 Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 June 2022",
"Guests will forage through the garden and learn how to prepare and cook a nutritious and sustainable meal, such as a delicious pesto coconut chutney with grated papaya, coconut milk, chili pepper, spring onion, ginger and garlic. \u2014 Roger Sands, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"Many species will eagerly eat wild birdseed, but others will forage for tiny insects, spiders, worms or beetles in your garden. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Instead, their bees forage entirely on wildflowers \u2013 most of which are endemic \u2013 creating honey entirely unique to Bermuda. \u2014 Karthika Gupta, USA TODAY , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Morel hunters can forage in most state parks and forests in Indiana, so long as the lands are not designated as preserves. \u2014 Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Around the same time, Hirata learned about Noma chef Ren\u00e9 Redzepi, who was trying to revive Nordic cuisine in Denmark by encouraging people to forage like the Nordic people used to. \u2014 Rachel Ng, Bon App\u00e9tit , 19 May 2022",
"And subscription snack boxes keep my munchies at bay without my having to forage for the most obscene flavor of Combos at my local bodega or raid the BA test kitchen for pecan nubs left over from muffin recipe testing. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 19 Apr. 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from fuerre, foer fodder, straw, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German fuotar food, fodder \u2014 more at food":"Noun and Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u022fr-ij",
"\u02c8f\u00e4r-"
],
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"browse",
"graze",
"pasture",
"rustle"
],
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"verb"
]
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"to go in search of went foraging for change for the parking meter"
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": in view of the fact that":[]
},
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"13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u0259z-\u02ccm\u0259-ch\u0259z"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185045",
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": any of various very productive cacoas with thick hard shells and purple seeds \u2014 compare criollo":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Spanish, literally, stranger, from Catalan foraster, forester , from Old Catalan, from Old Proven\u00e7al forestier , from forest hamlet, country house, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin forestis , from Latin foris outside":""
},
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"\u02ccf\u022fr\u0259\u02c8ste(\u02cc)r\u014d"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052412",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foray":{
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"invade",
"overrun",
"raid"
],
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": a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils : raid":[
"a foray into enemy territory",
"attempted sneak and surprise forays",
"\u2014 D. D. Eisenhower"
],
": an initial and often tentative attempt to do something in a new or different field or area of activity":[
"the novelist's foray into nonfiction",
"Torres spearheaded his family's first foray into international wine production by purchasing land in Chile's Curic\u00f3 Valley in 1979.",
"\u2014 Michael Schachner"
],
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"Tesla, known for its high-end electric cars, has forayed into the trucking industry with a Nov. 16 reveal of its latest prototype, the Tesla Semi.",
"\u2014 Meagan Nichols"
],
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"forayed into enemy territory",
"Nicaraguan troops were foraying along the frontier \u2026",
"\u2014 George Russell"
],
": to ravage in search of spoils : pillage":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"a foray into enemy territory",
"We made a quick foray into town for some supplies.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The limited series, which is reportedly still in early development, marks Kazan's first foray into TV writing. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 21 June 2022",
"Corsair made a name for itself in gaming desktops, but the Corsair Voyager a1600 AMD Advantage Edition announced Monday marks the first foray for the gaming brand, also known for PC peripherals and DIY components, into Corsair-brand laptops. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 23 May 2022",
"The Essence, an elixir that marks her first foray into the skincare space. \u2014 Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE.com , 10 May 2022",
"That will probably change soon, as her latest project marks a foray into what is arguably her most mainstream platform yet: network television. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Dec. 2021",
"This marks her first foray into the major label system, having released albums only on independent labels previously. \u2014 Colin Stutz, Billboard , 5 Mar. 2021",
"The debut marks the first foray outside of Mexico for Grupo Posadas, the country\u2019s largest hotel company, which counts eight brands, 180 hotels, and over 28,000 rooms in its expanding portfolio. \u2014 Alexandra Kirkman, Forbes , 1 Mar. 2021",
"Apple\u2019s foray into live sports took a big step forward Tuesday. \u2014 Joe Reedy, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"Apple\u2019s foray into live sports took a big step forward Tuesday. \u2014 Joe Reedy, Chicago Tribune , 14 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Horford flexed his might in his first Finals foray with a long-distance performance a long time in the making that will be remembered in Celtics lore for a long time. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
"Alabama conservation officials\u2019 latest update about red snapper fishing includes warning of an ominous outlook for greater amberjack, another popular game fish for anglers who foray into the Gulf of Mexico. \u2014 al , 3 May 2022",
"As a mere glimpse into the future, consider British auction house Sotheby\u2019s foray into the metaverse. \u2014 Falon Fatemi, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
"The Tatas\u2019 foray into digital payments means the competition increases for Google Pay, PhonePe, Amazon Pay, Paytm, and others. \u2014 Mimansa Verma, Quartz , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Dolly Parton is the latest celebrity to make her foray into the world of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Lobbyists see financial regulators\u2019 foray into climate-change policy as a first step toward limiting oil-and-gas companies\u2019 access to credit. \u2014 Ryan Tracy, WSJ , 7 Feb. 2022",
"As fate would have it that foray into water polo also caught the eye of Navy recruiters who had come to his school. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 Dec. 2021",
"In Somersault, a project motivated by his daughter\u2019s departure from home for university and foray into adulthood, Raymond Meeks explores the frightening unknown from the comfort of his own backyard. \u2014 Wired Photo Department, Wired , 21 Dec. 2021"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Verb"
},
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"Middle English forrayen , from Anglo-French forreyer, foreer , probably back-formation from *forrier, *forreour forager, raider, from fuerre, foer provender \u2014 more at forage":"Verb and Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u00e4r-",
"also f\u022f-\u02c8r\u0101",
"or f\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101",
"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02cc\u0101"
],
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"invasion",
"irruption",
"raid"
],
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"definitions":{
": an herb other than grass":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Look instead for greenbrier, honeysuckle, plum, laurel, sumac, blackberry, clear-cuts, browse, and forbs in the woods or natural clearings. \u2014 Jeff Murray, Field & Stream , 8 Nov. 2019",
"The park meadows are planted with native perennial forbs and grasses selected for the benefit of wildlife. \u2014 Joan Rusek, cleveland , 3 Oct. 2019",
"The prescribed fire will reinvigorate grasses, forbs , and shrubs and improve deer and elk habitat. \u2014 David L. Bernhardt, The Denver Post , 23 Sep. 2019",
"The appeal argued that site descriptions the agency used, which found the area should be covered mostly by sagebrush, grasses, and forbs , are not scientifically accurate. \u2014 Jennifer Oldham, National Geographic , 3 Sep. 2019",
"Kya Marienfeld, Attorney What grows back Cattlemen must let allotments rest for two years after trees are removed to allow grasses and forbs to take root. \u2014 Jennifer Oldham, National Geographic , 3 Sep. 2019",
"Back-to-back dry springs meant the ground-nesting turkeys in much of Texas went into the mating season in relatively poor physical condition because of a lack of abundant forage \u2014 mainly cool-season forbs and other high-nutrient foods. \u2014 Shannon Tompkins, ExpressNews.com , 8 June 2019",
"Grasses, forbs , shrubs and other low-growing, leafy vegetation crucial provide crucial camouflaging cover for newborn fawns, reducing predation. \u2014 Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle , 16 June 2018",
"Back-to-back dry springs meant the ground-nesting turkeys in much of Texas went into the mating season in relatively poor physical condition because of a lack of abundant forage \u2014 mainly cool-season forbs and other high-nutrient foods. \u2014 Shannon Tompkins, ExpressNews.com , 8 June 2019"
],
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"1924, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Greek phorb\u0113 fodder, food, from pherbein to graze":""
},
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"\u02c8f\u022frb"
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"noun"
]
},
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"bow (to)",
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"surrender (to)",
"yield (to)"
],
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"have forborne from taking part in any controversy",
"\u2014 Abraham Lincoln"
],
": to control oneself when provoked : be patient":[
"forbore with his friend's failings"
],
": to do without":[],
": to hold oneself back from especially with an effort":[
"forbore mentioning the incident",
"tried to forbear making rash judgments"
],
": to leave alone : shun":[
"forbear his presence",
"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"He carefully forbore any mention of her name for fear of upsetting them.",
"We decided to forbear provoking him any further.",
"We decided to forbear from provoking him any further.",
"He forebore to mention her name.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"So, if a person is enacting their right to resistance, then bystanders have an obligation to forbear and not to interfere. \u2014 TheWeek , 12 Apr. 2020",
"But crucially, the FCC did not forbear from a few parts of Title II that protect consumers in other ways. \u2014 Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica , 12 July 2017"
],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2":"Verb"
},
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"Middle English forberen , from Old English forberan to endure, do without, from for- + beran to bear":"Verb"
},
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"f\u0259r-",
"f\u022fr-\u02c8ber"
],
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"abstain (from)",
"forgo",
"forego",
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"refrain (from)",
"withhold (from)"
],
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"impatience"
],
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"The policy provides a means of forbearance for borrowers meeting certain criteria."
],
": the act of forbearing : patience":[
"He appreciated his wife's forbearances ."
],
": the quality of being forbearing : leniency":[
"known \u2026 for her forbearance with her incorrigible husband",
"\u2014 Willa Cather"
]
},
"examples":[
"He showed great forbearance in his dealings with them.",
"we thank you for your forbearance while we attend to the technical difficulties interrupting the TV program",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Lenders rolled out sweeping deferment and forbearance programs for struggling borrowers in the pandemic\u2019s early days. \u2014 Annamaria Andriotis, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
"Tom\u2019s angry scenes with his mother, frustration met with studied forbearance , have a ring of truth about them. \u2014 Demetrios Matheou, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 June 2022",
"Musk adheres to the tradition of taking legal and regulatory forbearance as an inducement and invitation to demand more. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
"But even as the Fed has been drawing criticism for being slow to act, some economists say a bit of forbearance is warranted. \u2014 Mark Trumbull, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The share of households behind on their bills remains exceptionally low, a separate New York Fed report shows, but as federal stimulus runs out and loans come out of forbearance , some households will be looking at a different financial landscape. \u2014 Andrew Van Dam, Anchorage Daily News , 23 Feb. 2022",
"The share of households behind on their bills remains exceptionally low, a separate New York Fed report shows, but as federal stimulus runs out and loans come out of forbearance , some households will be looking at a different financial landscape. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Feb. 2022",
"It was relayed via Zoom calls between Canyon Crest and Mawoud, a tutoring center Fariba now attends in Kabul, where girls sit in class with boys and men teach girls \u2014 testing the limits of Taliban forbearance . \u2014 New York Times , 22 Jan. 2022",
"The terms of forbearance are between a borrower and their lender. \u2014 Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press , 22 Dec. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1576, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"see forbear entry 1":""
},
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"f\u022fr-\u02c8ber-\u0259n(t)s",
"f\u0259r-"
],
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"long-suffering",
"patience",
"sufferance",
"tolerance"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164756",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"bow (to)",
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"submit (to)",
"succumb (to)",
"surrender (to)",
"yield (to)"
],
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"have forborne from taking part in any controversy",
"\u2014 Abraham Lincoln"
],
": to control oneself when provoked : be patient":[
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],
": to do without":[],
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"tried to forbear making rash judgments"
],
": to leave alone : shun":[
"forbear his presence",
"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"He carefully forbore any mention of her name for fear of upsetting them.",
"We decided to forbear provoking him any further.",
"We decided to forbear from provoking him any further.",
"He forebore to mention her name.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"So, if a person is enacting their right to resistance, then bystanders have an obligation to forbear and not to interfere. \u2014 TheWeek , 12 Apr. 2020",
"But crucially, the FCC did not forbear from a few parts of Title II that protect consumers in other ways. \u2014 Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica , 12 July 2017"
],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2":"Verb"
},
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"Middle English forberen , from Old English forberan to endure, do without, from for- + beran to bear":"Verb"
},
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"f\u022fr-\u02c8ber",
"f\u0259r-"
],
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"abjure",
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"forgo",
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"keep (from)",
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"withhold (from)"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213732",
"type":[
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"verb"
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},
"forbid":{
"antonyms":[
"allow",
"let",
"permit",
"suffer"
],
"definitions":{
": accursed":[
"he shall live a man forbid",
"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
],
": to hinder or prevent as if by an effectual command":[
"Space forbids further treatment here.",
"Modesty forbids telling what my part was in the affair."
],
": to proscribe (see proscribe sense 2 ) from or as if from the position of one in authority : command against":[
"The law forbids stores to sell liquor to minors.",
"Her mother forbids her to go."
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"I forbid you to go!",
"She was forbidden by her parents to marry him.",
"She was forbidden from marrying him.",
"The museum forbids flash photography.",
"The company's rules forbid dating among employees.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"To ban or forbid bars and restaurants from existing, based solely on the concept that women\u2019s legs, arms and cleavage will be on show, would leave much of the western world\u2019s city centres empty. \u2014 Lela London, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Push state lawmakers to pass house bill 2 48, which would forbid employers from requiring employees to be vaccinated against COVID 19 and other infectious diseases. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 13 June 2022",
"The faith\u2019s lay leaders can, of course, forbid members from taking the sacrament (as Latter-day Saints call it) for disciplinary purposes. \u2014 David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"Most have tried to entice customers with friendly, knowledgeable service and unique interior design \u2014 a difficult feat, given government rules forbid cannabis or accessories being visible from the street. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Earlier this month, the court ruled that California could not forbid those under 21 from buying assault weapons. \u2014 James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com , 16 May 2022",
"Contrary to what at least one critic believes, the LDS Church does not forbid the consumption of French fries. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 May 2022",
"The advisor had reservations about a fourth video but did not forbid Tiber from showing it. \u2014 Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
"Perhaps Vermeule and Smith are of the view that the natural law does, in fact, forbid the constitutional arrangements adopted by the people through the Constitution. \u2014 J. Joel Alicea, National Review , 3 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1606, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English forbidden , from Old English forb\u0113odan , from for- + b\u0113odan to bid \u2014 more at bid entry 1":"Verb and Adjective"
},
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"f\u022fr-",
"f\u0259r-\u02c8bid"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for forbid Verb forbid , prohibit , interdict , inhibit mean to debar one from doing something or to order that something not be done. forbid implies that the order is from one in authority and that obedience is expected. smoking is forbidden in the building prohibit suggests the issuing of laws, statutes, or regulations. prohibited the sale of liquor interdict implies prohibition by civil or ecclesiastical authority usually for a given time or a declared purpose. practices interdicted by the church inhibit implies restraints or restrictions that amount to prohibitions, not only by authority but also by the exigencies of the time or situation. conditions inhibiting the growth of free trade",
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"bar",
"enjoin",
"interdict",
"outlaw",
"prohibit",
"proscribe"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070041",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"allowable",
"permissible",
"permissive",
"sufferable"
],
"definitions":{
": not conforming to the usual selection principles":[
"\u2014 used of quantum phenomena forbidden transition forbidden radiation forbidden spectral line"
],
": not permitted or allowed":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That emotional confession led to the pair sharing a forbidden kiss, and Herbers and Colter tease that Kristen and David's romantic moment will have major repercussions throughout the season. \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 10 June 2022",
"Young readers graduated from Seventeen, YM, Sassy and such to the forbidden bounty on the low coffee tables of divorc\u00e9es: Cosmo and Glamour and Self. \u2014 New York Times , 10 May 2022",
"Mitten and others wonder about the affect NIL opportunities could have on the forbidden yet hardly uncommon practice of high schools recruiting athletes. \u2014 Mark Gillispie, Chicago Tribune , 9 May 2022",
"Mitten and others wonder about the affect NIL opportunities could have on the forbidden yet hardly uncommon practice of high schools recruiting athletes. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 May 2022",
"When Stephen Strange casts a forbidden spell that opens a portal to another multiverse that includes alternative versions of himself, humanity becomes at stake. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 8 May 2022",
"This multigenerational family saga begins with a forbidden love and crescendos into a moving saga that jumps between time and place, spanning across Korea, Japan, and America. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Beneath the forbidden glamour of mob life is a saga of father-son relationships and ethical choices\u2014themes that have resonated in different ways for each new generation of viewers. \u2014 Caryn James, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022",
"The filmmakers pluck quite a few story threads from director Shawn Levy\u2019s early-aughts adaptation, including bullying, athletic frustrations, an absentee parent, a forbidden sleepover and a climax involving a runaway child. \u2014 Courtney Howard, Variety , 17 Mar. 2022"
],
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"f\u0259r-\u02c8bi-d\u1d4an",
"f\u022fr-"
],
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"banned",
"barred",
"impermissible",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"taboo",
"tabu",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And her absence at St. Paul\u2019s, while not a surprise given the forbidding logistics, was a letdown. \u2014 Mark Landler, New York Times , 4 June 2022",
"And her absence at St. Paul\u2019s, while not a surprise given the forbidding logistics, was a letdown. \u2014 Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
"The Arcane event took place in a forbidding Victorian-style former factory in South Los Angeles, turning it into a steampunk recreation of the anime series inspired by characters in Riot Games\u2019 League of Legends. \u2014 David Bloom, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"The East Village streets during the pandemic became forbidding places at 2 o\u2019clock in the morning, when the puppy needed a walk. \u2014 John Leland, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
"The East Village streets during the pandemic became forbidding places at 2 o\u2019clock in the morning, when the puppy needed a walk. \u2014 New York Times , 19 May 2022",
"Peer into their forbidding black hoods and gaily stitched pieces of hot-pink woolen felt inside invite unexpected visual caresses. \u2014 Christopher Knightart Critic, Los Angeles Times , 26 Mar. 2022",
"The combination of stiffness and violence in her gesticulations expressed a forbidding level of psychological tension. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Despite his forbidding demeanor, after rising to prominence with the Screaming Trees in the late 1980s, Lanegan worked with a wide array of artists, ranging from Queens of the Stone Age to Belle & Sebastian\u2019s Isobel Campbell to Marianne Faithfull. \u2014 A.d. Amorosi, Variety , 22 Feb. 2022"
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"Noun",
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"instruments used to measure the force of the wind",
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"We discourage the use of force .",
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"I was impressed by the force of her personality.",
"Verb",
"They forced us to work long hours without pay.",
"The flooding forced hundreds of residents to flee their homes.",
"After seeing the evidence, I was forced to admit my error.",
"I am forced to conclude that more funding will be necessary.",
"The pilot was forced to land when one of the plane's engines caught fire.",
"The scandal forced his resignation.",
"Lack of time may eventually force a compromise.",
"They are trying to force a vote on this issue.",
"The runner was forced out of bounds.",
"Their car was forced off the road.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The court has registered only three war crimes convictions and five for interfering with justice in the 20 years since its founding treaty, the Rome Statute, came into force on July, 1, 2002. \u2014 Mike Corder, BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022",
"The court has registered only three war crimes convictions and five for interfering with justice in the 20 years since its founding treaty, the Rome Statute, came into force on July, 1, 2002. \u2014 Mike Corder, ajc , 1 July 2022",
"Shortly before midnight on June 30, 2020, the NSL came into force . \u2014 WSJ , 1 July 2022",
"Representatives from the European Parliament and EU states thrashed out a deal on the markets in crypto assets (MiCA) law, which is expected to come into force around the end of 2023. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 30 June 2022",
"The Tigers scored one run in the top of the ninth inning, when Riley Greene grounded into a force out to score Kody Clemens. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 26 June 2022",
"The measure must go through parliamentary procedures before going into force . \u2014 Fox News , 25 June 2022",
"The workshop is not a hiring event, but a way for veterans to receive mentorship, resources and tools to help support their move from the military into the work force . \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"Two new Chinese laws dealing with data security and privacy came into force in the fall of 2021 that are likely to have an impact on many multinational companies operating in China or whose operations touch China. \u2014 Chrissa Mcfarlane, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The injury didn\u2019t force him out of the lineup until June 18 and 19, when the sat out the final two games of a three-game series with the Dodgers in Los Angeles. \u2014 Jim Ingraham, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"But Biden can't force Saudi Arabia to produce more oil, and with Russian supplies out of reach due to sanctions for the invasion, a gas tax holiday would at least show some sort of action. \u2014 Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver , 21 June 2022",
"Reward positive interactions out loud but don\u2019t force anything. \u2014 USA Today , 15 June 2022",
"The vote is only advisory, though, and doesn't force the company to make changes. \u2014 CBS News , 27 May 2022",
"The vote is only advisory, though, and doesn\u2019t force the company to make changes. \u2014 Stan Choe, USA TODAY , 26 May 2022",
"Another option, experts say, is for Twitter to first threaten to force Musk to close and then settle for damages greater than $1bn in order to avoid messy litigation . . . \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 21 May 2022",
"The merger agreement includes a specific performance provision that allows Twitter to force Musk to consummate the deal, according to the filing. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2022",
"There is also no way for one municipality to force another to adopt new shelters. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 May 2022"
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"\u02c8f\u014d(\u0259)rs, \u02c8f\u022f(\u0259)rs",
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for force Noun power , force , energy , strength , might mean the ability to exert effort. power may imply latent or exerted physical, mental, or spiritual ability to act or be acted upon. the awesome power of flowing water force implies the actual effective exercise of power. used enough force to push the door open energy applies to power expended or capable of being transformed into work. a worker with boundless energy strength applies to the quality or property of a person or thing that makes possible the exertion of force or the withstanding of strain, pressure, or attack. use weight training to build your strength might implies great or overwhelming power or strength. the belief that might makes right Verb force , compel , coerce , constrain , oblige mean to make someone or something yield. force is the general term and implies the overcoming of resistance by the exertion of strength, power, or duress. forced to flee for their lives compel typically suggests overcoming of resistance or unwillingness by an irresistible force. compelled to admit my mistake coerce suggests overcoming resistance or unwillingness by actual or threatened violence or pressure. coerced into signing over the rights constrain suggests the effect of a force or circumstance that limits freedom of action or choice. constrained by conscience oblige implies the constraint of necessity, law, or duty. felt obliged to go",
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"an entrepreneur whose force field is intense enough to make you share in his dreams",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And that specter of Mr. Depp\u2019s striking earlier beauty hovered over him in that courtroom like a protective force field , impossible to dispel. \u2014 Rhonda Garelick, New York Times , 16 June 2022",
"One sign that the force field around oligarchs is getting porous are the stories now appearing in the British media, some of which would have been hard to imagine before the Russian invasion. \u2014 David Segal, New York Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Some analysts suggest that Putin\u2019s decades in power have begun to act as something of a reality-distorting force field , an echo chamber of sorts. \u2014 Laura King, Los Angeles Times , 28 Feb. 2022",
"The birds of prey function as a pseudo force field , providing an environmentally conscious form of pest control. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Two justly famous visual tropes, the slowing-down of bullets in flight and the force field with which Neo wards them off, return, too, with a couple of minor new touches that suggest technical advances more than artistic ones. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 24 Dec. 2021",
"Within the force field of the neuter, friendship draws life from exposure to death; distance makes possible intimacy; and communication arises from incommensurability. \u2014 Robert Pogue Harrison, The New York Review of Books , 12 Mar. 2020",
"But Craig is obviously disinterested in that take on the role, and in No Time to Die the actor pushes the audience to notice more cracks in Bond\u2019s facade, playing his super-spy coolness as a force field against emotion that\u2019s starting to falter. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 5 Oct. 2021",
"The vaccines aren\u2019t a force field that wards off all things covid. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 Sep. 2021"
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"1920, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1896, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
"examples":[
"forced attendance at political indoctrination sessions",
"wasn't too excited about their wedding plans and so gave them a forced smile",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At the same time, migration is becoming both more politicised (by Belarus and Russia) and more forced (by climate change and inflation). \u2014 Mike O'sullivan, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"Behrooz says the key to any good partnership -- one that doesn't feel forced or inorganic, is to really investigate the celebrity or influencer that would be attached to a project. \u2014 Aj Willingham, CNN , 19 May 2022",
"The forced implementation of this idea led to years of famine. \u2014 Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker , 7 June 2022",
"Russia\u2019s move, like a forced error in baseball, was set in motion by the actions of the Biden administration and other western powers in responding to that country\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. \u2014 Zenger News, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"Her voice took on the forced lightness of someone trying to convince herself of something. \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"But the forced slowdown of the pandemic also helped Jones discover new methods of creation with his music. \u2014 Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune , 14 May 2022",
"Her mother was part of a 1956 forced adoption program and was raised in Texas, but Edenshaw returned to Alaska for college and eventually took the Yup\u2019ik name Keneggnarkayaaggaq, meaning a person with a beautiful persona, spirit, aura and friend. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
"When Chief Justice Earl Warren handed down the ruling in Miranda vs. Arizona, it was lauded as a major new protection against forced confessions. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 Apr. 2022"
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"He has a very forceful personality.",
"She's a confident and forceful leader.",
"They have made a forceful argument in favor of changing the system.",
"The government has threatened to use more forceful measures if necessary.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The most forceful response would be a legislative one. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 4 May 2022",
"Alona Vakal knows that a more forceful military response by the U.S. government against Russia \u2014 whose president, Vladimir Putin, has bloodily invaded Ukraine \u2014 risks causing an all-out world war. \u2014 NBC News , 13 Mar. 2022",
"These limited deployments are supposed to deter a Russian attack by committing all allies to a forceful response. \u2014 Rafael Loss, CNN , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Her argument triggered a forceful response from the DA\u2019s office, which argued the two cases were starkly different. \u2014 Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Mar. 2022",
"The latest incursion shatters nearly three decades of relative peace in Europe and is certain to elicit a forceful response from the U.S. and NATO. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Feb. 2022",
"What is rising is inflation, reaching heights not seen in four decades to wipe out pay raises and potentially eliciting a more forceful policy response from Federal Reserve, which is expected to soon begin raising interest rates to cool the economy. \u2014 CBS News , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Pence's declaration marked his most forceful response yet to Trump, who has spent his post-presidency fueling the lie that the 2020 campaign was stolen from him. \u2014 Jill Colvin, ajc , 5 Feb. 2022",
"Pence's declaration marked his most forceful response yet to Trump, who has spent his post-presidency fueling his claim that the 2020 election was stolen from him. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 5 Feb. 2022"
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"1571, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8f\u022frs-f\u0259l"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212941",
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"pushing forcefully through the crowd",
"She forcefully denied the charges.",
"Congestive heart failure develops when the heart becomes too weak to pump forcefully enough.",
"\u2014 Paul G. Donohue",
"Our child's disability forcefully reminds us of what really matters in life.",
"\u2014 Barbara Gill"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While King advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest, Malcolm X argued forcefully for Black empowerment, identity and self-determination. \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 23 June 2022",
"An investigation into the incident revealed that at least three storage units were forcefully opened on the property, police said. \u2014 Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant , 22 June 2022",
"But the Black Forest cake speaks forcefully for the past. \u2014 Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Press back up so forcefully that your body leaves the ground, jumping slightly to the right. \u2014 Greg Presto, Men's Health , 9 June 2022",
"France experienced the same anti-colonial movement, most forcefully in Vietnam and Algeria. \u2014 Frank Lavin, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"In the entire field, Rivas, a senior adviser to current board member Jackie Goldberg, is the candidate who speaks most forcefully about regulating and containing charter schools. \u2014 Howard Blumestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"But Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, has forcefully denied all allegations, dismissing them as a political attack intended to foil his acquisition of Twitter. \u2014 Madeleine Kearns, National Review , 31 May 2022",
"Marceno has come out forcefully on social media against would-be killers in the wake of the deadly mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in which 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos killed 19 children and two teachers. \u2014 Jon Brown, Fox News , 29 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The most forceful response would be a legislative one. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 4 May 2022",
"Alona Vakal knows that a more forceful military response by the U.S. government against Russia \u2014 whose president, Vladimir Putin, has bloodily invaded Ukraine \u2014 risks causing an all-out world war. \u2014 NBC News , 13 Mar. 2022",
"These limited deployments are supposed to deter a Russian attack by committing all allies to a forceful response. \u2014 Rafael Loss, CNN , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Her argument triggered a forceful response from the DA\u2019s office, which argued the two cases were starkly different. \u2014 Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Mar. 2022",
"The latest incursion shatters nearly three decades of relative peace in Europe and is certain to elicit a forceful response from the U.S. and NATO. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Feb. 2022",
"What is rising is inflation, reaching heights not seen in four decades to wipe out pay raises and potentially eliciting a more forceful policy response from Federal Reserve, which is expected to soon begin raising interest rates to cool the economy. \u2014 CBS News , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Pence's declaration marked his most forceful response yet to Trump, who has spent his post-presidency fueling the lie that the 2020 campaign was stolen from him. \u2014 Jill Colvin, ajc , 5 Feb. 2022",
"Pence's declaration marked his most forceful response yet to Trump, who has spent his post-presidency fueling his claim that the 2020 election was stolen from him. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 5 Feb. 2022"
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"Both teens are charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit forcible felony, online court records show. \u2014 Greg Hanlon, PEOPLE.com , 13 May 2022",
"The San Bernardino County District Attorney\u2019s Office filed 10 felony charges against McGuire, including kidnapping, false imprisonment by violence, torture, mayhem, assault with a deadly weapon and forcible rape. \u2014 Meredith Deliso, ABC News , 17 June 2022",
"Cohen said Jane Doe 2\u2019s account didn\u2019t even amount to a forcible rape, despite the charge, and, if allowed to be heard alongside the rape claims of Jane Does 1 and 3, could trigger improper bias. \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 31 May 2022",
"The second break-in was on the 4300 block of Western Avenue, where forcible entry to a home was made through a side door and several items of jewelry were taken. \u2014 Hank Beckman, chicagotribune.com , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Officers found evidence of a forcible entry and learned that a suspect or suspects stole more than $1,700 worth of cigarettes, alcohol and consumable goods. \u2014 cleveland , 30 Dec. 2021",
"Gomez, who was 43, had been arrested in February 2021 on suspicion of assault with intent to commit a felony and attempted forcible rape, court records show. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 May 2022",
"Almost three years after he was hit with charges of forcible touching, Cuba Gooding Jr. has pleaded guilty. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Walker was found not guilty on one count of digital penetration and two counts of forcible rape. \u2014 Charles Trepany, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2022"
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"The San Bernardino County District Attorney\u2019s Office filed 10 felony charges against McGuire, including kidnapping, false imprisonment by violence, torture, mayhem, assault with a deadly weapon and forcible rape. \u2014 Meredith Deliso, ABC News , 17 June 2022",
"Cohen said Jane Doe 2\u2019s account didn\u2019t even amount to a forcible rape, despite the charge, and, if allowed to be heard alongside the rape claims of Jane Does 1 and 3, could trigger improper bias. \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 31 May 2022",
"The second break-in was on the 4300 block of Western Avenue, where forcible entry to a home was made through a side door and several items of jewelry were taken. \u2014 Hank Beckman, chicagotribune.com , 25 Jan. 2022",
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"Almost three years after he was hit with charges of forcible touching, Cuba Gooding Jr. has pleaded guilty. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Walker was found not guilty on one count of digital penetration and two counts of forcible rape. \u2014 Charles Trepany, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2022"
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"Dozens of motivational quotes tell us that is discomfort is where growth happens\u2014I\u2019ve repeated this platitude to my backpacking clients and friends while scrambling a ridgeline or taking off our hiking boots to ford an ice-cold river. \u2014 Hannah Singleton, Outside Online , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The Jeep was compact enough to carry in gliders, could ford rivers with ease, and was extremely reliable. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 21 Sep. 2021",
"The OvrlandX concept could ford up to 32.1 inches of water. \u2014 Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press , 28 Aug. 2021",
"The 4xe comes ready to go off-road with a two-speed transfer case that enables full-time four-wheel drive, solid Dana 44 axles, 10.8 inches of clearance, and the ability to ford up to 30 inches of water. \u2014 Colin Beresford, Car and Driver , 23 Dec. 2020",
"Jeep says there's a total of 13.3 inches of ground clearance and that the 392 can ford 34 inches of water, 4 inches more than a Rubicon. \u2014 Scott Oldham, Car and Driver , 25 Sep. 2020",
"Two died: a 29-year-old Swiss woman who drowned in 2010 trying to ford the Teklanika and a 24-year-old Belarus woman last year who struggled to cross the rain-swollen river after spending two nights at the bus. \u2014 Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Sep. 2020",
"It wasn\u2019t expected that a civilian or even standard-police SUV could ford the floods \u2014 and the water was rising. \u2014 Colin Warren-hicks, USA TODAY , 19 Sep. 2020",
"Despite the high-voltage battery pack under the rear seat and cargo floor, the 4xe can ford 30 inches of water, the same as conventionally powered Jeeps. \u2014 Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press , 3 Sep. 2020"
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"fore the baby's arrival, the young couple had been able to cope with their problems",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"His firing brought to the fore decades of grievances, such as the segregation of Mexican Americans, and severe omissions in the school\u2019s curriculum, including the erasure of Chicano history. \u2014 Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker , 21 June 2022",
"The Kentucky singer-songwriter brings all of this to the fore on his new solo album Single Wide Dreamer, shuffling through a group of songs that convey empathy and humor alike, in the tradition of John Prine or wordplay master Roger Miller. \u2014 Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone , 11 May 2022",
"The 45-foot tender, known as the Aero 45, comes fitted with an ensuite cabin, a large seating area for 10, a wet bar with grill and a spacious lounge on the fore . \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The fish, instead of dragging itself with only its fore -fins, like a wheelbarrow, appeared to use all four fins to get around, like a jeep. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The Supreme Court case has once again thrust immigration to the fore ahead of the midterm elections. \u2014 John Fritze, USA TODAY , 25 Apr. 2022",
"But fore -fronting the needs of healthcare customers as a strategic imperative and not shying away from big and bold changes have all been key in building out a diagnostics innovation stack. \u2014 Pooja Pathak, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
"One of the year\u2019s most exciting developments were the new names who came to the fore on the carpet. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The trend seemed to reference a collective need to reconnect with nature, a current that Salone del Mobile\u2019s president, Maria Porro, has seen rise to the fore . \u2014 Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor , 14 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"On Thursday at Bay Hill, Tiger had some huge misses to both sides with both of those clubs, one of which ( fore right on 3) kept this round from being a really low one. \u2014 Daniel Rapaport, SI.com , 15 Mar. 2018",
"Active Ride Control moderates fore -aft pitching of the vehicle over bumps in the road by controlling the engine and brakes, for a smoother ride. \u2014 Emma Jayne Williams, star-telegram , 27 Jan. 2018",
"On Thursday at Bay Hill, Tiger had some huge misses to both sides with both of those clubs, one of which ( fore right on 3) kept this round from being a really low one. \u2014 Daniel Rapaport, SI.com , 15 Mar. 2018",
"Active Ride Control moderates fore -aft pitching of the vehicle over bumps in the road by controlling the engine and brakes, for a smoother ride. \u2014 Emma Jayne Williams, star-telegram , 27 Jan. 2018",
"Only fore -teen Fourteen year-old amateur golfer Atthaya Thitikul won the Ladies European Thailand Championship on Sunday, making her the youngest known winner of a professional golf tour event. \u2014 Claire Zillman, Fortune , 11 July 2017",
"Up and down the hydraulic arms went; fore and aft tipped the bucket. \u2014 Bulletin Board, Twin Cities , 23 Apr. 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The news brought to the fore familiar insecurities from the start of the pandemic. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Dec. 2021",
"The company is selling off a facilities business, with a pool of bidders that has brought to the fore French officials\u2019 preference for selling to French owners. \u2014 Kristen Bellstrom, Fortune , 3 Nov. 2021",
"His popularity brings to the fore generational and class fissures, and the shortcomings of an economic model that has brought growth but few jobs. \u2014 The Economist , 16 Jan. 2021",
"The Covid-19 crisis has left millions of people feeling insecure over their personal finances, bringing to the fore questions around where to live, how to work, what to study and how to prepare for the future. \u2014 Pratish Narayanan, Bloomberg.com , 1 Oct. 2020",
"With immigration at the fore front of the current debate, several of these races look even more interesting. \u2014 Chris Stirewalt, Fox News , 25 June 2018",
"A unique fen and about half the site is now forest preserve land. \u2014 Mike Danahey, Elgin Courier-News , 27 June 2017"
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"1823, in the meaning defined above":""
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"1626, in the meaning defined above":""
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": to arm in advance : prepare":[]
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"But there's more to forearm training than squeezing a stress ball for hours on end. \u2014 Brett Williams, Men's Health , 14 June 2022",
"That led to Stoudemire and Boris Diaw leaving the bench as a scrum broke out that included Horry forearming Raja Bell. \u2014 Duane Rankin, azcentral , 18 May 2020",
"The team\u2019s initial diagnosis was forearm tightness, and it later was changed to forearm discomfort. \u2014 John Shea, SFChronicle.com , 19 June 2019",
"To be forewarned is to be forearmed , and knowing the locations of enemy forces will help ground commanders make critical decisions about their own forces. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 6 Sep. 2018",
"Forewarned about Russian trolling should be forearmed . \u2014 Trudy Rubin, Philly.com , 26 Apr. 2018",
"No matter how forewarned a team might be, there is no such thing as forearmed . \u2014 Rory Smith, New York Times , 24 Apr. 2018",
"Yet if the skater extends an elbow or forearm out from the central axis of rotation, that means a slower spin. \u2014 Tom Avril, Philly.com , 7 Feb. 2018",
"Forewarned is forearmed , so here's an advance cheat sheet placing the tax cut in perspective. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com , 30 Jan. 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Inhale, engage the core muscles to lift the upper body forward, and rotate onto the left forearm while keeping the right arm in a straight line overhead. \u2014 Jen Murphy, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"The victim told police someone had shot him in the left forearm through a window from outside the store at 1841 Pennsylvania Ave. \u2014 Ngan Ho, Baltimore Sun , 31 May 2022",
"One person was shot in the right forearm , one was shot in the foot and one was shot in the lower back. \u2014 Dakin Andone And Jennifer Henderson, CNN , 18 May 2022",
"One victim was shot in the foot, another in the lower back and the third in the right forearm , Garcia said. \u2014 Fox News , 17 May 2022",
"Here's the key to the curl: Before lowering the dumbbells back to the starting position, twist your palms forward, making sure to keep your elbows in and moving only at the forearm . \u2014 Kirk Charles, Men's Health , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The victim, a 28-year-old Cleveland man, said an unknown male ran up to him in the parking lot, stabbed him in the left forearm and then ran away. \u2014 cleveland , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The forearm is less twisted when holding a vertical mouse compared to a traditional one. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 19 Apr. 2022",
"One man yelled after he was shot in the forearm and the suspect ran away, NYPD Deputy Chief Hank Saunter said at a news conference Saturday. \u2014 Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY , 15 Mar. 2022"
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"His forebears fought in the American Civil War.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Wilson\u2019s two Democratic successors, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, institutionalized their forebear \u2019s approach, and since the Forties, every president save Trump has embraced some form of liberal internationalism. \u2014 Daniel Bessner, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"Dubbed the EVolved, the reborn sports car keeps its forebear \u2019s trick door design but ditches its blocky styling. \u2014 Greg Fink, Car and Driver , 30 May 2022",
"Thompson had never made any kind of pizza before, let alone the multilayered deep-dish construction that critics often dismiss as a Midwestern casserole that has improperly \u2014 perhaps immorally \u2014 adopted the language of its Italian forebear . \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Despite being down nine horses to its six-cylinder forebear , our 2022 Sorento accelerated to 60 mph in just 6.0 seconds, a second quicker than our previous Sorento long-termer. \u2014 Greg Fink, Car and Driver , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Tom refers to is the forebear of the code run on your computer, your phone, your smart watch. \u2014 Katie Hafner, Scientific American , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The finished product ought to crib styling cues from its forebear without recycling its looks. \u2014 Gregory Fink, Car and Driver , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Matte, for instance, said she, in the eternal conflict between the Capulets and Montagues, sees a telling 16th-century forebear of today\u2019s tribal politics. \u2014 Zachary Lewis, cleveland , 10 Feb. 2022",
"While not as conceptually taut as its forebear , the new record plays like a jolt back to reality \u2014 and a sprint toward the dance floor. \u2014 Bobby Olivier, SPIN , 31 Jan. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Mike Brown said the digital driver license is the forebearer of discriminating against the unvaccinated. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Feb. 2022",
"If successful, The Mayflower Autonomous Ship, named in honor of its famous nautical forebearer and known as MAS for short, will be the first such trans-Atlantic voyage by an autonomous vessel. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 27 Nov. 2021",
"Quaker Oats retired Aunt Jemima, allowing her real-life forebearer , Nancy Green, to step out of the shadows of a minstrel past. \u2014 Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times , 13 Dec. 2020",
"Chickamauga is two lakes upstream from Guntersville and other TVA lakes in Alabama, which likely means the fish or their forebearers passed through Alabama waters and that lots of them could still be there. \u2014 Frank Sargeant, al , 22 Jan. 2020",
"Our generation inherited a healthy ocean from our forebearers . \u2014 CNN , 24 Sep. 2019",
"Many of our forebearers , including my great-grandfather, were undocumented immigrants, no different from Central American migrants today. \u2014 Aaron Freedman, The New Republic , 9 Aug. 2019",
"Like so many long-standing Southern white families, McConnell's forebearers built their wealth with free slave labor and cheap land. \u2014 The Courier-Journal , 13 July 2019",
"With over 200 years of Indiana history in the books, 35 stops across the state are offering discounts May 10 to learn about our Indiana forebearers or examine antiques. \u2014 Chris Sims, Indianapolis Star , 1 May 2018"
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"\u2014 Nathaniel Hawthorne"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Mild humor about the micronation\u2019s pretensions to real statehood seems especially vaporous on the imposing set (by Andrew Boyce) and amid the foreboding ocean roar of Jane Shaw\u2019s sound design. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Oct. 2019",
"The illustrations of these ecological tragedies are foreboding but oddly serene, and the message is simple: don\u2019t litter, recycle, plant trees. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 22 Apr. 2020",
"Here at the dawn of 2020, though, the mirror of science fiction has a more somber and foreboding reality to reflect back to us. \u2014 Kate Cox, Ars Technica , 24 Jan. 2020",
"The United States\u2019 wars in the Middle East have slogged on, with plenty of tense and foreboding moments, for about as long as most teenagers have been alive. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Jan. 2020",
"The dialogue crackles, but what comes next is as important: Mark jogging through the dark campus back to his dorm as Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross\u2019s foreboding score builds in the background. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 31 Dec. 2019",
"The remote, desolate lighthouse that Winslow (Robert Pattinson) moves into at the start of the film would be foreboding enough without those dreary, shuddering honks. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 18 Oct. 2019",
"This kind of ominous, vague, foreboding comments from the president. \u2014 NBC News , 19 Nov. 2019",
"In short, jobs remain plentiful enough that consumers don't share the sense of foreboding that many CEOs feel. \u2014 Kevin Kelleher, Fortune , 18 Nov. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The day was a patchwork of the hopeful and the foreboding . \u2014 New York Times , 8 May 2022",
"In Washington, there\u2019s a deep foreboding about the stakes that are so reminiscent of the past. \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Overlaying everything, domestic or foreign, is a constant foreboding in the White House over what Trump might do next. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 16 Jan. 2022",
"An inescapable north wind joined with the frigid thermometer readings to yield wind chills in the teens, enhancing our meteorological foreboding . \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Jan. 2022",
"Musically, the duo did their best to underscore the tension and foreboding of the moment. \u2014 Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic , 6 Jan. 2022",
"At the start of yet another year of Covid-19 in our midst, its latest variant rising, there is for many a sense of familiar foreboding . \u2014 New York Times , 3 Jan. 2022",
"The split-level set kept the actors in exquisite balance; the sense of tragic foreboding seemed to well up from inside the characters themselves. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Nov. 2021",
"Since then, feelings of fear, anxiety and general foreboding have loomed over the neighborhood. \u2014 Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Swirls of brown mud cake the lower walls of the home and tree roots infest the foundation of Brian Redfern\u2019s evocative and foreboding set. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 May 2022",
"The massive lineup of military vehicles \u2014 sometimes positioned two or three side-by-side on the road, sometimes spaced by several yards \u2014 appears both formidable and foreboding . \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Nearly two years have passed since the fifth season of Outlander wrapped, ending on an incredibly solemn and foreboding note. \u2014 Sharareh Drury, Variety , 6 Mar. 2022",
"In Kyiv, where Ukrainians had been nervously awaiting Mr. Putin\u2019s decision, the reaction to his speech was one of disgust and foreboding . \u2014 New York Times , 21 Feb. 2022",
"The foreboding arrival of the Spacing Guild \u2014 descending the Heighliner ramp to deliver a mandate to Leto \u2014 sets the stage for director Denis Villeneuve\u2019s ambitious vision. \u2014 Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Mar. 2022",
"People dressed in black pile up, forming a foreboding cyclone of human bodies. \u2014 Hannah Dailey, Billboard , 8 Mar. 2022",
"But despite their foreboding appearance, these marine phantoms are harmless, except to plankton. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 27 Feb. 2022",
"In the end, the sensation is the same: a foreboding feeling of pervasive, imminent risk. \u2014 Ian Bogost, The Atlantic , 26 Feb. 2022"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"All of the courses will be walking only, and only forecaddies will be available. \u2014 Jim Owczarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 22 Apr. 2020",
"The event starts at noon and includes a barbeque lunch & refreshments, cart and forecaddie . \u2014 Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News , 28 Aug. 2019",
"The event starts at noon and includes a barbeque lunch & refreshments, cart and forecaddie . \u2014 Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News , 28 Aug. 2019",
"Info: Green fee costs $550, including forecaddies and cart. \u2014 Michael Hiller, Los Angeles Times , 3 Oct. 2019",
"The event starts at noon and includes a barbeque lunch & refreshments, cart and forecaddie . \u2014 Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News , 28 Aug. 2019",
"The event starts at noon and includes a barbeque lunch & refreshments, cart and forecaddie . \u2014 Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News , 28 Aug. 2019",
"The event starts at noon and includes a barbeque lunch & refreshments, cart and forecaddie . \u2014 Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News , 28 Aug. 2019",
"The event starts at noon and includes a barbeque lunch & refreshments, cart and forecaddie . \u2014 Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News , 28 Aug. 2019"
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"Noun",
"want to catch the weather forecast so I'll know what kind of clothes to pack for the trip tomorrow",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Gusty winds and heavy rain are expected in Aruba and life-threatening flash flooding is forecast for Nicaragua and Costa Rica. \u2014 Emily Shapiro, ABC News , 29 June 2022",
"Our interactive dashboard on Rio Tinto\u2019s valuation highlights the historical trends in revenues, earnings, valuation multiple, and forecast for FY2022. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"Monday\u2019s temperature high is forecast for 91 with a low of 74. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel , 27 June 2022",
"Highs Thursdays were forecast for the mid-90s, though Atlanta is expected to get a reprieve into the weekend. \u2014 Drew Kann, ajc , 23 June 2022",
"Cooler temperatures are forecast for the Los Angeles area, but a heat wave will return midweek. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
"High temperatures are still forecast for next week. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 10 June 2022",
"Coronavirus cases are surging, gas prices keep hitting record highs, and heat waves and storms are forecast for many parts of the United States. \u2014 Christine Chung, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
"Speaking of afternoon showers -- severe storms are forecast for Saturday, Sunday and Monday along the boundary between the cooler air in the Northwest and the oppressive heat. \u2014 Judson Jones, CNN , 26 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"If the forecast calls for any inclement weather the team errs on the side of keeping it shut. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 1 July 2022",
"The National Weather Service\u2019s forecast calls for light breezes and clear skies throughout the day with overnight lows only dropping into the upper 60s. \u2014 Mike Rose, cleveland , 29 June 2022",
"The forecast calls for all those counties to be yellow/moderate on both Wednesday and Thursday. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 June 2022",
"The forecast calls for a carbon copy of Tuesday with a temperature in the 90s and an excessive heat warning in effect through Wednesday evening. \u2014 Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star , 14 June 2022",
"The flood concerns could continue because Thursday\u2019s forecast also calls for seasonal afternoon rains. \u2014 Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel , 8 June 2022",
"The weather forecast calls for temperatures in the 90s on Friday and 80s on Saturday at Buchanan High School in Clovis for the first state track and field championships since 2019; expect large crowds and great enthusiasm. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
"The forecast calls for a 10 percent chance of rain after 5 p.m. \u2014 The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 21 May 2022",
"The forecast calls for cooler conditions and more humidity Sunday, but the Susitna Valley will remain drier than surrounding areas, fire officials say. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 21 May 2022"
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"The company is forecasting reduced profits.",
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"Noun",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Gusty winds and heavy rain are expected in Aruba and life-threatening flash flooding is forecast for Nicaragua and Costa Rica. \u2014 Emily Shapiro, ABC News , 29 June 2022",
"Our interactive dashboard on Rio Tinto\u2019s valuation highlights the historical trends in revenues, earnings, valuation multiple, and forecast for FY2022. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"Monday\u2019s temperature high is forecast for 91 with a low of 74. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel , 27 June 2022",
"Highs Thursdays were forecast for the mid-90s, though Atlanta is expected to get a reprieve into the weekend. \u2014 Drew Kann, ajc , 23 June 2022",
"Cooler temperatures are forecast for the Los Angeles area, but a heat wave will return midweek. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
"High temperatures are still forecast for next week. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 10 June 2022",
"Coronavirus cases are surging, gas prices keep hitting record highs, and heat waves and storms are forecast for many parts of the United States. \u2014 Christine Chung, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
"Speaking of afternoon showers -- severe storms are forecast for Saturday, Sunday and Monday along the boundary between the cooler air in the Northwest and the oppressive heat. \u2014 Judson Jones, CNN , 26 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"If the forecast calls for any inclement weather the team errs on the side of keeping it shut. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 1 July 2022",
"The National Weather Service\u2019s forecast calls for light breezes and clear skies throughout the day with overnight lows only dropping into the upper 60s. \u2014 Mike Rose, cleveland , 29 June 2022",
"The forecast calls for all those counties to be yellow/moderate on both Wednesday and Thursday. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 June 2022",
"The forecast calls for a carbon copy of Tuesday with a temperature in the 90s and an excessive heat warning in effect through Wednesday evening. \u2014 Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star , 14 June 2022",
"The flood concerns could continue because Thursday\u2019s forecast also calls for seasonal afternoon rains. \u2014 Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel , 8 June 2022",
"The weather forecast calls for temperatures in the 90s on Friday and 80s on Saturday at Buchanan High School in Clovis for the first state track and field championships since 2019; expect large crowds and great enthusiasm. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
"The forecast calls for a 10 percent chance of rain after 5 p.m. \u2014 The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 21 May 2022",
"The forecast calls for cooler conditions and more humidity Sunday, but the Susitna Valley will remain drier than surrounding areas, fire officials say. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 21 May 2022"
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"Gusty winds and heavy rain are expected in Aruba and life-threatening flash flooding is forecast for Nicaragua and Costa Rica. \u2014 Emily Shapiro, ABC News , 29 June 2022",
"Our interactive dashboard on Rio Tinto\u2019s valuation highlights the historical trends in revenues, earnings, valuation multiple, and forecast for FY2022. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"Monday\u2019s temperature high is forecast for 91 with a low of 74. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel , 27 June 2022",
"Highs Thursdays were forecast for the mid-90s, though Atlanta is expected to get a reprieve into the weekend. \u2014 Drew Kann, ajc , 23 June 2022",
"Cooler temperatures are forecast for the Los Angeles area, but a heat wave will return midweek. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
"High temperatures are still forecast for next week. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 10 June 2022",
"Coronavirus cases are surging, gas prices keep hitting record highs, and heat waves and storms are forecast for many parts of the United States. \u2014 Christine Chung, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
"Speaking of afternoon showers -- severe storms are forecast for Saturday, Sunday and Monday along the boundary between the cooler air in the Northwest and the oppressive heat. \u2014 Judson Jones, CNN , 26 May 2022",
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"The National Weather Service\u2019s forecast calls for light breezes and clear skies throughout the day with overnight lows only dropping into the upper 60s. \u2014 Mike Rose, cleveland , 29 June 2022",
"The forecast calls for all those counties to be yellow/moderate on both Wednesday and Thursday. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 June 2022",
"The forecast calls for a carbon copy of Tuesday with a temperature in the 90s and an excessive heat warning in effect through Wednesday evening. \u2014 Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star , 14 June 2022",
"The flood concerns could continue because Thursday\u2019s forecast also calls for seasonal afternoon rains. \u2014 Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel , 8 June 2022",
"The weather forecast calls for temperatures in the 90s on Friday and 80s on Saturday at Buchanan High School in Clovis for the first state track and field championships since 2019; expect large crowds and great enthusiasm. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
"The forecast calls for a 10 percent chance of rain after 5 p.m. \u2014 The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 21 May 2022",
"The forecast calls for cooler conditions and more humidity Sunday, but the Susitna Valley will remain drier than surrounding areas, fire officials say. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 21 May 2022"
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"The two Advanced Gun Systems were designed to hide their 31.5-foot-long barrels until the moment of firing, reducing the turrets to two metallic lumps on the forecastle . \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 5 Aug. 2019",
"In moments of leisure, the crew of the Pequod lie in the forecastle swapping tales of women and wandering, singing shanties and dancing jigs. \u2014 The Economist , 18 July 2019"
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"The political forefather of this vision is probably Pat Buchanan, who inveighed against free trade and multiculturalism in the 1990s. \u2014 Simon Van Zuylen-wood, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Jan. 2022",
"The political forefather of this vision is probably Pat Buchanan, who inveighed against free trade and multiculturalism in the 1990s. \u2014 Simon Van Zuylen-wood, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Jan. 2022",
"The political forefather of this vision is probably Pat Buchanan, who inveighed against free trade and multiculturalism in the 1990s. \u2014 Simon Van Zuylen-wood, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Jan. 2022",
"Iggy Pop, frontman of groundbreaking rock outfit the Stooges and long considered a forefather of punk, has been named a recipient of the 2022 Polar Music Prize. \u2014 Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone , 8 Feb. 2022",
"The political forefather of this vision is probably Pat Buchanan, who inveighed against free trade and multiculturalism in the 1990s. \u2014 Simon Van Zuylen-wood, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Jan. 2022",
"The political forefather of this vision is probably Pat Buchanan, who inveighed against free trade and multiculturalism in the 1990s. \u2014 Simon Van Zuylen-wood, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Jan. 2022",
"The political forefather of this vision is probably Pat Buchanan, who inveighed against free trade and multiculturalism in the 1990s. \u2014 Simon Van Zuylen-wood, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Jan. 2022",
"The political forefather of this vision is probably Pat Buchanan, who inveighed against free trade and multiculturalism in the 1990s. \u2014 Simon Van Zuylen-wood, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Jan. 2022"
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"The topic, little noticed in the immediate wake of the ruling, has surged to the forefront in recent days. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022",
"Trade Coffee's specialty is bringing coffee from small roasters to the forefront . \u2014 Jaina Grey Scott Gilbertson, Wired , 30 June 2022",
"Previously unattainable opportunities have moved to the forefront , and the younger demographic \u2014 specifically, those in the 13 to 35 age group \u2014 continues to push the digital world forward with each passing day. \u2014 Gary Drenik, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"After sifting through those ratings a bit, some pros and cons of Epic's unique user review approach come to the forefront . \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 28 June 2022",
"But that would be amazing to bring a ninja warrior to Cincinnati, bring it to the forefront and hopefully get some more gyms and show that this sport has a lot more to offer than just the TV show. \u2014 Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer , 27 June 2022",
"Unionization has been batted around for a while, but Jan. 6 helped push it to the forefront . \u2014 New York Times , 26 June 2022",
"Emerging artist Alejo drops his first-ever EP this week, with seven tracks that bring to the forefront his musical identity. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 24 June 2022",
"Iskra Lawrence is well known in the fashion industry for bringing the message of body positivity to the forefront . \u2014 Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR , 23 June 2022"
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"As seen, in all of the foregoing 20-year periods surveyed, the stock index possessed average annual returns exceeding that of the rate of inflation. \u2014 Dan Cupkovic, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"The daily average is also now a significant undercount, with most people testing positive on rapid tests that go unreported or foregoing testing altogether. \u2014 Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com , 31 May 2022",
"To those of you that are seriously immersed in the AI field, none of this foregoing pronouncement is surprising or raises any eyebrows. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"That should help doctors and patients feel more comfortable foregoing radiation after thyroid surgery, Leboulleux said. \u2014 Angus Chen, STAT , 10 Mar. 2022",
"None of the foregoing discussion is intended to imply that collaboration tools are inherently evil or unable to deliver productivity benefits. \u2014 Mark Settle, Forbes , 14 Sep. 2021",
"Note that the foregoing description about what to do in a car crash or collision is predicated on the notion that the other car had a driver at the wheel. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 1 Oct. 2021",
"The foregoing content reflects Rick Miller\u2019s opinions and is subject to change at any time without notice. \u2014 Rick Miller, Forbes , 24 June 2021",
"On a night when Clayton Kershaw was nigh unhittable in leading Los Angeles to a 3\u20131 win, Bregman supplied the foregoing qualifier by hitting a fourth-inning home run. \u2014 Steven Goldman, Slate Magazine , 27 Oct. 2017"
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"But while the end of this season was a foregone conclusion , did manage to surprise with a cameo that very few of us saw coming. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 23 June 2022",
"Equally celebratory and reverential, the show took on greater significance given that the return of the seemingly unlikely pairing was never a foregone conclusion . \u2014 Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"If Cho\u2019s casting was a foregone conclusion , the most challenging role to fill was Will, the aloof and snobbish Darcy character who eventually reveals a wellspring of decency and repressed passion. \u2014 Inkoo Kang, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"In certain cases, the outcome may be a foregone conclusion . \u2014 Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online , 31 May 2022",
"But success in achieving financial inclusion isn\u2019t a foregone conclusion for these telcos. \u2014 Alexander Onukwue, Quartz , 5 May 2022",
"Weyand disputed that DeWine\u2019s victory is a foregone conclusion , pointing to internal data showing the Wadsworth Republican with a narrow lead over DeWine. \u2014 Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The Hawks were officially eliminated from playoff contention Tuesday \u2014 a foregone conclusion long before then \u2014 and the team heads into Sunday\u2019s home game against the Dallas Stars riding a six-game losing streak. \u2014 Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Returning to Indianapolis, however, wasn\u2019t a foregone conclusion for Rhodes. \u2014 Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star , 1 Apr. 2021"
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"Noun",
"We want the issue to be in the foreground .",
"Verb",
"Public discussion has foregrounded the issue of health care.",
"repeatedly foregrounded his experience in international affairs in the course of his campaign for the presidency",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"They were armed with a camera, posing in the foreground while players held the Stanley Cup near Lobnoye Mesto \u2014 the Place of Skulls \u2014 where 16th-century czar Ivan the Terrible was said to behead his rivals. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 14 June 2022",
"The tweet included a crime scene photo of the aftermath of the crash, with two badly damaged vehicles visible in the foreground . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"Deliberately blurring objects in the foreground can also serve as a great way to frame the subject in your photo so, as well as enhanced realism, this new feature will bring new creative possibilities to iPhone photography. \u2014 Paul Monckton, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"The rich red of Mary\u2019s gown and the green, billowing folds of the angel\u2019s dress in the foreground are contrasted with the background\u2019s cloudy countryside. \u2014 Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 June 2022",
"Beyond all this activity in the foreground lies the chapel for those seeking solace. \u2014 Adie Vanessa Offiong, CNN , 2 June 2022",
"Another work features a bag of Goldfish elegantly placed atop a blue sheet, while another has a packet of Takis accented with a lime in the foreground . \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 1 June 2022",
"And the foreground is the modernization of business software and technologies that ensure a smooth workflow. \u2014 Evgeniy Altynpara, Forbes , 7 Sep. 2021",
"The former Grissom High School, rebooted as the Sandra Moon Community Complex, is in the foreground . \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 22 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Parks\u2019 resulting photographs from Penola\u2014dramatically staged and lit, striking in their compositions\u2014 foreground the importance of the story of industry and war preparation in the U.S., a source of pride for the workers and people of Pittsburgh. \u2014 Chadd Scott, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"News coverage of the war in Ukraine continues to foreground interesting words, such as sanctions and flywheel. \u2014 Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Seyfried is careful to foreground those qualities in her own work. \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 5 May 2022",
"Everything might rise even higher with those resonant histories in the background rather than foreground . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The index reifies it as a book, at the same time that the choice to foreground one topic or another might surprise even the author. \u2014 Alexandra Horowitz, The Atlantic , 16 Mar. 2022",
"With a couple of secondary exceptions, Winning Time keeps the real names for all of its participants, and Borenstein\u2019s instinct is to foreground his characters\u2019 myriad warts. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Kazin shows great instincts throughout for discerning which specific cases to zoom in on and which historical actors to foreground , all in service of his core argument. \u2014 Sam Rosenfeld, The New Republic , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Designer Liz Claiborne, foreground , in New York City in 1987. \u2014 James R. Hagerty, WSJ , 10 Feb. 2022"
],
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"1695, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1892, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02ccgrau\u0307nd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"accent",
"accentuate",
"emphasize",
"feature",
"highlight",
"illuminate",
"play up",
"point (up)",
"press",
"punctuate",
"stress"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083303",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"foregut":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the anterior part of the digestive tract of a vertebrate embryo that develops into the pharynx, esophagus, stomach, and extreme anterior part of the intestine":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Scanning electron micrograph depicting a mass of Yersinia pestis bacteria (the cause of bubonic plague) in the foregut of the flea vector. \u2014 Evan Bush, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
"As Taylor explains to Osborne, O. quadrata\u2019s three main stomach teeth rub against each other to grind up food in the animal\u2019s foregut . \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian , 12 Sep. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1875, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02ccg\u0259t",
"-\u02ccg\u0259t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061458",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foreguy":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a guy rope that is attached to the pole of a spinnaker and is chiefly used to keep the pole in place : a downhaul attached to a spinnaker":[
"Set the pole on the windward side, secure the pole lift and foreguy , and drop the afterguy through the jaws in the end of the pole.",
"\u2014 Robby Robinson , The International Marine Book of Sailing , 2009",
"You'll need a topping lift to raise the outboard end of the pole to the correct height, and a downhaul, or foreguy , to pull the pole down and forward.",
"\u2014 Sailing Magazine , September 2011"
]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02ccg\u012b"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023922",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forehall":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a front hall especially in a large building":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"fore- + hall":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163331",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"forehammer":{
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"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English forhamer, forehamer , from for-, fore- fore + hamer hammer":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050324",
"type":[
"noun"
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": done or given in advance : prior":[],
": made with the palm of the hand turned in the direction in which the hand is moving":[
"a forehand tennis stroke"
],
": superior position : advantage":[],
": the part of a horse that is before the rider":[],
": with a forehand stroke":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"She hit a forehand across the court.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"With the roof closed because of sporadic rain, Kwon was able to pick his spots with his booming forehand . \u2014 Chris Lehourites, ajc , 27 June 2022",
"Gauff had 23 unforced errors and three double faults, most coming off her forehand , which was wide at times, including on match point, which sent Swiatek to her knees in celebration after the victory. \u2014 Scooby Axson, USA TODAY , 4 June 2022",
"But Saturday belonged to Swiatek and her own heavy-topspin forehand . \u2014 New York Times , 4 June 2022",
"Kocur went hard to his forehand , and when Hextall bit on the fake, Kocur roofed his backhander. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 31 May 2022",
"He's revolutionized the sport with his ferocious topspin forehand , his freakish strength and his relentless drive. \u2014 John Blake, CNN , 27 May 2022",
"Perhaps more than Nadal, who survived one of the great scares of his storied French Open career against Auger-Aliassime, the athletic and tireless Canadian with a booming serve and big forehand . \u2014 New York Times , 29 May 2022",
"Fritz\u2019s pace and relative freshness were too much for Nadal, who had strained himself in his match with Alcaraz and was struggling with chest pain; his first serve and forehand were just not there. \u2014 Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Swiatek, hitting a comfortable stride, gained another break for 5-1 and clinched the match on a forehand winner. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 Mar. 2022"
],
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"1557, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1599, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"1925, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02cchand"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-073100",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"forehand rent":{
"antonyms":[],
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": foregift":[],
": rent made payable before the tenant's crop out of which it is to be paid has been harvested":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180715",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forehanded":{
"antonyms":[
"half-baked",
"half-cocked",
"improvident",
"myopic",
"shortsighted"
],
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": forehand sense 2":[],
": mindful of the future : prudent":[],
": well-to-do":[]
},
"examples":[
"was forehanded enough to stock up on batteries for winter storms"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1650, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)f\u022fr-\u02c8han-d\u0259d"
],
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"synonyms":[
"farseeing",
"farsighted",
"foreseeing",
"foresighted",
"forethoughtful",
"forward",
"forward-looking",
"prescient",
"proactive",
"provident",
"visionary"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064242",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"forehead":{
"antonyms":[
"back",
"rear",
"rearward",
"reverse"
],
"definitions":{
": the front or forepart of something":[
"flames in the forehead of the morning sky",
"\u2014 John Milton"
],
": the part of the face above the eyes":[]
},
"examples":[
"the forehead of the ancient temple features a frieze of dramatically posed figures",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After a second arrest in Hawaii in April, this time for second-degree assault after allegedly throwing a chair at a woman and leaving her with a cut on her forehead , the actor additionally has had two protection orders placed against them. \u2014 Manori Ravindran, Variety , 1 July 2022",
"Her nose was bruised and scraped and there were red marks on her forehead . \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 30 June 2022",
"Miller was arrested again on April 19 after allegedly throwing a chair at a 26-year-old woman upon being asked to leave a private home, leaving the woman with a half-inch cut on her forehead . \u2014 Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone , 23 June 2022",
"The woman refused treatment for a half-inch cut on her forehead , police said. \u2014 Charles Trepany, USA TODAY , 18 May 2022",
"Lillard then put his left hand on his forehead and shook his head, still flashing a small smile laced with frustration. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 May 2022",
"This shower cap is a great deal at less than $5 and has a flexible elastic band that won't leave behind an awkward line on your forehead once you're done using it. \u2014 Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 May 2022",
"In a 13th-century portrait attributed to the Chinese monk Hu Zhifu, for example, a man displays the marks of enlightenment: the small circle on his forehead , hair in tight curls, the protrusion at the apex of the skull. \u2014 Lee Lawrence, WSJ , 11 May 2022",
"The video showed Tyson standing up, leaning over the back of his seat and repeatedly punching the passenger, who was later video recorded with blood on his forehead . \u2014 Bill Hutchinson, ABC News , 10 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"also \u02c8f\u022fr-\u02cced",
"\u02c8f\u00e4r-; \u02c8f\u014d(\u0259)r-\u02cched",
"\u02c8f\u022f(\u0259)r-",
"\u02c8f\u00e4r-\u0259d",
"\u02c8f\u022fr-",
"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u0259d",
"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02cched"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"facade",
"fa\u00e7ade",
"face",
"forepart",
"front"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185147",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forehead thermometer":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1979, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183748",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foreheaded":{
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"definitions":{
": having or characterized by a forehead":[
"\u2014 used in combination with a qualifying adjective a low- foreheaded race"
]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-d\u0259\u0307d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190735",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"forehearth":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a steel furnace having an attachment in the front so as to dispense with the casting ladle":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"fore- + hearth":""
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184316",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foreign":{
"antonyms":[
"domestic",
"native"
],
"definitions":{
": alien in character : not connected or pertinent":[
"this design is not foreign from some people's thoughts",
"\u2014 Jonathan Swift"
],
": born in, belonging to, or characteristic of some place or country other than the one under consideration":[
"has a large foreign population",
"foreign languages"
],
": not being within the jurisdiction of a political unit (such as a state)":[
"foreign corporations"
],
": not recognized by the immune system as part of the self":[
"foreign proteins"
],
": occurring in an abnormal situation in the living body and often introduced from outside":[
"a foreign body lodged in the esophagus"
],
": of, relating to, or proceeding from some other person or material thing than the one under consideration":[
"foreign aid"
],
": related to or dealing with other nations":[
"foreign trade"
]
},
"examples":[
"They've visited several foreign countries.",
"We don't get many foreign visitors.",
"Have you studied any foreign languages",
"She has a foreign accent.",
"the ministry of foreign affairs",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Since then, almost 200 people have been arrested on charges of subversion, secession, terrorism or collusion with foreign forces, including journalists and many of Hong Kong\u2019s most prominent pro-democracy figures. \u2014 Jennifer Jett, NBC News , 1 July 2022",
"In May, five democracy advocates were arrested in Hong Kong under China\u2019s draconian National Security Law, which supposedly aims to crack down on secession, subversion, terrorism, and collusion with foreign forces. \u2014 Michelle Le, National Review , 1 July 2022",
"Although humanitarian aid continues to flow to Afghanistan, funds needed for longer-term development were halted when the Taliban seized control of the country in August 2021 as foreign forces withdrew. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 June 2022",
"Perry was active in Trump\u2019s post-election efforts in Pennsylvania, conveying outlandish theories about how foreign forces\u2014including, oddly, the British\u2014had tampered with the ballot count. \u2014 Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker , 12 June 2022",
"Bookings for foreign travel from the U.S. are approaching prepandemic levels for many destinations, according to data from ForwardKeys. \u2014 Stephanie Armour, WSJ , 10 June 2022",
"This reduces the risk of escalation, while still making their point that foreign forces are unwelcome in the South China Sea. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 8 June 2022",
"It\u2019s the antiwar people, the anti-Putin people, who will waste away, trapped in a world without Apple, without Netflix, without Camembert, without foreign travel. \u2014 Emmanuel Carr\u00e8re, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"While there, this advance team is subject to Secret Service ethics regulations regarding foreign travel and conduct as well as State Department oversight and host nation protocols. \u2014 Bydonald J. Mihalek, ABC News , 20 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English forein , from Anglo-French, from Late Latin foranus on the outside, from Latin foris outside \u2014 more at forum":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u0259n",
"\u02c8f\u00e4r-",
"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u0259n, \u02c8f\u00e4r-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for foreign extrinsic , extraneous , foreign , alien mean external to a thing, its essential nature, or its original character. extrinsic applies to what is distinctly outside the thing in question or is not contained in or derived from its essential nature. sentimental value that is extrinsic to the house's market value extraneous applies to what is on or comes from the outside and may or may not be capable of becoming an essential part. arguments extraneous to the issue foreign applies to what is so different as to be rejected or repelled or to be incapable of becoming assimilated. techniques foreign to French cuisine alien is stronger than foreign in suggesting opposition, repugnance, or irreconcilability. a practice totally alien to her nature",
"synonyms":[
"alien",
"nonnative"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013916",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"foreign minister":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a governmental minister for foreign affairs":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"What\u2019s more, says the foreign minister , people have rights simply by virtue of being human \u2014 rights from birth. \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 2 June 2022",
"Other senior Ukrainian officials will be attending the gathering in person, including the foreign minister , two deputy prime ministers and the mayor of Kyiv. \u2014 Lateshia Beachum, Washington Post , 22 May 2022",
"Prior to being tested, Blinken had a bilateral meeting with Sweden\u2019s foreign minister . \u2014 Deirdre Shesgreen, USA TODAY , 4 May 2022",
"While visiting Poland in March, Blinken stepped briefly onto Ukrainian soil to meet with the country's foreign minister . \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Blinken stepped briefly onto Ukrainian soil in March to meet with the country's foreign minister during a visit to Poland. \u2014 David Keyton, ajc , 24 Apr. 2022",
"China's vice foreign minister reiterated blame against NATO for the war in Ukraine and criticized sanctions against Russia in a speech delivered at a conference in Beijing Saturday. \u2014 NBC News , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Italy\u2019s foreign minister confirmed that its last military flight evacuating people would depart later on Friday. \u2014 The Christian Science Monitor , 27 Aug. 2021",
"Khamenei\u2019s apparent censure of the foreign minister casts doubt over any potential presidential ambitions, as the Guardian Council, a body of senior clerics and legal experts that serves under Khamenei, vets candidates for office. \u2014 Fox News , 3 May 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1678, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190908",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forejudge":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": prejudge":[],
": to expel, oust, or put out by judgment of a court":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1561, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English forjuggen , from Anglo-French forjuger, forsjugger , from fors outside (from Latin foris ) + juger to judge":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"f\u022fr-",
"f\u0259r-\u02c8j\u0259j",
"(\u02cc)f\u022fr-\u02c8j\u0259j"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130739",
"type":[
"verb"
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},
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"definitions":{
": a judgment under English law by which one is expelled, ousted, or put out":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English forjugger , from Middle French forjugier, forsjugier to forejudge":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174322",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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": forejudger":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"fore- + judgment":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8j\u0259jm\u0259nt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191123",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foreknow":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to have previous knowledge of : know beforehand especially by paranormal means or by revelation":[]
},
"examples":[
"what couple can possibly foreknow the trials and tribulations that marriage will bring"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)f\u022fr-\u02c8n\u014d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for foreknow foresee , foreknow , divine , anticipate mean to know beforehand. foresee implies nothing about how the knowledge is derived and may apply to ordinary reasoning and experience. economists should have foreseen the recession foreknow usually implies supernatural assistance, as through revelation. if only we could foreknow our own destinies divine adds to foresee the suggestion of exceptional wisdom or discernment. was able to divine Europe's rapid recovery from the war anticipate implies taking action about or responding emotionally to something before it happens. the waiter anticipated our every need",
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"anticipate",
"divine",
"forefeel",
"foresee",
"prevision"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234530",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"foreknowable":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": being or capable of being known in advance":[
"a foreknowable verdict"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u014d\u0259b\u0259l"
],
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184920",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"foreknower":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": one that foreknows":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u014d\u0259(r)"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173147",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foreknowingly":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": with foreknowledge":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085900",
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"foreknowledge":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to have previous knowledge of : know beforehand especially by paranormal means or by revelation":[]
},
"examples":[
"what couple can possibly foreknow the trials and tribulations that marriage will bring"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)f\u022fr-\u02c8n\u014d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for foreknow foresee , foreknow , divine , anticipate mean to know beforehand. foresee implies nothing about how the knowledge is derived and may apply to ordinary reasoning and experience. economists should have foreseen the recession foreknow usually implies supernatural assistance, as through revelation. if only we could foreknow our own destinies divine adds to foresee the suggestion of exceptional wisdom or discernment. was able to divine Europe's rapid recovery from the war anticipate implies taking action about or responding emotionally to something before it happens. the waiter anticipated our every need",
"synonyms":[
"anticipate",
"divine",
"forefeel",
"foresee",
"prevision"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-114230",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"forel":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a sheath or slipcase for holding a book":[],
": an inferior parchment for book covers":[],
": burse sense 2c":[],
": sheath , case":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English forel case, sheath, from Middle French forrel, fourrel , diminutive of fuerre sheath":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021330",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forelady":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": forewoman":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The forelady is a white woman, Mrs. Dorothy Hudson, of 3060 1/2 Main st, formerly a power machine operator at Standard Parachute corp. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1889, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02ccl\u0101-d\u0113"
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"Swinehart wrote: The delay was long enough to get off another arrow, which buried deep behind the foreleg just as the rhino disappeared behind the thorn growth. \u2014 David Howard, Popular Mechanics , 11 Aug. 2021",
"Per a chart cited by Ruppert, finds include a chunk of the horse\u2019s saddle, a foreleg fragment and a piece of the king\u2019s cloak. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian , 1 Nov. 2019",
"Some stuck the landing by first planting their forelegs on the surface, then swinging their bodies into place, similar to a back flip (see video, above). \u2014 Stephenie Livingston, Science | AAAS , 23 Oct. 2019",
"The animal was favoring its left hind leg and suffered abrasions to its forelegs . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Sep. 2019",
"In Soergel\u2019s model, the creature would have had strong hind legs and short forelegs , both of which were held much more upright than in living reptiles. \u2014 Hans-dieter Sues, Smithsonian , 11 Sep. 2019",
"To see a small thin dog arrowing through the air at highway speeds, resistant to gravity, its forelegs out, its hind legs trailing, its thin proud snout straining forward, is to experience a brief moment of d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu. \u2014 Christopher Solomon, Outside Online , 18 June 2018",
"His 1993 feature on the subject began with a painfully detailed description of a filly named So Sly, whose left foreleg snapped in half during a race at Pimlico. \u2014 Harrison Smith, Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2018",
"What to do with rabbit forelegs left over from making rabbit-liver terrine and rabbit confit"
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"Unlike suspensory great apes that favor their forelimbs and bipedal hominins which prefer their hindlimbs, the anatomy of D. guggenmosi indicates that the ancient primate used both sets of limbs equally. \u2014 Andrea Michelson, Smithsonian , 6 Nov. 2019",
"Taking cues from the anatomy of pterosaurs, which are real creatures that lived millions of years ago, Game of Thrones creator George R. R. Martin instead imagined his fictional dragons to have four limbs: two wings for forelimbs and two hind legs. \u2014 John Pickrell, National Geographic , 26 Nov. 2019",
"An earlier fossil found in South Africa revealed an adult from this group with its forelimb surrounding multiple juveniles, in what looks like a protective posture. \u2014 Tim Vernimmen, National Geographic , 23 Dec. 2019",
"Longer than an ocean liner and powered by strong forelimbs for grabbing unsuspecting creatures, the monster also had a graceful, feline-esque shape with shoulder blades above its spine and a long tail. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 19 Dec. 2019",
"Emtech, a 3-year-old colt, had two broken front forelimbs , track owners the Stronach Group said in a news release. \u2014 Steve Almasy, CNN , 28 Sep. 2019",
"So biologist Joel Hutson and geologist Kelda Hutson compared the forelimb mechanics of alligators with fossils from Postosuchus\u2014a relative of early dinosaurs and an ancestor of alligators and crocodiles\u2014to learn more about joint mobility. \u2014 Sarah Lewin Frasier, Scientific American , 1 June 2015"
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"The jury foreman , Bernard Cody, rose to announce the verdict. \u2014 Ken Auletta, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"The foreman , the sole Black man on the panel, wept when the verdict was read. \u2014 Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor , 23 Feb. 2022",
"The foreman , Reggie (a believable Brandon J. Dirden), plays his part as the blue-collar boss, attempting to carry out the rules enforced by his unseen white-collar bosses upstairs. \u2014 Ayanna Prescod, Variety , 26 Jan. 2022",
"In the end, the twelve jurors consisted of six white men, two white women, three Black women, and one Black man, who served as the jury foreman . \u2014 Ken Auletta, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"Her stewed beef with rice was the foreman \u2019s favorite. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
"Gibson is a foreman within the Bridge Unit and has worked for the county for 20 years. \u2014 Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press , 3 May 2022",
"One of those operations guys is Brian Murphy associate shop foreman at Stewart-Haas Racing, a team which fields four Next Gen cars in the Cup series. \u2014 Greg Engle, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
"His dad, Charles, was a foreman for the commercial print department at the Indianapolis Star and his mom, Emma, worked in insurance. \u2014 Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star , 7 Apr. 2022"
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"This is a, first and foremost , of course, Ukrainian decision. \u2014 CBS News , 29 June 2022",
"The Marketplace looks set to repeat its original format which welcomes first and foremost location scouts, as well as producers, line producers and representatives of film commissions in and outside Spain. \u2014 Pablo Sandoval, Variety , 22 June 2022",
"To neoliberals, the state bureaucracies necessary to administer such political-economic systems were first and foremost grievous threats to individual liberty, and flawed economics to boot. \u2014 Ed Burmila, The New Republic , 15 June 2022",
"Today\u2019s announcement is first and foremost about the future of the Ohio Assembly Plant. \u2014 Linda Gandee, cleveland , 6 June 2022",
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"Many young professionals \u2014 and especially new grads \u2014 are often thinking first and foremost about how to market their existing skills. \u2014 Karin Kimbrough For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 6 June 2022",
"The presence of studios is first and foremost about friendship and loyalty. \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Insisting that Lia Thomas makes women\u2019s swimming more interesting and is therefore justification for allowing transgender inclusion is again to ignore that NCAA athletics is foremost about students\u2019 athletic achievements. \u2014 Jenna Stocker, National Review , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"As with 2018 debut Clean and Color Theory before it, Sometimes Forever is first and foremost a dissection of Allison herself at the time of creating the album. \u2014 Kristin Robinson, Billboard , 1 July 2022",
"But Lowry noted that Parades was first and foremost a family man. \u2014 Richard Wintonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
"First and foremost , the best news is that companies have heard the rallying cry and have minimally begun to instill the necessary rigor to combat the aforementioned Black Hat foes. \u2014 Steve Tengler, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"First and foremost , know that all whites are not made equal. \u2014 Alyssa Longobucco, House Beautiful , 27 June 2022",
"Federer considers himself, first and foremost , a grass-court player. \u2014 Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker , 26 June 2022",
"First and foremost , USDJPY is a particularly prominent \u2018carry cross\u2019 in the current tightening cycle of global monetary policy. \u2014 John Kicklighter, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"First and foremost , like Duren, Sochan is considered to be one of the best defenders in this draft. \u2014 oregonlive , 16 June 2022",
"The 50 Top Pizza organization judges restaurants first and foremost on the quality of their dough and raw materials. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 16 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Taking inspiration from her literary foremother Zora Neale Hurston, Walker centers southern Black women, who are all too often misrepresented in American culture. \u2014 Usa Today Staff, USA TODAY , 27 Sep. 2021",
"Ford borrows from her literary foremother Zora Neale Hurston \u2014 especially Hurston\u2019s juxtaposition of happiness to intimacy with the sun. \u2014 Darryl Robertson, USA TODAY , 31 May 2021",
"Kamala Harris represents the living embodiment of the dreams of my foremother . \u2014 Glamour , 12 Mar. 2021",
"And without the stories of our foremothers , women have no models to follow. \u2014 Ruth Franklin, Harper's Magazine , 25 May 2020",
"In our own moment of global catastrophe, Wade offers us a timely invitation to join our literary foremothers in their rebellious journeys to achieve creative freedom and world harmony. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Apr. 2020",
"The posthumous salvation of our literary foremothers seems to happen regularly these days: Jean Stafford, Lucia Berlin, Bette Howland. \u2014 Rumaan Alam, The New Republic , 9 Jan. 2020",
"Many histories of feminist detective fiction find foremothers for today\u2019s anti-heroines in the hardboiled sleuths of the nineteen-seventies and eighties\u2014in P. D. James\u2019s Cordelia Gray, for example, and Sara Paretsky\u2019s V. I. Warshawski. \u2014 Nora Caplan-bricker, The New Yorker , 13 Nov. 2019",
"Drag and politics have always been intertwined, ever since the 1969 uprising at the Stonewall Inn in New York, where drag queens and transgender women, notably the performer Marsha P. Johnson, were among the foremothers of the gay rights movement. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Nov. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Alan, whose forename appeared in initial reports with its Turkish spelling, Aylan, died with his brother, Galip, 5; their mother, Rihan; and two other refugees when a dinghy carrying 14 migrants toward the Greek island of Kos capsized. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 Mar. 2020",
"Alan, whose forename appeared in initial reports with its Turkish spelling, Aylan, died with his brother, Galip, 5; their mother, Rihan; and two other refugees when a dinghy carrying 14 migrants toward the Greek island of Kos capsized. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Mar. 2020",
"Removing professional athletes and a couple of Hollywood personalities who once called Cleveland home, the contemporary list of recognizable forenames is essentially narrowed to a single person: Tamir. \u2014 Phillip Morris, cleveland.com , 31 May 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the forenoon the wind blew quite freshly from the west. \u2014 Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle , 24 Dec. 2021",
"Our intent is that the party would arrive in the forenoon , have luncheon, attend a parade, return to Downton Abbey for tea and Dine, leaving after breakfast the next day. \u2014 Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country , 18 Sep. 2019",
"Here are the first few paragraphs of the story: SWEETWATER DAM IS BROKEN BY FLOODS EIGHT FOOT CUT MADE IN NORTH END BY FLOODS An eight-foot cut in the north side of the Sweetwater dam went out this forenoon . \u2014 sandiegouniontribune.com , 28 Jan. 2018",
"The storms were expected to diminish Wednesday morning, but instead continued through much of the forenoon before moving off to the southeast. \u2014 Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com , 12 July 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Conducting a forensic investigation into all that missing Covid-19 relief cash that was stolen",
"When asked whether the State Department would seek to hold SOSi accountable for the payment crisis, the senior State Department official said that an extensive forensic investigation was under way. \u2014 Jessica Donati, WSJ , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Once a forensic investigation was done on his phone, Crow was charged with 10 counts of possession of obscene matter containing visual depiction of persons younger than 17. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 3 Mar. 2022",
"The forensic investigation has been reviewed by Amnesty International\u2019s Security Lab, an expert in tracking Pegasus. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Jan. 2022",
"The comments come after the outlet observed that the white author's early success was founded in part on the character of a Black detective, the fictional Alex Cross, in his crime series about the cop and forensic psychologist. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 13 June 2022",
"Since being appointed in March, Director Jerry Collins has hired a forensic psychologist to address the mental wellness of both officers and inmates, as well as to evaluate the jail's mental health programs. \u2014 Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 1 June 2022",
"That testimony directly contradicts the findings of Dr. Shannon Curry, the forensic psychologist hired by Depp\u2019s team, who testified that Heard showed no signs of PTSD. \u2014 Melissa Locker, Time , 5 May 2022",
"Hughes gave an opposite professional analysis than the forensic psychologist brought to the stand by Depp's team last week, who said Heard had no signs of PTSD. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 4 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Providence Alaska Medical Center is investigating the workplace environment of Alaska CARES, its statewide child abuse forensic clinic, after a wave of staff departures, including the entire medical staff. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 15 Nov. 2021",
"Her boyfriend\u2019s brother, the kind woman from the forensic -anthropologists team who had made all the arrangements, and me and Bonnie. \u2014 Daniel Loedel, The Atlantic , 17 Jan. 2021",
"The new method could beef up the field of hair forensics , which has a checkered history. \u2014 Eva Frederick, Science | AAAS , 21 Nov. 2019",
"Norcross also claimed he was deprived of a fair trial because of perjured testimony by a ballistics expert with more than 30 year of experience working with the Baltimore police crime lab and Maryland State Police forensics division. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Mar. 2020",
"Navy officials speaking at a Pentagon press briefing Tuesday would not detail the forensics conducted after the case was reported, other than to say lessons are being learned and new best practices are being put into place. \u2014 Abraham Mahshie, Washington Examiner , 24 Mar. 2020",
"Students will gain a greater understanding of biology, forensics , and epidemiology, and artists intrigued by fractal geometry can find new shapes to inform their designs. \u2014 Popular Science , 15 Mar. 2020",
"Sloppy forensics , corrupt officers and haphazard investigations left few cases solved. \u2014 Paulina Villegas, New York Times , 14 Dec. 2019",
"DeSouza was arrested after authorities matched a fingerprint from the state police forensics lab with those obtained from Canadian police on file for Allan Mann. \u2014 David Owens, courant.com , 22 Aug. 2019"
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"we are such good friends, it's almost like we were foreordained to meet",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Pelosi is more than happy for additional evidence to be disclosed and for the Senate to call witnesses, even after the House has impeached and when the resolution of the trial is foreordained . \u2014 Matthew Continetti, National Review , 17 Jan. 2020",
"The outcome was not foreordained , for either Bork or Mr. Biden. \u2014 Alexander Burns, New York Times , 7 Sep. 2019",
"The 41st president, who couldn\u2019t always get his sentences straight, wasn\u2019t foreordained for history\u2019s hall of fame. \u2014 Josef Joffe, WSJ , 3 Dec. 2018",
"Aster piles on the personal confrontations and emotional breakdowns, but compounds them with unnerving new hauntings, all the way up to an ending that feels foreordained , but still shattering. \u2014 Tasha Robinson, The Verge , 8 June 2018",
"This is hardly foreordained , especially if the U.S. reasserts itself on the global stage and rallies like-minded nations against the revisionists. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 18 Dec. 2017",
"Egypt\u2019s slide back into authoritarianism wasn\u2019t foreordained . \u2014 Joshua Hammer, New York Times , 14 Mar. 2017"
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"moved to the forepart of the machine to check the mechanism",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Three millimeters of extra padding in the footbed provide plenty of comfort, while a leather outsole with rubber in the forepart (the front portion of the sole) offers traction that prevents slips. \u2014 Madeline Diamond, Travel + Leisure , 8 Apr. 2020"
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"a simple machine that was the forerunner of today's computers",
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"Still, the book\u2019s very structure, cleaved in half by the 2016 U.S. election, makes every leader appear as either a forerunner or an analogue to Trump. \u2014 Krithika Varagur, The New Republic , 11 Apr. 2022",
"The 6,500-acre park is named after Jay Norwood Darling, an editorial cartoonist who was an early pioneer for wildlife conservation and served as director of the U.S. Biological Survey ( forerunner of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service) in the 1930s. \u2014 Susan Glaser, cleveland , 20 Jan. 2022",
"The company is a forerunner in the retail optimization space. \u2014 Russ Zalatimo, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"Historically speaking, alchemy dates back to medieval times as the forerunner of chemistry and, in particular, the science of finding a universal elixir to turn base metals into gold. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 May 2022",
"David, like John the Baptist, is often seen as a forerunner to the Messiah, so the Bible continues to resonate in Donatello\u2019s otherwise pagan-seeming interpretation. \u2014 Sebastian Smee, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"In nearby Ellsworth, Maine, a Know Nothing mob, seen by some as a forerunner to the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), tarred and feathered Jesuit priest Father John Bapst in 1851. \u2014 Karen Sieber, Smithsonian Magazine , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Baker also is credited with strides in the study of acute alcoholic hepatitis, an inflammation of the liver caused by heavy drinking that is a forerunner of cirrhosis. \u2014 Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Sylvester was influential in the formation of the Midwestern City Conference, forerunner of the Horizon League, and first commissioner of the former Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference. \u2014 David Woods, The Indianapolis Star , 31 Mar. 2022"
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02ccs\u0101l",
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"We couldn't have foreseen the consequences of our actions.",
"He foresees a day when all war will cease.",
"She foresaw the company's potential and invested early on.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Zandi doesn't foresee U.S. home prices falling nationally over the coming year. \u2014 Fortune , 9 June 2022",
"Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, meanwhile, doesn't foresee market cataclysm once the bear market officially begins. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 20 May 2022",
"But Tollner didn\u2019t foresee Kupp setting the NFL on fire with the Rams. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Feb. 2022",
"But additional large hikes are expected to be announced at the Fed\u2019s next two meetings, in June and July, and economists and investors foresee the fastest pace of rate increases since 1989. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune , 4 May 2022",
"That said, some scientists foresee COVID boosters for years to come. \u2014 Esther Landhuis, Scientific American , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers says his broken toe is improving and doesn't foresee having surgery. \u2014 Mike Hart, USA TODAY , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Arthur DeGaetano, director of the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University, said the flash floods of Wednesday night resulted from not one storm but several small storms whose interactions with each other were hard to foresee . \u2014 New York Times , 3 Sep. 2021",
"But foreign-affairs experts don\u2019t foresee any major policy shifts on China from Mr. Albanese. \u2014 Mike Cherney, WSJ , 21 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This has presented savvy investors with the rare opportunity of buying 3-to-5-year debt in some of America\u2019s oldest corporations at a bargain prices and mouth-watering yields that should outperform stocks in the foreseeable future. \u2014 Kenneth G. Winans, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"Even now, after a challenging pandemic, First and Last Tavern and the DePasquales are here to stay for the foreseeable future. \u2014 Blaine Callahan, Hartford Courant , 24 June 2022",
"In the end, the Atlanta deal is about building a competitive core for the foreseeable future. \u2014 Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 22 June 2022",
"American society, the liberal internationalists avow, will have to remain on a war footing for the foreseeable future. \u2014 Daniel Bessner, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"The park\u2019s northern entrances\u2014Gardiner and Cooke City\u2014will remain closed to the public for the foreseeable future, and visitors will be unable to drive into Lamar Valley. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 21 June 2022",
"So that\u2019s the current state, and foreseeable future, of the workplace: Everything in flux, nothing settled. \u2014 Karla L. Miller, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"The eurozone won\u2019t have them for the foreseeable future. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Whether a repeat of that miserable experience can be avoided will be the great preoccupation of British politics for the foreseeable future. \u2014 Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ , 16 June 2022"
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"We couldn't have foreseen the consequences of our actions.",
"He foresees a day when all war will cease.",
"She foresaw the company's potential and invested early on.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Zandi doesn't foresee U.S. home prices falling nationally over the coming year. \u2014 Fortune , 9 June 2022",
"Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, meanwhile, doesn't foresee market cataclysm once the bear market officially begins. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 20 May 2022",
"But Tollner didn\u2019t foresee Kupp setting the NFL on fire with the Rams. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Feb. 2022",
"But additional large hikes are expected to be announced at the Fed\u2019s next two meetings, in June and July, and economists and investors foresee the fastest pace of rate increases since 1989. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune , 4 May 2022",
"That said, some scientists foresee COVID boosters for years to come. \u2014 Esther Landhuis, Scientific American , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers says his broken toe is improving and doesn't foresee having surgery. \u2014 Mike Hart, USA TODAY , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Arthur DeGaetano, director of the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University, said the flash floods of Wednesday night resulted from not one storm but several small storms whose interactions with each other were hard to foresee . \u2014 New York Times , 3 Sep. 2021",
"But foreign-affairs experts don\u2019t foresee any major policy shifts on China from Mr. Albanese. \u2014 Mike Cherney, WSJ , 21 May 2022"
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"We couldn't have foreseen the consequences of our actions.",
"He foresees a day when all war will cease.",
"She foresaw the company's potential and invested early on.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Zandi doesn't foresee U.S. home prices falling nationally over the coming year. \u2014 Fortune , 9 June 2022",
"Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, meanwhile, doesn't foresee market cataclysm once the bear market officially begins. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 20 May 2022",
"But Tollner didn\u2019t foresee Kupp setting the NFL on fire with the Rams. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Feb. 2022",
"But additional large hikes are expected to be announced at the Fed\u2019s next two meetings, in June and July, and economists and investors foresee the fastest pace of rate increases since 1989. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune , 4 May 2022",
"That said, some scientists foresee COVID boosters for years to come. \u2014 Esther Landhuis, Scientific American , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers says his broken toe is improving and doesn't foresee having surgery. \u2014 Mike Hart, USA TODAY , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Arthur DeGaetano, director of the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University, said the flash floods of Wednesday night resulted from not one storm but several small storms whose interactions with each other were hard to foresee . \u2014 New York Times , 3 Sep. 2021",
"But foreign-affairs experts don\u2019t foresee any major policy shifts on China from Mr. Albanese. \u2014 Mike Cherney, WSJ , 21 May 2022"
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"We couldn't have foreseen the consequences of our actions.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Zandi doesn't foresee U.S. home prices falling nationally over the coming year. \u2014 Fortune , 9 June 2022",
"Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, meanwhile, doesn't foresee market cataclysm once the bear market officially begins. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 20 May 2022",
"But Tollner didn\u2019t foresee Kupp setting the NFL on fire with the Rams. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Feb. 2022",
"But additional large hikes are expected to be announced at the Fed\u2019s next two meetings, in June and July, and economists and investors foresee the fastest pace of rate increases since 1989. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune , 4 May 2022",
"That said, some scientists foresee COVID boosters for years to come. \u2014 Esther Landhuis, Scientific American , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers says his broken toe is improving and doesn't foresee having surgery. \u2014 Mike Hart, USA TODAY , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Arthur DeGaetano, director of the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University, said the flash floods of Wednesday night resulted from not one storm but several small storms whose interactions with each other were hard to foresee . \u2014 New York Times , 3 Sep. 2021",
"But foreign-affairs experts don\u2019t foresee any major policy shifts on China from Mr. Albanese. \u2014 Mike Cherney, WSJ , 21 May 2022"
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"Her early interest in airplanes foreshadowed her later career as a pilot.",
"The hero's predicament is foreshadowed in the first chapter.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The steps would also foreshadow sweeping changes to the way Americans invest. \u2014 Justin Baer, WSJ , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Events of the last year have revealed significant vulnerabilities within the country, which could foreshadow a period of economic stagnation, reminiscent of what Japan began to experience in the 1990s. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 21 May 2022",
"Juthani noted that the United Kingdom \u2014 which tends to foreshadow COVID-19 trends in the United States \u2014 began to see an increase in COVID-19 cases driven by BA.2 in late February. \u2014 Eliza Fawcett, courant.com , 30 Mar. 2022",
"However, the rise of cases in Europe is expected to foreshadow a rise in the States. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Because Covid-19 trends in Europe tend to foreshadow those in the United States by a few weeks, the U.S. could also experience a rise in infections, City University of New York virologist John Dennehy said. \u2014 Zachary Snowdon Smith, Forbes , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Liquor and e-cigarette stocks dip as skittish investors seize on a series of reports from state media that are seen to potentially foreshadow the next targets for stricter regulation. \u2014 Olivia Tam, Bloomberg.com , 6 Aug. 2021",
"But the fact that Barnette\u2019s surge caught everyone by surprise could foreshadow success. \u2014 Charlotte Alter, Time , 17 May 2022",
"The comment could foreshadow a confrontation with Trump, who continues to falsely insist that widespread voter fraud cost him a second term in 2020. \u2014 Thomas Beaumont, Chicago Tribune , 22 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Tender goat is offered in part-specific servings, including ribs, legs and hulking foreshanks , served with a squeeze bottle of dark red salsa and a thick gravy of a consomm\u00e9 that tastes more than a little like tomato soup. \u2014 Hadley Tomicki, Los Angeles Times , 31 July 2019"
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"But parts of the remaining redundant foreskin were inflamed and, along with the termini of the erstwhile skin bridge, covered in what looked like a dense layer of Eastern European soot. \u2014 Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker , 4 Oct. 2021",
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"In places where the disease is common and treatment is patchy, removing foreskins can be a cost-effective way to fight it. \u2014 The Economist , 16 Nov. 2019",
"The foreskin is then processed, packaged, and sold as a high-end anti-aging cream. \u2014 Noah Berlatsky, The Verge , 14 Aug. 2019",
"Jesse\u2019s vampire friend Cassidy (Joseph Gilgun) is captured and tortured by having his foreskin repeatedly removed. \u2014 Noah Berlatsky, The Verge , 14 Aug. 2019"
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"The inspiration for our Understory is a magical redwood forest where vibrant moss, lush florals, and deep earth come together. \u2014 Caroline Tell, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"Carpentersville firefighters and police were called to the forest preserve at 701 Williams Road about 7:30 a.m. for a body in the river, police Chief Patrick Hoey said. \u2014 Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune , 28 June 2022",
"The northern forest , large in size and with a deer population more influenced by winter weather than any other region, has shown the greatest swings in deer numbers from year to year. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel , 25 June 2022",
"Six years ago, workers removed invasive tamarisk trees at the site and planted a forest of native cottonwoods, willows and mesquites. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"Demand for hotels in these Instagram-ready locales has spurred development in areas like Palawan where hotels can sit sandwiched between a lush forest and the ocean. \u2014 Clarisa Diaz, Quartz , 21 June 2022",
"For a mushroom-centric tour of a local forest , reach out to the Schwarzw\u00e4lder Pilzlehrschau in Hornberg, which is also home to the Duravit Design Center and its towering toilet. \u2014 Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"The idea is to have an enclosure for the animals, who have occupied a nearby swampy forest for decades. \u2014 David Lyons, Sun Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
"Deer Springs Inn is tucked a few miles down a forest road with no neighbors around. \u2014 Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic , 24 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"There is little data on serious injuries to forest watchers in India, but the country has recorded at least 318 ranger deaths since 2012, according to the International Ranger Federation. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Feb. 2022",
"These three trails have varied scenery from urban to forest to rural areas. \u2014 John Pana, cleveland , 1 Jan. 2022",
"Food production is responsible for major water quantity and quality problems, often requires herbicides and pesticides that endanger biodiversity, and engenders forest and wildland losses when lands are converted to agriculture. \u2014 Alejandra Borunda, Environment , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Rights to forest land are contentious worldwide, with indigenous and local communities from Brazil to India pitted against government officials and hardline conservationists. \u2014 Rina Chandran, The Christian Science Monitor , 29 Oct. 2021",
"At the same time, resistance to forest thinning by some environmental organizations was garnering public attention. \u2014 Kathleen Ronayne, ajc , 9 Nov. 2021",
"In recent years forest fires in Alaska have broken records, burning more acreage, more intensely and for longer. \u2014 Randi Jandt, Scientific American , 1 Oct. 2021",
"To re- forest the hills blackened by the fire, the Camp Marston staff planted 40,000 pine seedlings donated by the California Department of Forestry. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Sep. 2021",
"The fires have burned more than 140,000 acres, from soaring mountains along the California-Nevada border to forest north of Mt. Shasta and the gateway to Yosemite. \u2014 Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times , 13 July 2021"
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"Vermont has suffered its own peckish pest \u2014 the forest tent caterpillar , said Michael Snyder, commissioner of Vermont's forests, parks and recreation. \u2014 Matthew Ormseth, courant.com , 31 Aug. 2017"
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"But that did little to forestall the debt collectors. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"Republicans say enough sentiment exists for a direct age increase, but perhaps not enough to forestall a filibuster. \u2014 New York Times , 12 June 2022",
"But in the meantime, to forestall any further potential liability, many southeast Asian solar producers have halted exports to the US. \u2014 Tim Mcdonnell, Quartz , 11 May 2022",
"The Nets changed the colors on the court and on their jerseys to the franchise\u2019s vintage blue and red, as if to forestall a funeral by putting away the dress blacks. \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 26 Apr. 2022",
"But first, to forestall any questions: No, Hank the Cowdog and subsequent recordings of the series are not ... \u2014 Sarah Schutte, National Review , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Ukrainian officials called for tighter sanctions and more weapons to forestall a looming Russian offensivein the east of the country, as Moscow mobilizes troops there after pulling back in northern Ukraine. \u2014 Isabel Coles And Daniel Michaels, WSJ , 7 Apr. 2022",
"But those defenses take a few days to kick in and might not arrive in time to forestall the early, and often most potent, stages of transmission. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 20 Dec. 2021",
"Republicans say enough sentiment exists for a direct age increase but perhaps not enough to forestall a filibuster. \u2014 Carl Hulse, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Reyes Peak Forest Health and Fuels Reduction Project, first proposed in 2020, would thin and trim 755 acres of forestland that the Forest Service says would alleviate firefighting risks. \u2014 Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2022",
"Fines can rise to more than $100,000 for negligent landowners next to forestland who contribute to a fire, according to the Oregon Forestland Urban Interface Fire Protection Act. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 May 2021",
"Most of Europe was rapidly deforested during the industrial era; less than 4 percent of EU forestland remains intact. \u2014 Alexander Sammon, The New Republic , 16 Feb. 2022",
"The Forest Service manages 8 million acres in California, roughly one-quarter of the state\u2019s forestland . \u2014 Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Nov. 2021",
"The golf-course community consists of five neighborhoods bordered by forestland and set near ski slopes and Lake Tahoe. \u2014 Lauren Beale, Forbes , 12 Nov. 2021",
"Even though the rate of rainforest destruction has slowed, environmentalists worry that the demand for pulpwood, which is harvested for the production of paper and viscose, will fuel the clearing of more forestland . \u2014 NBC News , 11 Dec. 2021",
"California\u2019s national forest shutdown, in effect from Tuesday at 11:59 p.m. through Sept. 17, affects more than 20 million acres of national forestland . \u2014 Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 Aug. 2021",
"A few hundred miles to the south, evacuations were ordered Sunday after a blaze that broke out the night before churned through California forestland near the remote community of Omo Ranch. \u2014 Fox News , 16 Aug. 2021"
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"While caring for wild horses and burros, the BLM also must contend with its multi-use mission: providing opportunities for recreation, forestry , mining, livestock grazing and more. \u2014 Anastasia Hufham, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 June 2022",
"Agriculture, forestry , fishing and hunting GDP growth 2015-2020: 53.6% | $316.51 million to $486.18 million Natural resources and mining GDP growth 2015-2020: 45.5% | $344.79 million to $501.78 million 7. \u2014 Andrew Depietro, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"The camp exposes students to the great outdoors and possible careers in forestry , conservation and natural resource protection. \u2014 cleveland , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The authors suggest that a move to diversity\u2014growing multiples crops in rotation, and combining crops with livestock, forestry , and fisheries, for example\u2014can make farms more resilient. \u2014 Tom Philpott, Wired , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Five years ago, members mostly had jobs in forestry , energy, transportation, fisheries, and the culinary arts; only one crew was dedicated to firefighting. \u2014 David Helvarg, Environment , 29 Dec. 2021",
"National Grid had 3,491 workers in the affected area Saturday, including overhead line, forestry , and underground crews, according to Milligan. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 30 Oct. 2021",
"Hikmet Ozturk, a forestry expert with the Turkish Foundation for Combating Soil Erosion, an NGO, said that while 95% of fires in Turkey are caused by people, the spread of the fires is worsened by climate change. \u2014 Ivana Kottasov\u00e1, CNN , 11 Aug. 2021",
"On Wednesday, the forestry division deployed a plane and a dozen smokejumpers to contain the fire. \u2014 Olivia Ebertz, Anna Rose Macarthur, Anchorage Daily News , 10 June 2022"
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"Carpentersville firefighters and police were called to the forest preserve at 701 Williams Road about 7:30 a.m. for a body in the river, police Chief Patrick Hoey said. \u2014 Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune , 28 June 2022",
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"Food production is responsible for major water quantity and quality problems, often requires herbicides and pesticides that endanger biodiversity, and engenders forest and wildland losses when lands are converted to agriculture. \u2014 Alejandra Borunda, Environment , 27 Dec. 2021",
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"At the same time, resistance to forest thinning by some environmental organizations was garnering public attention. \u2014 Kathleen Ronayne, ajc , 9 Nov. 2021",
"In recent years forest fires in Alaska have broken records, burning more acreage, more intensely and for longer. \u2014 Randi Jandt, Scientific American , 1 Oct. 2021",
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"The fires have burned more than 140,000 acres, from soaring mountains along the California-Nevada border to forest north of Mt. Shasta and the gateway to Yosemite. \u2014 Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times , 13 July 2021"
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"But Chicago was a city of immigrants who gave it a foretaste of European politics. \u2014 Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune , 13 May 2022",
"On Tuesday, opposition leaders offered a tangy foretaste of those attacks. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
"But the Civil War experience proved to be a foretaste of modern monetary policy. \u2014 Roger Lowenstein, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2022",
"However, to have just a foretaste at Sublimotion is so exciting. \u2014 Nel-olivia Waga, Forbes , 11 Nov. 2021",
"These pressures could very well intensify, providing a possible foretaste of what could be on the near-term horizon, until Europe manages a credible and sustainable transition to renewable energy. \u2014 David A. Andelman, CNN , 16 Oct. 2021",
"Dante fought in the cavalry at Campaldino, and war must have given him a foretaste of Hell. \u2014 Judith Thurman, The New Yorker , 13 Sep. 2021",
"By the Sixties, the denunciation of nostalgia had become a liberal ritual, but such skirmishes provided only a foretaste of the campaign that followed. \u2014 Christopher Lasch, Harper's Magazine , 22 June 2021",
"But many worry that the incident is just a foretaste of what will happen if the new bill is enacted. \u2014 The Economist , 14 Mar. 2021"
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"Which is a long or short way of telling critics and fans to stop cheering or critiquing a future that none of us can realistically foretell . \u2014 John Tamny, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Preseasons don\u2019t always foretell the regular season, but the Lakers went winless in theirs. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
"After Republican Glenn Youngkin won the governorship, commentators dissected the results to foretell the outcome of elections in 2022, 2024 and beyond. \u2014 Nicole Hemmer, CNN , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Prokofiev meant for this symphony to capture the mood of a horrendous war not having sapped the spirit of his people at the moment Russia could foretell victory. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Jan. 2022",
"Moiraine, for example, meets up with Min (Kae Alexander), an undercover bartender with the ability to see visions that foretell the future. \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 17 Dec. 2021",
"But whether Sigal\u2019s lab experiments foretell reduced vaccine protection in real life is still uncertain, says Sarah Cobey, an epidemiologist and evolutionary biologist at the University of Chicago. \u2014 Charles Schmidt, Scientific American , 17 Dec. 2021",
"This demographic fact, however, does not foretell the shape of our politics. \u2014 James Chappel, The New Republic , 15 Nov. 2021",
"Traditionally, this would foretell a strong Republican performance in next year's midterms. \u2014 Harry Enten, CNN , 1 Nov. 2021"
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"Which is a long or short way of telling critics and fans to stop cheering or critiquing a future that none of us can realistically foretell . \u2014 John Tamny, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Preseasons don\u2019t always foretell the regular season, but the Lakers went winless in theirs. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
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"Moiraine, for example, meets up with Min (Kae Alexander), an undercover bartender with the ability to see visions that foretell the future. \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 17 Dec. 2021",
"But whether Sigal\u2019s lab experiments foretell reduced vaccine protection in real life is still uncertain, says Sarah Cobey, an epidemiologist and evolutionary biologist at the University of Chicago. \u2014 Charles Schmidt, Scientific American , 17 Dec. 2021",
"This demographic fact, however, does not foretell the shape of our politics. \u2014 James Chappel, The New Republic , 15 Nov. 2021",
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"Moiraine, for example, meets up with Min (Kae Alexander), an undercover bartender with the ability to see visions that foretell the future. \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 17 Dec. 2021",
"But whether Sigal\u2019s lab experiments foretell reduced vaccine protection in real life is still uncertain, says Sarah Cobey, an epidemiologist and evolutionary biologist at the University of Chicago. \u2014 Charles Schmidt, Scientific American , 17 Dec. 2021",
"This demographic fact, however, does not foretell the shape of our politics. \u2014 James Chappel, The New Republic , 15 Nov. 2021",
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"The historical record demonstrates that the BSA was enacted without careful study or forethought . \u2014 Norbert Michel, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"For one thing, that would require more forethought and coordination than the mainstream media is capable of. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Apr. 2022",
"But, as with so much related to the war, the Kremlin apparently gave little forethought to the flexibility that digital currencies might offer it. \u2014 Eric Tegler, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
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"For starters, heading into a turn requires a lot of forethought \u2014like navigating a ship through a tight channel. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 17 Mar. 2022",
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"aeon",
"eon",
"age",
"blue moon",
"coon's age",
"cycle",
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"eternity",
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],
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],
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]
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"Adverb",
"She was convinced that she would live forever .",
"I've been waiting forever for the doctor.",
"a dog that was forever chasing cars",
"He's forever asking silly questions.",
"Noun",
"After what seemed like forever , I was able to see the doctor.",
"It took forever to find his keys.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Though the building no longer remains, Julia Rossi hopes her father's business is not gone forever . \u2014 Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2022",
"After a three-year break and worries that a Detroit event was gone forever , Belle Isle will again be the site of an international water competition that attracts athletes from throughout Michigan, the U.S. and Canada. \u2014 Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press , 21 June 2022",
"Despite some of the tough experiences in college, Thompson is forever grateful for Butler. \u2014 Gabby Hajduk, The Indianapolis Star , 21 June 2022",
"The past is a foreign et cetera, but back-talking teenagers are forever . \u2014 Anne Th\u00e9riault, Longreads , 21 June 2022",
"With such an approach, long-term gains should be forever out of reach. \u2014 Jeff Ernsthausen, ProPublica , 21 June 2022",
"Those four words are: then, now, forever , and the most important word is together. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 17 June 2022",
"Those four words are: then, now, forever \u2014 and the most important word is together. \u2014 Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 June 2022",
"Scott Hensley, a microbiologist at the University of Pennsylvania\u2019s Perelman School of Medicine, is not convinced that the Yamagata flu is gone forever . \u2014 Frances Stead Sellers, Anchorage Daily News , 13 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"One way to mess with an option team\u2019s Plan A is to not only stick them with third-and- forevers , but to put them in an early hole, making them throw out of desperation. \u2014 Sean Keeler, The Denver Post , 14 Sep. 2019",
"Printed with thermochromic ink, the stamp reveals a second image of the moon when a finger is pressed to it, and a sheet of 16 Forever stamps features a map of the eclipse path. \u2014 Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 Aug. 2017",
"Forever is gonna start aboard Royal Caribbean International\u2019s Oasis of the Seas Monday with a concert of lunar proportions. \u2014 Chabeli Herrera, miamiherald , 17 Aug. 2017",
"Forever stamps are always equal to the current First-Class Mail service 1-ounce price. \u2014 Michael Mcgough, sacbee , 14 July 2017",
"On July 12, the centenary of the artist\u2019s birth, the postal service will celebrate the first day of 12 commemorative Forever stamps, each depicting a detail from a Wyeth painting. \u2014 Stephan Salisbury, Philly.com , 26 June 2017",
"Try your hand at space exploration (Photo: Provided by US Postal Service) The pane of 16 Forever stamps are available beginning Tuesday at Post Office facilities nationwide and may be pre-ordered for delivery after June 20. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 20 June 2017"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb",
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"f\u022f-",
"f\u0259-\u02c8re-v\u0259r",
"Southern often f\u0259-\u02c8e-v\u0259"
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"always",
"aye",
"ay",
"e'er",
"eternally",
"ever",
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"forevermore",
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"permanently",
"perpetually"
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"noun"
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"Plant a black gum in your yard and fall will forevermore arrive with a fanfare of scarlet foliage.",
"\u2014 Doug Hall",
"\u2026 carving Hollywood, now and forevermore , in our imaginations as something both absurd and unholy.",
"\u2014 Neal Gabler",
"When you were first introduced to her you called her Miss Stanleymain \u2026 Then she begged you to call her Miss Sylvia, and as Miss Sylvia you spoke and thought of her forevermore .",
"\u2014 Lucy Maud Montgomery",
"In the backs of these cars was a great miscellany of items \u2026 which would now remain in the back forevermore .",
"\u2014 Ian Frazier"
]
},
"examples":[
"a hero that will be praised forevermore for his great deeds",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In memory of the late comic and actor Brody Stevens, the city of Los Angeles has declared August 18 to forevermore be known as Brody Stevens Day. \u2014 Bethy Squires, Vulture , 18 Aug. 2021",
"But through circumstances thrust himself into a position prominence that will probably be forevermore remembered in the history of this franchise. \u2014 John Fay, Cincinnati.com , 15 May 2020",
"If everything goes according to plan, footage of these ceremonial birth-of-a-superstar moments will air, forevermore , in prelude to many a dunkalicious montage of highlights. \u2014 Troy Patterson, The New Yorker , 26 June 2019",
"The crowd cheered and the pizzeria became the most popular spot in town forevermore \u2014 perfect for families and birthday parties. \u2014 Hannah Chubb, PEOPLE.com , 23 Aug. 2019",
"No, the Clown Egg Register was clearly built for the express purposes of reminding us all uncomfortably of that roomful of disembodied heads in Return to Oz and haunting our nightmares forevermore . \u2014 Constance Grady, Vox , 20 Aug. 2018",
"The idea caught on, and in 1914 President Woodrow Wilson declared that the second Sunday of May would forevermore be known as Mother\u2019s Day. \u2014 John D'anna, azcentral , 15 June 2018",
"This verbal assault steeled me to such irrational rantings forevermore . \u2014 WSJ , 4 June 2018",
"Do not intrude upon our fun and games images of social activism that remind us real life intertwines with sports now in a way that is forevermore inseparable. \u2014 Greg Cote, miamiherald , 23 May 2018"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"f\u022f-",
"f\u0259-\u02ccre-v\u0259r-\u02c8m\u022fr",
"f\u0259-\u02ccre-v\u0259-"
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"type":[
"adverb"
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": eternity":[]
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"some men claim that it's the alleged foreverness of marriage that makes them fear it",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Nowadays, the outdoors with all its foreverness and fresh air is becoming that go-to place to celebrate our upcoming holidays. \u2014 Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com , 20 Nov. 2020",
"Nowadays, the outdoors with all its foreverness and fresh air is becoming that go-to place to celebrate our upcoming holidays. \u2014 Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com , 20 Nov. 2020",
"Nowadays, the outdoors with all its foreverness and fresh air is becoming that go-to place to celebrate our upcoming holidays. \u2014 Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com , 20 Nov. 2020",
"Nowadays, the outdoors with all its foreverness and fresh air is becoming that go-to place to celebrate our upcoming holidays. \u2014 Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com , 20 Nov. 2020",
"Nowadays, the outdoors with all its foreverness and fresh air is becoming that go-to place to celebrate our upcoming holidays. \u2014 Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com , 20 Nov. 2020",
"Nowadays, the outdoors with all its foreverness and fresh air is becoming that go-to place to celebrate our upcoming holidays. \u2014 Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com , 20 Nov. 2020",
"Nowadays, the outdoors with all its foreverness and fresh air is becoming that go-to place to celebrate our upcoming holidays. \u2014 Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com , 20 Nov. 2020",
"Nowadays, the outdoors with all its foreverness and fresh air is becoming that go-to place to celebrate our upcoming holidays. \u2014 Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com , 20 Nov. 2020"
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"1812, in the meaning defined above":""
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"f\u022f-",
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"eternity",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180007",
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"examples":[
"I should forewarn you before you come to visit that we have a dog.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And health officials are concerned about what this outbreak could forewarn for flu activity across the U.S. as the season picks up. \u2014 Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com , 16 Nov. 2021",
"Normally, this might be used by a self-driving car that detects debris on the roadway and opts to forewarn other nearby self-driving cars. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 28 Oct. 2021",
"Their margin for error is literally zero, and so hiccups from a half-dozen centrists can forewarn a doomed agenda. \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 16 Sep. 2021",
"Human drivers are expected to listen for ambulances, fire trucks, police cars, and other emergency vehicles that use their sirens to forewarn other drivers of their presence. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 1 Sep. 2021",
"As such, the AI driving system might emit a message to the passenger to forewarn them about the door handles as possibly being hot to handle, and likewise to be mindful of any interior items that might be overly hot. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 18 June 2021",
"Although the overall intent of Congress was to encourage more private suits, the government was concerned that FCA actions, if not sealed, might forewarn defendants of potential criminal investigations. \u2014 Walter Pavlo, Forbes , 30 May 2021",
"Be forewarned that either side can be slippery when wet. \u2014 Mike Campbell, Anchorage Daily News , 28 May 2020",
"Yet before the Series began no one publicly campaigned to call off the games or forewarned Red Sox fans about the dangers of sitting in the bleachers, rubbing elbows and shaking hands. \u2014 Randy Roberts And Johnny Smith, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Apr. 2020"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"f\u022fr-\u02c8w\u022frn"
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"advise",
"alert",
"caution",
"wake",
"warn"
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"verb"
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"Middle English forwarner, forewarner , from forwarnen, forewarnen + -er":""
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"-n\u0259(r)"
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"heeded the forewarning to stay off the ice until the town had checked to see if it was thick enough",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Detroit Tigers catcher Tucker Barnhart made sure to give a forewarning about his enthusiasm. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 3 Nov. 2021",
"There was no communication with the community and no forewarning . \u2014 Sylvia Goodman, The Courier-Journal , 18 June 2021",
"The sound could indeed be a siren and thus a handy forewarning that an ambulance or firetruck might be coming down the road soon. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 24 May 2021",
"Russian military officials haven't provided the usual level of detail or forewarning . \u2014 NBC News , 14 Apr. 2021",
"But with no forewarning , residents around Paris \u2014 along with fans and players inside Roland Garros \u2014 expressed their fears of an explosion on social networks. \u2014 Jerome Pugmire, chicagotribune.com , 30 Sep. 2020",
"Powell didn't see the departure of coach Hylton Dayes as a forewarning . \u2014 Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com , 14 Apr. 2020",
"And then there\u2019s a third explanation\u2014that government programs designed to provide forewarning were eliminated by the Trump White House. \u2014 Tim Fernholz, Quartz , 22 Mar. 2020",
"With no forewarning , the fatality rate for the province currently stands at about 4.5%. \u2014 Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica , 15 Mar. 2020"
],
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"1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"f\u022fr-\u02c8w\u022fr-ni\u014b"
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"warning"
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"type":[
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"-ni\u014bl\u0113"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120512",
"type":[
"adverb"
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"antonyms":[
"epilogue",
"epilog"
],
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": prefatory comments (as for a book) especially when written by someone other than the author":[]
},
"examples":[
"the editor makes some good points in the foreword about the author's life, so be sure to read it",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One Jump at a Time is co-written by TIME magazine writer Alice Park and features a foreword by designer Vera Wang. \u2014 Sam Gillette, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
"The book\u2019s cover art was handled by Drew Friedman, while the foreword was penned by stand-up comic Emo Philips. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 25 May 2022",
"The book, co-written with James Beard winner James O. Fraioli and featuring a foreword by Hagar's longtime friend Guy Fieri, features 85 recipes from Hagar's collection. \u2014 Steve Baltin, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
"Photographs by Lisa Romerein capture the beauty of Walska\u2019s creation and a foreword by Marc Appleton gives context to her achievements. \u2014 The Editors, Town & Country , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Phoenix also penned the foreword for the 30th anniversary paperback edition, out May 5. \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Taylor Budowich, a spokesman for Mr. Trump, did not dispute that an aide had discussed the possibility of Mr. Trump writing a foreword for Ms. Craighead\u2019s book and perhaps taking a cut of her advance. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
"In another foreword , Cindy Pawlcyn, a chef who considered Ms. Schmitt a friend and role model, recalled her willingness to answer questions. \u2014 James R. Hagerty, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Thanks to a foreword by drinks historian David Wondrich, there\u2019s also a glimpse into the history of the Irish pub in America and the way that Irish immigrants have shaped how America drinks. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Mar. 2022"
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"1842, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02ccw\u0259rd",
"\u02c8f\u022fr-(\u02cc)w\u0259rd"
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"exordium",
"intro",
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"proem",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194044",
"type":[
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"adjective",
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-f\u0259t"
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"Noun",
"the forfeit for each baseball player involved in the brawl was $5,000",
"Verb",
"He forfeited his right to a trial by jury.",
"They didn't have enough players, so they ended up having to forfeit .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"So the first-round 2A playoff game goes down as a forfeit , and No. \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 6 Nov. 2021",
"Heinz said the game will stand as a forfeit with No. \u2014 John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Oct. 2021",
"With that loss turned to a forfeit , the streak would technically inflate to 73 victories and 51 in conference. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Since a loss at home that was reversed to a forfeit by Princeton, the Cougars have won seven straight for a 15-0 record. \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 18 Jan. 2022",
"In his letter regarding the cancellation (which resulted in a forfeit for the Lincoln team), Dunn acknowledged the efforts made by the Cathedral community to connect with Lincoln\u2019s coaches and faculty, but said the efforts didn\u2019t go far enough. \u2014 Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 Nov. 2021",
"Arroyo\u2019s lawyers, meanwhile, have taken issue with $32,500 prosecutors are seeking to have their client forfeit , saying in their memo that much of it came from legitimate fees Arroyo had billed through his consulting company. \u2014 Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"After a medical forfeit by his opponent Jordan picked up his second technical fall of the day after beating Detroit Catholic Central\u2019s Simon Dominguez 22-7 in the semifinal. \u2014 Jonathan X. Simmons, cleveland , 22 Jan. 2022",
"Also: The governor weighs in on the boys basketball Sabbath forfeit ; a really big Crime Stoppers payout; and the Mobile County health officer\u2019s retirement. \u2014 Ike Morgan | Imorgan@al.com, al , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"However, around that time, Smith was also enduring the sting of a divorce, prompting him to forfeit the publishing deal and return to California in 2011. \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 15 June 2022",
"So missing Wimbledon, where Nadal is a two-time champ, would forfeit his chance to take all four major tournaments in the same year; no men\u2019s player has won such a Grand Slam since Rod Laver in 1969. \u2014 Sean Gregory, Time , 5 June 2022",
"Rivian must fulfill 80% of its jobs and investment promises by the end of 2028 and hold them through 2047, or else be subject to state claw back provisions, in which Rivian would forfeit some of the incentives, documents show. \u2014 J. Scott Trubey, ajc , 25 May 2022",
"Stote, 55, was ordered to pay $10.1 million in restitution and forfeit $1.1 million from his bank account, four Rolex watches and jewelry valued at more than $40,000 that FBI agents seized from his home. \u2014 Adam Ferrise, cleveland , 6 May 2022",
"There will be only 58 selections in this year\u2019s draft as opposed to 60 as the Milwaukee Bucks and Miami Heat had to forfeit their second-round picks as penalties for improper contact with free agents. \u2014 Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel , 17 June 2022",
"He also was stripped of his bronze medal and had to forfeit his prize money. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 18 May 2022",
"Queen Creek had to forfeit the win and its season ended in shock and dismay. \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 17 May 2022",
"Mobile County athletic director Brad Lowell also confirmed the two teams had to forfeit . \u2014 Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Any portion of any prize not used by any winner is forfeit and no cash substitute will be offered or permitted. \u2014 Ariel Cheung, chicagotribune.com , 20 Oct. 2021",
"By then, players were desperate to leave, willing to cover their own expenses, forfeit paychecks and risk potential lawsuits for breach of contract. \u2014 Ben Cohen And Louise Radnofsky, WSJ , 8 Mar. 2022",
"A day after it was announced that the University of Houston couldn't play its American Athletic Conference opener against Cincinnati because of COVID-19 issues within its program, the conference changed its forfeit policy. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 27 Dec. 2021",
"The final points for the Pointers came with Gab Dorsey being awarded a forfeit win at 120. \u2014 Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Houston was to be assessed a forfeit loss, but those results weren't reflected on the AAC website as of Saturday. \u2014 Pat Brennan, The Enquirer , 2 Jan. 2022",
"Tuesday, the Big Ten revised its COVID-19 forfeit policy. \u2014 Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star , 30 Dec. 2021",
"College basketball has also seen the impact of the virus, with dozens of teams forced to cancel or forfeit games. \u2014 Matt Murschel, orlandosentinel.com , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Others receiving votes: Priceville (8-1) 5, Bibb County (8-2) 4, Oneonta (9-1) 4. *--Record includes two forfeit losses. \u2014 Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al , 27 Oct. 2021"
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"Middle English forfait , from Anglo-French, from past participle of forfaire, forsfaire to commit a crime, forfeit, from fors outside (from Latin foris ) + faire to do, from Latin facere \u2014 more at forum , do":"Noun, Verb, and Adjective"
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]
},
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"the forfeiture for early withdrawal of the investment savings will be an amount equal to 10 percent of the investment",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Federal agents have also been flexing another legal power to crack down on crypto crime: civil asset forfeiture , the sometimes-controversial method by which officials seize money or houses suspected to be involved in crime. \u2014 Matt Pearcestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
"The indictment includes a forfeiture allegation seeking the firearm, two magazines, ammunition and other items that Roske had assembled for his plan, according to federal prosecutors. \u2014 Dan Morse, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"No arrests were announced, but the press release said the US plans to conduct asset forfeiture as the investigation continues. \u2014 Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica , 8 June 2022",
"The yacht is now going through the forfeiture process in court. \u2014 Aruna Viswanatha, WSJ , 6 June 2022",
"The Free Press highlighted the forfeiture amount, minus the fine, after that portion was listed in a court filing Thursday. \u2014 Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press , 3 June 2022",
"The forfeiture request also allows the government to seize property, such as a home, if Ravenell can\u2019t pay back the money. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 13 May 2022",
"Tears turned to cheers Friday, when No. 1 Chandler Hamilton, given life in the double-elimination 6A baseball tournament by Queen Creek's forfeiture , beat Scottsdale Chaparral 10-2 in the semifinal at Mesa's Hohokam Stadium. \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 13 May 2022",
"Generally, administrative forfeiture is used in lower-profile cases, intended for assets worth $500,000 or less. \u2014 New York Times , 8 May 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"-\u02cct(y)u\u0307r",
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"assail",
"assault",
"attack"
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": to ward off : prevent":[]
},
"examples":[
"a place of refuge where the settlers could forfend themselves from attack",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the United States, instead of building more houses inside the old circle (or, heaven forfend , even closer together and near the places people go), people have built houses even further away. \u2014 Adam Rogers, Wired , 30 Dec. 2021",
"But is Twitter outrage (or, heaven forfend , praise) a useful metric for audience engagement",
"And of course the president says oh, my gosh, heaven forfend that poor Omarosa would have to go. \u2014 Fox News , 14 Aug. 2018"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"f\u022fr-\u02c8fend"
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"Members of the organization are planning to forgather in the city for their annual meeting.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"People who haven\u2019t reached the apex of their careers could chat with top earners, forge connections and build meaningful relationships. \u2014 Kathryn Porritt, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"School clubs, often a way to forge connections, pivoted to virtual events, teaching students how to network online and connecting us with community partners. \u2014 Jennifer Mizgata, Fortune , 31 May 2022",
"Those workers testified they were directed to collect blank or incomplete ballots, forge signatures on them and even fill in votes for local candidates. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Australian motocross teens battle it out to win races and forge friendships in this kids\u2019 drama series. \u2014 Hau Chu, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
"Only the golden years of Lionel Messi's Barcelona, which Guardiola helped forge , was able to somewhat dim that mystique. \u2014 Joseph Wilson, ajc , 5 May 2022",
"The latest victory will likely help the BJP forge ahead with its controversial agenda, such as implementing a citizenship law that excluded Muslims from its ambit and had been pushed to the back burner after nationwide protests. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022",
"China has already convinced Costa Rica, Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic and El Salvador to drop their recognition of Taiwan and forge ties with Beijing. \u2014 Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Expect to see Kyiv forge arrangements with neighboring NATO members and potential members who legitimately see themselves in the crosshairs of Putin\u2019s missile launchers. \u2014 Michael Bociurkiw, CNN , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Coach Andy Johnson isn't ignoring the past to forge Mesa Mountain View's future ahead in boys basketball. \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 18 June 2022",
"Yet, like the dubious industrial heroes of the present day, Lang may well have the last laugh, as the leader of a movement to forge a brighter technological future. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
"Both shootings and their aftermath put a fresh spotlight on the nation's entrenched divisions and its inability to forge consensus on actions to reduce gun violence. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 30 May 2022",
"Both shootings and their aftermath put a fresh spotlight on the nation\u2019s entrenched divisions and its inability to forge consensus on actions to reduce gun violence. \u2014 Zeke Miller And Elliot Spagat, Anchorage Daily News , 30 May 2022",
"The shootings in Texas and New York and their aftermath put a fresh spotlight on the nation\u2019s entrenched divisions and its inability to forge consensus on actions to reduce gun violence. \u2014 Zeke Miller And Elliot Spagat, Chron , 29 May 2022",
"With this book, Wulfhart, through her prodigious research, secures a place for the women who endured all manner of indignities to forge a better future for those who put their lives on the line every day in a job once regarded as frivolous. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
"With the needs of the industry top of mind, metro Detroit restaurateurs in 2021, by and large, are sifting through the rubble and responding with business models that aim to forge a healthier, more sustainable future. \u2014 Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press , 7 Feb. 2022",
"While Kendall is increasingly plugging in to neighboring Boston, there are also many who\u2019d like to forge tighter connections with the rest of Cambridge. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Bowman, who is Metcalf\u2019s lead recruiter, was able to forge a strong bond with him the first day that started talking. \u2014 Richard Davenport, Arkansas Online , 2 July 2022",
"Jordan was selected based on her ability to forge partnerships and work with other organizations, United Way board chair Paul Dolan said. \u2014 Robert Higgs, cleveland , 27 June 2022",
"Fire pits have traditionally existed as giant clunky contraptions, but today's outdoor brands have been able to forge mighty fire breathing dragons into compact, travel-friendly designs. \u2014 John Thompson, Men's Health , 31 May 2022",
"This level of consistently high connectivity shouldn\u2019t be ignored, especially by businesses eager to forge stronger relationships with consumers. \u2014 Rhett Power, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"As North America\u2019s largest documentary film festival, conference and market, Hot Docs strives to forge essential relationships that lead to production opportunities for documentary filmmakers with a keen eye on the global market. \u2014 Holly Jones, Variety , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Athletic director Scott Stricklin said in a statement the decision came down to Amato\u2019s inability to communicate effectively and forge relationships with his athletes. \u2014 Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Four women from different backgrounds forge an unbreakable sisterhood while trapped and in hiding during the genocide in Rwanda. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 5 June 2022",
"Several other particularly worrisome vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to forge cards used in the machines by technicians, giving the attacker access to a machine that would allow the software to be changed, Halderman said. \u2014 Kate Brumback, Anchorage Daily News , 31 May 2022"
],
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
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"Middle English forgen \"to form, shape (metal by heat), invent, contrive, counterfeit,\" borrowed from Anglo-French forger, forgier, going back to Latin fabric\u0101re, fabric\u0101r\u012b \"to fashion, shape, construct\" \u2014 more at fabricate":"Verb",
"Middle English, \"smith's workshop,\" borrowed from Anglo-French, going back to Gallo-Romance *faurga, going back to Latin fabrica \"process of making something, craft, workshop\" \u2014 more at fabric":"Noun",
"origin unknown":"Verb"
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"\u02c8f\u014d(\u0259)rj, \u02c8f\u022f(\u0259)rj",
"\u02c8f\u022frj"
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"real",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Middle English, from present participle of forgen \"to forge entry 2 \"":""
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"sham",
"snide",
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"adjective"
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},
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"that is a cheap forgery , not an authentic Ming Dynasty vase",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The lawsuit doesn\u2019t allege who conducted the forgery but says Niami\u2019s longtime notary falsely notarized that Niami and Remillard signed the document in his presence in Los Angeles when Remillard was actually in Montreal that day. \u2014 Laurence Darmientostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 1 July 2022",
"The Michigan Supreme Court dealt a fatal blow to GOP gubernatorial candidates' last-ditch attempts to land a spot on the August primary ballot after a signature forgery scandal brought their campaigns to an end. \u2014 Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press , 3 June 2022",
"He also was charged with felony theft and forgery for taking two iPads and a Chrome book from Fleet Feet, 102 Marion St. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 14 May 2022",
"Removing welfare benefits had a larger effect on women than men, the study found, with women more likely to be charged for crimes like prostitution, fraud and forgery . \u2014 Madeline Halpert, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"The woman, from Phenix City in Alabama, about 2 miles from Columbus, was charged with insurance fraud and forgery , according to a news release from the Insurance and Safety Fire commissioner. \u2014 al , 27 May 2022",
"In 2014, he was convicted of identity fraud and forgery in Georgia, according to court documents, and spent just over a year in prison starting in October 2016. \u2014 Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
"But ultimately, authorities would charge her with additional crimes before the Indiana car chase \u2013 fraud and forgery for allegedly using a fake name to buy the Ford SUV. \u2014 Stephanie Pagones, Fox News , 10 May 2022",
"He was eventually convicted of fraud and forgery in his native Canada, and served 17 months of a five-year sentence, before being paroled in February 2013. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Apr. 2022"
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"1583, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"forge entry 2 + -ery":""
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-j\u0259-",
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": insurance against loss from forgery or alteration of negotiable instruments or evidences of debt or ownership":[]
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"flash back (to)",
"hark back (to)",
"harken back (to)",
"hearken back (to)",
"mind",
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"recollect",
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],
": to fail to become mindful at the proper time":[
"forgot about paying the bill"
],
": to give up hope for or expectation of":[
"\u2014 usually used in the imperative as for prompt service, forget it"
],
": to lose one's dignity, temper, or self-control":[
"She forgot herself because of the liquor she had drunk.",
"So infuriated him that he forgot himself and had a tantrum."
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": to lose the remembrance of : be unable to think of or recall":[
"I forget his name"
],
": to treat with inattention or disregard":[
"forgot their old friends",
"He's now a forgotten hero."
]
},
"examples":[
"I keep forgetting her name.",
"The pain and misery are impossible to forget .",
"She forgot how to set up the tent.",
"I'll never forget the first time we met.",
"Don't forget that you have to turn off the light when you leave.",
"\u201cDid you pay the bill",
"He's now a forgotten hero.",
"He's a forgotten man in the world of politics.",
"If you're hoping to hear from him soon, forget it, it's not going to happen.",
"Forget about finding a way to escape\u2014there's no way out of here.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the rush to get that new campaign, clever post or special email offer out there, companies often forget to assess the environment where that content will land. \u2014 David Harrison, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Leatherwood said people should not forget the sunblock. \u2014 Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"But no one can easily forget , in this new book as in the older ones, the intensity of C\u00e9line\u2019s realization of the inexpungible human emotions of hatred and horror. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 15 June 2022",
"However, don\u00b4t forget that more natural ingredients also pack a strong exfoliant punch. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"Oh yes, and who could ever forget iconic lines from Hocus Pocus, Bewitched and more classic witch movies",
"People should not forget that this was not an attempt to get to the truth. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 2 June 2022",
"Many forget the mall was a dusty patch of dirt adjacent to rail yards before shovels hit the ground. \u2014 John Igliozzi, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
"However, people forget that in the '80s Honda was already building badass single-seat, off-road playthings. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 26 May 2022"
],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
},
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"Middle English, from Old English forgietan , from for- + -gietan (akin to Old Norse geta to get)":""
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"f\u0259r-\u02c8get",
"f\u022fr-"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for forget neglect , disregard , ignore , overlook , slight , forget mean to pass over without giving due attention. neglect implies giving insufficient attention to something that merits one's attention. habitually neglected his studies disregard suggests voluntary inattention. disregarded the wishes of his family ignore implies a failure to regard something obvious. ignored the snide remark overlook suggests disregarding or ignoring through haste or lack of care. in my rush I overlooked a key example slight implies contemptuous or disdainful disregarding or omitting. slighted several major authors in her survey forget may suggest either a willful ignoring or a failure to impress something on one's mind. forget what others say",
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"unlearn"
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": any of a genus ( Myosotis ) of small herbs of the borage family having usually bright blue or white flowers usually arranged in a curving spike":[]
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"1532, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213951",
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"forgetful sleep"
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},
"examples":[
"He became forgetful in his old age.",
"we become more forgetful as we get older",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This time the focus shifted to finding Dory \u2014 the forgetful Blue Tang voiced by Ellen DeGeneres. \u2014 Frank Pallotta, CNN , 16 June 2022",
"Mumbai tops the list of most forgetful Indian cities, followed by Delhi, Lucknow, and Kolkata. \u2014 Niharika Sharma, Quartz , 7 June 2022",
"Tests that compared them to people of the same age and health status who'd never had the virus showed that COVID survivors were more forgetful and had a slower processing speed. \u2014 Sonya Collins, Fortune , 27 Apr. 2022",
"This is particularly important if one person is a bit forgetful . \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 3 Feb. 2022",
"No, but forgetful Aztecs fans overdosing on addictive basketball diuretics are wetting Unsocial Media\u2019s unmade bed. \u2014 Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Mar. 2022",
"His trees sometimes die from lack of water from forgetful caretakers or are torn up by rambunctious toddlers. \u2014 Nick Roll, The Christian Science Monitor , 10 Jan. 2022",
"These complementary trends\u2014 forgetful bodies, fast-changing viruses\u2014push us to dose against the flu every fall. \u2014 Jacob Stern, The Atlantic , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Cannabis professionals and leaders are lazy, forgetful or uneducated. \u2014 Mike Weinberger, Rolling Stone , 27 Dec. 2021"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"f\u0259r-\u02c8get-f\u0259l",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215740",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051439",
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},
"examples":[
"He became forgetful in his old age.",
"we become more forgetful as we get older",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This time the focus shifted to finding Dory \u2014 the forgetful Blue Tang voiced by Ellen DeGeneres. \u2014 Frank Pallotta, CNN , 16 June 2022",
"Mumbai tops the list of most forgetful Indian cities, followed by Delhi, Lucknow, and Kolkata. \u2014 Niharika Sharma, Quartz , 7 June 2022",
"Tests that compared them to people of the same age and health status who'd never had the virus showed that COVID survivors were more forgetful and had a slower processing speed. \u2014 Sonya Collins, Fortune , 27 Apr. 2022",
"This is particularly important if one person is a bit forgetful . \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 3 Feb. 2022",
"No, but forgetful Aztecs fans overdosing on addictive basketball diuretics are wetting Unsocial Media\u2019s unmade bed. \u2014 Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Mar. 2022",
"His trees sometimes die from lack of water from forgetful caretakers or are torn up by rambunctious toddlers. \u2014 Nick Roll, The Christian Science Monitor , 10 Jan. 2022",
"These complementary trends\u2014 forgetful bodies, fast-changing viruses\u2014push us to dose against the flu every fall. \u2014 Jacob Stern, The Atlantic , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Cannabis professionals and leaders are lazy, forgetful or uneducated. \u2014 Mike Weinberger, Rolling Stone , 27 Dec. 2021"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"f\u0259r-\u02c8get-f\u0259l",
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": inventive , imaginative":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1597, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably from forge entry 2 + -tive (as in inventive )":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075523",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"forgettable":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": fit or likely to be forgotten":[
"a forgettable movie"
]
},
"examples":[
"It was an extremely forgettable performance.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some of the score\u2019s songs are forgettable , though, and the book feels repetitive in places. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 June 2022",
"The second year of Francisco Lindor\u2019s shortstop reign in Queens is as impactful as his get-to-know-you year was forgettable . \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
"Santos was a 9-year-old figure skater and soccer player in the Connecticut suburbs when she was hooked by an otherwise forgettable Disney Channel promo for the seemingly magical sport of short-track speedskating. \u2014 Ben Cohen, WSJ , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Cooks has been the one bright spot on an otherwise forgettable Houston offense. \u2014 Tony Holm, USA TODAY , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Desserts are pretty but forgettable ; drinks show flair and balance. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The imperative of the streaming boom is to turn the content spigot to full blast, but that makes content seem forgettable and cheap. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Dec. 2021",
"Most are bland and forgettable , and a few are outright annoying. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 16 Nov. 2021",
"That is not inconsistent with the gnostic conceit that drives the plot, but create an exhausting yet paradoxically forgettable experience. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 16 Sep. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1845, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"f\u0259r-\u02c8ge-t\u0259-b\u0259l",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051918",
"type":[
"adjective"
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},
"forgettery":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a faculty for forgetting : a poor memory":[
"a remarkable forgettery for those irksome little chores",
"a well-managed forgettery is often as important as a good memory"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"forget entry 1 + -ery":""
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"-et\u0259r\u0113",
"-ri"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193408",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forgettingly":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": by forgetting : absentmindedly":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130603",
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"forging press":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a punch press that forges metal by subjecting it to heavy pressure between dies":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105759",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forging roll":{
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": a rolling mill that forges comparatively uniform shapes by rolls of variable radii around the circumference":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112005",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forgivable":{
"antonyms":[
"resent"
],
"definitions":{
": to cease to feel resentment against (an offender) : pardon":[
"forgive one's enemies"
],
": to give up resentment of or claim to requital (see requital sense 1 ) for":[
"forgive an insult"
],
": to grant forgiveness":[
"had to learn to forgive and forget"
],
": to grant relief from payment of":[
"forgive a debt"
]
},
"examples":[
"Can you ever forgive me for being so selfish",
"I've never forgiven myself for the way I treated her.",
"We must ask God to forgive us for our sins.",
"When he feels he's been insulted, he finds it hard to forgive and forget .",
"He finds it hard to forgive an insult.",
"We must ask God to forgive our sins.",
"The government has agreed to forgive some of the debt.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hagelgans notes that companies should already be communicating with staff even before the decision arrives, and adds that since the ruling was leaked in May, employees are unlikely to forgive an employer without a robust plan of action in place. \u2014 Phil Wahba, Fortune , 22 June 2022",
"The issue of whether to forgive some federal student-loan debt has been particularly fraught. \u2014 Andrew Restuccia, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
"Shakier\u2019s younger sister, now 16 said her kind-hearted older brother would probably forgive Beckwith if the two could meet again. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 June 2022",
"For more on Mary Bailey's journey to forgive her mother, subscribe now to PEOPLE or pick up this week's issue, on newsstands now. \u2014 Elaine Aradillas, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
"The Lord Protector released Kat and Parry after receiving a humble plea from Elizabeth, but Thomas remained a prisoner, too dangerous for his brother to forgive . \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 June 2022",
"Dozens of these students organized a debt strike in 2015 to pressure the federal government to forgive their student debts, and their efforts eventually led to the establishment of a formal Borrower Defense application procedure. \u2014 Adam S. Minsky, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"After months of delays, President Biden is expected to announce in the coming weeks that the government will forgive at least $10,000 in debt for people making less than $125,000, according to news reports. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
"One of the basics of faith is God\u2019s ability to forgive and restore. \u2014 Terry Pluto, cleveland , 11 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English forgifan , from for- + gifan to give":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"f\u0259r-\u02c8giv",
"f\u022fr-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for forgive excuse , condone , pardon , forgive mean to exact neither punishment nor redress. excuse may refer to specific acts especially in social or conventional situations or the person responsible for these. excuse an interruption excused them for interrupting Often the term implies extenuating circumstances. injustice excuses strong responses condone implies that one overlooks without censure behavior (such as dishonesty or violence) that involves a serious breach of a moral, ethical, or legal code, and the term may refer to the behavior or to the agent responsible for it. a society that condones alcohol but not narcotics pardon implies that one remits a penalty due for an admitted or established offense. pardon a criminal forgive implies that one gives up all claim to requital and to resentment or vengeful feelings. could not forgive their rudeness",
"synonyms":[
"pardon"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195230",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"forgive":{
"antonyms":[
"resent"
],
"definitions":{
": to cease to feel resentment against (an offender) : pardon":[
"forgive one's enemies"
],
": to give up resentment of or claim to requital (see requital sense 1 ) for":[
"forgive an insult"
],
": to grant forgiveness":[
"had to learn to forgive and forget"
],
": to grant relief from payment of":[
"forgive a debt"
]
},
"examples":[
"Can you ever forgive me for being so selfish",
"I've never forgiven myself for the way I treated her.",
"We must ask God to forgive us for our sins.",
"When he feels he's been insulted, he finds it hard to forgive and forget .",
"He finds it hard to forgive an insult.",
"We must ask God to forgive our sins.",
"The government has agreed to forgive some of the debt.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hagelgans notes that companies should already be communicating with staff even before the decision arrives, and adds that since the ruling was leaked in May, employees are unlikely to forgive an employer without a robust plan of action in place. \u2014 Phil Wahba, Fortune , 22 June 2022",
"The issue of whether to forgive some federal student-loan debt has been particularly fraught. \u2014 Andrew Restuccia, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
"Shakier\u2019s younger sister, now 16 said her kind-hearted older brother would probably forgive Beckwith if the two could meet again. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 June 2022",
"For more on Mary Bailey's journey to forgive her mother, subscribe now to PEOPLE or pick up this week's issue, on newsstands now. \u2014 Elaine Aradillas, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
"The Lord Protector released Kat and Parry after receiving a humble plea from Elizabeth, but Thomas remained a prisoner, too dangerous for his brother to forgive . \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 June 2022",
"Dozens of these students organized a debt strike in 2015 to pressure the federal government to forgive their student debts, and their efforts eventually led to the establishment of a formal Borrower Defense application procedure. \u2014 Adam S. Minsky, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"After months of delays, President Biden is expected to announce in the coming weeks that the government will forgive at least $10,000 in debt for people making less than $125,000, according to news reports. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
"One of the basics of faith is God\u2019s ability to forgive and restore. \u2014 Terry Pluto, cleveland , 11 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English forgifan , from for- + gifan to give":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"f\u0259r-\u02c8giv",
"f\u022fr-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for forgive excuse , condone , pardon , forgive mean to exact neither punishment nor redress. excuse may refer to specific acts especially in social or conventional situations or the person responsible for these. excuse an interruption excused them for interrupting Often the term implies extenuating circumstances. injustice excuses strong responses condone implies that one overlooks without censure behavior (such as dishonesty or violence) that involves a serious breach of a moral, ethical, or legal code, and the term may refer to the behavior or to the agent responsible for it. a society that condones alcohol but not narcotics pardon implies that one remits a penalty due for an admitted or established offense. pardon a criminal forgive implies that one gives up all claim to requital and to resentment or vengeful feelings. could not forgive their rudeness",
"synonyms":[
"pardon"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035616",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"forgive me":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210510",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"forgiveness":{
"antonyms":[
"penalty",
"punishment",
"retribution"
],
"definitions":{
": the act of forgiving":[
"I ask for your forgiveness ."
]
},
"examples":[
"She treats us with kindness and forgiveness .",
"they asked her forgiveness for failing to invite her to the party",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"To err is indeed human, to forgive may be divine, but forgiveness is also optional. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 26 June 2022",
"To err is indeed human, to forgive may be divine, but forgiveness is also optional. \u2014 cleveland , 26 June 2022",
"To err is indeed human, to forgive may be divine, but forgiveness is also optional. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 26 June 2022",
"Student loan forgiveness could be the biggest mistake of Biden\u2019s presidency. \u2014 Zack Friedman, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"No decisions have been made yet, White House spokesperson Vedant Patel told the Post, but loan forgiveness has been under a major push of Biden\u2019s since the start of his administration. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 27 May 2022",
"Comprehensive student debt forgiveness is bad public policy. \u2014 Richard J. Shinder, WSJ , 10 May 2022",
"The average forgiveness would be more than $23,800 per borrower. \u2014 Ed O'keefe, CBS News , 26 Apr. 2022",
"What does Biden think about student loan forgiveness "
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"f\u022fr-",
"f\u0259r-\u02c8giv-n\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"absolution",
"amnesty",
"pardon",
"remission",
"remittal"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020955",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forgo":{
"antonyms":[
"bow (to)",
"give in (to)",
"submit (to)",
"succumb (to)",
"surrender (to)",
"yield (to)"
],
"definitions":{
": forsake":[],
": to give up the enjoyment or advantage of : do without":[
"never forwent an opportunity of honest profit",
"\u2014 R. L. Stevenson",
"decided to forgo dessert for a few days"
]
},
"examples":[
"She is planning to forgo her right to a trial and simply plead guilty.",
"I'll forgo dessert tonight\u2014I'm trying to lose weight.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Cast and crew had to forgo the usual social rituals that make extended location shoots feel like summer camp. \u2014 Steve Dollar, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
"Additionally, many companies had to quickly forgo traditional real estate transactions for digitalized ones to retain their grip on customer loyalty. \u2014 Candice Georgiadis, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Still, because of China\u2019s strict virus-testing policy, there are many promotional benefits to other parts of NBC Universal that the company will have to forgo this year. \u2014 John Koblin, New York Times , 3 Feb. 2022",
"After a week of rumors that Ed Sheeran would have to forgo his Saturday Night Live performance after recently testing positive for Covid-19, the English singer-songwriter returned to Studio 8H with two songs from his new album, =. \u2014 Sarah Grant, Rolling Stone , 7 Nov. 2021",
"Outlook: The Huskies had a berth in the Pac-12 title game, only to have to forgo that due to COVID-19 issues. \u2014 Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic , 29 Aug. 2021",
"Like the rest of us, newlyweds too had to forgo traveling in 2020, putting off honeymoons until the pandemic subsided. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 17 June 2021",
"The day marked the 100th anniversary of the city's parade and created a chance for those whose own towns had to forgo Memorial Day traditions to enjoy the event, too. \u2014 Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press , 31 May 2021",
"An earlier version of this article incorrectly said those who were laid off had to forgo all their options. \u2014 Eliot Brown, WSJ , 27 May 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English forg\u0101n to pass by, forgo, from for- + g\u0101n to go":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"f\u022fr-\u02c8g\u014d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"abjure",
"abstain (from)",
"forbear",
"keep (from)",
"refrain (from)",
"withhold (from)"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230624",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"forgotten":{
"antonyms":[
"flash back (to)",
"hark back (to)",
"harken back (to)",
"hearken back (to)",
"mind",
"recall",
"recollect",
"remember",
"reminisce (about)",
"think (of)"
],
"definitions":{
": to cease from doing":[],
": to cease remembering or noticing":[
"forgive and forget"
],
": to disregard intentionally : overlook":[
"\u2014 usually used in the imperative I shouldn't have said that, so just forget it"
],
": to fail to become mindful at the proper time":[
"forgot about paying the bill"
],
": to give up hope for or expectation of":[
"\u2014 usually used in the imperative as for prompt service, forget it"
],
": to lose one's dignity, temper, or self-control":[
"She forgot herself because of the liquor she had drunk.",
"So infuriated him that he forgot himself and had a tantrum."
],
": to lose the remembrance of : be unable to think of or recall":[
"I forget his name"
],
": to treat with inattention or disregard":[
"forgot their old friends",
"He's now a forgotten hero."
]
},
"examples":[
"I keep forgetting her name.",
"The pain and misery are impossible to forget .",
"She forgot how to set up the tent.",
"I'll never forget the first time we met.",
"Don't forget that you have to turn off the light when you leave.",
"\u201cDid you pay the bill",
"He's now a forgotten hero.",
"He's a forgotten man in the world of politics.",
"If you're hoping to hear from him soon, forget it, it's not going to happen.",
"Forget about finding a way to escape\u2014there's no way out of here.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the rush to get that new campaign, clever post or special email offer out there, companies often forget to assess the environment where that content will land. \u2014 David Harrison, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Leatherwood said people should not forget the sunblock. \u2014 Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"But no one can easily forget , in this new book as in the older ones, the intensity of C\u00e9line\u2019s realization of the inexpungible human emotions of hatred and horror. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 15 June 2022",
"However, don\u00b4t forget that more natural ingredients also pack a strong exfoliant punch. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"Oh yes, and who could ever forget iconic lines from Hocus Pocus, Bewitched and more classic witch movies",
"People should not forget that this was not an attempt to get to the truth. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 2 June 2022",
"Many forget the mall was a dusty patch of dirt adjacent to rail yards before shovels hit the ground. \u2014 John Igliozzi, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
"However, people forget that in the '80s Honda was already building badass single-seat, off-road playthings. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 26 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English forgietan , from for- + -gietan (akin to Old Norse geta to get)":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"f\u0259r-\u02c8get",
"f\u022fr-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for forget neglect , disregard , ignore , overlook , slight , forget mean to pass over without giving due attention. neglect implies giving insufficient attention to something that merits one's attention. habitually neglected his studies disregard suggests voluntary inattention. disregarded the wishes of his family ignore implies a failure to regard something obvious. ignored the snide remark overlook suggests disregarding or ignoring through haste or lack of care. in my rush I overlooked a key example slight implies contemptuous or disdainful disregarding or omitting. slighted several major authors in her survey forget may suggest either a willful ignoring or a failure to impress something on one's mind. forget what others say",
"synonyms":[
"disremember",
"unlearn"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041037",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"forjesket":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": weary or broken down : exhausted":[
"forjesket sair, with weary legs",
"\u2014 Robert Burns"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"alteration (influenced by for- ) of disjaskit":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-081504",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"forjudge":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of forjudge variant of forejudge"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-101632",
"type":[]
},
"fork":{
"antonyms":[
"converge",
"join"
],
"definitions":{
": a division into branches or the place where something divides into branches":[],
": a forked part, tool, or piece of equipment":[],
": an attack by one chess piece (such as a knight) on two pieces simultaneously":[],
": an implement with two or more prongs used especially for taking up (as in eating), pitching, or digging":[],
": confluence":[],
": one of the branches into which something forks":[],
": pay , contribute":[
"\u2014 used with over, out , or up had to fork over $5000"
],
": to attack (two chessmen) simultaneously":[],
": to divide into two or more branches":[
"where the road forks"
],
": to give the form of a fork to":[
"forking her fingers"
],
": to raise, pitch, dig, or work with a fork":[
"fork hay"
],
": to turn into a fork":[],
": to use or work with a fork":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"a fork in the road",
"the north fork of the river",
"the front fork of a bicycle",
"Verb",
"The road forks to the north and south.",
"They forked the hay into the loft.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Start checking your potatoes after they\u2019ve been boiling for five minutes by piercing the potatoes with a fork . \u2014 Robin Miller, USA TODAY , 26 June 2022",
"Baste with the oil from the garlic and parsley mixture, then turn and cook on the other side until the mushrooms are tender and juicy when pierced with a fork , about two minutes longer. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 23 June 2022",
"Add the tuna to a medium bowl and mash lightly with a fork . \u2014 Michael A. Gardiner, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"Granita can be made by freezing almost any liquid (avoid high-alcohol booze, which has a lower freezing point) and periodically fluffing the forming ice crystals with a fork . \u2014 Aliza Abarbanel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 2 June 2022",
"Gently stir together with a fork until the fish is flaked and everything is well combined. \u2014 Colu Henry, Vogue , 26 May 2022",
"Bring to a rolling boil, stir with a fork , and cover with a lid. \u2014 Sally Pasley Vargas, BostonGlobe.com , 17 May 2022",
"Start checking your potatoes after they\u2019ve been boiling for five minutes by piercing the potatoes with a fork . \u2014 Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic , 15 May 2022",
"Mix all ingredients with a fork until well blended. \u2014 Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal , 2 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Would the Rockets be willing to fork over Wood for two mid-tier selections in the first round",
"Buc-ee\u2019s is such a popular travel destination that the city of Luling and Caldwell County will likely fork over millions of dollars to increase the local footprint of the chain. \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 3 June 2022",
"Fort Lauderdale taxpayers might have to fork over an eye-popping chunk of change to cover the legal fees of five attorneys who spent seven years arguing that Fort Lauderdale\u2019s homeless feeding ban was unconstitutional. \u2014 Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel , 11 May 2022",
"Platforms like Instagram and TikTok may be forced to fork over up to $25,000 per violation under a bill that passed the state Assembly on Monday. \u2014 Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
"Do Kwon's plan to hard fork the Terra blockchain to revive the ecosystem from the recent crash of its algorithmic stablecoin TerraUSD barely found any backing in a preliminary poll. \u2014 Omkar Godbole, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"People just don\u2019t want to fork over $120 a month for a mostly-useless cable TV package anymore. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 13 May 2022",
"The online cake ecosystem is rich and growing, but from my experience, the full magic of these boundary-pushing confections can only happen offline, fork in hand. \u2014 Aliza Abarbanel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 10 May 2022",
"But don\u2019t assume that customers will fork over more cash. \u2014 Kyle Leighton, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English forke , from Old English & Anglo-French; Old English forca & Anglo-French furke , from Latin furca":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u022frk",
"\u02c8f\u022f(\u0259)rk"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"branch (out)",
"diverge",
"divide",
"part",
"separate",
"spread"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193310",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fork beam":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": beam arm sense 1":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130904",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forkable":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": fit to handle or transport with a fork":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-k\u0259b\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111111",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"forkball":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a baseball pitch in which the ball is gripped between the forked index and middle fingers":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Porter is famous because his forkball killed a dove in mid-air in the middle of a game. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 30 June 2021",
"Hirano said part of that progression has been with his signature forkball . \u2014 Nick Piecoro, azcentral , 15 Mar. 2018",
"Signing for just a $2 million bonus with LA, the 25-year-old righty with the distinctive corkscrew windup and bedeviling forkball made a solid April showing, then posted a 1.31 ERA with 119 strikeouts over his next 13 starts. \u2014 Jay Jaffe, SI.com , 9 Dec. 2017",
"The most famous forkball still belongs to Roy Face, who developed his version in 1954. \u2014 Daniel Brown, The Mercury News , 11 May 2017",
"Right-handed pitcher Zach Edgar carries on one tradition by throwing a forkball . \u2014 Gene Chamberlain, Elgin Courier-News , 12 June 2017",
"Dodgers manager Jim Tracy said Nomo\u00b4s forkball appears to be as dangerous as ever. \u2014 Associated Press, WIRED , 21 Dec. 2001"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1936, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u022frk-\u02ccb\u022fl"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031755",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forlorn":{
"antonyms":[
"blissful",
"buoyant",
"buoyed",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"delighted",
"glad",
"gladdened",
"gladsome",
"gleeful",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"jubilant",
"sunny",
"upbeat"
],
"definitions":{
": being in poor condition : miserable , wretched":[
"forlorn tumbledown buildings"
],
": bereft , forsaken":[
"left quite forlorn of hope"
],
": nearly hopeless":[
"a forlorn attempt"
],
": sad and lonely because of isolation or desertion : desolate":[
"a forlorn landscape"
]
},
"examples":[
"Against the forlorn backdrop of the muddy terrain the media circus has left behind, the young mother is photographed for a fashion spread wearing a \u2026 white dress. \u2014 James Wolcott , Vanity Fair , September 1998",
"There is nothing quite so forlorn as a closed factory\u2014Vic Wilcox knows, having supervised a shutdown himself in his time. \u2014 David Lodge , Nice Work , 1990",
"Like Ozymandias, once king of kings but now two legs of a broken statue in Percy Shelley's desert, the great facade of Union Station in Washington, D.C., stands forlorn \u2026 \u2014 Stephen Jay Gould , Natural History , November 1986",
"she was forlorn when she found out the trip had been cancelled",
"a forlorn wanderer far from home",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And then a forlorn shot of the audience, where a fan rises to his feet to give Pia a standing ovation. \u2014 Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone , 10 June 2022",
"The first rental construction in six years in trendy West Hartford Center is expected to begin in a month as two forlorn buildings are torn down to make way for luxury apartments that could test the upper limits of the area\u2019s asking rents. \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant , 5 June 2022",
"Cave paused in front of a group of somber, forlorn Soundsuits, made in 2011 of black mother-of-pearl buttons, with large pewter-looking megaphones where heads should be. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"And so many of his ideas are inspired, like adding the forlorn country lilt of an accordionist (Veli Kujala) to the scene in which Hamlet corrals a traveling troupe of actors to put on an evocation of his father\u2019s murder. \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2022",
"There\u2019s a forlorn square along the western fence that was an attempt at a strawberry bed. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Apr. 2022",
"It was last seen in 1985 and earned its forlorn name because scientists didn't see a future for the flower as the cloud forest experienced deforestation. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 16 Apr. 2022",
"The rest of the game was essentially a celebration for the Suns, who danced and dunked their way past the forlorn Lakers. \u2014 David Brandt, San Francisco Chronicle , 5 Apr. 2022",
"The indie film super team rose to the challenge of bringing the heady and critically acclaimed three-hour Haruki Murakami short story adaptation, about two forlorn souls connecting in a red Saab 900, to U.S. audiences. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English forloren , from Old English, past participle of forl\u0113osan to lose, from for- + l\u0113osan to lose \u2014 more at lose":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"f\u0259r-\u02c8l\u022frn",
"f\u022fr-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for forlorn alone , solitary , lonely , lonesome , lone , forlorn , desolate mean isolated from others. alone stresses the objective fact of being by oneself with slighter notion of emotional involvement than most of the remaining terms. everyone needs to be alone sometimes solitary may indicate isolation as a chosen course glorying in the calm of her solitary life but more often it suggests sadness and a sense of loss. left solitary by the death of his wife lonely adds to solitary a suggestion of longing for companionship. felt lonely and forsaken lonesome heightens the suggestion of sadness and poignancy. an only child often leads a lonesome life lone may replace lonely or lonesome but typically is as objective as alone . a lone robin pecking at the lawn forlorn stresses dejection, woe, and listlessness at separation from one held dear. a forlorn lost child desolate implies inconsolable grief at loss or bereavement. desolate after her brother's death",
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"cast down",
"crestfallen",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"doleful",
"down",
"down in the mouth",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"droopy",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"hangdog",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"heartsore",
"heavyhearted",
"inconsolable",
"joyless",
"low",
"low-spirited",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"miserable",
"mournful",
"sad",
"saddened",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"wretched"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165242",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"forlornness":{
"antonyms":[
"blissful",
"buoyant",
"buoyed",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"delighted",
"glad",
"gladdened",
"gladsome",
"gleeful",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"jubilant",
"sunny",
"upbeat"
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"definitions":{
": being in poor condition : miserable , wretched":[
"forlorn tumbledown buildings"
],
": bereft , forsaken":[
"left quite forlorn of hope"
],
": nearly hopeless":[
"a forlorn attempt"
],
": sad and lonely because of isolation or desertion : desolate":[
"a forlorn landscape"
]
},
"examples":[
"Against the forlorn backdrop of the muddy terrain the media circus has left behind, the young mother is photographed for a fashion spread wearing a \u2026 white dress. \u2014 James Wolcott , Vanity Fair , September 1998",
"There is nothing quite so forlorn as a closed factory\u2014Vic Wilcox knows, having supervised a shutdown himself in his time. \u2014 David Lodge , Nice Work , 1990",
"Like Ozymandias, once king of kings but now two legs of a broken statue in Percy Shelley's desert, the great facade of Union Station in Washington, D.C., stands forlorn \u2026 \u2014 Stephen Jay Gould , Natural History , November 1986",
"she was forlorn when she found out the trip had been cancelled",
"a forlorn wanderer far from home",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And then a forlorn shot of the audience, where a fan rises to his feet to give Pia a standing ovation. \u2014 Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone , 10 June 2022",
"The first rental construction in six years in trendy West Hartford Center is expected to begin in a month as two forlorn buildings are torn down to make way for luxury apartments that could test the upper limits of the area\u2019s asking rents. \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant , 5 June 2022",
"Cave paused in front of a group of somber, forlorn Soundsuits, made in 2011 of black mother-of-pearl buttons, with large pewter-looking megaphones where heads should be. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"And so many of his ideas are inspired, like adding the forlorn country lilt of an accordionist (Veli Kujala) to the scene in which Hamlet corrals a traveling troupe of actors to put on an evocation of his father\u2019s murder. \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2022",
"There\u2019s a forlorn square along the western fence that was an attempt at a strawberry bed. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Apr. 2022",
"It was last seen in 1985 and earned its forlorn name because scientists didn't see a future for the flower as the cloud forest experienced deforestation. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 16 Apr. 2022",
"The rest of the game was essentially a celebration for the Suns, who danced and dunked their way past the forlorn Lakers. \u2014 David Brandt, San Francisco Chronicle , 5 Apr. 2022",
"The indie film super team rose to the challenge of bringing the heady and critically acclaimed three-hour Haruki Murakami short story adaptation, about two forlorn souls connecting in a red Saab 900, to U.S. audiences. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Mar. 2022"
],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
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"Middle English forloren , from Old English, past participle of forl\u0113osan to lose, from for- + l\u0113osan to lose \u2014 more at lose":""
},
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"f\u0259r-\u02c8l\u022frn",
"f\u022fr-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for forlorn alone , solitary , lonely , lonesome , lone , forlorn , desolate mean isolated from others. alone stresses the objective fact of being by oneself with slighter notion of emotional involvement than most of the remaining terms. everyone needs to be alone sometimes solitary may indicate isolation as a chosen course glorying in the calm of her solitary life but more often it suggests sadness and a sense of loss. left solitary by the death of his wife lonely adds to solitary a suggestion of longing for companionship. felt lonely and forsaken lonesome heightens the suggestion of sadness and poignancy. an only child often leads a lonesome life lone may replace lonely or lonesome but typically is as objective as alone . a lone robin pecking at the lawn forlorn stresses dejection, woe, and listlessness at separation from one held dear. a forlorn lost child desolate implies inconsolable grief at loss or bereavement. desolate after her brother's death",
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"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"cast down",
"crestfallen",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"doleful",
"down",
"down in the mouth",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"droopy",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"hangdog",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"heartsore",
"heavyhearted",
"inconsolable",
"joyless",
"low",
"low-spirited",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"miserable",
"mournful",
"sad",
"saddened",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"wretched"
],
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"form":{
"antonyms":[
"crystallize",
"crystalize",
"jell",
"shape (up)",
"solidify"
],
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"the female form"
],
": a distinguishable group of organisms":[],
": a grade in a British school or in some American private schools":[],
": a long seat : bench":[],
": a mathematical expression of a particular type":[
"a bilinear form",
"a polynomial form"
],
": a mold in which concrete is placed to set":[],
": a particular kind or instance of such arrangement":[
"the sonnet is a poetical form"
],
": a prescribed and set order of words : formula":[
"the form of the marriage service"
],
": a printed or typed document with blank spaces for insertion of required or requested information":[
"tax forms"
],
": a proportioned and often adjustable model for fitting clothes":[],
": a supporting frame model of the human figure or part (such as the torso) of the human figure usually used for displaying apparel":[],
": a visible and measurable unit defined by a contour : a bounded surface or volume":[],
": beauty":[],
": condition suitable for performing (as in athletic competition)":[
"back on form"
],
": conduct regulated by extraneous (see extraneous sense 1 ) controls (as of custom or etiquette) : ceremony":[],
": develop , acquire":[
"form a habit"
],
": formic acid":[
"form ate"
],
": idea sense 4c":[],
": in the form or shape of : resembling":[
"fili form"
],
": known ability to perform":[
"a singer at the top of her form"
],
": linguistic form":[],
": manner or conduct as tested by a prescribed or accepted standard":[
"rudeness is simply bad form"
],
": manner or style of performing or accomplishing according to recognized standards of technique":[
"a strong swimmer but weak on form"
],
": one of the different aspects a word may take as a result of inflection or change of spelling or pronunciation":[
"verbal forms"
],
": one of the different modes of existence, action, or manifestation of a particular thing or substance : kind":[
"one form of respiratory disorder",
"a form of art"
],
": orderly method of arrangement (as in the presentation of ideas) : manner of coordinating elements (as of an artistic production or course of reasoning)":[],
": pattern , schema":[
"arguments of the same logical form"
],
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": show without substance":[],
": the component of a thing that determines its kind":[],
": the essential nature of a thing as distinguished from its matter: such as":[],
": the past performance of a race horse":[],
": the printing type or other matter arranged and secured in a chase ready for printing":[],
": the resting place or nest of a hare":[],
": the shape and structure of something as distinguished from its material":[
"the building's massive form"
],
": the structural element, plan, or design of a work of art \u2014 compare content sense 2c":[],
": to arrange in order : draw up":[
"The battalion was formed into squares for all-around defense."
],
": to arrange themselves in":[
"the dancers formed a line"
],
": to assume an inflection so as to produce (a form, such as a tense)":[
"forms the past in -ed"
],
": to become formed or shaped":[
"A clot was forming over the cut."
],
": to combine to make (a compound word)":[
"\"motor\" and \"cycle\" form \"motorcycle\""
],
": to give a particular shape to : shape or mold into a certain state or after a particular model":[
"form the dough into a ball",
"a state formed along republican lines"
],
": to give form or shape to : fashion , construct":[
"She formed the dough into balls."
],
": to model by instruction and discipline":[
"a mind formed by classical education"
],
": to serve to make up or constitute : be an essential or basic element of":[
"Bonds formed the bulk of his estate."
],
": to take form : come into existence : arise":[
"Storm clouds were forming over the hills."
],
": to take on a definite form, shape, or arrangement":[
"the platoon formed in columns"
],
": to take up a formation next to":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Coal is a form of carbon.",
"a rare form of cancer",
"a popular form of entertainment",
"an ancient form of music",
"the written form of the language",
"a style of architecture that emphasizes form over function",
"The shadowy forms of several people were visible through the smoke.",
"Verb",
"The friendship that they formed in school lasted a lifetime.",
"Her early experiences played an important role in forming her personality.",
"His ideas were not yet fully formed .",
"The drug can help prevent blood clots from forming .",
"Beads of sweat formed on his forehead.",
"A plan was gradually forming in my mind.",
"A plan was gradually forming itself in my mind.",
"An angry crowd was forming in the streets.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Help has arrived in the form of new signings such as 22-year-old Serbian goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic and 20-year-old Colombian winger Dylan Borrero. \u2014 Hayden Bird, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
"The simplest solution to any and all workwear dilemmas is right in front of you in the form of a classic suit set. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 24 June 2022",
"But the case may beg for a more nuanced outcome in the form of a ruling permitting both sides to sell NFTs based on ownership of certain copyrights. \u2014 Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 June 2022",
"Often, that comes in the form of comments from white fans that her boisterous energy or manner of speaking somehow don\u2019t create a respectable-enough image. \u2014 Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic , 23 June 2022",
"Critics are also comparing Amazon\u2019s demo to a popular episode of the sci-fi series Black Mirror, where a grieving wife recreates her dead husband in the form of a virtual assistant, and then robot. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 23 June 2022",
"One app, Replika, learns to replicate a person in the form of a chatbot. \u2014 Joseph De Avila, WSJ , 23 June 2022",
"The second will be conducted in the form of a live, in-market test in which Horizon will assess outcomes, or consumer reactions. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 23 June 2022",
"Poison oak, either Pacific or Atlantic, is a native plant in the United States \u2013 primarily located in the Southeast and on the West Coast \u2013 in the form of a shrub with leaves of three. \u2014 Camille Fine, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"All of your books form their own kind of universe centered around recurring themes, including bodies and water and storytelling. \u2014 Michele Filgate, Los Angeles Times , 25 June 2022",
"Higgins and Eliza clash, then form an unlikely bond \u2014 one that is threatened by an aristocratic suitor (Jeremy Brett). \u2014 Travis Bean, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"Every so often, an animal would infect a person, that person would spread the virus to some close contacts, and another minor outbreak would form , then fizzle out. \u2014 Rachel Gutman, The Atlantic , 9 June 2022",
"Meteorologists from Colorado State University, among the nation's top hurricane forecasters, has predicted nine hurricanes would form this year. \u2014 Doyle Rice, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
"Moscow\u2019s claims, which could not be immediately verified, came a week after Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu announced that Russia would form new military units in the west of the country in response to Sweden and Finland\u2019s bids to join NATO. \u2014 Yuras Karmanau, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"Last week Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu announced that Russia would form new military units in the country\u2019s west in response to Sweden and Finland\u2019s bids to join NATO. \u2014 The Christian Science Monitor , 28 May 2022",
"Last week, the House Agriculture Committee approved a bill that would form a special position at USDA to investigate allegations of antitrust practices within the meat and poultry processing industry. \u2014 Patrick Thomas, WSJ , 26 May 2022",
"His nonfiction books on the subject, Homicide and The Corner (the latter written with former BPD detective Ed Burns), both inspired eponymous TV series and would form the basis of HBO\u2019s The Wire, which Simon created in collaboration with Burns. \u2014 Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French & Latin; French -forme , from Latin -formis , from forma":"Adjective combining form",
"Middle English forme , from Anglo-French furme, forme , from Latin forma form, beauty":"Noun and Verb",
"formic":"Combining form"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u022f(\u0259)rm",
"\u02c8f\u022frm"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"configuration",
"conformation",
"fashion",
"figure",
"geometry",
"shape"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085911",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adjective combining form",
"combining form",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"formal":{
"antonyms":[
"ball",
"cotillion",
"cotillon",
"dance",
"hop",
"prom"
],
"definitions":{
": belonging to or constituting the form or essence of a thing":[
"formal cause"
],
": characterized by punctilious respect for form : methodical":[
"very formal in all his dealings"
],
": done in due or lawful form":[
"a formal contract",
"received formal recognition"
],
": following or according with established form, custom, or rule":[
"lacked formal schooling",
"a formal dinner party",
"formal attire"
],
": having the appearance without the substance":[
"formal Christians who go to church only at Easter"
],
": molar entry 3":[],
": relating to or involving the outward form, structure, relationships, or arrangement of elements rather than content":[
"formal logic",
"a formal style of painting",
"a formal approach to comparative linguistics"
],
": rigidly ceremonious : prim":[
"the ambience was overly formal , everyone but me was wearing a suit and tie",
"\u2014 James Suckling"
],
": something (such as a dance or a dress) formal in character":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"he asked her to the formal at the end of the year"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"1605, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"circa 1934, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Latin formalis , from forma":"Adjective and Noun",
"form ula + -al entry 1":"Adjective"
},
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-m\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for formal Adjective (1) ceremonial , ceremonious , formal , conventional mean marked by attention to or adhering strictly to prescribed forms. ceremonial and ceremonious both imply strict attention to what is prescribed by custom or by ritual, but ceremonial applies to things that are associated with ceremonies a ceremonial offering , ceremonious to persons given to ceremony or to acts attended by ceremony. made his ceremonious entrance formal applies both to things prescribed by and to persons obedient to custom and may suggest stiff, restrained, or old-fashioned behavior. a formal report the headmaster's formal manner conventional implies accord with general custom and usage conventional courtesy and may suggest a stodgy lack of originality or independence. conventional fiction",
"synonyms":[
"ceremonial",
"ceremonious",
"conventional",
"orthodox",
"regular",
"routine"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222920",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"formality":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an established form or procedure that is required or conventional":[
"the interview was just a formality"
],
": compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony":[],
": the quality or state of being formal":[]
},
"examples":[
"Her use of old-fashioned language lends an air of formality to her writing.",
"He failed to appreciate the formality of the occasion.",
"They haven't approved the loan yet, but that's just a mere formality .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Despite standing on a bit more formality than some of the other performers, even some of the string players could be seen getting up and dancing when Bell Biv DeVoe was on stage. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 20 June 2022",
"Signal the easing of formality or the kicking-up-of-the-fun by raising your hemline. \u2014 Marykate Boylan, Town & Country , 7 June 2022",
"By the ninth, the lead had ballooned to 21-12 and the last three outs seemed a formality . \u2014 Joe Freeman, oregonlive , 29 May 2022",
"In the outside world, Howard said, some view graduation as an unexciting chore or formality . \u2014 Nick Anderson, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
"IndyStar will continue to update this file as the rest of the Colts rookies sign their contracts, a development that has become mostly a formality under the current collective bargaining agreement\u2019s rookie wage scale. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star , 13 May 2022",
"While the architecture spoke to formality , the decoration took a livable approach. \u2014 Krissa Rossbund, Better Homes & Gardens , 5 May 2022",
"Then, warm-weather collections introduced platform sandal spin-offs for every moment and dress code: denim and raffia for weekday casual, mixed metallic leathers and lace-up accents for wedding invites or general formality . \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Where business thrives on risk, opinion and flexibility, science requires facts, patience and formality to operate at its best. \u2014 Borya Shakhnovich, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"f\u022fr-\u02c8ma-l\u0259-t\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"amenity",
"attention",
"civility",
"courtesy",
"gesture",
"pleasantry",
"politeness"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071533",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"formalize":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to give a certain or definite form to : shape":[],
": to give formal status or approval to":[],
": to make formal":[]
},
"examples":[
"The company has formalized its hiring practices.",
"Congress formalized the policy by making it law.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The decree issued Thursday appeared to formalize the restrictions placed on Hamzah\u2019s movements. \u2014 Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
"China\u2019s National Development & Reform Commission on Saturday appeared to formalize those curbs after giving power plants approval to import coal without restrictions, except from Australia, according to a Global Times report. \u2014 Jason Scott, Bloomberg.com , 16 Dec. 2020",
"And companies are tackling this while still trying to formalize new hybrid work schedules, with some employees still fully remote and others in the office several days a week. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
"These proposals, in some ways, formalize data inputs that have long been used by investors. \u2014 Shane Khan, Fortune , 1 June 2022",
"Amid unclear objectives and mounting Chinese pressure, Australia, India and the United States hesitated to formalize the dialogue. \u2014 Ella Lee, USA TODAY , 22 May 2022",
"First imagine an interesting mechanism and then formalize a design around that mechanism using Kompas-3D. \u2014 Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The dynamic, communitarian version shut down in 2009, part of an effort by Berkeley to formalize the center and comply with federal regulations. \u2014 Isabella Cueto, STAT , 28 Mar. 2022",
"What was behind the initial decision to formalize and create the London Screenings"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1646, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u022fr-m\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"homogenize",
"normalize",
"regularize",
"standardize"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195016",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"format":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a method of organizing data (as for storage)":[
"various file formats"
],
": general plan of organization, arrangement, or choice of material (as for a television show)":[],
": the shape, size, and general makeup (as of something printed)":[],
": to arrange (something, such as material to be printed or stored data) in a particular format":[],
": to prepare (something, such as a computer disk) for storing data in a particular format":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The journals are available in electronic format .",
"The file is saved in MP3 format .",
"Verb",
"The book is formatted in several different styles.",
"The data was improperly formatted .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Other than that, Gates\u2019 style and format are fairly consistent with a typical recruiter\u2019s expectations. \u2014 Jane Thier, Fortune , 30 June 2022",
"As in Season 1, one episode takes a big swing, messing with format and expectations. \u2014 Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY , 28 June 2022",
"That hybrid format returns this summer as voters cast their ballots for primary candidates at the state, federal and some local levels, including the state\u2019s attorney races in Baltimore City and Baltimore County. \u2014 Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun , 28 June 2022",
"Chamberlain, who rose to YouTube fame in 2018 with her new spin on the vlog format , has 11.5 million subscribers on YouTube and 15.7 million followers on Instagram. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 22 June 2022",
"The mid-week regional game was unpopular and that format lasted just four seasons before it was switched to the current model for the 2001-02 season. \u2014 Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star , 21 June 2022",
"Proof was not issued on any other format , such as vinyl LP or cassette. \u2014 Keith Caulfield, Billboard , 19 June 2022",
"His abilities in that format would soon become marketable when Hall of Famer Craig Patrick created a summer league consisting of 3-on-3 hockey called 3ICE. \u2014 Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic , 17 June 2022",
"Animal Kingdom returns with a new name and shorter format . \u2014 Orlando Sentinel Podcasts, Orlando Sentinel , 17 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Oyenyin uses the acronym to help format the book, labeling chapters detailing her experiences with those key terms and highlighting lessons from those times in bold. \u2014 Morgan Hines, USA TODAY , 3 May 2022",
"Local school boards within the state and across the country are wrestling with how to format instruction related to race and gender that is both age-appropriate and congruent with family values. \u2014 Seamus Mcavoy, Hartford Courant , 22 Apr. 2022",
"See this week\u2019s entry form or Style Conversational column for how to format your entry. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The question remains how Napier and his staff will format the spring game, given the varied approaches of previous coaches. \u2014 Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com , 31 Jan. 2022",
"The show quickly set itself apart by capitalizing on its mystery to format as a thrilling psychodrama. \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Will the Prep Challenges format differ from a regular high school or college game",
"And there will be the traditional Stanley Cup playoffs format after a temporary realignment last year. \u2014 USA TODAY , 13 Oct. 2021",
"Have your Recruiters prep the candidate on how to map experiences to answer interview questions in a Situation Task Action Result (STAR) format and give training recommendations on books, resources and more. \u2014 Returnships.org, Forbes , 5 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1840, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1964, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French or German; French, from German, from Latin formatus , past participle of formare to form, from forma":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02ccmat"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"arrangement",
"configuration",
"conformation",
"formation",
"layout",
"setout",
"setup"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234311",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"formation":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an act of giving form or shape to something or of taking form : development":[],
": something that is formed":[
"new word formations"
],
": the manner in which a thing is formed : structure":[
"the peculiar formation of the heart"
],
": a major kind of plant growth (such as forest, grassland, or tundra) characteristic of a broad ecological region":[],
": any igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic rock represented as a unit":[],
": any sedimentary bed or consecutive series of beds sufficiently homogeneous or distinctive to be a unit":[],
": an arrangement of a body or group of persons or things in some prescribed manner or for a particular purpose":[
"flying in formation"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"f\u022fr-\u02c8m\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangement",
"configuration",
"conformation",
"format",
"layout",
"setout",
"setup"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"The book explains the formation of the planets.",
"The soldiers were marching in formation .",
"The team ran on the field and lined up in a punt formation .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"To understand why business growth has been so hard, Inc And Go, a business formation consultancy, conducted a wide-ranging survey to delve into some of the challenges minorities face when starting and growing a company. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 23 June 2022",
"At a murder mansion, a spirit box session goes amiss; in New Hampshire UFOs gather in an unusual formation ; a musical ghost plays the accordion in Russia. \u2014 Olivia Mccormack, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
"Think of how water freezes, with crystal formation snaking away in all directions. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 22 June 2022",
"Alasdair Burns, who runs stargazing tour company Twinkle Dark Sky Tours on Stewart Island off of New Zealand\u2019s southern coast, was alerted to the cloud formation by a text message at around 7:27 p.m. local time on Sunday. \u2014 Chloe Taylor, Fortune , 21 June 2022",
"Many users are calling creators out for potentially editing the videos, or recording them a week before their Botox (which is actually proven to reduce the appearance and formation of fine lines) kicks in. \u2014 Taylore Glynn, Allure , 21 June 2022",
"This kind of evangelical formation does create a profound sense of entitlement, cosmic entitlement. \u2014 Alex Morris, Rolling Stone , 18 June 2022",
"Kelley Hudlow, missioner for clergy formation for the diocese, told NBC affiliate WVTM of Birmingham soon after the shooting that church leaders were trying to learn more. \u2014 Phil Helsel, NBC News , 17 June 2022",
"Odds for the system diminished since Wednesday, which had previously had long-term formation chances up to 40%. \u2014 Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel , 17 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143843"
},
"formative":{
"antonyms":[
"nonconstructive",
"nonproductive",
"unproductive"
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"The 68-year-old suspect in a May mass shooting harbored resentment dating back to his formative years in Taiwan. \u2014 New York Times , 12 June 2022",
"The fourth season takes place in the spring of 1986 and follows the core group of Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), Mike (Finn Wolfhard), Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) and Will (Noah Schnapp) into their formative high school years. \u2014 Christy Pi\u00f1a, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 May 2022",
"Now, these days, Baby and Johnny\u2019s slow dance-turned-slow love making would hardly garner a PG-13 rating, but for a girl in her formative years, watching that scene in the late \u201880s was something to behold. \u2014 Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR , 25 May 2022",
"The release reflects yet more past endeavors, including her training in sculpture and a formative stint in theatrical puppetry. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
"Exploring Europe at a formative age had a significant effect on McKee's way of thinking. \u2014 Francesca Street, CNN , 25 May 2022",
"Still alive at 86 (which many don\u2019t realize, since all the other formative rockers are gone), Lewis has now had seven wives, and many reckless years on drugs and alcohol. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 22 May 2022",
"As one formative male figure slips from her world, Sandra makes space for another. \u2014 Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Any Hollywood star who has done a big movie \u2014 or at least one formative to their career \u2014 probably has taken a special prop or two from set. \u2014 Andrea Towers, EW.com , 12 Apr. 2022"
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"Impossible Foods is selling frozen packs of six pre- formed , quarter-pound patties for $13.99 at select grocery stores. \u2014 NBC News , 28 May 2021",
"Pre- formed wire skeletons are included to help give you a jump start. \u2014 Meghan Kavanaugh, USA TODAY , 4 Nov. 2020"
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"In the same interview, Trump praised his former deputy chief of staff Tony Ornato and Secret Service agent Bobby Engel. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 1 July 2022",
"Ulin is a former book editor and book critic of The Times. \u2014 David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
"The Marion County Prosecutor's office brought the charges against Jones, former fire chief Randy Adams, fire chief Louis Lang and employee James Parham after IndyStar reported the concern over the conflict of interest in August of 2021. \u2014 Amelia Pak-harvey, The Indianapolis Star , 30 June 2022",
"By that time, Gaston chose to support Roberts, Bluffdale\u2019s former fire chief, in the mayor\u2019s race. \u2014 Jacob Scholl, The Salt Lake Tribune , 30 June 2022",
"The new Spanish-language publication is scheduled to launch online in July 2022 with Editor-in-Chief Marcela Dobal, former Business Editor of El Pa\u00eds, at the helm. \u2014 Forbes Partner Releases, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"The city\u2019s former chief of staff, who authorized the tree to be removed and placed at Ladd-Peebles Stadium and decorated with Christmas ornaments, resigned a short time later. \u2014 al , 29 June 2022",
"Murphy said the committee welcomed the testimony from the agents and called on former Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows, to testify under oath. \u2014 Isabelle Schmeler, NBC News , 29 June 2022",
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"The former made a surprise appearance supporting his cousin during the last moments of the show, where the two artists rapped along to some of Baby Keem\u2019s songs. \u2014 Uvie Bikomo, Rolling Stone , 28 June 2022",
"The former comes with six Xe-cores and six ray-tracing units. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 30 Mar. 2022",
"If Anything Happens \u2014 the former follows a gay Afghan refugee\u2019s journey to Europe as a teenager and the latter is about parents grieving the loss of a child killed in a school shooting \u2014 were not the easiest sales to publishers. \u2014 Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter , 30 Mar. 2022",
"It's been a close race between Kodi Smit-McPhee and Troy Kotsur, and more branch-hopping support for Dog versus CODA was thought to work in the former 's favor at one point. \u2014 Joey Nolfi, EW.com , 8 Mar. 2022",
"The former seemed to rise up for a floater, but instead pushed a lob to the center, who threw it down. \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Meanwhile, Maluma and Kardashian's ex Scott Disick started a fake argument over Twitter to promote the former 's latest music video. \u2014 Heran Mamo, Billboard , 9 July 2021",
"The former comes with 256 gigabytes of storage while the latter has 512 gigabytes, but both are foldable and include a full HD display. \u2014 Nina Huang, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2021",
"This 16-piece option comes with many of the same pieces that are included in the 15-piece set (the former comes with eight steak knives instead of six and two different paring knives over the 15-piece's honing steel). \u2014 Melissa Lee, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2021"
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"Alijah Vera-Tucker, who had a standout rookie season at left guard, is moving to right guard to make way for free-agent signee Laken Tomlinson, formerly of San Francisco. \u2014 J.p. Pelzman, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
"Jaziah Smith, 20, formerly of Atwood Street, appeared in Hartford Superior Court on Wednesday morning. \u2014 Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant , 29 June 2022",
"Coley, formerly of Upper Marlboro, Md., is expected to appear before a D.C. Superior Court judge on Thursday on the new charges. \u2014 Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
"Yasmin Kaytmaz, formerly of Dr. Clark and The River, is another partner in this endeavor. \u2014 Roxanne Fequiere, Vogue , 24 June 2022",
"The restaurant, overseen by Greek chef Yiannis Kioroglou, formerly of La Petite Maison in Cannes, France, and St. Barts\u2019s La Gu\u00e9rite, marries classic Aegean and Mediterranean flavors. \u2014 Laura Neilson, WSJ , 21 June 2022",
"Kala, the first pop-up in the program, has given Dev \u2014 formerly of Destroyer and Vespertine \u2014 a place to sell whimsical, original and sustainability-minded pastries and deli-leaning savory dishes in the space. \u2014 Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
"Professor Julian Chambliss of Michigan State University ( formerly of Rollins College) has brought attention to Henderson and the Advocate (see advocaterecovered.org). \u2014 Orlando Sentinel , 19 June 2022",
"According to an announcement Thursday, Tweedy will play a headlining set Friday, Aug. 26 alongside Phil Lesh ( formerly of the Grateful Dead) and Nels Cline (also of Wilco). \u2014 Doug George, Chicago Tribune , 2 June 2022"
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"Alta is reached by a hairpin road that climbs steadily upward\u2014a ride of thirty minutes or so, depending on road and weather conditions\u2014through some of the most formidable mountain scenery in the country. \u2014 Cynthia Zarin , New Yorker , 23 Mar. 1992",
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"He has mastered a formidable amount of material.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That could be enough to win the weekend ahead of Top Gun: Maverick, which is doing formidable business in its fifth weekend, thanks to being rereleased in Imax and other premium screens. \u2014 Pamela Mcclintock, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 June 2022",
"But soon after, authorities began cracking down on their protests and arrested Oromo activists and leaders, some of whom had stood up as formidable opponents to Abiy\u2019s vision of a more centralized Ethiopia. \u2014 Abdi Latif Dahir, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
"The once- formidable Warriors were dominating opponents, but not any longer. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 30 Mar. 2022",
"More than the once- formidable -now-woebegone New York Giants, which the 49ers also faced eight times in playoffs. \u2014 Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Shackelford, Jahvon Quinerly and freshman JD Davison form a still- formidable backcourt that will also include senior Keon Ellis. \u2014 Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al , 20 Oct. 2021",
"Cousins continued his strong statistical play against the once- formidable Seattle defense. \u2014 Steve Silverman, Forbes , 27 Sep. 2021",
"The dogs come in handy, as does Chase\u2019s own rusty but formidable aptitude for violence, when the government catches up to him and dispatches an assassin to his lovely suburban home. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 14 June 2022",
"One other thing: The people are friendly and formidable , quick to flash a smile at friendliness \u2026 and just as quick to suck our teeth at foolishness \u2014 so mind your manners. \u2014 Juliet Pennington, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022"
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"The sea was green, the formless dark blobs more visible than in the flat gray light of the previous day. \u2014 Scott Wilson, Anchorage Daily News , 24 July 2021",
"Previous projects saw the group\u2019s two rappers splitting mike time evenly, but, in keeping with this album\u2019s more formless nature, there is less emphasis on arrangement, or balance of any kind. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 21 Sep. 2021",
"The sea was green, the formless dark blobs more visible than in the flat gray light of the previous day. \u2014 Scott Wilson, Anchorage Daily News , 24 July 2021",
"The sea was green, the formless dark blobs more visible than in the flat gray light of the previous day. \u2014 Scott Wilson, Anchorage Daily News , 24 July 2021",
"The sea was green, the formless dark blobs more visible than in the flat gray light of the previous day. \u2014 Scott Wilson, Anchorage Daily News , 24 July 2021",
"The sea was green, the formless dark blobs more visible than in the flat gray light of the previous day. \u2014 Scott Wilson, Anchorage Daily News , 24 July 2021",
"The sea was green, the formless dark blobs more visible than in the flat gray light of the previous day. \u2014 Scott Wilson, Anchorage Daily News , 24 July 2021",
"The sea was green, the formless dark blobs more visible than in the flat gray light of the previous day. \u2014 Scott Wilson, Anchorage Daily News , 24 July 2021"
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"\u2014 Laurence Bergreen",
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"\u2014 Katie Walsh"
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"Pyrotechnicians agree that the blue-violet shades of this peacock feather are the most challenging to formulate . \u2014 Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics , 30 June 2022",
"The important thing is to formulate our new mind frames in a positive way. \u2014 Marc Aurel, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"In June, 2020, the Israel Defense Forces established the Strategy and Third Circle Directorate, assigned to formulate a comprehensive view of the Iranian threat facing Israel in all its aspects. \u2014 Jonathan Spyer, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"Dove has worked hard to formulate the perfect lotion. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022",
"Certainly, during the years that Natasha was formulating the makeup, which took her over five years to formulate , the idea of putting a lot of products on your acne or on your eczema was not ideal. \u2014 Essence , 21 May 2022",
"The goal was to discuss and formulate innovative solutions to problems of homelessness, affordable housing, the housing shortage, NIMBYism and more. \u2014 Jessica Geltstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
"After World War II, however, policymakers began to formulate some of the first international conventions to protect cultural heritage in conflict zones. \u2014 Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The first stage of setting up this type of program is to formulate a strategy, which will often include collecting basic customer data. \u2014 Elie Y. Katz, Forbes , 9 June 2022"
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"Although Velveeta's products are not vegan, the formulation of both colors is vegan and cruelty-free, according to Nails Inc. \u2014 Zoe Sottile, CNN , 18 June 2022",
"The botanical formulation is a proprietary blend, infused with biotin and provitamins B5 and B7. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"That formulation is more traditional than the ones used in the mRNA shots from Pfizer and Moderna. \u2014 Aria Bendix, NBC News , 7 June 2022",
"As for what not to put on your scalp, Dr. Lolis says to avoid parabens, sulfates, formaldehyde, and synthetic dyes so that the formulation is gentle on the delicate skin of your scalp. \u2014 Allure , 30 May 2022",
"The young children's formulation is a 3-microgram dose of the vaccine. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 31 Jan. 2022",
"If Omicron fizzles out on its own, or doesn\u2019t land tons of people in the hospital, another vaccine formulation might not be necessary, even if our current shots aren\u2019t its exact Achilles\u2019 heel. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 8 Dec. 2021",
"That formulation is more forward than the traditional U.S. policy line, which is to refrain from saying one way or the other whether the U.S. would use force to defend Taiwan from an invasion. \u2014 Clay Chandler And Grady Mcgregor, Fortune , 16 Nov. 2021",
"Federal officials have said the formulation is the same and the two are interchangeable. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Sep. 2021"
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"Pyrotechnicians agree that the blue-violet shades of this peacock feather are the most challenging to formulate . \u2014 Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics , 30 June 2022",
"The important thing is to formulate our new mind frames in a positive way. \u2014 Marc Aurel, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"In June, 2020, the Israel Defense Forces established the Strategy and Third Circle Directorate, assigned to formulate a comprehensive view of the Iranian threat facing Israel in all its aspects. \u2014 Jonathan Spyer, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"Dove has worked hard to formulate the perfect lotion. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022",
"Certainly, during the years that Natasha was formulating the makeup, which took her over five years to formulate , the idea of putting a lot of products on your acne or on your eczema was not ideal. \u2014 Essence , 21 May 2022",
"The goal was to discuss and formulate innovative solutions to problems of homelessness, affordable housing, the housing shortage, NIMBYism and more. \u2014 Jessica Geltstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
"After World War II, however, policymakers began to formulate some of the first international conventions to protect cultural heritage in conflict zones. \u2014 Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The first stage of setting up this type of program is to formulate a strategy, which will often include collecting basic customer data. \u2014 Elie Y. Katz, Forbes , 9 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Afterwards, Russia\u2019s larger warships had to forsake shore-bombardment missions targeting the area around Odessa and pulled further back in the Black Sea to avoid the surveillance/strike range of Ukraine\u2019s coastal missiles. \u2014 Sebastien Roblin, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Persevere in the faith, cast off all fear and keep your heart strong; God will never forsake you. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 4 May 2022",
"Unlike her husband Allen, who is willing to forsake his brothers to lead a more modern life in line with Brenda's upbringing, she's unabashedly attracted to his family name. \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Like other immigrant groups that forsake tenements for suburbs, Greeks visit the old neighborhood propelled by an unquenchable taste for its old-country customs. \u2014 Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
"But many of these films appear to be biased, lacking in nuance or based on shaky science, encouraging viewers to make radical changes to their diets \u2014 like give up sugar, go keto or forsake animal products \u2014 in order to achieve true health. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Jan. 2022",
"When travel opportunities and open venues were lacking during the first wave of COVID-19, Diamond didn\u2019t forsake his music. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 17 Jan. 2022",
"While there are ways and room to improve, Kleiman does not want to forsake short-term success for long-term goals. \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 14 Jan. 2022",
"The Ravens boast the NFL\u2019s best defense against the run, which could cause McVay to forsake balance and focus on exploiting what is the league\u2019s worst defense against the pass. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Jan. 2022"
],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"Middle English, from Old English forsacan , from for- + sacan to dispute; akin to Old English sacu action at law \u2014 more at sake":""
},
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"f\u022fr-",
"f\u0259r-\u02c8s\u0101k"
],
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"leave",
"maroon",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102012",
"type":[
"verb"
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},
"forsaken":{
"antonyms":[
"reclaim"
],
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"friends have forsaken her",
"forsook the theater for politics"
]
},
"examples":[
"forsaking most of our possessions, we evacuated just before the hurricane struck",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Afterwards, Russia\u2019s larger warships had to forsake shore-bombardment missions targeting the area around Odessa and pulled further back in the Black Sea to avoid the surveillance/strike range of Ukraine\u2019s coastal missiles. \u2014 Sebastien Roblin, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Persevere in the faith, cast off all fear and keep your heart strong; God will never forsake you. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 4 May 2022",
"Unlike her husband Allen, who is willing to forsake his brothers to lead a more modern life in line with Brenda's upbringing, she's unabashedly attracted to his family name. \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Like other immigrant groups that forsake tenements for suburbs, Greeks visit the old neighborhood propelled by an unquenchable taste for its old-country customs. \u2014 Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
"But many of these films appear to be biased, lacking in nuance or based on shaky science, encouraging viewers to make radical changes to their diets \u2014 like give up sugar, go keto or forsake animal products \u2014 in order to achieve true health. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Jan. 2022",
"When travel opportunities and open venues were lacking during the first wave of COVID-19, Diamond didn\u2019t forsake his music. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 17 Jan. 2022",
"While there are ways and room to improve, Kleiman does not want to forsake short-term success for long-term goals. \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 14 Jan. 2022",
"The Ravens boast the NFL\u2019s best defense against the run, which could cause McVay to forsake balance and focus on exploiting what is the league\u2019s worst defense against the pass. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Jan. 2022"
],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"Middle English, from Old English forsacan , from for- + sacan to dispute; akin to Old English sacu action at law \u2014 more at sake":""
},
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"f\u0259r-\u02c8s\u0101k",
"f\u022fr-"
],
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"desert",
"leave",
"maroon",
"quit",
"strand"
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"type":[
"verb"
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},
"forsaker":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": one that forsakes":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from forsaken to forsake + -er":""
},
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"-k\u0259(r)"
],
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200808",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forsaking":{
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"reclaim"
],
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"friends have forsaken her",
"forsook the theater for politics"
]
},
"examples":[
"forsaking most of our possessions, we evacuated just before the hurricane struck",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Afterwards, Russia\u2019s larger warships had to forsake shore-bombardment missions targeting the area around Odessa and pulled further back in the Black Sea to avoid the surveillance/strike range of Ukraine\u2019s coastal missiles. \u2014 Sebastien Roblin, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Persevere in the faith, cast off all fear and keep your heart strong; God will never forsake you. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 4 May 2022",
"Unlike her husband Allen, who is willing to forsake his brothers to lead a more modern life in line with Brenda's upbringing, she's unabashedly attracted to his family name. \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Like other immigrant groups that forsake tenements for suburbs, Greeks visit the old neighborhood propelled by an unquenchable taste for its old-country customs. \u2014 Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
"But many of these films appear to be biased, lacking in nuance or based on shaky science, encouraging viewers to make radical changes to their diets \u2014 like give up sugar, go keto or forsake animal products \u2014 in order to achieve true health. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Jan. 2022",
"When travel opportunities and open venues were lacking during the first wave of COVID-19, Diamond didn\u2019t forsake his music. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 17 Jan. 2022",
"While there are ways and room to improve, Kleiman does not want to forsake short-term success for long-term goals. \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 14 Jan. 2022",
"The Ravens boast the NFL\u2019s best defense against the run, which could cause McVay to forsake balance and focus on exploiting what is the league\u2019s worst defense against the pass. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English forsacan , from for- + sacan to dispute; akin to Old English sacu action at law \u2014 more at sake":""
},
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"f\u0259r-\u02c8s\u0101k",
"f\u022fr-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for forsake abandon , desert , forsake mean to leave without intending to return. abandon suggests that the thing or person left may be helpless without protection. abandoned children desert implies that the object left may be weakened but not destroyed by one's absence. a deserted town forsake suggests an action more likely to bring impoverishment or bereavement to that which is forsaken than its exposure to physical dangers. a forsaken lover",
"synonyms":[
"abandon",
"desert",
"leave",
"maroon",
"quit",
"strand"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234754",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": and perhaps it will please (us) one day to remember these things":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccf\u022fr-\u02ccs\u00e4n-\u02ccet-\u02c8h\u012bk-\u02cc\u014d-lim-\u02ccme-mi-\u02c8ni-se-yu\u0307-\u02c8w\u00e4-bit"
],
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091915",
"type":[
"Latin quotation from Virgil"
]
},
"forsooth":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": in truth : indeed":[
"\u2014 often used to imply contempt or doubt"
]
},
"examples":[
"forsooth , the rumor is true: this lovely lass and I are getting married!",
"you're getting married without a penny to your name\u2014a pretty story forsooth !"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English for soth , from Old English fors\u014dth , from for + s\u014dth sooth":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"f\u0259r-\u02c8s\u00fcth"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"actually",
"admittedly",
"frankly",
"honestly",
"indeed",
"really",
"truly",
"truthfully",
"verily"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040857",
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"forswear":{
"antonyms":[
"adhere (to)"
],
"definitions":{
": to deny under oath":[],
": to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath":[],
": to reject or renounce under oath":[],
": to renounce earnestly":[],
": to swear falsely":[]
},
"examples":[
"She forswore her allegiance to the old regime.",
"He foreswore cigarettes as his New Year's resolution.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Kremlin has demanded that NATO pull back from Eastern Europe and forswear the addition of potential new members such as Ukraine. \u2014 William Mauldin, WSJ , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Zelensky\u2019s alternative may be to pursue a ceasefire deal with Putin that could require Ukraine to forswear future NATO membership, among other bitter concessions. \u2014 Steve Coll, The New Yorker , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Ukraine has refused to forswear its right to join the NATO military alliance, a proposition Putin has described as a red line. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Neither Washington nor Kyiv is ready to forswear Ukraine\u2019s sovereign right to choose its alliances. \u2014 Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker , 3 Feb. 2022",
"The West\u2019s failure to live up to that agreement, in this argument, is the real cause of the crisis now gripping Europe as Mr. Putin demands that NATO forswear membership for Ukraine as the price of calling off a potential invasion. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Jan. 2022",
"McCarthy's refusal to forswear his relationship with Trump and his decision to repair it is the latest troubling sign that vast swaths of the Republican Party have turned their backs on the standards and obligations of democracy. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 16 July 2021",
"And, perhaps most important, the U.S. should press Egypt and Qatar to use their leverage to rein in Hamas and force Palestinians to hold new elections and unify their leadership with candidates who forswear violence against Israelis. \u2014 Star Tribune , 6 July 2021",
"The rule of law is vital to free and fair elections, and Mr. Trump is right not to forswear his legal options. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 24 Sep. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English forsweren , from Old English forswerian , from for- + swerian to swear":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"f\u014dr-\u02c8swar",
"f\u022fr-\u02c8swer"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for forswear abjure , renounce , forswear , recant , retract mean to withdraw one's word or professed belief. abjure implies a firm and final rejecting or abandoning often made under oath. abjured the errors of his former faith renounce may carry the meaning of disclaim or disown. renounced abstract art and turned to portrait painting forswear may add an implication of perjury or betrayal. I cannot forswear my principles recant stresses the withdrawing or denying of something professed or taught. if they recant they will be spared retract applies to the withdrawing of a promise, an offer, or an accusation. the newspaper had to retract the story",
"synonyms":[
"abjure",
"abnegate",
"recant",
"renege",
"renounce",
"repeal",
"repudiate",
"retract",
"take back",
"unsay",
"withdraw"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030330",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forsworn":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": guilty of perjury":[],
": marked by perjury":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"f\u022fr-\u02c8sw\u022frn"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032201",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"fort":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a permanent army post":[
"\u2014 often used in place names"
]
},
"examples":[
"They captured the fort after a long battle.",
"a series of forts along the frontier",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Build a stick fort in our outdoor space or watch the changing scenes in the Cloud Theater. \u2014 Jack Schnedler, Arkansas Online , 15 Feb. 2022",
"The rallies have been largely peaceful, though clashes in January left one protester dead and hundreds injured after demonstrators broke through police barricades to storm a historic fort in Delhi. \u2014 Biswajeet Banerjee, ajc , 4 Oct. 2021",
"One of the most popular activities at Fort Adams State Park is taking a 2.5-mile walk around the fort and soaking in the stunning views of Newport Harbor. \u2014 Sam Dangremond, Town & Country , 18 June 2022",
"Another altar found in 1914 confirmed that the fort had been called Vindolanda. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 15 June 2022",
"Why the Spot Is Awesome: Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine is the oldest masonry fort in the United States. \u2014 Jenny Mccoy, SELF , 8 June 2022",
"This small but critical fort at the gateway to Abu Dhabi's main island was erected in the late 18th century using basic materials such as coral stones, beach rock and sand and its tower would guard and protect Abu Dhabi for many years to come. \u2014 Melanie Swan, CNN , 6 June 2022",
"Then, head to the parade field inside the walls of the 19th-century fort , where about 30 local and regional breweries will be waiting to pour you a cold one. \u2014 Patricia Harris And David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"This sandbox is great for toddlers and bigger kids who want more of a fort -style vibe. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 24 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English forte , from Anglo-French fort , from fort , adjective, strong, from Latin fortis":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u022frt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bastion",
"castle",
"citadel",
"fastness",
"fortification",
"fortress",
"hold",
"redoubt",
"stronghold"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225632",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fort royal":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a fort of great magnitude":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"fort entry 1 + royal (adjective)":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083522",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forte":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a musical tone or passage played loudly":[],
": loud":[
"\u2014 used as a direction in music violins played the passage forte"
],
": one's strong point":[],
": the part of a sword or foil blade that is between the middle and the hilt and that is the strongest part of the blade":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun (1)",
"Emily's particular forte was desserts, and most dinner parties ended with three desserts. \u2014 Anne Sinkler Whaley LeClercq , An Antebellum Plantation Household , 1996",
"Even during Picasso's youthful figurative stages, stark realism was never his forte \u2026 \u2014 Patricia Corbett , Connoisseur , July 1988",
"Though his forte was never the novel but the novella, he paid the rent by grinding out novel after novel \u2026 \u2014 Hugh Kenner , A Sinking Island , (1987) 1988"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1759, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"circa 1648, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
"circa 1724, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb or adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French fort , from fort , adjective, strong":"Noun",
"Italian, from forte strong, from Latin fortis":"Adverb or adjective and Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u022fr-t\u0113",
"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02cct\u0101",
"\u02c8f\u022frt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"long suit",
"m\u00e9tier",
"metier",
"speciality",
"specialty",
"strong suit",
"thing"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023102",
"type":[
"adverb or adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"forte-piano":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an early form of the piano originating in the 18th and early 19th centuries and having a smaller range and softer timbre than a modern piano":[],
": loud then immediately soft":[
"\u2014 used as a direction in music"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The concert is performed by eight PBO musicians and features a replica of Mozart\u2019s own fortepiano . \u2014 oregonlive , 30 June 2021",
"In both the latter two pieces, Richman, usually seen here as a harpsichordist, proved no less nimble at the fortepiano (as early pianos are called these days). \u2014 Scott Cantrell, Dallas News , 16 Nov. 2020",
"The Bach Society is also offering chamber music concerts at the Aldredge House on Swiss Avenue, including a Nov. 14 program of early Beethoven works, with Richman playing a replica of a 1785 fortepiano . \u2014 Scott Cantrell, Dallas News , 30 Oct. 2020",
"Belle Bulwinkle, fortepiano ; Cynthia K. Black, violin; David Morris, cello. \u2014 Chronicle Staff Report, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 May 2018",
"Andr\u00e1s Schiff has recorded revelatory Schubert on the fortepiano ; Carolin Widmann and D\u00e9nes V\u00e1rjon made a ferociously potent disk of the Schumann violin sonatas. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 25 Nov. 2019",
"Find more information and book tickets at www.velocityartssf.com 8 Get your Beethoven fix A 19th-century Viennese fortepiano , first-edition sonatas \u2014 and even a lock of the great master\u2019s hair",
"Tao did, however, take advantage of the modern piano\u2019s wider dynamic range than the fortepiano that Mozart used, at times surging out in an almost demonic fashion. \u2014 Ken Jacques, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 June 2019",
"Meglioranza will perform the song cycle Feb. 18 accompanied by David Breitman on a model of an 1819-era fortepiano at the Byron Colby Barn in Grayslake. \u2014 Sheryl Devore, Lake County News-Sun , 7 Feb. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1771, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1823, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb or adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French or Italian; French, from Italian, from forte loud + piano soft":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccf\u022fr-\u02cct\u0101-p\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4-(\u02cc)n\u014d",
"also -\u02c8\u00e4-(\u02cc)n\u014d",
"\u02ccf\u022fr-t\u0113-",
"\u02ccf\u022fr-\u02cct\u0101-p\u0113-\u02c8a-(\u02cc)n\u014d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112209",
"type":[
"adverb or adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"fortemente":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": strongly , loudly":[
"\u2014 used as a direction in music"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Italian, from forte , adjective":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6f\u022frt\u0259\u00a6men\u2027(\u02cc)t\u0101"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012444",
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"fortepianist":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a fortepiano player":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1976, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224047",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forth":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": away , abroad":[],
": forth from : out of":[],
": onward in time, place, or order : forward":[
"from that day forth"
],
": out into notice or view":[
"put forth leaves",
"lava bursting forth from the volcano"
],
"river 116 miles (187 kilometers) long in south central Scotland flowing east into the":[
"Firth of Forth , an estuary 48 miles (77 kilometers) long that is an inlet of the North Sea"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adverb",
"a flow of lava bursting forth from the earth",
"The snow is gone and the flowers are ready to spring forth .",
"He went forth to spread the news.",
"She stretched forth her hands in prayer.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Councilmembers Scott Tuma, Michael Gallagher and Sunny Simon are expected to bring forth their 20 proposals as part of the controversial $66 million funds split evenly between the council\u2019s 11 members at a Tuesday meeting. \u2014 Lucas Daprile, cleveland , 21 June 2022",
"So what that does is, that these differences also cause very different dynamics in each of the markets\u2014in terms of competition, in terms of cooperation, in terms of how the fintechs have worked with the banks, and so on and so forth . \u2014 Carlos Mureithi, Quartz , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Day dresses would be more modest, with no bare chests on display\u2026 And so on, and so forth . \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 24 Mar. 2022",
"And Just Like That\u2026, the concerning trend of celebrities wearing pantaboots, and so on and so forth . \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Now, in a post-expansion age, the NHL is a much different league with a salary cap, an effective players\u2019 union, parity and so forth . \u2014 Michael Arace, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
"To use the site, students provide their demographic and academic information \u2013 including ethnicity, socioeconomic status, test scores, and so forth . \u2014 Frederick Hess, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"Music, beer, bourbon, travel, family, food, vacations, trip reports, cars, movies, TV, books, pets and so forth . \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 6 June 2022",
"An example of this: An Aries rising will have their first house ruled by Aries, second house ruled by Taurus, and so forth . \u2014 Glamour , 27 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb",
"circa 1575, in the meaning defined above":"Preposition"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old English for":"Adverb and Preposition"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u022frth"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"ahead",
"forward",
"on",
"onward",
"onwards"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164405",
"type":[
"adverb",
"geographical name",
"preposition"
]
},
"forth of":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": out from : out of":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074348",
"type":[
"preposition"
]
},
"forth on":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": onward , forthwith":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from forth entry 1 + on (adverb)":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182817",
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"forthcoming":{
"antonyms":[
"late",
"recent"
],
"definitions":{
": being about to appear or to be produced or made available":[
"the forthcoming holidays",
"your forthcoming novel",
"funds are forthcoming"
],
": characterized by openness, candidness, and forthrightness (see forthright entry 1 sense 1 )":[
"not forthcoming about his memories of medical school",
"\u2014 Mark Kramer"
],
": responsive , outgoing":[
"a forthcoming and courteous man"
]
},
"examples":[
"He was more forthcoming about his past than they expected.",
"She has been less than forthcoming about her involvement in the scandal.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Remote off-site comings together are indelible opportunities to exchange creative ideas, find inspiration for forthcoming and existing projects and build the kind of trust that only face-to-face interactions can. \u2014 Tracey Sawyer, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"This sketch illustrates the form of a forthcoming Red Bull track-only hypercar. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 28 June 2022",
"In the forthcoming feature, Ferrell is said to be playing the CEO of a toy company, according to The Hollywood Reporter, which cited sources. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 27 June 2022",
"The song is the second one Sawayama has released from her forthcoming sophomore release, Hold the Girl, which is due Sept. 2 via Dirty Hit. \u2014 Marisa Whitaker, SPIN , 27 June 2022",
"Brad Snyder, author of a forthcoming biography of Felix Frankfurter, who served on the court from 1939 to 1962, suggested that liberals should rethink their views. \u2014 Richard Galant, CNN , 26 June 2022",
"The breezy, sentimental collaboration with the BTS superstar comes off Puth\u2019s forthcoming album Charlie, scheduled for release some time this year. \u2014 Kat Bouza, Rolling Stone , 24 June 2022",
"The track was first teased on June 9, when Puth confirmed the forthcoming collaboration by issuing a call of arms. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 23 June 2022",
"The Kautz-Uible Cryptoeconomics Lab, the first lab to be named in the college's forthcoming 180,000-square-foot Digital Futures building, opens this fall. \u2014 Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer , 23 June 2022"
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"But Diwan\u2019s film is less harrowing for its depictions of physical suffering than for its forthright exploration of Anne\u2019s emotional desolation. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 6 May 2022",
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"On September 21st the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, declared that the model of railway privatisation that Britain has followed for the past two and a half decades had stopped working, and would end forthwith . \u2014 The Economist , 26 Sep. 2020",
"Our new-ish national nightmare continues, so forthwith here is the latest edition of the New Normal, a (sorta) lighthearted roundup of news-you-can-use and other tidbits in the time of epidemic. \u2014 Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje, ExpressNews.com , 23 Mar. 2020",
"What is already clear is that the Sussexes intend forthwith to redraw the lines of engagement with the press. \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 10 Jan. 2020",
"Take the Green New Deal resolution and put it to a vote forthwith on the House and Senate floor. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 11 Feb. 2019",
"The General Secretary would like a recording of the performance and is sending men over to retrieve it forthwith . \u2014 Christopher Orr, The Atlantic , 16 Mar. 2018",
"Everybody like Brennan, like Clapper, like McCabe who have demonstrated their partisanship should be stripped of their clearances forthwith . \u2014 Fox News , 17 Aug. 2018",
"Take the Green New Deal resolution and put it to a vote forthwith on the House and Senate floor. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 11 Feb. 2019",
"But more than a few viewers will nonetheless chuckle in grim amusement and resolve to liquidate their own social-media profiles forthwith . \u2014 Justin Chang, latimes.com , 22 Mar. 2018"
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"The researchers, who announced their findings last week, were able to map a massive fortification of walls, storage facilities and an industrial complex. \u2014 Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN , 6 June 2022",
"Some of the discoveries include a fortification complete with towers and walls and a storage building multiple stories tall. \u2014 Megan Marples, CNN , 20 June 2022",
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"Sahoglu and his colleagues excavated a part of \u00c7e\u015fme-Ba\u011flararas\u0131 not far from a massive stone fortification . \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Among the buildings found were an industrial complex, a fortification with a wall and towers, and a multi-story storage building. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 June 2022",
"Baxter of California Daily Fortifying Shampoo for Men Oftentimes, thick hair needs extra fortification . \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 May 2022",
"The Azovstal steel plant is facing heavy shelling, as Ukraine\u2019s troops have entrenched themselves there, using it as a fortification to try and repel Russian attacks. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Those arrested were charged with throwing stones, firing fireworks, assaulting police officers, violent fortification , violent rioting and disturbing public order, according to the police. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This 5 year old whisky from the Cotswolds distillery was matured in a single ex-Madeira fortified wine cask. \u2014 Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Much like how a sea voyage turns plain old fortified wine into Madeira, flying deepens and melds the muffuletta\u2019s flavors, turning a superior sandwich into a phenomenon. \u2014 Helen Rosner, The New Yorker , 10 June 2022",
"While contents of a trifle can vary, the layered dessert is traditionally made with sponge fingers soaked in sherry or another fortified wine . \u2014 Amy Perrette, NBC News , 31 May 2022",
"To preserve the integrity of this wood that fosters all the color and the flavors, the wood is allowed to air-dry naturally for one year before being shipped to Jerez, the Spanish region famous for producing sherry, a fortified wine . \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 27 Mar. 2022",
"On the fortified front, Berry explained that sherry, a fortified wine made from white grapes from Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, are an ideal match for marinated and stewed foods like those from North Africa. \u2014 Amelia Goe, The Arizona Republic , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Madeira is another fortified wine , from the Portuguese island of that name. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Dec. 2021",
"This specific release hails from Glendullan, and consists of whiskies that were reracked into two ex-Madeira fortified wine barriques for 14 years before bottling. \u2014 Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes , 14 Sep. 2021",
"Port dominated the fortified wine category with eight of the nineteen Gold medalists. \u2014 Joseph V Micallef, Forbes , 19 May 2021"
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"Ridling established the Strengthen Alabama Homes program to provide grants of up to $10,000 to Alabama residents to fortify their homes to help protect against severe weather. \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 16 June 2022",
"But Western arms brokers and Ukrainian officials said Russia is often outbidding Ukraine for these supplies and hastening to fortify its own dwindling weapons stores. \u2014 Brett Forrest, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"But the Russians have had weeks to fortify their positions in the south, even with the bulk of their forces concentrated along a 75-mile front in eastern Ukraine. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
"Still, hospitals sometimes must pay temp agencies hundreds of dollars an hour to fortify their ranks. \u2014 Lauren Coleman-lochner, Anchorage Daily News , 15 May 2022",
"These ingredients repair and fortify the skin to turn back the clock on your complexion. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Guardians ownership had drawn criticism this offseason for not spending on free agents or working a trade to fortify the club\u2019s mediocre offense. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 6 Apr. 2022",
"While the Pentagon has relied heavily on the U.S. Army to fortify security in Eastern Europe and would probably rely on the Navy and Air Force in the Pacific, there is more overlap than people realize, Colby said. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Apr. 2022",
"To fortify that flank, the Pentagon has sent more than 5,000 additional troops as well as Patriot surface-to-air missile batteries to Poland, more than doubling the number of U.S. military personnel in the country. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 26 Mar. 2022"
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"\u2026 everyone in the family was succored by Elizabeth's fortitude and steadfastness. \u2014 Nicholas Fox Weber , The Clarks Of Cooperstown , 2007",
"But now Frum, by having the fortitude to revisit that bizarre era, has half-persuaded me that the '70s, a partial negation of the '60s, in one way, were a partial confirmation of them in another. \u2014 Christopher Hitchens , Civilization , April/May 2000",
"He learned that war was a hurly-burly of violence in which men prevailed through imagination and the fortitude to struggle on despite reverses. \u2014 Neil Sheehan , A Bright Shining Lie , 1988",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But this cycle has been a test of his fortitude and patience. \u2014 Stephen Means, cleveland , 20 June 2022",
"Over 35,000 Instagram posts use the hashtag #thestoics alongside images of people around the world taking on the discomfort of cold, winter water and finding fortitude in the process. \u2014 Anna Brones, Outside Online , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Survivalism puts us deep into our animal states, away from the seeming luxuries of fiscal fortitude to be able to rest and reflect. \u2014 Alex Wagner, SPIN , 1 June 2022",
"Still, more than two years into a grinding pandemic, the need to dip into even deeper reserves of fortitude can be taxing in itself. \u2014 Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times , 16 Apr. 2022",
"But Bernard kept it close, and Campbell gave them the lead, and Riley closed it out in a remarkable show of fortitude . \u2014 Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
"This is the turning point when fitness became thin, hard, and estimable\u2014a sign of moral and mental fortitude \u2014and softness became its opposite. \u2014 Kelsey Miller, SELF , 11 Jan. 2022",
"This season has reached absurdity and it\u2019s a combination of circumstance, questionable coaching decisions and a lack of mental fortitude by a team that seems unfazed by these excruciating losses. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 30 Dec. 2021",
"It\u2019s about time that Survivor realized that physical strength isn\u2019t the only type of fortitude . \u2014 Joseph Longo, Vulture , 17 Dec. 2021"
],
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"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Middle English, from Latin fortitudin-, fortitudo , from fortis \u2014 see fortify":""
},
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-t\u0259-\u02cct\u00fcd",
"-\u02ccty\u00fcd"
],
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"backbone",
"constancy",
"fiber",
"grit",
"grittiness",
"guts",
"intestinal fortitude",
"pluck",
"spunk"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"examples":[
"the boys built a snow fortress and then challenged the neighborhood kids to an in-your-face snowball fight",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The last scene where the Kent family is on a boat watching the new fortress rise up was so gorgeous. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 30 June 2022",
"Syrian rebels fired heavy-calibre shells at the enormous fortress back in November 2012 but missed. \u2014 Paul Iddon, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"The Montenegro Film Festival takes place in Herceg Novi during the first week of August when the 400-year-old Kanli Kula fortress becomes an amphitheater showcasing domestic and international films. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 9 June 2022",
"The six-bedroom concrete and stucco fortress with high, barrel vault ceilings is only a 10-minute walk from Ravello\u2019s center square. \u2014 Christopher Bollen, Town & Country , 8 June 2022",
"Boothe, like so many others, is captivated by the stone fortress , resting on an acre-wide rocky outcrop that was leveled by dynamite during construction. \u2014 oregonlive , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The magnificent fortress stands in stark contrast to the tiny 800-square-foot apartment Putin claims in his official 2020 financial disclosure. \u2014 Chris Isidore, CNN , 20 Mar. 2022",
"The closed-loop fortress worked; COVID-19 did not explode and run rampant through the Games. \u2014 Christine Brennan, USA TODAY , 21 Feb. 2022",
"The Two Towers, which included a lengthy battle sequence taking place at the fortress . \u2014 Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Feb. 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Middle English forteresse , from Anglo-French fortelesce, forteresse , from Medieval Latin fortalitia , from Latin fortis strong":""
},
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-tr\u0259s"
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"bastion",
"castle",
"citadel",
"fastness",
"fort",
"fortification",
"hold",
"redoubt",
"stronghold"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
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": the doctrine or belief that evolutionary adaptations and progress are chance results rather than determined consequences of natural law or the outcome of teleology \u2014 compare tychism":[]
},
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"f\u0259(r)-",
"-)\u2027\u02c8ty\u00fc-",
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"noun"
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": a believer in fortuitism":[]
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"-\u00fc\u0259t\u0259\u0307st",
"-\u00fc\u0259t\u0259\u0307-"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"hapless",
"ill-fated",
"ill-starred",
"luckless",
"star-crossed",
"unfortunate",
"unhappy",
"unlucky"
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": coming or happening by a lucky chance":[
"belted down the stairs, and there was a fortuitous train",
"\u2014 Doris Lessing"
],
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"from a cost standpoint, the company's timing is fortuitous",
"\u2014 Business Week"
],
": occurring by chance":[]
},
"examples":[
"\u2026 the intensification of competition on the job market has only exacerbated our class anxiety, as hiring seems all the more uncertain if not fortuitous. \u2014 Jeffrey J. Williams , College English , November 2003",
"\u2026 he is a brilliant candidate not despite his anti-intellectualism but because of it. He has stumbled upon a fortuitous moment in which the political culture, tired of wonks and pointy-heads and ideologues, yearns instead for a candidate unburdened by, or even hostile to, ideas. \u2014 Jonathan Chait , New Republic , 20 Dec. 1999",
"Her $170, 000 bid on what is now Matanzas Creek's vineyard was accepted. The south-facing slope was a fortuitous find \u2026 its worth more than 10 times as much today. \u2014 Jeff Morgan , Wine Spectator , 15 May 1996",
"His presence there was entirely fortuitous .",
"You could not have arrived at a more fortuitous time.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Forrest\u2019s tendency to ignore guidance would later prove fortuitous . \u2014 David Jeans, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Mozart\u2019s clarinet works \u2014 the Concerto and Quintet chief among them \u2014 all owe their genesis to Anton Stadler, a clarinet virtuoso whose friendship with Mozart proved especially fortuitous . \u2014 Lukas Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"That Delta Kream and its short run even happened was fortuitous . \u2014 Daniel Kohn, SPIN , 2 June 2022",
"Fest in Chicago proved fortuitous : Ye was booked as a surprise guest. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 24 Jan. 2022",
"The decision appeared fortuitous when Jackson delivered the ball to tight end Mark Andrews, who was wide open in the right flat. \u2014 Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com , 6 Dec. 2021",
"But if two popular bloggers were photographed together in seemingly fortuitous but highly coordinated outfits and both of them shared those images, they were seen by twice as many eyeballs. \u2014 Jacey Duprie, The Week , 7 June 2022",
"The Moon in your community-minded 11th house and fortuitous Jupiter in your passionate 5th house are waltzing into a potent opposition together. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 7 June 2022",
"That was particularly fortuitous on this trip because Santa Teresa has plenty of fabulous boutiques. \u2014 Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure , 1 June 2022"
],
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"1653, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Latin fortuitus ; akin to Latin fort-, fors chance \u2014 more at fortune entry 1":""
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"f\u0259r-",
"-\u02c8ty\u00fc-",
"f\u022fr-\u02c8t\u00fc-\u0259-t\u0259s"
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"fluky",
"flukey",
"fortunate",
"happy",
"heaven-sent",
"lucky",
"providential"
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"adverb",
"noun"
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": the quality or state of being fortuitous":[]
},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Uncovering a Speedster with a little over 13,000 miles on the odometer in an estate sale is automotive fortuity . \u2014 Austin Irwin, Car and Driver , 13 Sep. 2021",
"Billy was born in 1910 in a Lower East Side tenement and raised as a teenager in Bayside, Queens, in what seemed like an age of infinite fortuity . \u2014 Sam Roberts, New York Times , 31 Jan. 2018"
],
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"circa 1747, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"pronounciation":[
"f\u022fr-\u02c8t\u00fc-\u0259-t\u0113",
"f\u0259r-",
"-\u02c8ty\u00fc-"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"antonyms":[
"hapless",
"ill-fated",
"ill-starred",
"luckless",
"star-crossed",
"unfortunate",
"unhappy",
"unlucky"
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"definitions":{
": bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain : auspicious":[
"made a fortunate investment"
],
": receiving some unexpected good":[
"How fortunate we are to get such a nice room!"
]
},
"examples":[
"How fortunate we were to find that restaurant!",
"We should try to help others who are less fortunate than ourselves.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Of course, my African roots are fundamental to me, and the fact that my parents were fortunate enough to come here to America to make a better life for us. \u2014 Jailynn Taylor, Essence , 23 May 2022",
"But this is easier said than done, especially if your organization is fortunate enough to have subject matter experts (SMEs) that are excited about creating content and want to generate multiple pieces per year for their area of expertise. \u2014 Wendy Covey, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
"To be fortunate enough to have a really good first band like H\u00fcsker D\u00fc to get up on a stage and get on the road and travel with, that was amazing. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 22 May 2022",
"Parents who haven\u2019t been fortunate enough to amass a college fund are increasingly shouldering those costs as debt. \u2014 cleveland , 14 May 2022",
"According to Blue Zones, the people living in Okinawa are fortunate enough to have extremely low rates of cancer, heart disease, and dementia compared to Americans. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 8 May 2022",
"Those who loved him and were fortunate enough to share his orbit knew a person who was sweet, sensitive, surprisingly shy and filled with a childlike sense of playfulness and wonder. \u2014 Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 Apr. 2022",
"But even when people are fortunate enough to secure a lease at all, the cost of rent in our city has become a severe financial burden for our most vulnerable families. \u2014 Jim Vargas, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Mar. 2022",
"About 70% of children in America are fortunate enough to be raised in households with two parents, so many of them don\u2019t need a village. \u2014 Dylan Rush, The Arizona Republic , 9 Mar. 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-ch\u0259-",
"\u02c8f\u022fr-ch\u0259-n\u0259t",
"\u02c8f\u022frch-n\u0259t"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fortunate lucky , fortunate , happy , providential mean meeting with unforeseen success. lucky stresses the agency of chance in bringing about a favorable result. won because of a lucky bounce fortunate suggests being rewarded beyond one's deserts. fortunate in my investments happy combines the implications of lucky and fortunate with stress on being blessed. a series of happy accidents providential more definitely implies the help or intervention of a higher power. a providential change in the weather",
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"fluky",
"flukey",
"fortuitous",
"happy",
"heaven-sent",
"lucky",
"providential"
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
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": bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain : auspicious":[
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],
": receiving some unexpected good":[
"How fortunate we are to get such a nice room!"
]
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"\u02c8f\u022frch-n\u0259t",
"\u02c8f\u022fr-ch\u0259-",
"\u02c8f\u022fr-ch\u0259-n\u0259t"
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"fluky",
"flukey",
"fortuitous",
"happy",
"heaven-sent",
"lucky",
"providential"
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"hapless",
"ill-fated",
"ill-starred",
"luckless",
"star-crossed",
"unfortunate",
"unhappy",
"unlucky"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fortunate lucky , fortunate , happy , providential mean meeting with unforeseen success. lucky stresses the agency of chance in bringing about a favorable result. won because of a lucky bounce fortunate suggests being rewarded beyond one's deserts. fortunate in my investments happy combines the implications of lucky and fortunate with stress on being blessed. a series of happy accidents providential more definitely implies the help or intervention of a higher power. a providential change in the weather",
"examples":[
"How fortunate we were to find that restaurant!",
"We should try to help others who are less fortunate than ourselves.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Of course, my African roots are fundamental to me, and the fact that my parents were fortunate enough to come here to America to make a better life for us. \u2014 Jailynn Taylor, Essence , 23 May 2022",
"But this is easier said than done, especially if your organization is fortunate enough to have subject matter experts (SMEs) that are excited about creating content and want to generate multiple pieces per year for their area of expertise. \u2014 Wendy Covey, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
"To be fortunate enough to have a really good first band like H\u00fcsker D\u00fc to get up on a stage and get on the road and travel with, that was amazing. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 22 May 2022",
"Parents who haven\u2019t been fortunate enough to amass a college fund are increasingly shouldering those costs as debt. \u2014 cleveland , 14 May 2022",
"According to Blue Zones, the people living in Okinawa are fortunate enough to have extremely low rates of cancer, heart disease, and dementia compared to Americans. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 8 May 2022",
"Those who loved him and were fortunate enough to share his orbit knew a person who was sweet, sensitive, surprisingly shy and filled with a childlike sense of playfulness and wonder. \u2014 Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 Apr. 2022",
"But even when people are fortunate enough to secure a lease at all, the cost of rent in our city has become a severe financial burden for our most vulnerable families. \u2014 Jim Vargas, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Mar. 2022",
"About 70% of children in America are fortunate enough to be raised in households with two parents, so many of them don\u2019t need a village. \u2014 Dylan Rush, The Arizona Republic , 9 Mar. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164751"
},
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"antonyms":[
"past"
],
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": a hypothetical force or personified power that unpredictably determines events and issues favorably or unfavorably":[
"a country favored by fortune"
],
": a store of material possessions":[
"the family fortune"
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": a very large sum of money":[
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": happen , chance":[],
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": prosperity attained partly through luck : success":[
"fortune attended the general's campaign"
],
": riches , wealth":[
"a man of fortune"
],
": the turns and courses of luck accompanying one's progress (as through life)":[
"her fortunes varied but she never gave up"
],
": to endow with a fortune":[],
": to give good or bad fortune to":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He hoped to achieve fame and fortune .",
"They had the good fortune to escape injury when their car crashed.",
"The book follows the fortunes of two families through the years.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Del Vecchio rose from a childhood in an orphanage to amass a fortune of tens of billions of euros in one of the most famous rags-to-riches stories in Italy\u2019s post-war economic recovery. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 27 June 2022",
"Lee, one of a trio of billionaires with fortunes tied to Xinyi Solar and Xinyi Glass, has a fortune estimated at $3.8 billion on the Forbes Real-Time Billionaires List today. \u2014 Russell Flannery, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
"Though statistics lack clarity, what is obvious is that monied real estate and tech interests dumped a fortune into short-circuiting San Francisco\u2019s election process. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"As a developer, Hern\u00e1ndez would amass a fortune reported at $100 million, constructing at least a third of the houses in Piedecuesta. \u2014 Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"Some importers will make a fortune bringing in everything from jeans to iPhones to spare engine parts, but the country will become much more self-contained. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 4 June 2022",
"Some importers will make a fortune bringing in everything from jeans to iPhones to spare engine parts, but the country will become much more self-contained. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
"Some importers will make a fortune bringing in everything from jeans to iPhones to spare engine parts, but the country will become much more self-contained. \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2022",
"Another Black businessman, J.B. Stradford, had a fortune twice as large, per the report. \u2014 Christine Mui, Fortune , 1 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin fortuna ; akin to Latin fort-, fors chance, luck, and perhaps to ferre to carry \u2014 more at bear":"Noun and Verb"
},
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-ch\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"future"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034816",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": one that professes to foretell future events":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1590, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u022fr-ch\u0259n-\u02ccte-l\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"augur",
"diviner",
"forecaster",
"foreseer",
"foreteller",
"futurist",
"prognosticator",
"prophesier",
"prophet",
"seer",
"soothsayer",
"visionary"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053012",
"type":[
"noun",
"noun or adjective"
]
},
"forty winks":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a short sleep : nap":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Each aircraft is equipped with just 76 full-flat sleeper seats that come fitted with a plush mattress topper for forty winks . \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 25 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1828, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"catnap",
"doze",
"drowse",
"kip",
"nap",
"siesta",
"snooze",
"wink"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182543",
"type":[
"noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": being number 45 in a countable series":[
"the forty-fifth day"
],
": being one of 45 equal parts into which something is divisible":[
"a forty-fifth share of the money"
],
": number 45 in a countable series":[],
": the quotient of a unit divided by 45 : one of 45 equal parts of something":[
"one forty-fifth of the total"
],
"\u2014 see Table of Numbers":[
"the forty-fifth day"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\""
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-203136",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"forty-first":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": being number 41 in a countable series":[
"the forty-first day"
],
": being one of 41 equal parts into which something is divisible":[
"a forty-first share of the money"
],
": number 41 in a countable series":[],
": the quotient of a unit divided by 41 : one of 41 equal parts of something":[
"one forty-first of the total"
],
"\u2014 see Table of Numbers":[
"the forty-first day"
]
},
"examples":[],
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"pronounciation":[
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195228",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"forty-five":{
"antonyms":[],
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": a .45 caliber handgun":[
"\u2014 usually written .45"
],
": a number that is five more than 40 \u2014 see Table of Numbers":[],
": a phonograph record designed to be played at 45 revolutions per minute":[
"\u2014 usually written 45"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1623, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccf\u022fr-t\u0113-\u02c8f\u012bv"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184653",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"pronoun, plural in construction"
]
},
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": 44 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated":[
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"forty-four were found"
],
": 44 units or objects":[
"a total of forty-four"
],
": a 44 caliber pistol":[
"\u2014 usually written .44"
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": a group or set of 44":[],
": being one more than 43 in number":[
"forty-four years"
],
": four and 40 : four times 11":[],
": the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 44":[],
"\u2014 see Table of Numbers":[
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},
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184459",
"type":[
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"pronoun, plural in construction"
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"forum":{
"antonyms":[],
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": a judicial body or assembly : court":[],
": a medium (such as a newspaper or online service) of open discussion or expression of ideas":[],
": a program (as on radio or television) involving discussion of a problem usually by several authorities":[],
": a public meeting or lecture involving audience discussion":[
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": a public meeting place for open discussion":[
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": the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business":[]
},
"examples":[
"Forums were held to determine how to handle the situation.",
"The town has scheduled a public forum to discuss the proposal.",
"The club provides a forum for people who share an interest in local history.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"McDow and her attorneys say that amounts to a violation of her free-speech rights because Reinbold was acting as a member of the state government, in a public forum , and discriminated against McDow because of her viewpoint. \u2014 James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News , 10 June 2022",
"The group held a public forum exploring the relationship between Russia and Ukraine in February. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 June 2022",
"Wednesday's rulings mean that, at least for now, Gruden's lawsuit against the NFL will march onward in a public forum rather than behind closed doors in arbitration. \u2014 Tom Schad, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
"The transactions are happening in a public online forum open to viewers almost anywhere on the planet. \u2014 Alexandra S. Levine, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Wright at a public forum in Little Rock last week was asked about diversity, equity and inclusion. \u2014 Cynthia Howell, Arkansas Online , 27 Apr. 2022",
"But battles of ideas can never be won by those who refuse to fight them in a public forum . \u2014 Dan Mclaughlin, National Review , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The tactic has been used in a few other states, including Massachusetts, Delaware and Rhode Island, although typically the conversations are held in a public forum . \u2014 Ginny Monk, courant.com , 5 Mar. 2022",
"In urging funding for police departments in such a public forum , Biden is clearly hoping that rank-and-file Democrats follow his lead in advance of the 2022 elections. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 2 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin; akin to Latin foris outside, fores door \u2014 more at door":""
},
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u0259m",
"\u02c8f\u014d-r\u0259m"
],
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"synonyms":[
"colloquy",
"conference",
"council",
"panel",
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"The child is very forward at walking."
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"moved slowly forward"
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"will forward the goods on receipt of your check"
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"forward mail"
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"the forward deck of a boat",
"the forward movement of history",
"a very forward young woman",
"Adverb",
"Her long hair fell forward as she bent to tie her shoes.",
"He pushed the throttle forward .",
"She took a small step forward .",
"The narrative moves backward and forward in time.",
"The technology has taken a big step forward .",
"Verb",
"Your letter will be forwarded to the appropriate department.",
"Please forward my mail to my new address.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Founded by Nikki and Brody Day who are parents to four young children - the duo created practical parenting goods with a fashion- forward touch. \u2014 Tiffany Leigh, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Jimmy Fallon came out with a best-selling, father- forward picture book, Your Baby\u2019s First Word Will Be DADA. \u2014 Daniel Engber, The Atlantic , 7 June 2022",
"Upstairs, on the fourth floor, Oroya offers flavors from another corner of the Latin world \u2014 Peruvian fish dishes and Pisco- forward beverages by chef Diego Mu\u00f1oz. \u2014 Brandon Presser, Travel + Leisure , 5 June 2022",
"Liverpool gets striker: Liverpool has taken another of Portugal\u2019s best players to strengthen its forward line, with Uruguay striker Darwin Nu\u00f1ez completing his move from Benfica for an initial fee of $78 million. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 14 June 2022",
"In the selloff of December 2018, during the Fed\u2019s most recent previous rate-raising cycle, the S&P 500\u2019s forward multiple fell as low as 13.8. \u2014 Nick Timiraos, WSJ , 14 June 2022",
"By noon, the forward rate of spread was halted, and half the crews were released from the blaze, officials said. \u2014 Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"For comparison, over the past five years, the S&P 500\u2019s forward price-to-earnings ratio averaged roughly 18.6, but looking back over a ten-year period, stocks are trading roughly in line with the norm of 16.9. \u2014 Will Daniel, Fortune , 13 June 2022",
"Their sister restaurant, Broadway Bistro is another great handout that sources local ingredients for a comfort- forward American menu. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Tin Machine II was a small step forward , their collaborative chemistry gelling on a more emotional set of songs, but the band would soon split after another commercial and critical failure. \u2014 Al Shipley, SPIN , 25 June 2022",
"Entrepreneurs responding to setbacks with a can-do spirit and a determination to move forward . \u2014 Kevin Kelleher, Fortune , 23 June 2022",
"Money is in the budget to also move forward with converting some one-way streets to two-way routes, widening a portion of River Road and redesigning major thoroughfares like Ninth Street and Broadway. \u2014 Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal , 23 June 2022",
"While some people can readily overcome trauma and move forward in their lives, others may have a more difficult time, as the trauma can be so overwhelming for them and their lives may get derailed. \u2014 Deidre Montague, Hartford Courant , 23 June 2022",
"Instead, Goodell said confidentiality was promised to ensure victims would step forward in the investigation. \u2014 Safid Deen, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
"To me, that is a waste of time and does nothing to move you forward as a program. \u2014 Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune , 22 June 2022",
"Advocates and lawmakers agree the bill is a significant step forward at a time when many state lawmakers are looking to limit access to transition care among trans youth and adults. \u2014 Anne Branigin, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"Making housing vouchers an entitlement would be a huge step forward , Banks said. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The first step was to bring his case to a regional outpost of the Office of Mental Health, where a local committee would decide whether to forward it to a second committee, which can authorize kids to be placed in residential treatment facilities. \u2014 ProPublica , 9 June 2022",
"Teachers will net the full $1,000, and the state will forward an extra $200 to school districts to cover benefits. \u2014 al , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Michigan State Police are investigating the incident and will forward their findings to Chris Becker, Kent County prosecutor, who will consider if charges should be filed. \u2014 Adam Sabes, Fox News , 22 Apr. 2022",
"In addition, a group within a community will only be able to forward messages to one group at a time, rather than five, which is the current limit. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Hollander informed Sprinkel about the call and the text messages and offered to forward them to Sprinkel. \u2014 Thomas Lake, CNN , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Hartenstein won\u2019t play Wednesday; neither will forward Nicolas Batum (ankle). \u2014 Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Some states, including California and Michigan, adopted the same definitions as the CDC, giving facilities the option for state officials to forward their data to the CDC instead of submitting twice. \u2014 Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The Bears lost consecutive home games for the first time since 2015-16, then injuries began piling up, including a gruesome leg injury to forward Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Jake Daniels, a forward for Blackpool, is the first openly gay active male professional soccer player in England in 30 years. \u2014 Nancy Armour, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
"During that stretch, Dieng flashed his upside while getting more opportunities to initiate as a point- forward , averaging 1.01 points per possession -- an increase from 0.57 points per possession in the first half of the season. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 22 June 2022",
"Beauchamp would give Memphis more size, length and athleticism on the wing as a forward who could make a killing running alongside Ja Morant. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 21 June 2022",
"Will teams be willing risk using significant financial resources on a forward who has played in four games since NBA bubble action concluded",
"Devin Davis is a forward from Indianapolis who played collegiately at Indiana and Houston. \u2014 Adam Baum, The Enquirer , 17 June 2022",
"Biederman, a forward from Franklin, took one shot on the night. \u2014 Chandler Engelbrecht, Detroit Free Press , 14 June 2022",
"Juh\u00e1sz, a forward , had fractured her wrist during the NCAA Tournament. \u2014 Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant , 24 May 2022",
"The Bulls still haven\u2019t been able to develop 2020 draft pick Marko Simonovi\u0107, a 6-foot-11 Serbian forward who spent most of the season with the Windy City roster. \u2014 Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune , 21 May 2022"
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"1596, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1879, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective"
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"Middle English, from Old English foreweard , from fore- + -weard -ward":"Adjective, Adverb, Verb, and Noun"
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-w\u0259rd",
"Southern also \u02c8f\u00e4r-",
"also \u02c8f\u014d-",
"or \u02c8f\u022f-"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for forward Verb advance , promote , forward , further mean to help (someone or something) to move ahead. advance stresses effective assisting in hastening a process or bringing about a desired end. advance the cause of peace promote suggests an encouraging or fostering and may denote an increase in status or rank. a campaign to promote better health forward implies an impetus forcing something ahead. a wage increase would forward productivity further suggests a removing of obstacles in the way of a desired advance. used the marriage to further his career",
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"overfamiliar",
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": a draft or other form of foreign exchange to be delivered at a specified future date":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-182822",
"type":[
"noun"
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"forward masking":{
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"definitions":{
": masking (see masking entry 1 sense 2c ) of one stimulus by the occurrence of another stimulus right before it":[
"Forward masking is a form of temporal inhibition in which a loud sound suppresses the response to subsequent sounds \u2026",
"\u2014 Erik C. Sobel and David W. Tank , Science , 11 Feb. 1994",
"Some investigators have reported that people with hearing loss exhibit more forward masking than would be predicted based on the test results of normal-hearing individuals.",
"\u2014 Vishakha W. Rawool , The Hearing Review , June 2006"
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"1965, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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": an observer operating with front-line troops who is trained and equipped to adjust supporting artillery fire":[]
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"noun"
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"forward pass":{
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"definitions":{
": a pass (as in football) made in the direction of the opponent's goal":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Heisman the coach was a vanguard in shaping the sport, credited for the forward pass development, breaking the game into quarters and many other novel changes. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 24 Apr. 2021",
"That also doesn\u2019t include a 30-yard pass from wide receiver Joe Walker to tight end Ryan O\u2019Malley for a touchdown, after Walker caught a forward pass from Patterson behind the line for the first double-pass in USFL history. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 21 May 2022",
"This approach facilitated legalizing the forward pass and creating a sudden-death overtime. \u2014 David Wharton, Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
"Shortly after, a dramatic rule change \u2014 the legalization of the forward pass \u2014 helped reduce violence. \u2014 Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times , 3 Feb. 2022",
"The Wolverines adapted well in the first year of the legal forward pass , beating Illinois, 28-9, to tie 3-0 Wisconsin and 2-0 Minnesota atop the conference. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 5 Dec. 2021",
"Your father\u2019s high school coach, who believed the forward pass was invented by hippie subversives, may have approved of the punts, but all three were mistakes, according to the EdjSports model. \u2014 Mike Tanier, New York Times , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Much of it was letters and communications that helped change the sport of football, including information about incorporating the forward pass in the 1900s. \u2014 Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com , 25 Nov. 2021",
"The forward pass was still a decade from its debut. \u2014 Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al , 22 Nov. 2021"
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"1890, in the meaning defined above":""
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": batting in cricket in which the batsman steps forward and plays the ball near or forward of the popping crease":[
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": concerned with or planning for the future":[]
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"1800, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-w\u0259rd-\u02cclu\u0307-ki\u014b"
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"prescient",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And in November, Maersk bought Senator International, a freight forwarder that helps its clients book space on cargo planes. \u2014 Nicol\u00e1s Rivero, Quartz , 19 May 2022",
"Expeditors is the world\u2019s sixth largest freight forwarder \u2014a middleman that helps businesses book space on trucks, container ships, and cargo planes. \u2014 Nicol\u00e1s Rivero, Quartz , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Caitlin Murphy, the chief executive of Global Gateway Logistics, a freight forwarder , said small businesses in particular had been harmed by shipping practices during the pandemic, including when alliances have skipped less profitable ports. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Chinese cargo already is taking longer than ever to move from the factory gate to its port of departure, almost three times as long as before the pandemic, according to data from Flexport, a freight forwarder based in San Francisco. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Kunis and Kutcher have matched $3 million for the fundraiser, which will benefit freight forwarder Flexport and vacation rental company Airbnb, according to the couple. \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 11 Mar. 2022",
"In November 2021, Maersk bought the freight forwarder Senator International. \u2014 Nicol\u00e1s Rivero, Quartz , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Freight is taking longer than ever to cross the Pacific, with goods requiring an average of 113 days to travel from Chinese factory gates to American hands, according to data from Flexport, a freight forwarder . \u2014 David J. Lynch, Anchorage Daily News , 16 Jan. 2022",
"Expeditors is the second big freight forwarder to be hacked in recent months. \u2014 Nicol\u00e1s Rivero, Quartz , 23 Feb. 2022"
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"for every step that her campaign takes forwards , it seems to take two backwards",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Raptors have too many quality forwards and not enough playing time to go around. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 June 2022",
"The Sixers need to add more switchable forwards to stand a chance against the Boston Celtics, Miami Heat, Milwaukee Bucks and Toronto Raptors in the East. \u2014 Bryan Toporek, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"As a rule, though, soccer\u2019s journey over the last 10 years has been away from what might be termed focal point forwards . \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
"These five players are widely considered the five best forwards available. \u2014 cleveland , 16 June 2022",
"The Vladinator dominated forwards throughout the playoffs. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 12 June 2022",
"From there, Rising had its two outside backs \u2014 including Baboucarr Njie, who is inexperienced as a defender \u2014 left to mark three Birmingham forwards . \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 5 June 2022",
"Less about formation and tactics and more about putting in the effort to get back and in the right positions, the Thorns must defend better in transition and not allow Angel City\u2019s talented forwards to break off for scores on the counter. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 June 2022",
"The assessments says brigade and battalion commanders likely deploy forwards into harm\u2019s way because they are held to an uncompromising level of responsibility for their units\u2019 performance. \u2014 John Bacon, USA TODAY , 30 May 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-w\u0259rdz"
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": forbid , prohibit":[]
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"Middle English forwernen , from Old English forwiernan , from for- + wiernan to forbid":""
},
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"f\u0259r\u02c8w\u022f(\u0259)rn"
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": exhausted":[]
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"Middle English forweried , from for- + weried , past participle of werien to weary":""
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": a convict in France condemned to imprisonment with hard labor or formerly to the galleys":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from Italian forzato , from past participle of forzare to force, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin fortiare":""
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"noun"
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"first_known_use":{
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"They've been unable to make their mortgage payments, and the bank has threatened to foreclose .",
"The bank has threatened to foreclose their mortgage.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For communities with an interest in the land, removing those kinds of conclusions can foreclose access to a provision of federal law that promises communities a say in what happens when historic sites are at risk. \u2014 Seth Freed Wessler, ProPublica , 20 May 2022",
"If the developer defaults on the construction loan, the lender can foreclose and take over the developer\u2019s interest in the ground lease and the project. \u2014 Joshua Stein, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"As to the service providers' field preemption argument, Supreme Court authority, the case law of this circuit, and various provisions of the Communications Act itself all foreclose that argument. \u2014 Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica , 5 May 2022",
"If the debts are not paid, the buyers eventually could foreclose on the properties. \u2014 Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Attorneys for Yorke and the Nduoms then tried to compel Stewart and other borrowers to pay Yorke more money by threatening to foreclose on their homes. \u2014 Mariam Elba, ProPublica , 30 Dec. 2021",
"The biggest critique from Republicans has been that Biden and the Pentagon have been too quick to foreclose military options and too worried that aggressive U.S. efforts to arm the Ukrainians might spur Putin to widen the war. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Does that foreclose the option of a U.S. troop buildup in Eastern Europe",
"Niami, a former film producer, spent almost a decade developing The One before lenders moved to foreclose on the project. \u2014 John Gittelsohn, Fortune , 4 Mar. 2022"
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French forclos , past participle of forclore, forsclore , from fors outside (from Latin foris ) + clore to close \u2014 more at forum":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143655"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the photo, the queen dons a forest green cape-style coat and stands proudly while holding the reins of her two fell ponies, Bybeck Katie and Bybeck Nightingale. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Ahsoka actress Rosario Dawson put her own starry spin on Warby Parker\u2019s Essex frames, resulting in an effortlessly cool pair of oversized sunglasses in forest green and mauve. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Mar. 2022",
"For its class colors, the students picked forest green and khaki. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 6 June 2022",
"The d\u00e9cor is forest green and white wainscot paneling, with alpine modern furnishings, and printed camp blankets and rugs. \u2014 Everett Potter, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"In the photo, the queen stands proudly between Bybeck Katie and Bybeck Nightingale, donning a forest green cape-style coat while holding the reins of her two ponies. \u2014 Pamela Avila, USA TODAY , 21 Apr. 2022",
"His love of Robin Hood inspired him to craft an Away message that featured silvery medieval text on a forest green background. \u2014 Michelle Delgado, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 May 2022",
"That much is written across her face on the album cover: a photo of her camouflaged in loose forest green , hunched uncomfortably atop a crag in the Canadian wilderness. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The 58-year-old actor attended the Ami fall 2022 show in a body-skimming, semi-sheer forest green knit dress styled with an oversized blazer and heeled sandals. \u2014 Vogue , 3 Feb. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Approximately 600 multinational companies have departed Russia and slammed the door behind them, hardly glancing at their force majeure and material adverse change clauses on their way out. \u2014 Alexandra Wrage, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"In Germany, a force majeure is in place across distribution and storage assets owned by Mabanaft Group, within which the Oiltanking Deutschland operates. \u2014 Rachel Graham, Bloomberg.com , 4 Feb. 2022",
"The master license agreement between the Tournament of Roses and Pasadena requires the game to be held in the Rose Bowl stadium except in the event of a force majeure that allows for the game to be moved. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Nagacorp\u2019s statement said the company was using the force majeure clause set out in its investment agreement and suspends all operations. \u2014 Yessar Rosendar, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
"The team, however, could withhold her rights preventing her from signing with another team because Russia had not officially invaded Ukraine, which would have allowed Godblod to invoke the force majeure clause in her contract. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Under the legal clause force majeure , a party that does not live up to a contract can be excused because of events beyond the party\u2019s control. \u2014 Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times , 15 Feb. 2022",
"In response, Rio Tinto declared force majeure on all customer contracts at RBM, employing the legal provision that excuses parties from contract terms because of unforeseen circumstances. \u2014 Alexandra Wexler, WSJ , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Thanks to the force majeure clause in those latter three contracts, Auburn did not have to pay Alcorn State ($475,000), UMass ($1.9 million) and Southern Miss ($1.85 million) to play in Jordan-Hare Stadium. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 26 Jan. 2022"
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"Not to be confused with other popular charcuterie elements like pat\u00e9 or rillettes, a terrine is made by layering forcemeat with any combination of additional ingredients in a terrine mold to cook slowly in a water bath. \u2014 Foren Clark, CNN , 30 May 2022",
"Juicy duck with plum sauce sits near a delightful roasted turnip stuffed with duck forcemeat , a modern take on canard aux navets. \u2014 Shauna Lyon, The New Yorker , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Check out this luxe treatment: The thigh and legs are made into forcemeat , mixed with truffle paste and wrapped in skin from the legs; after a sous-vide bath, the sausage is fried to crisp the skin. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 Aug. 2019",
"Each plate was set with a slice of the breast next to a forcemeat lollipop, and a section of mandarin and dime-size pommes souffles thickly coated with ramp powder that quickly overshadowed the mandarin sauce and threw the dish out of balance. \u2014 Michael Bauer, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 Apr. 2018",
"From her book, Eighmey also recommends period-appropriate forcemeat balls\u2014the kind Franklin would have feasted on in 1740s Philly\u2014infused with mace, nutmeg and cloves. \u2014 Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian , 31 Jan. 2018"
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"Straw went 0-for-4, reaching base in the eighth inning on a force play . \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 24 Apr. 2022",
"The second out came on a force play at the plate before Wagner ended the game with a curveball in the dirt for a swinging strike three. \u2014 Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star , 26 May 2022",
"With Ghost Runner Jorge Mateo on second, Sawamura intentionally walked Ryan McKenna to set up a force play . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Sandlin allowed a one-out single to Reese McGuire in the seventh, but Adam Engel hit into a force play and Danny Mendick struck out. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Downing was intentionally walked to load the bases to set up a force play at home. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Oct. 2021",
"If that wasn\u2019t comical enough, Sanchez decided to keep his foot on home plate on a force play at home with Gio Urshela\u2019s throw going wide in the third inning. \u2014 Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY , 11 Sep. 2021",
"Willie Abreu then singled before the Ponies\u2019 Oscar De La Cruz recorded his first out, when Matt McLaughlin grounded into a force play . \u2014 Staff Reports, courant.com , 2 Aug. 2021",
"Guerrero and Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez were walked intentionally to load the bases before Grichuk hit into a force play , setting the stage for Panik. \u2014 Mike Haim, Star Tribune , 2 June 2021"
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"Give or Take fortunately boasts several songs worthy of that voice, with accounts of romance, heartache and the trials of success framed as a discussion with his mother, who proudly checks in on an opening voice memo. \u2014 Jason Lipshutz, Billboard , 24 June 2022",
"Outlander's sixth season season is currently airing on Starz, and fortunately for fans of the popular time-travel drama, Jamie and Claire's story is far from over. \u2014 Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country , 11 Mar. 2022",
"No physical injuries, fortunately , but my boiling inner rage over the incident never went away. \u2014 Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
"Unfortunately for these characters but fortunately for us, the season two finale planted a ticking time bomb in the form of Victoria\u2019s secret head-exploding superpower. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 June 2022",
"That could be disastrous; fortunately , Shapiro is an overwhelming favorite to win. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
"The 90-minute play goes down a dark path, but fortunately ends on a slight up note. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
"Ukraine is deeply personal to Putin (but, fortunately , for the future of Ukraine, even more personal to Ukrainians). \u2014 James Nixey, CNN , 29 Apr. 2022",
"But starting college as a poor, single mom derailed my plans, and fortunately , Marquette University let me in instead. \u2014 Madison Feller, ELLE , 17 May 2022"
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"Hungary\u2019s forint reversed earlier gains against the U.S. dollar, while the zloty pared its advance. \u2014 Stephanie Bodoni, Bloomberg.com , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Hungary\u2019s currency, the forint , has lost around 16% of its value against the dollar in the last six months and slipped to a historic low against the euro last week. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 29 Nov. 2021",
"Hungary\u2019s currency, the forint , has lost around 16% of its value against the dollar in the last six months and slipped to a historic low against the euro last week. \u2014 Justin Spike, Paul Wiseman And Vanessa Gera, Anchorage Daily News , 29 Nov. 2021",
"Hungary's currency, the forint , has lost around 16% of its value against the dollar in the last six months and slipped to a historic low against the euro last week. \u2014 Fox News , 20 Nov. 2021",
"Although a member of the European Union, Hungary uses its forint as currency. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 4 Apr. 2021",
"The rise in cases has also weighed on central and Eastern European currencies, with the Hungarian forint falling 2.2% against the euro last week, its worst week since June. \u2014 Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ , 19 Oct. 2020",
"The koruna has weakened 3.2% against the euro this month, slightly more than its central European peers the Polish zloty and the Hungarian forint . \u2014 Lenka Ponikelska, Bloomberg.com , 30 Sep. 2020",
"The forint and zloty are particularly exposed as their countries do substantial trade with the euro area and they are normally quoted against the euro. \u2014 Simon Flint, Bloomberg.com , 28 Aug. 2020"
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"Eviction and foreclosure moratoriums put in place during 2020 helped ease the financial strain on many households, but some haven\u2019t been able to dig out yet, according to the Harvard study. \u2014 Alicia Wallace, CNN , 22 June 2022",
"Um, that\u2019s another firm based in Toronto and Skyland had bought the Hyatt out of foreclosure in 2012 and the Renaissance three years later. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 1 June 2022",
"Still, even at the end of April, dozens have not submitted the paperwork, leaving homeowners in limbo and on the verge of foreclosure . \u2014 Jessica Boehm, The Arizona Republic , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Many of them ended up defaulting and in foreclosure . \u2014 Irina Ivanova, CBS News , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Or someone whose properties are in foreclosure , or has a bankruptcy, liens, judgements",
"The title records can also tell you whether the home has ever been in foreclosure , which is another sign of trouble. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The building is in foreclosure ; its current owners owe more than $1 million in utility bills. \u2014 Randy Tucker, The Enquirer , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The property is in foreclosure and owned by the state, said Marcelina Sladewska, special projects manager with the Cuyahoga County Land Bank. \u2014 Peter Krouse, cleveland , 15 Feb. 2022"
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"Researchers imaged and recorded the development of each insect's hindwing and forewing using this process. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 Dec. 2021",
"The species derives its name from females\u2019 large, leathery forewings veins, which closely resemble the veins of leaves, affording them superb camouflage abilities. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 29 Apr. 2020",
"Known to entomologists as , the red admiral is mostly black, with white spots near the wing tips, orange bands on the hind wings, and a bright red band on the forewing . \u2014 Dan Southerland, Washington Post , 24 Mar. 2020",
"In a study published last September in Current Biology, scientists report the discovery on males' forewings of three patches that change darkness and size when viewed from particular angles. \u2014 Harini Barath, Scientific American , 23 Dec. 2019",
"Suits described the greedy adult Japanese beetles, which emerge in the beginning of summer, as having tannish red, hardened forewings , green coloring on the shoulder area and white tufts along the edge of the abdomen. \u2014 Kym Pokorny | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com , 11 May 2017",
"The vulture raised its forewing only slightly, and in an instant the wind ripped through the bird\u2019s long primary feathers and whisked it, teetering, into the maelstrom. \u2014 Dave Taft, New York Times , 30 Mar. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"The Kia comes standard with removable captain\u2019s chairs, and a removable three-seat setup with a middle seat that independently slides fore and aft is also available. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 29 June 2022",
"Those third row seats now slide fore and aft , to trade legroom for cargo space, but even in their most passenger-friendly position, the 2023 model loses 1.6 inches of legroom to its predecessor. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 8 June 2022",
"The fact that most EVs will be better balanced than vehicles with internal combustion engines (ICE) \u2014 most of their weight is midcar, fore and aft , and low in the chassis \u2014 lends itself to stability and good roadholding. \u2014 Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press , 18 Sep. 2021",
"In addition to the glamorous en-suite stateroom, there's a private living room, fore and aft outside spaces, and a private Jacuzzi for late-night dips. \u2014 Kristen Shirley, Travel + Leisure , 26 Sep. 2021",
"But some ebikes look like heavy, miniature cars, with big wheels and cargo racks fore and aft . \u2014 Adrienne So, Wired , 14 Sep. 2021",
"The Odyssey retains its second-row seats that slide fore and aft as well as side to side. \u2014 Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver , 1 Sep. 2020",
"The carbon-fiber racing bucket seats only move fore and aft , but there's plenty of Alcantara trim and carbon-fiber bits to take in. \u2014 Juergen Zoellter, Car and Driver , 26 May 2021",
"The most obvious addition is the carbon-fiber blade, running fore and aft between the two seats, at neck height. \u2014 Jeremy Taylor, Robb Report , 26 May 2021"
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"instruments used to measure the force of the wind",
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"He used brute force to open the door.",
"I was impressed by the force of her personality.",
"Verb",
"They forced us to work long hours without pay.",
"The flooding forced hundreds of residents to flee their homes.",
"After seeing the evidence, I was forced to admit my error.",
"I am forced to conclude that more funding will be necessary.",
"The pilot was forced to land when one of the plane's engines caught fire.",
"The scandal forced his resignation.",
"Lack of time may eventually force a compromise.",
"They are trying to force a vote on this issue.",
"The runner was forced out of bounds.",
"Their car was forced off the road.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The court has registered only three war crimes convictions and five for interfering with justice in the 20 years since its founding treaty, the Rome Statute, came into force on July, 1, 2002. \u2014 Mike Corder, BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022",
"The court has registered only three war crimes convictions and five for interfering with justice in the 20 years since its founding treaty, the Rome Statute, came into force on July, 1, 2002. \u2014 Mike Corder, ajc , 1 July 2022",
"Shortly before midnight on June 30, 2020, the NSL came into force . \u2014 WSJ , 1 July 2022",
"Representatives from the European Parliament and EU states thrashed out a deal on the markets in crypto assets (MiCA) law, which is expected to come into force around the end of 2023. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 30 June 2022",
"The Tigers scored one run in the top of the ninth inning, when Riley Greene grounded into a force out to score Kody Clemens. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 26 June 2022",
"The measure must go through parliamentary procedures before going into force . \u2014 Fox News , 25 June 2022",
"The workshop is not a hiring event, but a way for veterans to receive mentorship, resources and tools to help support their move from the military into the work force . \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"Two new Chinese laws dealing with data security and privacy came into force in the fall of 2021 that are likely to have an impact on many multinational companies operating in China or whose operations touch China. \u2014 Chrissa Mcfarlane, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The injury didn\u2019t force him out of the lineup until June 18 and 19, when the sat out the final two games of a three-game series with the Dodgers in Los Angeles. \u2014 Jim Ingraham, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"But Biden can't force Saudi Arabia to produce more oil, and with Russian supplies out of reach due to sanctions for the invasion, a gas tax holiday would at least show some sort of action. \u2014 Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver , 21 June 2022",
"Reward positive interactions out loud but don\u2019t force anything. \u2014 USA Today , 15 June 2022",
"The vote is only advisory, though, and doesn't force the company to make changes. \u2014 CBS News , 27 May 2022",
"The vote is only advisory, though, and doesn\u2019t force the company to make changes. \u2014 Stan Choe, USA TODAY , 26 May 2022",
"Another option, experts say, is for Twitter to first threaten to force Musk to close and then settle for damages greater than $1bn in order to avoid messy litigation . . . \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 21 May 2022",
"The merger agreement includes a specific performance provision that allows Twitter to force Musk to consummate the deal, according to the filing. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2022",
"There is also no way for one municipality to force another to adopt new shelters. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Shiyan explosion came a day after eight people died and three others were injured when toxic methyl formate leaked from a vehicle at a chemical handling facility in the southwestern city of Guiyang. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2021",
"The Shiyan explosion came a day after eight people died and three others were injured when toxic methyl formate leaked from a vehicle at a chemical handling facility in the southwestern city of Guiyang. \u2014 NBC News , 13 June 2021",
"The microbes could then transform the formate into ATP, an energy-rich molecule that cells can use. \u2014 Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS , 27 Nov. 2019",
"The team started with basically a starvation diet of xylose, a sugar, along with formate and CO2. \u2014 Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS , 27 Nov. 2019",
"The changes didn\u2019t initially produce bacteria capable of living on formate and CO2, however. \u2014 Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS , 27 Nov. 2019",
"Entry uses potassium formate , derived from formic acid, a common and easily-synthesized compound. \u2014 Joseph N. Distefano, Philly.com , 6 Mar. 2018"
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"first_known_use":{
"1807, in the meaning defined above":""
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"circa 1920, in the meaning defined above":""
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"intransitive verb"
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"verb"
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"adjective"
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"first_known_use":{
"1933, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8f\u022frm-\u02ccfi-ti\u014b"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The whole bodice of Cora\u2019s everyday dress, a formfitting , double-breasted, uniformlike garment with clean lines and side buttons, was in the 1880s, whereas its bell sleeves resembled the 1850s. \u2014 Tomris Laffly, Vulture , 25 May 2021",
"Shiv Roy in yet another formfitting turtleneck \u2026 typical! \u2014 Carrie Wittmer, Vulture , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Two zippered pockets easily fit phones yet all but disappear when empty, and the 3.5-inch liner shorts are soft and formfitting but not compressive. \u2014 Emma Athena, Outside Online , 2 May 2021",
"Two glorious photos, one featuring her semi\u2013doubled over in a black half-sleeve faux-fur jacket over a formfitting black sequin dress. \u2014 Carey O'donnell, Vulture , 12 Mar. 2021",
"For mild and warm conditions, your shirt should have a relaxed fit to maximize airflow; for cooler seasons, a more formfitting silhouette is acceptable. \u2014 Andrew Skurka, Outside Online , 21 May 2018"
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"first_known_use":{
"1897, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-185434"
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"first_known_use":{
"1875, in the meaning defined above":""
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"examples":[
"The bank sent out thousands of form letters offering its credit card.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The form letter was sent to 2.7 million Ohioans who applied for federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance or Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation benefits at any time since March 2020, according to Teets. \u2014 Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland , 28 Sep. 2021",
"In response to a Monday email from the Union-Tribune requesting details about the 2022 festival, KAABOO\u2019s press office \u2014 which did not provide a phone number \u2014 answered with a brief form letter . \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 July 2021",
"Despite the situation, the Northeast Neighborhood Association of Elgin has launched a #SaveDCCook campaign on social media and is urging residents to send city council members a form letter emphasizing the building\u2019s historic importance to the city. \u2014 Gloria Casas, chicagotribune.com , 8 July 2021",
"Somewhere in my attic is a form letter that The Post Magazine was sending out that summer to would-be contributors. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 May 2021",
"Thus, McHale basically created a form letter for Hollywood's politically engaged to copy and paste into Twitter. \u2014 Abigail Rosenthal, Chron , 7 May 2021",
"The form letter seemed to be saying that the rest of her money was on its way. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2021",
"Those who make racial profiling complaints, however, will receive only a form letter noting that their complaint was upheld or rejected. \u2014 James Queally, Los Angeles Times , 14 Dec. 2020",
"Cruz responded with a form letter , directing her to call the consulate in Rio. \u2014 Cindy Carcamo Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 15 Dec. 2020"
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"first_known_use":{
"1909, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"noun"
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": a set of forms in place to hold wet concrete until it sets":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And, over the course of each day, an ellipse of light traverses the floor and concrete walls, which were cast in corrugated iron formwork and act as sound diffusers. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Jan. 2022",
"With the seven-foot sled half inside the tent, Ousland took a four-inch formwork nail, chosen for its double-head that makes for a surer grip with a Leatherman, and heated it over a stove flame. \u2014 Adventure , 23 Dec. 2020",
"Condensation from the metal formwork and upholstery staples seeped into the foam of the padded walls. \u2014 Mark Lamster, Dallas News , 12 July 2019",
"Its undulating form is made from an orange pigmented shotcrete, a type of concrete that sprays from a hose onto formwork . \u2014 Liz Stinson, Curbed , 12 June 2019",
"The balls, acting as a sort of formwork , dictate where the plastic pieces can and cannot go. \u2014 Liz Stinson, Curbed , 28 Sep. 2018",
"Its formwork , made from small strips of wood, is still visible through the white plaster\u2014a deliberate choice intended to convey the building\u2019s handmade nature. \u2014 Liz Stinson, Curbed , 17 Dec. 2018",
"Before employing the fleet of buzzing machines, Chaltiel worked with a team of students to build a lightweight geodesic timber frame and cover it with a light formwork of burlap sacks filled with sand. \u2014 Liz Stinson, Curbed , 27 Sep. 2018",
"This afternoon, crews working on the Nexus project observed that a formwork system was beginning to lean out from the building. \u2014 Ken Lambert, The Seattle Times , 19 Mar. 2018"
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1918, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-194553"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-195607"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a principle in logic for establishing permissible combinations of signs (as for determining how to construct statements or formulas in a formalized language or calculus)":[
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-195733"
},
"for observation":{
"type":[
"idiom"
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"definitions":{
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"type":[
"preposition"
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"definitions":{
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English forgaines, forgenes , from fore- + againes, agenes against":""
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the ratio between the volume of a tree and that of a geometric solid (as a cylinder) having the same diameter and height":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
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"first_known_use":{
"1659, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-202457"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a method of criticism for determining the sources and historicity of biblical writings through analysis of the writings in terms of ancient literary forms and oral traditions (such as love poems, parables, and proverbs)":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1928, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02ccf\u022frf\u0259\u0307\u02c8ky\u00fcl\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
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"verb"
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"In June, 2020, the Israel Defense Forces established the Strategy and Third Circle Directorate, assigned to formulate a comprehensive view of the Iranian threat facing Israel in all its aspects. \u2014 Jonathan Spyer, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
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"Certainly, during the years that Natasha was formulating the makeup, which took her over five years to formulate , the idea of putting a lot of products on your acne or on your eczema was not ideal. \u2014 Essence , 21 May 2022",
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"The first stage of setting up this type of program is to formulate a strategy, which will often include collecting basic customer data. \u2014 Elie Y. Katz, Forbes , 9 June 2022"
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"His lover was a married woman, Donna Lucrezia Castelli, and their clandestine fornication , some of it alfresco, produced a child. \u2014 Judith Thurman, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
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"Wells, a lecturer at Southern Utah University, says Mormon councils were convened largely for three reasons: property disputes; marital infractions, including polygamy, fornication and adultery; and theological differences. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 June 2021"
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"The physician\u2019s statement must prove that the noncovered drug is necessary to treat the medical condition and no alternatives on the plan\u2019s formulary would work. \u2014 Diane Omdahl, Forbes , 14 Sep. 2021",
"Instead, the legislation would permit the state to create a drug formulary , which the program\u2019s unelected board would likely use to restrict access to treatments to contain spending. \u2014 Chris Jacobs, WSJ , 28 Jan. 2022",
"The Annual Notice of Change may reveal that your doctor is no longer in network, for example, or the plan\u2019s drug formulary doesn\u2019t include your prescription anymore. \u2014 Jaime Catmull, Forbes , 11 Oct. 2021",
"Find out whether there are any other prescription drugs in your plan\u2019s formulary that would be effective. \u2014 Diane Omdahl, Forbes , 14 Sep. 2021",
"The fifth step encompasses establishing a panel of experts to transparently guide the government\u2019s national drug formulary . \u2014 Jeffrey R. Lewis, STAT , 10 Oct. 2021",
"Meanwhile, changes for both Part D and Advantage plans can include eliminating drugs or dosages from the formulary and increasing premiums and other out-of-pocket costs. \u2014 David Haass, Forbes , 23 Sep. 2021",
"Each Medicare plan - whether a pharmacy benefit stand-alone or integrated, offering all healthcare benefits in one package - has its own formulary . \u2014 Joshua Cohen, Forbes , 5 May 2021",
"The Cleveland Clinic won\u2019t carry Aduhelm, known generically as aducanumab, on its formulary after a panel of experts reviewed trial results for the medicine. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 16 July 2021"
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"\u2014 Jim Regan",
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"Its strong-hold formula will keep your mani or nail art in place for weeks at a time. \u2014 Jillian Ruffo, Harper's BAZAAR , 28 June 2022",
"Users are a fan of its sensitive skin-friendly formula . \u2014 Catharine Malzahn, Good Housekeeping , 24 June 2022",
"The review recommended that California change its school transportation funding formula then. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2022",
"Steven Elliot, 39, of Naugatuck faces three felony and two misdemeanor charges after allegedly striking an infant out of anger when the child would not drink his formula , according to police. \u2014 Alison Cross, Hartford Courant , 18 June 2022",
"The most likely outcome was staying the course, trusting his formula until his popularity waned enough to justify a pivot. \u2014 Alex Swhear, Variety , 17 June 2022",
"Abbott had promised to start putting out its hypoallergenic formula EleCare to consumers around June 20. \u2014 Sasha Pezenik, ABC News , 16 June 2022",
"This cream moisturizer will comfort, soothe, and restore your skin barrier with its antioxidant and peptide formula . \u2014 Daisy Maldonado, SELF , 15 June 2022",
"The Light Lock Lip Gloss is lightweight and moisturizes lips with coconut oil while its formula creates the glossiest finish ever. \u2014 Jennifer Hussein, Allure , 14 June 2022",
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"Forest Park police did not say if this recent case of malnourishment was related to the formula shortage. \u2014 Henri Hollis, ajc , 8 June 2022",
"Driving a Formula 1 car in 2018 sparked my interest in a formula style car. \u2014 Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star , 26 May 2022",
"Begich, in a phone interview, rejected the argument against the $30 increase in per-student spending, saying the small boost is meaningful given how formula spending has stagnated in recent years. \u2014 Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News , 25 May 2022",
"The idea for the letter to Vilsack arose from a May 17 legislative hearing, led by Anwar, to hear parents\u2019 concerns about the formula shortage crisis. \u2014 Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant , 23 May 2022",
"This week, the House passed a bill that would give the FDA $28 million extra in funding to address the formula shortage. \u2014 Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 May 2022",
"For now, Stellwagen said, parents need to be aware of how to handle this formula shortage. \u2014 Amy Joyce, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
"While the number of children needing hospitalization due to the formula shortage at Le Bonheur is low, Corkins can't rule out an uptick in patients needing similar care. \u2014 Corinne S Kennedy, USA TODAY , 18 May 2022",
"The action in the House came as lawmakers on both sides of the Capitol were demanding answers about the formula shortage and weighing more legislation aimed at responding. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022"
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"Multiple charges have been filed against the couple, who remain in custody A Florida couple have been accused by police of fornicating in the back of a patrol car mere moments after they were charged with biking while intoxicated, PEOPLE confirms. \u2014 Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com , 17 Sep. 2019",
"In one corner, a woman fornicated with a peasant, and in the other corner her sister did the same. \u2014 Ben Taub, The New Yorker , 30 Apr. 2018",
"Think of the waters around Louisiana as a great big dating pool for fish, with the eastern and western groups spending the warm summer months gorging and fornicating together. \u2014 Ben Raines, AL.com , 1 Nov. 2017",
"Irreverent red-faced monkeys fornicated on the temple roof and patrolled the tree\u2019s lower branches, while hundreds of flying foxes hung like overripe fruits in the canopy. \u2014 Chiara Goia, Smithsonian , 29 Apr. 2017",
"But the pages that immediately follow paint a more lurid picture, giving the distinct impression that college kids are fornicating willy-nilly, like so many bunnies in a hutch. \u2014 Jennifer Senior, New York Times , 18 Jan. 2017",
"Lonely on the Mountain\u2014the Israelites are fornicating and worshipping a false idol.) \u2014 Michael Sebastian, Esquire , 15 May 2017",
"Irreverent red-faced monkeys fornicated on the temple roof and patrolled the tree\u2019s lower branches, while hundreds of flying foxes hung like overripe fruits in the canopy. \u2014 Chiara Goia, Smithsonian , 2 May 2017"
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"The island is wilting under its worst financial crisis in seven decades with foreign exchange reserves at record lows leaving it scrambling to pay for essential imports including fuel, food and medicine. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 26 June 2022",
"The island nation, which employs about one million people in its public sector, has been hit by a severe foreign exchange shortage, which has left it struggling to pay for critical imports of fuel, food and medicine. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
"As result of the review a trader on the foreign exchange desk was dismissed, the people added, declining to identify the individual. \u2014 Ambereen Choudhury, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
"The initial influx can be traced to the 1950s and 1960s, when a foreign exchange program between Cambodia and California State University at Long Beach brought a wave of affluent students to the area. \u2014 Shannon Liao, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
"The Western alliance expropriated half of the Russian Central Bank\u2019s foreign exchange reserves held offshore \u2013 which had totalled some $650 billion \u2014 and blocked key Russian banks\u2019 access to the SWIFT international payments system. \u2014 Tilak Doshi, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"Ranil Wickremesinghe, appointed prime minister on Thursday, said in an address to the nation the country urgently needed $75 million in foreign exchange to pay for essential imports. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 17 May 2022",
"Japan's yen hasn't been this weak in 20 years, rattling foreign exchange markets as investors race to determine just how far the currency could fall. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Around 90% of global foreign exchange trading and about 50% of international trade and financial flows take place in dollars. \u2014 Mark Copelovitch, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 10 Mar. 2022"
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"In the second race Barsabas is my play for this 2-year-old race, which have been pretty formful at the meet. \u2014 John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2021",
"There are too many random variables at play -- including the crazy crowd noise -- to make this a consistently formful race. \u2014 Katia Porzecanski, Bloomberg.com , 4 May 2018"
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"The outdoor-activity center is a place full of testosterone and taxidermy, where many of the men look like Wilford Brimley playing a forest ranger at various stages in life. \u2014 Emily Nunn, Outside Online , 3 June 2019",
"One of seven children born to a forest ranger , Mr. Adityanath, born Ajay Singh Bisht, found his vocation in college as an activist in the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a right-wing Hindu organization. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Mar. 2022",
"In 2010, the Forest Service made White an honorary forest ranger . \u2014 Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 Jan. 2022",
"The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office identified 33-year-old Jonathon Kip Medford as the suspect in a felony assault on a forest ranger near Palatki Heritage Site northwest of Sedona that happened on Tuesday morning. \u2014 Jane Florance, The Arizona Republic , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Before becoming an actress, White wanted to pursue a career as a forest ranger or a zookeeper, per Smithsonian magazine\u2019s Megan Gambino, but at that time, women couldn\u2019t become rangers. \u2014 Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Speaking with Megan Gambino of Smithsonian magazine in advance of that visit, White recalled that her dream as a child was to become either a zookeeper or a forest ranger . \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Taken away by the forest ranger , the cub brothers embark on a treacherous odyssey across Canada to be reunited with one other and with Alma. \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 2 Nov. 2021",
"Among the last holdouts is Delancey Wells, a former forest ranger who maneuvers her way into a job at the Every with the hope of tanking it from the inside. \u2014 Sarah Todd, Quartz , 26 Aug. 2021"
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"When attacked, the ants bite and excrete formic acid through the end of their abdomen, using it like venom. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Apr. 2022",
"In 2014, scientists discovered that crazy ants could survive exposure to fire ant venom 98 percent of the time by using their own formic acid to detoxify the venom. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Instead of becoming a harmless chemical building block, the body metabolizes methanol into toxic formic acid . \u2014 Carrie Arnold, National Geographic , 19 Aug. 2020",
"Sharp, slightly vinegary formic acid is the one-carbon volatile acid, a chemical weapon found in ants and other insects but turned against them by the anteater, which relies on it to help digest them. \u2014 Harold Mcgee, WSJ , 24 Oct. 2020",
"Both strategies allow the body to excrete the methanol before it\u2019s turned into formic acid . \u2014 Carrie Arnold, National Geographic , 19 Aug. 2020",
"Methanol is metabolized to formaldehyde, then to formic acid inside the body. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 6 July 2020",
"Inside the body, methanol is metabolized to formaldehyde, then to formic acid . \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 23 June 2020",
"Different species might sting their enemies, bite them with powerful jaws or shoot them with jets of formic acid . \u2014 Cara Giaimo, New York Times , 13 Mar. 2020"
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"For communities with an interest in the land, removing those kinds of conclusions can foreclose access to a provision of federal law that promises communities a say in what happens when historic sites are at risk. \u2014 Seth Freed Wessler, ProPublica , 20 May 2022",
"If the developer defaults on the construction loan, the lender can foreclose and take over the developer\u2019s interest in the ground lease and the project. \u2014 Joshua Stein, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"As to the service providers' field preemption argument, Supreme Court authority, the case law of this circuit, and various provisions of the Communications Act itself all foreclose that argument. \u2014 Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica , 5 May 2022",
"If the debts are not paid, the buyers eventually could foreclose on the properties. \u2014 Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Attorneys for Yorke and the Nduoms then tried to compel Stewart and other borrowers to pay Yorke more money by threatening to foreclose on their homes. \u2014 Mariam Elba, ProPublica , 30 Dec. 2021",
"The biggest critique from Republicans has been that Biden and the Pentagon have been too quick to foreclose military options and too worried that aggressive U.S. efforts to arm the Ukrainians might spur Putin to widen the war. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Mar. 2022",
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"Coach Marc Crawford promised his team would forecheck better, go to the net better and get in the Wings\u2019 faces better. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 22 May 2022",
"Credit Sean Kuraly for forechecking hard to set up the goal, Boston\u2019s second in 27 seconds. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 24 Dec. 2019",
"The winner came when Charlie Coyle and Jake DeBrusk forechecked their way into a chance. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 Oct. 2019",
"Still, not every team forechecks like the New York Islanders \u2014 and not every team can fly off the rush like the Maple Leafs. \u2014 Richard Morin, azcentral , 29 Nov. 2019",
"The Kings remain vulnerable against speedy teams and hard- forechecking teams, and injuries to defensemen Jake Muzzin and Derek Forbort leave Stevens with big holes to fill. \u2014 Helene Elliott, latimes.com , 6 Apr. 2018",
"In hockey parlance, that\u2019s a forechecking strategy known as don\u2019t make Wirtz get out of his chair. \u2014 Steve Rosenbloom, chicagotribune.com , 19 June 2018",
"Iafallo is not among the Kings' top 10 scorers but his forechecking presence next to Anze Kopitar and Dustin Brown allows the Kings to align better, depth-wise, on the left side. \u2014 Curtis Zupke, latimes.com , 10 Apr. 2018",
"Follow live: Red Wings, NHL trade deadline rumor mill The Wings forechecked , generated shots, and played well overall as five-man units. \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 16 Feb. 2018"
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"After the verdict on Tuesday, the jury forewoman told reporters the case should not have been prosecuted. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
"Jury forewoman Dorothy Bailey, a 65-year-old program manager for Navy contracts, however, announced that the not-guilty verdicts were reached in less than a full day of deliberations and the rest of the time was spent on the hung count. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 May 2022",
"Only a few seconds passed, but the forewoman \u2019s mind was racing. \u2014 Rafael Olmeda, sun-sentinel.com , 10 Dec. 2021",
"The families of the two men who were fatally shot last year were summoned to the courtroom moments before the jury forewoman announced that the jury had unanimously found Rittenhouse innocent. \u2014 Arluther Lee, ajc , 19 Nov. 2021",
"Ann Loar Brooks was forewoman of the only jury trial held for a police officer in the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who was arrested on a street in Baltimore in April 2015 for allegedly possessing a knife. \u2014 Bob Egelko, SFChronicle.com , 22 June 2020",
"In a tweet days before Stone was sentenced, Trump attacked Tomeka Hart, who had identified herself as the jury's forewoman in a Facebook post. \u2014 Kristine Phillips, USA TODAY , 24 Feb. 2020",
"Tomeka Hart, a program officer for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, identified herself as the forewoman in a Facebook post this month. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Feb. 2020",
"Three of them, including the forewoman , were questioned on the stand, as was one of the prosecutors who withdrew from the case. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Feb. 2020"
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"Catherine begins the film a shy, na\u00efve young woman who places her trust in fortune hunter Morris Townsend (Montgomery Clift). \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 1 July 2020",
"The name was carried over as the name of the settlement founded near the site, fueled by a silver rush that attracted fortune hunters to the new town. \u2014 National Geographic , 26 Mar. 2020",
"He was freed from the misery of that boarding school only when Sarah, having been bilked by a fortune hunter , went broke and had to withdraw him. \u2014 Jonathan Dee, The New Yorker , 9 Sep. 2019"
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"They've been unable to make their mortgage payments, and the bank has threatened to foreclose .",
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"For communities with an interest in the land, removing those kinds of conclusions can foreclose access to a provision of federal law that promises communities a say in what happens when historic sites are at risk. \u2014 Seth Freed Wessler, ProPublica , 20 May 2022",
"If the developer defaults on the construction loan, the lender can foreclose and take over the developer\u2019s interest in the ground lease and the project. \u2014 Joshua Stein, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"As to the service providers' field preemption argument, Supreme Court authority, the case law of this circuit, and various provisions of the Communications Act itself all foreclose that argument. \u2014 Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica , 5 May 2022",
"If the debts are not paid, the buyers eventually could foreclose on the properties. \u2014 Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Attorneys for Yorke and the Nduoms then tried to compel Stewart and other borrowers to pay Yorke more money by threatening to foreclose on their homes. \u2014 Mariam Elba, ProPublica , 30 Dec. 2021",
"The biggest critique from Republicans has been that Biden and the Pentagon have been too quick to foreclose military options and too worried that aggressive U.S. efforts to arm the Ukrainians might spur Putin to widen the war. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Does that foreclose the option of a U.S. troop buildup in Eastern Europe",
"Niami, a former film producer, spent almost a decade developing The One before lenders moved to foreclose on the project. \u2014 John Gittelsohn, Fortune , 4 Mar. 2022"
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"His insistence on zero COVID, erratic attitude toward the private sector, and hostile foreign policy are combining to sap the economy\u2019s vitality, depress investor sentiment, alienate more countries, and isolate the Chinese from the world. \u2014 Michael Schuman, The Atlantic , 21 June 2022",
"And Biden is about to sacrifice long-term U.S. foreign policy aims for a temporary respite from high consumer gasoline prices. \u2014 Dan Eberhart, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Ironically, the growing threat to democracy in the United States is occurring at a moment when US foreign policy has accomplished an extraordinary, historic feat; one that among other things serves to fortify democracy around the world. \u2014 Frida Ghitis, CNN , 19 May 2022",
"His cousin and mayor of the northern Philippines city of Laoag, Michael Marcos Keon, described Mr. Marcos as sensible, though sometimes indecisive, and said a Marcos presidency\u2019s foreign policy would seek balance. \u2014 Feliz Solomon, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
"Alex didn\u2019t mind, though; foreign policy is his thing. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Nile Gardiner, the director of the Heritage Foundation\u2019s Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom, told Fox News Digital that British foreign policy has been more focused in the post-Brexit era. \u2014 Ben Evansky, Fox News , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"This pattern of extreme partisanship suggests that a bipartisan foreign policy is simply impossible any longer. \u2014 Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic , 4 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Slightly larger bots could carry tiny cameras or forceps , which would be useful for minimally invasive medical procedures. \u2014 Fionna M. D. Samuels, Scientific American , 14 June 2022",
"One friend warned me that his daughter\u2019s shoulders had gotten stuck on her way out of the womb and that the doctors, who were about to break her collarbone, finally managed to get her out with some large forceps . \u2014 Keith Gessen, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
"Trager and employees at the Huntington generally use gloves, eyewear and various tongs and forceps to handle cactus and avoid getting poked. \u2014 Aliese Willard Muhonen, Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022",
"This includes a net, forceps or needle-nosed pliers and a camera if a photo is desired. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Doctors had no choice but to pluck the bloodsuckers out, one by one, using forceps . \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 6 Apr. 2022",
"The roach was dropped into one cup of juice, stirred with a forceps and then removed. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Dec. 2021",
"The local urgent-care doctor tried his hand with some forceps but was clearly not an expert at removing tiny hairs wrapped around extraneous pieces of penile skin. \u2014 Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker , 4 Oct. 2021",
"In the video, forceps nudge a piece of squid that sits on a ramp as an offering. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2021"
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"Only-in-Hollywood Celebrity Moments \u2014 The great Lily Tomlin will join those immortalized in the forecourt of the TCL Chinese Theatre. \u2014 Michael Ordo\u00f1a, Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"But Zverev\u2019s finishing skills, particularly in the forecourt and at the net, are still hit or miss. \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2022",
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"Standing at the center of the outdoor forecourt is \u2018Satellite,\u2019 a 24-foot-high sculpture that recalls traditional D\u2019mba, a headdress shaped like a female bust created by the Baga peoples of the Guinea coast. \u2014 Joanne Shurvell, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"So while fans visiting her marker in the Chinese Theatre forecourt will see only one set of footprints, Tomlin herself will see all of the folks who helped a girl from Detroit become a star. \u2014 Amy Nicholson, Variety , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Its equally famous forecourt is paved with cement squares into which stars have embedded handprints, footprints and signatures. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The finished work will be installed outdoors in Venice, in the forecourt of the U.S. pavilion. \u2014 The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As a child in Massachusetts, I would often sit comfortably wedged in the forked trunk of a backyard maple reading or weaving gimp bracelets in the branches of a neighbor\u2019s beech. \u2014 Tricia Glass, BostonGlobe.com , 30 June 2022",
"Near the top of a ridge, Dettamanti saw a forked object: an elk antler. \u2014 The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
"The video included images of a forked road, where the path of embracing God and Jesus led to a colorful place, while the other route led to darkness. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Feb. 2022",
"The video included images of a forked road, where the path of embracing God and Jesus led to a colorful place, while the other route led to darkness. \u2014 Jaclyn Peiser, Anchorage Daily News , 8 Feb. 2022",
"On one of the forked tracks is a person that is tied down to the rails and cannot getaway. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 8 Sep. 2021",
"On the other forked track, there are three people tied down to the rails and unable to escape (the number of people tied down varies by how the setup is envisioned, sometimes five people are mentioned rather than three, etc.). \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 8 Sep. 2021",
"The shooter stands partially protected by a small, forked tree. \u2014 Bill Heavey, Field & Stream , 6 June 2017",
"Her delay in recounting it, her interest in recalling it now, to cast herself as a martyr when her poll numbers have sagged, and her record of speaking with forked tongue make the story dubious. \u2014 Nr Editors, National Review , 23 Jan. 2020"
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"\u2014 Astronomy , July 1990"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After all, who doesn\u2019t get cheered up just a bit by finding an Easter Egg or reading a fortune cookie ",
"The last photo in the slide is of a fortune cookie message. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 11 May 2022",
"Beyond luring people to Jade with bonbons and new confections \u2014 a line inspired by San Francisco will include fortune cookie chocolate bars \u2014 Fong also plans to throw events. \u2014 Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Sign up for our trending newsletter to get the latest news of the day $4 million richer:A veteran used numbers from a fortune cookie to play the lottery. \u2014 Quinlan Bentley, USA TODAY , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Along with his usual order of shrimp fried rice, Fierro got a fortune cookie at Red Bowl Asian Bistro in Charlotte on Jan. 8 during his weekly Saturday afternoon lunch with his wife. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Feb. 2022",
"The restaurant half of this nightlife behemoth is transforming its giant fortune cookie dessert for the Year of the Tiger, adding stripes on the outside and serving it with a hongbao, a red envelope traditionally given as a New Year gift. \u2014 Samantha Nelson, chicagotribune.com , 31 Jan. 2022",
"In 2014, a New York woman won a $2 million prize using numbers from her fortune cookie . \u2014 Jay Croft, CNN , 29 Jan. 2022",
"Prompts on the site will have you and/or your kids making fortune cookie messages or producing your own cooking show. \u2014 David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Dec. 2021"
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"The cows were foraging in the pasture.",
"He had to forage for firewood.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The bristly groundhog and her plump twins experiment with the best part of the lawn on which to forage . \u2014 Maria Shine Stewart, cleveland , 28 June 2022",
"The Kaibab National Forest site\u2019s ample forage grasses, water and quiet isolation make this a perfect spot for wildlife to congregate, feed, drink and \u2014 oh yeah \u2014 be stalked. \u2014 Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic , 28 June 2022",
"For that to happen, humans need to have enough contact with the animals to make exposure likely\u2014on routine hunts for bushmeat, for instance, or in fractured landscapes where animals forage for food in and around people\u2019s homes. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 21 June 2022",
"Scientists have long been in the dark about how deep-diving seals forage for their meals in pitch-black seas, and the answer may have been right under the animals\u2019 nose all along: whiskers. \u2014 Sasha Warren, Scientific American , 13 June 2022",
"In front of her are the towers of grain that had sprouted into forage . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 June 2022",
"The operator can run their own experiments to try a new forage source. \u2014 Steven Savage, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Here's more background on alewives, a bane to some beachgoers but an important forage species for the lake's trout and salmon fishery. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel , 8 June 2022",
"Like native trees and shrubs, wildflowers offer tremendous benefits to insects, birds, and mammals in terms of food, forage , and shelter. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Although extremely intelligent, the confiscated parrots had lost their culture: the parrots did not know to forage in their new land and had forgotten (or never learned) how to flock to avoid predators. \u2014 Grrlscientist, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"And with anomalously warm water extending hundreds of meters, sharks can forage much deeper and for longer. \u2014 Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 June 2022",
"Guests will forage through the garden and learn how to prepare and cook a nutritious and sustainable meal, such as a delicious pesto coconut chutney with grated papaya, coconut milk, chili pepper, spring onion, ginger and garlic. \u2014 Roger Sands, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"Many species will eagerly eat wild birdseed, but others will forage for tiny insects, spiders, worms or beetles in your garden. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Instead, their bees forage entirely on wildflowers \u2013 most of which are endemic \u2013 creating honey entirely unique to Bermuda. \u2014 Karthika Gupta, USA TODAY , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Morel hunters can forage in most state parks and forests in Indiana, so long as the lands are not designated as preserves. \u2014 Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Around the same time, Hirata learned about Noma chef Ren\u00e9 Redzepi, who was trying to revive Nordic cuisine in Denmark by encouraging people to forage like the Nordic people used to. \u2014 Rachel Ng, Bon App\u00e9tit , 19 May 2022",
"And subscription snack boxes keep my munchies at bay without my having to forage for the most obscene flavor of Combos at my local bodega or raid the BA test kitchen for pecan nubs left over from muffin recipe testing. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 19 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Birds were still, the decaying black oak leaves carpeting the forest floor from last fall were not dry and crunchy under foot. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 May 2022",
"Scour the forest floor for dead wood that\u2019s neither green nor decomposing. \u2014 Joe Jackson, Outside Online , 30 July 2014",
"Roughly 5,400 years ago, a tiny seed sprouted from the forest floor in central Chile. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 May 2022",
"The fire burned the top layer of the forest floor , known as the duff, Arnum said. \u2014 Matt Yan, BostonGlobe.com , 23 May 2022",
"Tracing any individual tree from forest floor to showroom presents a near impossible challenge. \u2014 Alexander Sammon, The New Republic , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Once free, the bird flew only about 50 feet before landing on the forest floor right next to the trail. \u2014 Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News , 24 May 2022",
"Much of that carbon is actually in the forest floor . \u2014 Emily Schwing, Scientific American , 14 Dec. 2021",
"There was no path, and the forest floor was overgrown with bracken and bush. \u2014 Joshua Levine, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This natural shampoo is made without parabens, phthalates, synthetic fragrances, formaldehyde or sulfates, meaning your hair won\u2019t feel dry and brittle after washing. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 May 2022",
"If that sounds off-putting, consider that formaldehyde occurs naturally in foods like bananas, carrots, and apples. \u2014 Dianna Mazzone, Allure , 10 Dec. 2021",
"This matte-finish yoga mat has a sleek look that is 100% formaldehyde -free, non-toxic and PVC-free. \u2014 Emily Shiffer, Men's Health , 6 June 2022",
"Playa\u2019s hair treatment restores moisture using coconut, apricot, and sunflower oil and is sulfate, paraben, and formaldehyde -free. \u2014 ELLE , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Plus, this product does not contain formaldehyde , sulfates, parabens, animal oil, DEA/MEA/TEA, mercury, or polyethylene glycol. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 June 2022",
"As for what not to put on your scalp, Dr. Lolis says to avoid parabens, sulfates, formaldehyde , and synthetic dyes so that the formulation is gentle on the delicate skin of your scalp. \u2014 Allure , 30 May 2022",
"This includes polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, benzene, formaldehyde , phenols, and heavy metals. \u2014 Anuradha Varanasi, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"Burning natural gas or propane creates nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde , and particulate pollution. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 14 Sep. 2021"
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"International Scientific Vocabulary form- + aldehyde":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The forgotten man in training camp because of a hamstring injury, Schwartz caught up enough to give Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo plenty to worry about. \u2014 cleveland , 10 Sep. 2021",
"All those \u2018 forgotten men and women\u2019 in U.S. factories have, once again, been forgotten. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Jan. 2020",
"Chelsea grew into the game and took the lead shortly before half-time as forgotten man Kenedy netted from outside the box, his strike taking a deflection on its route to wrong-footing Jo\u00e3o Virginia in the Reading net. \u2014 SI.com , 28 July 2019",
"With the trade deadline coming up Tuesday, teams needing an edge-rusher will undoubtedly inquire about the Browns\u2019 forgotten man . \u2014 Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland , 24 Oct. 2019",
"Andros Townsend and Jeffrey Schlupp gave Palace a two-goal lead by half time, before Christian Benteke, Max Meyer and forgotten man Connor Wickham piling on the misery in the second 45. \u2014 SI.com , 28 July 2019",
"West Ham meanwhile are reported to be plotting a \u00a330m summer swoop for Chelsea forgotten man Danny Drinkwater. \u2014 SI.com , 3 May 2018",
"Meanwhile, Leicester are hotly tipped to Manchester United forgotten man Marouane Fellaini in the summer, after the robust Belgian has decided to leave the club on a free transfer. \u2014 SI.com , 26 Apr. 2018",
"In other news, reports have claimed that the Gunners have made a shock \u20ac20m offer for Chelsea forgotten man David Luiz. \u2014 SI.com , 14 June 2018"
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"first_known_use":{
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At the meeting in Germany, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss urged the allies to keep economic sanctions in place until Russian troops leave Ukraine, the British foreign office said in a statement. \u2014 Laura King And Tracy Wilkinson, Anchorage Daily News , 13 May 2022",
"The foreign office forwarded his inquiry to the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (S.P.K.), then the custodian of the world\u2019s second-largest collection of Benin Bronzes. \u2014 Julian Lucas, The New Yorker , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Pakistan\u2019s foreign office summoned the Indian envoy in Islamabad on Friday to lodge a protest. \u2014 Vibhuti Agarwal, WSJ , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Until December, Saathoff had been the foreign office \u2019s point person on Russia. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Feb. 2022",
"In 2018, Xinhua established its foreign office in Nairobi. \u2014 Jianli Yang, National Review , 19 June 2021",
"But the more immediate concerns are jobs and cost of living, said Joshua Mitchell, of the country\u2019s foreign office . \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2021",
"Sir Mark Sedwill, the cabinet secretary, Sir Simon McDonald, the head of the foreign office , and Jonathan Slater, the permanent secretary at the Department for Education. \u2014 The Economist , 16 Jan. 2021",
"Pakistan's foreign office did not respond to a request for comment. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Sep. 2020"
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"noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Pyrotechnicians agree that the blue-violet shades of this peacock feather are the most challenging to formulate . \u2014 Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics , 30 June 2022",
"The important thing is to formulate our new mind frames in a positive way. \u2014 Marc Aurel, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"In June, 2020, the Israel Defense Forces established the Strategy and Third Circle Directorate, assigned to formulate a comprehensive view of the Iranian threat facing Israel in all its aspects. \u2014 Jonathan Spyer, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"Dove has worked hard to formulate the perfect lotion. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022",
"Certainly, during the years that Natasha was formulating the makeup, which took her over five years to formulate , the idea of putting a lot of products on your acne or on your eczema was not ideal. \u2014 Essence , 21 May 2022",
"The goal was to discuss and formulate innovative solutions to problems of homelessness, affordable housing, the housing shortage, NIMBYism and more. \u2014 Jessica Geltstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
"After World War II, however, policymakers began to formulate some of the first international conventions to protect cultural heritage in conflict zones. \u2014 Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The first stage of setting up this type of program is to formulate a strategy, which will often include collecting basic customer data. \u2014 Elie Y. Katz, Forbes , 9 June 2022"
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"-i",
"-\u0259t\u0113",
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"\u02c8f\u00e4r-",
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"outsider",
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"I can tell by your accent you're a foreigner in these parts.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As things stand, he will not be allowed into the United States as a foreigner who hasn\u2019t gotten his COVID-19 shots and must miss the US Open, which begins in August. \u2014 Howard Fendrich, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
"Traveling through farming villages with an entourage of Japanese guards and interpreters, Thunberg documented how he would be mobbed by children shocked by the bizarre look of a foreigner with large, round eyes. \u2014 Rob Goss, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 May 2022",
"Tang\u2019s character speaks Chinese and a form of Korean that is described in the film as particularly formal due to the character having learned the language as a foreigner . \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 24 May 2022",
"The insights from this year\u2019s [STAATUS] survey spotlight the long history of stereotypes (like the perpetual foreigner and model minority tropes) in the U.S. and the uncomfortable truth that more Americans question the loyalty of Asian Americans. \u2014 Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune , 6 May 2022",
"Irish, meaning stranger or foreigner . Gilchrist: Irish, meaning servant of Christ. \u2014 Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day , 5 Mar. 2021",
"But to one man in Seoul, his existence ignited a homophobic hatred that elicited an attack in one of Seoul\u2019s most foreigner -friendly areas. \u2014 Jeff Benjamin, Billboard , 11 May 2022",
"By contrast, Cambage is a foreigner who never played for a blue-chip university and is not eligible for Team USA. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
"The pollster's recommendation: Vance should come out strong with a lot of anti-immigrant, anti- foreigner proposals. \u2014 Joel Mathis, The Week , 8 Feb. 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-024724"
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": formulate sense 1":[]
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-my\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz"
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"first_known_use":{
"1842, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-025338"
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": the shape and structure of something as distinguished from its material":[
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": a body (as of a person) especially in its external appearance or as distinguished from the face : figure":[
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": beauty":[],
": the essential nature of a thing as distinguished from its matter: such as":[],
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": the component of a thing that determines its kind":[],
": a prescribed and set order of words : formula":[
"the form of the marriage service"
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": a printed or typed document with blank spaces for insertion of required or requested information":[
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": show without substance":[],
": manner or conduct as tested by a prescribed or accepted standard":[
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": manner or style of performing or accomplishing according to recognized standards of technique":[
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": a long seat : bench":[],
": a supporting frame model of the human figure or part (such as the torso) of the human figure usually used for displaying apparel":[],
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": the printing type or other matter arranged and secured in a chase ready for printing":[],
": one of the different modes of existence, action, or manifestation of a particular thing or substance : kind":[
"one form of respiratory disorder",
"a form of art"
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": a distinguishable group of organisms":[],
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": one of the different aspects a word may take as a result of inflection or change of spelling or pronunciation":[
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"a polynomial form"
],
": orderly method of arrangement (as in the presentation of ideas) : manner of coordinating elements (as of an artistic production or course of reasoning)":[],
": a particular kind or instance of such arrangement":[
"the sonnet is a poetical form"
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": pattern , schema":[
"arguments of the same logical form"
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": the structural element, plan, or design of a work of art \u2014 compare content sense 2c":[],
": a visible and measurable unit defined by a contour : a bounded surface or volume":[],
": a grade in a British school or in some American private schools":[],
": the past performance of a race horse":[],
": racing form":[],
": known ability to perform":[
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": condition suitable for performing (as in athletic competition)":[
"back on form"
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": to give a particular shape to : shape or mold into a certain state or after a particular model":[
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"a state formed along republican lines"
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": to arrange themselves in":[
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": to model by instruction and discipline":[
"a mind formed by classical education"
],
": to give form or shape to : fashion , construct":[
"She formed the dough into balls."
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": to serve to make up or constitute : be an essential or basic element of":[
"Bonds formed the bulk of his estate."
],
": develop , acquire":[
"form a habit"
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": to arrange in order : draw up":[
"The battalion was formed into squares for all-around defense."
],
": to assume an inflection so as to produce (a form, such as a tense)":[
"forms the past in -ed"
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": to combine to make (a compound word)":[
"\"motor\" and \"cycle\" form \"motorcycle\""
],
": to become formed or shaped":[
"A clot was forming over the cut."
],
": to take form : come into existence : arise":[
"Storm clouds were forming over the hills."
],
": to take on a definite form, shape, or arrangement":[
"the platoon formed in columns"
],
": to take up a formation next to":[],
": formic acid":[
"form ate"
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"\u02c8f\u022frm",
"\u02c8f\u022f(\u0259)rm"
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"cast",
"configuration",
"conformation",
"fashion",
"figure",
"geometry",
"shape"
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"crystallize",
"crystalize",
"jell",
"shape (up)",
"solidify"
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"Noun",
"Coal is a form of carbon.",
"a rare form of cancer",
"a popular form of entertainment",
"an ancient form of music",
"the written form of the language",
"a style of architecture that emphasizes form over function",
"The shadowy forms of several people were visible through the smoke.",
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"The friendship that they formed in school lasted a lifetime.",
"Her early experiences played an important role in forming her personality.",
"His ideas were not yet fully formed .",
"The drug can help prevent blood clots from forming .",
"Beads of sweat formed on his forehead.",
"A plan was gradually forming in my mind.",
"A plan was gradually forming itself in my mind.",
"An angry crowd was forming in the streets.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"My viewing habit is more of an ongoing, uninterrogated fascination, a slow tutelage in the form . \u2014 Lesley Finn, Longreads , 7 July 2022",
"This could be in the form of links to related content, an offer to sign up for a newsletter or more in-depth content that the visitor can download. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 6 July 2022",
"To enter, please fill out all of the fields in the form before noon on Thursday, July 22. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 5 July 2022",
"On Tuesday, July 5, the streamer quantified that success, in the form of the latest global Netflix Top 10 list \u2014 revealing the biggest shows and movies on the platform worldwide for the 7-day period that ended on July 3. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 5 July 2022",
"The reality star paired a very form -fitting neon green top with matching, solid pants, and boots from the house\u2014in the top\u2019s most blinding hue, of course. \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 3 July 2022",
"And Victoria Beckham made form -fitting minis part of her signature Posh Spice uniform. \u2014 Sandra Okerulu, refinery29.com , 29 June 2022",
"For the event, Lori wore a gorgeous form -fitting blue and white two-piece outfit. \u2014 Good Housekeeping Editors, Good Housekeeping , 28 June 2022",
"The form -fitting dress cinched at the waist and featured a high neckline, long lace sleeves, and a skirt with floral appliques. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 27 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"All of your books form their own kind of universe centered around recurring themes, including bodies and water and storytelling. \u2014 Michele Filgate, Los Angeles Times , 25 June 2022",
"Higgins and Eliza clash, then form an unlikely bond \u2014 one that is threatened by an aristocratic suitor (Jeremy Brett). \u2014 Travis Bean, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"Every so often, an animal would infect a person, that person would spread the virus to some close contacts, and another minor outbreak would form , then fizzle out. \u2014 Rachel Gutman, The Atlantic , 9 June 2022",
"Meteorologists from Colorado State University, among the nation's top hurricane forecasters, has predicted nine hurricanes would form this year. \u2014 Doyle Rice, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
"Moscow\u2019s claims, which could not be immediately verified, came a week after Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu announced that Russia would form new military units in the west of the country in response to Sweden and Finland\u2019s bids to join NATO. \u2014 Yuras Karmanau, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"Last week Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu announced that Russia would form new military units in the country\u2019s west in response to Sweden and Finland\u2019s bids to join NATO. \u2014 The Christian Science Monitor , 28 May 2022",
"Last week, the House Agriculture Committee approved a bill that would form a special position at USDA to investigate allegations of antitrust practices within the meat and poultry processing industry. \u2014 Patrick Thomas, WSJ , 26 May 2022",
"His nonfiction books on the subject, Homicide and The Corner (the latter written with former BPD detective Ed Burns), both inspired eponymous TV series and would form the basis of HBO\u2019s The Wire, which Simon created in collaboration with Burns. \u2014 Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 Apr. 2022"
],
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"Middle English forme , from Anglo-French furme, forme , from Latin forma form, beauty":"Noun and Verb",
"formic":"Combining form",
"French & Latin; French -forme , from Latin -formis , from forma":"Adjective combining form"
},
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-045203"
}
}
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