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{
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"job":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a damaging or destructive bit of work":[
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"did a job on him"
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],
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": a narrative and poetic book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture \u2014 see Bible Table":[],
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": a regular remunerative position":[
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"got a part-time job as a waiter",
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"she quit her job"
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],
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": a specific duty, role, or function":[
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"The heart's job is to circulate blood."
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],
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": an example of a usually specified type : item":[
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"the limousine was a long white job"
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],
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": an undertaking requiring unusual exertion":[
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"it was a real job to talk over that noise"
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],
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": at work : while working":[
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"was injured on the job"
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],
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": of or relating to a job or to employment":[
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"a guarantee of job security"
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],
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": plastic surgery for cosmetic purposes":[
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"an eye job"
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],
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": something done for private advantage":[
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"the whole incident was a put-up job"
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],
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": something produced by or as if by work":[
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"did a nice job"
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],
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": something that has to be done : task":[
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"was given the job of delivering the bad news"
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],
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": state of affairs":[
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"\u2014 usually used with bad or good it was a good job you didn't hit the old man \u2014 E. L. Thomas"
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],
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": that is for hire for a given service or period":[
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"a job gardener"
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],
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": the hero of the book of Job who endures afflictions with fortitude and faith":[],
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": the object or material on which work is being done":[],
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": to buy and sell (something, such as stock) for profit : speculate":[],
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": to carry on public business for private gain":[],
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": to carry on the business of a middleman or wholesaler":[],
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": to do odd or occasional pieces of work for hire":[
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"supported himself by jobbing in local orchestras"
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],
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": to do or cause to be done by separate portions or lots : subcontract":[
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"\u2014 often used with out a publisher who knew the market might have jobbed out the work to factories in Asia \u2014 Michael Shnayerson"
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],
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": to get, deal with, or effect by jobbery":[],
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": to hire or let by the job or for a period of service":[
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"job a carriage"
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],
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": to penalize or deprive unfairly":[
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"\u2026 fans and players who may still believe that \u2026 they were jobbed out of a World Championship \u2026",
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"\u2014 Roger Angell"
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],
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": used in, engaged in, or done as job work":[
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"a job shop"
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],
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"\u2014 see nose job":[
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"an eye job"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun (1)",
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"He took a job as a waiter.",
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"She has a high-paying job on Wall Street.",
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"She's trying to get a job in New York.",
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"The new factory will create thousands of jobs .",
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"They offered him the job but he turned it down.",
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"The blood's job is to carry oxygen to the different parts of the body.",
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"Construction of the bridge turned out to be a bigger job than they had expected.",
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"It's a dirty job , but someone has to do it.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The Madam Galen variety does a good job of decorating a fence, but the native forms are difficult to manage. \u2014 Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News , 1 July 2022",
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"The question was, however, who would do a better job . \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 30 June 2022",
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"The company did a great job with the launch by timing it with a report on the growth of the Metaverse, which stated that the market opportunity has the potential to reach $1 trillion. \u2014 Gary Drenik, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
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"Just as in liquid shampoos, these do a great job at cleaning hair without leaving residue. \u2014 Chiara Butler, Good Housekeeping , 29 June 2022",
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"Tippsy Sake does an outstanding job of making sake less intimidating and more approachable. \u2014 Rich Manning, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022",
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"However, Cadillac's designers and engineers have done a rather good job of packaging the batteries without making the SUV look unnaturally tall, at 63.9 inches (1,623 mm). \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 28 June 2022",
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"At this particular moment, our AI toys aren\u2019t doing a very good job of reflecting us at all. \u2014 Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic , 28 June 2022",
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"White Western history often does a great job of centering itself. \u2014 New York Times , 28 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"The Masters champion, buoyed by an eagle that came courtesy of a 157-yard can job on the 560-yard par-5 eighth, sat solo atop the US Open leaderboard at 6-under par. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
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"The asphalt mix is then loaded onto 18-ton trucks that transport the mix to job sites. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Feb. 2022",
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"Employees have resisted \u2013 savoring the flexibility afforded by remote work \u2013 and many are prepared to job hop if their company mandates in-person work. \u2014 Fortune , 26 May 2022",
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"The asphalt mix is then loaded onto 18-ton trucks that transport the mix to job sites. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Feb. 2022",
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"How can job environments be places that help people thrive rather than wearing them down",
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"The asphalt mix is then loaded onto 18-ton trucks that transport the mix to job sites. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Feb. 2022",
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"The asphalt mix is then loaded onto 18-ton trucks that transport the mix to job sites. \u2014 The New York Times, Arkansas Online , 20 Feb. 2022",
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"How can job searchers chart a path forward that aligns with their new priorities",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"The students Cruzvergara work with often underplay their non- job experiences. \u2014 Fortune , 1 June 2022",
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"The City Council has been taking numerous anti- job actions, driving out employment from the city. \u2014 Star Tribune , 21 May 2021",
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"That's where the Supreme Court's anti- job discrimination decision could play a critical role. \u2014 Sy Mukherjee, Fortune , 15 June 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1681, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"1748, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Adjective",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"circa 1558, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin, from Greek I\u014db , from Hebrew Iyy\u014dbh":"Noun",
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"perhaps from obsolete English job lump":"Noun , Verb, and Adjective"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8j\u014db",
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"\u02c8j\u00e4b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for job Noun (1) task , duty , job , chore , stint , assignment mean a piece of work to be done. task implies work imposed by a person in authority or an employer or by circumstance. charged with a variety of tasks duty implies an obligation to perform or responsibility for performance. the duties of a lifeguard job applies to a piece of work voluntarily performed; it may sometimes suggest difficulty or importance. the job of turning the company around chore implies a minor routine activity necessary for maintaining a household or farm. every child was assigned chores stint implies a carefully allotted or measured quantity of assigned work or service. a 2-month stint as a reporter assignment implies a definite limited task assigned by one in authority. a reporter's assignment",
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"synonyms":[
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"appointment",
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"berth",
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"billet",
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"capacity",
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"connection",
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"function",
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"place",
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"position",
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"post",
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"situation"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165944",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"jobless":{
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"antonyms":[
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"employed",
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"working"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": having no job":[],
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": of or relating to those having no job":[
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"jobless benefits"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"having been jobless for six months, he was starting to get seriously discouraged",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The total number of Americans collecting jobless benefits for the week ending June 11 was 1,315,000, up by 5,000 from the previous week. \u2014 Matt Ott, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
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"The total number of Americans collecting jobless benefits for the week ending June 11 was 1,315,000, up by 5,000 from the previous week. \u2014 Matt Ott, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
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"Hundreds of thousands of claimants who received jobless benefits in the pandemic have received notices from the agency over the past year that say they were paid those benefits in error and have to repay them. \u2014 Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press , 13 June 2022",
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"In many cases, the law requires the department to recoup those overpayments, oftentimes by withholding future jobless benefits payments. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 June 2022",
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"In doing so, the oversight agency used its reports to call on Congress and the Biden administration to modernize the country\u2019s jobless benefits programs as well as the oversight of them, particularly to safeguard them in the event of future crises. \u2014 Tony Romm, Anchorage Daily News , 7 June 2022",
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"The total number of Americans collecting jobless benefits for the week ending May 21 fell from the previous week, to 1,309,000, the fewest since Dec. 27, 1969. \u2014 Matt Ott, ajc , 2 June 2022",
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"Continuing claims are reported with a one-week lag from totals for initial filings for jobless benefits. \u2014 Bryan Mena, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
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"But jobless benefits received in 2021 will be taxable on the 2021 federal income tax return. \u2014 Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY , 15 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1862, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8j\u00e4b-l\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"unemployed"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081135",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"joblessness":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": having no job":[],
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": of or relating to those having no job":[
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"jobless benefits"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8j\u00e4b-l\u0259s"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"unemployed"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"employed",
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"working"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"having been jobless for six months, he was starting to get seriously discouraged",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The total number of Americans collecting jobless benefits for the week ending June 11 was 1,315,000, up by 5,000 from the previous week. \u2014 Matt Ott, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
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"The total number of Americans collecting jobless benefits for the week ending June 11 was 1,315,000, up by 5,000 from the previous week. \u2014 Matt Ott, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
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"Hundreds of thousands of claimants who received jobless benefits in the pandemic have received notices from the agency over the past year that say they were paid those benefits in error and have to repay them. \u2014 Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press , 13 June 2022",
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"In many cases, the law requires the department to recoup those overpayments, oftentimes by withholding future jobless benefits payments. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 June 2022",
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"In doing so, the oversight agency used its reports to call on Congress and the Biden administration to modernize the country\u2019s jobless benefits programs as well as the oversight of them, particularly to safeguard them in the event of future crises. \u2014 Tony Romm, Anchorage Daily News , 7 June 2022",
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"The total number of Americans collecting jobless benefits for the week ending May 21 fell from the previous week, to 1,309,000, the fewest since Dec. 27, 1969. \u2014 Matt Ott, ajc , 2 June 2022",
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"Continuing claims are reported with a one-week lag from totals for initial filings for jobless benefits. \u2014 Bryan Mena, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
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"But jobless benefits received in 2021 will be taxable on the 2021 federal income tax return. \u2014 Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY , 15 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1862, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-180157"
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},
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"job-hopping":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the practice of moving from job to job":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8j\u00e4b-\u02cch\u00e4-pi\u014b"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1945, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-184246"
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},
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"job lot":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a miscellaneous collection of goods for sale as a lot usually to a retailer":[],
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": a miscellaneous and usually inferior collection or group":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"The warehouse bought the pieces as a job lot .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Where some other towns operating similar schemes have put together a job lot of houses for \u20ac1, Castiglione di Sicilia is pricing the properties according to their condition. \u2014 Silvia Marchetti, CNN , 25 Apr. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1828, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-031946"
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},
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"jobholder":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a person having a regular job":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8j\u00e4b-\u02cch\u014dl-d\u0259r"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"employee",
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"employe",
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"hand",
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"hireling",
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"retainer",
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"worker"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"employer",
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"gaffer"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"more jobholders than the state agency has ever had in the past",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"It\u2019s neither racist nor misogynistic to point that out when the jobholder happens to be Harris. \u2014 Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times , 10 Nov. 2021",
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"Today, women comprise more than half of US jobholders , with 76 million women working in full- or part- time roles, and their labor accounted for $7.6 trillion\u2014or 40% of annual US gross domestic product in 2017. \u2014 Ephrat Livni, Quartz , 2 May 2020",
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"Women have replaced men as the majority of jobholders and participation for prime-age women has hit a record 19-year high, according to Labor Department data released earlier this month. \u2014 Courtney Subramanian, USA TODAY , 25 Feb. 2020",
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"The figures mark a divergence from the United States, where women eclipsed men as the majority of jobholders . \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Jan. 2020",
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"Among employed college graduates, one-third were in fields where a majority of jobholders considered college degrees unnecessary. \u2014 Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review , 25 July 2019",
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"Prior jobholder resigned in March after failing to appreciate the bank\u2019s new status as a public utility. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 12 June 2019"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1904, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-095605"
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},
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"job analysis":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": determination of the precise characteristics of a job or position through detailed observation and critical examination of the sequential activities, facilities required, conditions of work, and the qualifications needed in a worker usually as a preparatory step toward a job description":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-121249"
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},
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"job market":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the number of jobs that are available for workers":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-122357"
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},
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"job action":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a temporary action (such as a slowdown) by workers as a protest and means of forcing compliance with demands":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"The union has threatened a job action if wages are not increased.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The job action was short-lived as the village and police union reached a tentative agreement and planned to work on negotiating a new contract to replace one that had lapsed in 2020. \u2014 Mike Nolan, chicagotribune.com , 31 Dec. 2021",
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"The union, at the time, said the issues were not due to any official or unofficial job action . \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 3 Nov. 2021",
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"By Friday night, department officials suspected a job action was underway at several fire stations in response to the mandate. \u2014 Meredith Deliso, ABC News , 30 Oct. 2021",
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"Murray noted the union is prohibited from taking job action to resolve labor disputes under the Railway Labor Act. \u2014 Mckenzie Sadeghi, USA TODAY , 12 Oct. 2021",
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"Nevertheless, such assurance that the vaccine mandate didn\u2019t cause a job action here hasn\u2019t been enough to sway everyone. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 11 Oct. 2021",
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"The picket lines, which do not represent a strike or other job action , are scheduled for each of the next three weeks at American. \u2014 Chris Isidore, CNN , 11 Oct. 2021",
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"Savage told the Free Press on Thursday that the unions did not intentionally plan a job action when the border was set to reopen. \u2014 Sam Fogel, Detroit Free Press , 6 Aug. 2021",
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"Its adversary in the potential job action , the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), declined to comment. \u2014 NBC News , 2 Oct. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1932, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-150159"
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},
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"Job's tears":{
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": hard usually pearly white seeds of a tropical southeast Asian grass ( Coix lacryma-jobi ) often used as beads":[],
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": the grass producing Job's tears":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-170209"
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},
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"job analyst":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a specialist in job analysis":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-181654"
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},
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"jobation":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a long tedious reproof : scolding , lecture":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"j\u014d\u02c8b\u0101sh\u0259n"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"jobe + -ation":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-001800"
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}
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} |