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1067 lines
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{
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"Neocrinoidea":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an order of crinoids comprising forms in which the actinal surface is not closed \u2014 compare palaeocrinoidea":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from ne- + Crinoidea":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\"+"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-110818",
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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]
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},
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"Neodiprion":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus of sawflies including forms that in the larval stage feed on and often cause serious defoliation of pines and other conifers":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from ne- + Diprion , genus of sawflies, from di- + -prion":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6n\u0113(\u02cc)\u014d\u02ccd\u012b\u02c8pr\u012b\u02cc\u00e4n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-104026",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"neo-":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": New World":[
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"Ne arctic",
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"Neo tropical"
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],
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": in a new and different form or manner":[
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"Neo platonism",
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"Neo platonic"
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],
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": new : recent":[
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"Neo gene"
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],
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": new and abnormal":[
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"neo plasm"
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],
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": new and different period or form of":[
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"Neo platonism",
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"Neo platonic"
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],
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": new chemical compound isomeric with or otherwise related to (such) a compound":[
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"neo stigmine"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Greek neo-, combining form from n\u00e9os \"young, fresh, new\" \u2014 more at new entry 1":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124226",
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"type":[
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"combining form"
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]
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},
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"neo-Dada":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1961, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"ne- + Dada":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\"+"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-085340",
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"type":[
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"adjective or noun",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"neo-Darwinian":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": of or relating to neo-Darwinism":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1895, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccn\u0113-\u014d-d\u00e4r-\u02c8wi-n\u0113-\u0259n",
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"-d\u00e4r-\u02c8win-\u0113-\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-082621",
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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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"neo-Darwinism":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a theory of evolution that is a synthesis of Darwin's theory in terms of natural selection and modern population genetics":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1900, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccn\u0113-\u014d-\u02c8d\u00e4r-w\u0259-\u02ccni-z\u0259m",
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"-\u02c8d\u00e4r-w\u0259-\u02ccniz-\u0259m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-082535",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"neo-Egyptian":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": new egyptian":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"ne- + egyptian":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6n\u0113(\u02cc)\u014d+"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120848",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"neo-darwinism":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a theory of evolution that is a synthesis of Darwin's theory in terms of natural selection and modern population genetics":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1900, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccn\u0113-\u014d-\u02c8d\u00e4r-w\u0259-\u02ccni-z\u0259m",
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"-\u02c8d\u00e4r-w\u0259-\u02ccniz-\u0259m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-082021",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"neocriticism":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a form of neo-Kantianism developed principally by C. B. Renouvier and his followers rejecting the noumena of Kant and restricting knowledge to phenomena as constituted by a priori categories":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary ne- + criticism":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\"+"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-105001",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"neocyanine":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a cyanine dye derived from lepidine and used for sensitizing photographic emulsions to infrared rays":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"ne- + cyanine":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\"+"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-102817",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"neodymium":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a silver-white to yellow metallic element of the rare-earth group that is used especially in magnets and lasers \u2014 see Chemical Elements Table":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The second five words in the list \u2014 milliamp, neodymium , degauss, aileron, servo \u2014 are much more commonly known by men. \u2014 Kara Miller, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
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"The goal will be to produce 12 tons per year of neodymium or dysprosium. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 12 May 2022",
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"The magnetic slime is made of toxic chemicals, including the neodymium magnet particles. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 4 Apr. 2022",
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"But for starters, Phoenix is focused on the rare earths, exotic metals with names like neodymium and dysprosium. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 12 May 2022",
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"Professor Herrington calculates that switching entirely to EVs in the United Kingdom alone would eat up all the neodymium produced on the planet, 75% of global lithium production, and no less than half of the world\u2019s copper. \u2014 Patrick Gleason, Forbes , 4 May 2022",
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"In China, toxic chemicals leach neodymium from the earth. \u2014 Shel Evergreen, Ars Technica , 2 May 2022",
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"China processes more than half of the world\u2019s cobalt, lithium, and the class of rare-earth elements (REEs) that includes neodymium , dysprosium, praseodymium, and terbium . . . \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 12 Mar. 2022",
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"In this case, the crystal is formed from a material that's a mix of neodymium , nickel, and oxygen. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 4 Feb. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1885, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"neo- + (di)dymium , after German Neodym":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccn\u0113-\u014d-\u02c8di-m\u0113-\u0259m",
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"\u02ccn\u0113-\u014d-\u02c8dim-\u0113-\u0259m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113309",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"neolithic":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": belonging to an earlier age and now outmoded":[],
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": of or relating to the latest period of the Stone Age characterized by polished stone implements":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"my old manual typewriter now seems positively neolithic",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"For a disease that affected even our neolithic ancestors, the world had to wait until 2021 for the first-ever malaria vaccine. \u2014 Nadia A. Sam-agudu, The Atlantic , 4 Mar. 2022",
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"Whereas animals might migrate, seeking more hospitable habitats, a Norman church, Roman villa or neolithic stone circle cannot move. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Aug. 2021",
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"D\u2019Apollonio works improvisationally and is inspired by neolithic sculpture. \u2014 Diana Budds, Curbed , 30 July 2021",
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"Among them are jaw-dropping images of the second smallest planet in the solar system, a comet passing over neolithic monument Stonehenge, and the path of the full moon over Paris at night during one of the city's lockdowns. \u2014 Amy Woodyatt, CNN , 1 July 2021",
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"The government\u2019s collection contained an extraordinarily diverse array of artifacts: neolithic tools, Bronze Age statuary and Greek, Buddhist, Hindu and Islamic masterpieces. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Mar. 2021",
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"Some estimates have humans observing solstices as early as the Stone Age (~2.5 million years ago) while others posit that neolithic humans used the summer solstice as an indicator for planting and harvesting crops. \u2014 Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics , 20 June 2020",
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"Some estimates have humans observing solstices as early as the Stone Age (~2.5 million years ago) while others posit that neolithic humans used the summer solstice as an indicator for planting and harvesting crops. \u2014 Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics , 20 June 2020",
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"Some estimates have humans observing solstices as early as the Stone Age (~2.5 million years ago) while others posit that neolithic humans used the summer solstice as an indicator for planting and harvesting crops. \u2014 Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics , 20 June 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"neo- + -lithic":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccn\u0113-\u0259-\u02c8li-thik"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"antiquated",
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"archaic",
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"dated",
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"d\u00e9mod\u00e9",
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"demoded",
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"fossilized",
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"kaput",
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"kaputt",
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"medieval",
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"mediaeval",
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"moribund",
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"mossy",
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"moth-eaten",
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"Noachian",
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"obsolete",
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"out-of-date",
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"outdated",
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"outmoded",
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"outworn",
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"pass\u00e9",
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"prehistoric",
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"prehistorical",
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"rusty",
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"Stone Age",
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"superannuated"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004747",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"neonate":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[
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"the hospital has added a new wing especially for neonates",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The likelihood that any fetus will survive outside the uterus as a neonate is an estimate based on many factors. \u2014 Cara C. Heuser, Scientific American , 4 May 2022",
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"The neonate , or hatchling, was found at a depth of 3,940 feet (1,200 meters) on the Chatham Rise located east of New Zealand, reports Brandon Specktor for Live Science. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 Feb. 2022",
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"The woman\u2019s cat had rejected the all-black kitten, likely because of the little one\u2019s health condition, so the two-faced neonate would need round-the-clock human care to stay alive. \u2014 Laura Barcella, PEOPLE.com , 6 Nov. 2019",
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"All eight neonates are healthy, have shed their skin once and started dining on pinky-sized hairless baby mice. \u2014 Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 2 Oct. 2019",
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"Now other zoos are excitedly lining up to get one of the Milwaukee zoo's rhino viper babies, which are called neonates . \u2014 Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 2 Oct. 2019",
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"Another rhino viper pair gave birth to one living neonate in August, though unfortunately that mother died a short time later. \u2014 Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 2 Oct. 2019",
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"The committee cited a potential risk of transferring pathogenic organisms from the woman to the neonate . \u2014 Jane E. Brody, New York Times , 5 Feb. 2018",
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"Dines determined that the whale was a female, was a full-term neonate and likely was a week old. \u2014 Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register , 19 Jan. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1925, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from New Latin neonatus (short for infans neonatus, neo-natus puerulus, etc.), from neo- neo- + Latin natus, past participle of n\u0101sc\u012b \"to be born\" \u2014 more at nation":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8n\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101t"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"babe",
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"baby",
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"bambino",
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"child",
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"infant",
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"newborn"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064750",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"neophyte":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a new convert : proselyte":[],
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": novice sense 1":[],
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": tyro , beginner":[
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"a neophyte when it comes to computers",
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"neophytes fresh from graduate schools of business"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"neophytes are assigned an experienced church member to guide them through their first year",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Alisha\u2019s timid granddaughter Izzy (Keke Palmer), a clueless neophyte (Taika Waititi) and a rugged middle-aged female ex-convict (Dale Soules). \u2014 Kyle Smith, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
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"In Peru, a surge in poverty helped propel Marxist rural schoolteacher and political neophyte Pedro Castillo last year to the presidency. \u2014 Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post , 29 May 2022",
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"And that is how a Broadway neophyte won the role of pop megastar Michael Jackson. \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 6 June 2022",
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"Harrison Ford movies, but making Affleck's agent such a neophyte weirdly strands him between the movie's poles. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 1 June 2022",
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"Anyone who opens their heart to the mountains \u2013 veteran trekker, casual explorer, or complete neophyte \u2013 will be well rewarded by this singular book. \u2014 Michael Berry, The Christian Science Monitor , 25 May 2022",
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"Do voters prefer a serious legislator who does his job and reflects the values of his district to a headline-grabbing neophyte ",
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"Unlike Newsom\u2019s top Republican challengers in the September recall and 2018 governor\u2019s race, Dahle is not a political neophyte . \u2014 Phil Willonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
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"Burton\u2014a young, stuck-up, politically correct liberal, and a political neophyte by comparison\u2014reconciles with him almost immediately. \u2014 Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic , 25 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English neophite, borrowed from Late Latin neophytus, borrowed from Greek ne\u00f3phytos \"newly planted\" (in New Testament and patristic Greek, \"newly converted, new convert\"), from neo- neo- + -phytos, verbal adjective of ph\u00fdein \"to bring forth, produce\" \u2014 more at be":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8n\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccf\u012bt"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"convert",
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"proselyte"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181201",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"neoplasm":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": tumor sense 1":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"removed a neoplasm from the patient's abdomen",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN): Formerly called natural killer cell leukemia/lymphoma, per the LLS, BPDCN is a rare combination of leukemia and lymphoma. \u2014 Barbara Brody, Health.com , 30 Sep. 2021",
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"At the age of 12, she was diagnosed with blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN) and had to be in isolation for 100 days in her hospital room to receive a stem cell transplant. \u2014 Heran Mamo, Billboard , 13 Nov. 2020",
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"Proteins, chemical activations, neoplasms , cells and genes are just some of the research topics the department specializes in. \u2014 Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com , 21 Aug. 2019",
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"Proteins, chemical activations, neoplasms , cells and genes are just some of the research topics the department specializes in. \u2014 Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com , 21 Aug. 2019",
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"Proteins, chemical activations, neoplasms , cells and genes are just some of the research topics the department specializes in. \u2014 Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com , 21 Aug. 2019",
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"Proteins, chemical activations, neoplasms , cells and genes are just some of the research topics the department specializes in. \u2014 Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com , 21 Aug. 2019",
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"Proteins, chemical activations, neoplasms , cells and genes are just some of the research topics the department specializes in. \u2014 Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com , 21 Aug. 2019",
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"Decreases in the probability of death in the US might have been influenced by declines in the prevalence of HIV and AIDS across all states, as well as declines in road injuries and neoplasms or tumors, the researchers noted in the study. \u2014 Jacqueline Howard, CNN , 10 Apr. 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1863, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from German Neoplasma, from neo- neo- + -plasma -plasm (perhaps as Greco-Latin rendering of German Neubildung, Gewebsneubildung )":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8n\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccpla-z\u0259m",
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"\u02c8n\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccplaz-\u0259m"
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],
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"The class of chemicals, called neonicotinoids , is used in agricultural fields worldwide to reduce crop-eating pests.",
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"\u2014 Beth Mole",
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"Neonicotinoids \u2026 are applied as seed or soil treatments, and also directly to the foliage of vegetable, orchard, field, turf and ornamental crops.",
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"\u2014 Kathy Keatley Garvey",
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"Several reports have blamed neonicotinoids , a relatively new class of pesticide, for aiding in the nearly decade-long die-off of honeybees.",
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"\u2014 Douglas Quenqua"
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"\u2014 Joel Bleifuss"
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"definitions":{
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"This year, 5 specialties are among the top 25, with neonatology making the biggest jump from #47 in 2021 to #10 in 2022. \u2014 Gretchen Kroen, cleveland , 14 June 2022",
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"Seydi Gassama, director of Amnesty International Senegal, said that after that fire, the group had called for neonatology departments in all Senegal hospitals to be inspected and upgraded. \u2014 Anisha Kukreja, NBC News , 26 May 2022",
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"The fire took place in the neonatology department of the Mame Abdou Aziz Sy Dabakh Hospital in the western town of Tivaouane, Senegalese President Macky Sall said on Twitter. \u2014 Anisha Kukreja, NBC News , 26 May 2022",
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"As neonatology improved, babies could be saved at earlier and earlier stages of prematurity, and new research showed the value of an exclusive breast milk diet, especially for these babies. \u2014 Sushma Subramanian, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
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"Intensive therapy that continued for a full two weeks after delivery eventually turned the situation around, but not without a cross-discipline effort that included specialists in cardiology, nephrology, endocrinology and neonatology . \u2014 Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 May 2022",
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"With help from a local OBGYN and neonatology specialists, the vets anesthetized Menari and performed an ultrasound on the mother ape. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 30 Dec. 2021",
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"Yvonne Ng, a senior consultant at the neonatology department at National University Hospital, told the newspaper that the tiny size of the patient meant that the staff could not use standard forms of care, and had to improvise. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Aug. 2021",
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"Care New England owns Women & Infants, Kent, and Butler hospitals and has expertise in family medicine, obstetrics, gynecology, neonatology , and adult psychiatry. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 Apr. 2021"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-000402"
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]
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},
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"Ward is a nurse practitioner who works at a neonatal intensive care unit in Chicago. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
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"After welcoming their daughter in January, the couple revealed last month that baby Malti was finally home after more than 100 days in the neonatal intensive care unit. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 20 June 2022",
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"Both babies spent time in the neonatal intensive care unit. \u2014 Anna Werner Wernera@cbsnews.com, CBS News , 17 June 2022",
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"Nearly one year after he was born with a very rare genetic condition, Baby Max was finally discharged from Advocate Children\u2019s Hospital\u2019s neonatal intensive care unit. \u2014 Fox News , 9 June 2022",
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"River spent her first month of life in the neonatal intensive care unit. \u2014 Francisco Rosa, Sun Sentinel , 3 June 2022",
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"Senegalese officials have arrested two health workers from a neonatal unit where a fire killed 11 newborns last week. \u2014 Babacar Dione, ajc , 30 May 2022",
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"Senegal has been rocked by a number of recent health care scandals, including a fire last year at the neonatal unit of a hospital in Linguere, in the country's north. \u2014 Nimi Princewill, CNN , 27 May 2022",
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"The Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal \u2014 A fire in the neonatal unit of a hospital in Senegal has killed 11 newborns, President Macky Sall said. \u2014 Babacar Dione, USA TODAY , 26 May 2022"
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"In certain breast cancer, neoadjuvant therapies reduce recurrences by 50 percent in some situations.",
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"\u2014 Jen Waters",
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"The use of preoperative ( neoadjuvant ) chemotherapy before resection of the primary pulmonary tumor is controversial, and data are lacking to guide clinicians.",
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"\u2014 Michael Lanuti et al."
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"\u2014 compare adjuvant entry 1 sense 2":[
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"In certain breast cancer, neoadjuvant therapies reduce recurrences by 50 percent in some situations.",
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"\u2014 Jen Waters",
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"The use of preoperative ( neoadjuvant ) chemotherapy before resection of the primary pulmonary tumor is controversial, and data are lacking to guide clinicians.",
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"\u2014 Michael Lanuti et al."
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": of or relating to the universe in its present state or to races of men known to history":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Recent bird sightings as reported to the Mass Audubon: Last week saw the arrival of a major wave of warblers and other neotropical migrant species on the heels of the major flow of warm air from the south. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
|
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"Hike the Walnut and Razorback trails in search of migratory neotropical songbirds. \u2014 Joan Rusek, cleveland , 16 May 2022",
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"With San Antonio being on the central flyway for neotropical migratory birds, 95% of birds flying north to south pass through this area on their way to warmer weather for the winter each year. \u2014 Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News , 8 Jan. 2022",
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"Indiana newcomers to birding can walk the wooded trails to search for neotropical migrants, such as Red-eyed Vireos, Wood Thrushes and vibrant Scarlet Tanagers. \u2014 Ryan Martin, The Indianapolis Star , 13 July 2021",
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"But the neotropical river otter (L. longicaudis) has largely remained a mystery. \u2014 Sofia Moutinho, Science | AAAS , 26 May 2021",
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"The neotropical otter calls are not unique to their species. \u2014 Sofia Moutinho, Science | AAAS , 26 May 2021",
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"Those two questions, says Wilf, are what happened in the tropics at the time the dinosaurs went extinct, and when did modern neotropical rainforests first appear. \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Apr. 2021",
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"The island's freshwater ponds, salt marshes, and maritime forest attract waterfowl, shorebirds, raptors, neotropical migrants, white ibis, herons, and egrets. \u2014 Sucheta Rawal, Travel + Leisure , 26 Feb. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"At least three different shades of blue can be spotted, highlighted with a bright neon green. \u2014 Rosemary Donahue, Allure , 20 June 2022",
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"The versatile piece is best stacked with the 90210 ring in neon orange and green. \u2014 Angela Lei, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
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"The Youthforia BYO Blush is a bright, shamrock green oil in a neon -orange bottle, and its hype is real and justified. \u2014 Amanda Mitchell, refinery29.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"One plant, spotted in the Centinela rainforest before it had reportedly been wiped out, encapsulated the concept \u2014 a bulbous neon -orange flower whose name preordained it as lost forever: the Gasteranthus extinctus. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"The front of the space has been painted neon green and the parklet is bright orange. \u2014 Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Great idea, despite the bizarre idea to paint their own ambulance bright neon green. \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 9 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Sometimes vendors drop in a scoop of lime sorbet, which bleeds into the liquid with wisps of neon green. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
|
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"This Italian jewelry designer pairs gemstones (think amethyst and quartz) with enamel in eye-popping colors like neon green and turquoise to make a bold, playful statement. \u2014 Talia Abbas, Glamour , 8 Mar. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Fruity Sandwich cookies from Kroger were blindingly neon and surprisingly tasty. \u2014 Hallie Lieberman, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 Apr. 2022",
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"Instead of a Torah ark, the crates face a pink-and-green neon sign: a cricket inside a heart. \u2014 Anna Kordunsky, The New Yorker , 28 May 2020",
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"On a normal night, storefronts light up the street with neon signs, beckoning customers with promises of trinkets or ice cold beer. \u2014 Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 22 May 2020",
|
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"The building\u2019s other neon sign is attached to the side and advertises the parking spaces. \u2014 Jon Arnold, Dallas News , 8 May 2020",
|
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"While Death Stranding might as well explain itself with giant neon signs, its themes and setting are eerily prescient right now. \u2014 Ars Staff, Ars Technica , 25 Apr. 2020",
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"Piece by piece, the Prescott Valley Motel neon sign that glowed for decades was taken down by a crane this month, making way for a Circle K gas station to open where the motel once stood. \u2014 Kimi Robinson, azcentral , 14 Apr. 2020",
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"Mayor London Breed joined more than 400 people at Islais Creek Park in the morning and rallied the crowd in their neon orange vests. \u2014 Lauren Hern\u00e1ndez, SFChronicle.com , 21 Sep. 2019",
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"Obviously enjoying Labor Day weekend, Kim also shared a photo of North hanging out with her friends, all of whom coordinated their looks by wearing neon outfits. \u2014 Amy Mackelden, Harper's BAZAAR , 2 Sep. 2019"
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"borrowed from Greek n\u00e9on, neuter of n\u00e9os \"young, fresh, new\" \u2014 more at new entry 1":"Noun"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1898, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1904, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-122621"
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": of, relating to, or constituting a revival or adaptation of the Gothic especially in literature or architecture":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccn\u0113-\u014d-\u02c8g\u00e4-thik"
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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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"1878, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-151505"
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},
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"neogrammarian":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": one of a school of philologists arising in Germany about 1875, advocating the more exact formulation of phonetic law and its more rigid application to linguistic phenomena, maintaining that phonetic laws admit no real exceptions, and recognizing analogy as a normal factor in linguistic change":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\"+"
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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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"ne- + grammarian ; translation of German junggrammatiker":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-152928"
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},
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"Neofabraea":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus of plant-parasitic fungi (family Mollisiaceae) that form brightly colored apothecia in conidial stromata \u2014 see apple anthracnose":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\"+"
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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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"New Latin, from ne- + Fabraea":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-170523"
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},
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"neocortical":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": of or relating to the neocortex":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02c8k\u022frt-i-k\u0259l",
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"\u02ccn\u0113-\u014d-\u02c8k\u022fr-ti-k\u0259l"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"These patients respond to threats but do not report awareness of the threat stimulus or conscious feelings of fear; self-report of conscious feelings in such patients correlates with neocortical activity. \u2014 Dean Mobbs, Scientific American , 20 Sep. 2019",
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"All available evidence implicates neocortical tissue in generating feelings. \u2014 Christof Koch, Scientific American , 8 May 2018",
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"Of the 1,200 neocortical genes that Panksepp looked at in one rat experiment, about one third of them showed significant changes in activity after just a half-hour of play. \u2014 Siobhan O\u2019connor, Time , 6 Sep. 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"neo- + cortical , after neocortex":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1909, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-190810"
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},
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"neomycin":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a broad-spectrum highly toxic antibiotic or mixture of antibiotics produced by a streptomyces ( Streptomyces fradiae ) and used medically especially to treat local infections":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccn\u0113-\u0259-\u02c8m\u012b-s\u1d4an",
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"\u02ccn\u0113-\u0259-\u02c8m\u012bs-\u1d4an"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The antibiotics facing export limits are tinidazole, metronidazole, chloramphenicol, erythromycin salts, neomycin , clindamycin salts and ornidazole. \u2014 Vindu Goel, New York Times , 10 Mar. 2020",
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"Serious allergic reactions are extremely rare but have been experienced by patients allergic to the antibiotic neomycin . \u2014 Henry Goldman | Bloomberg, Washington Post , 5 May 2019",
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"The vaccine is not recommended for people who allergic to gelatin, the antibiotic neomycin , or any other vaccine components. \u2014 Health.com , 1 May 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"neo- + -mycin":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1949, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-214858"
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},
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"neotropics":{
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the neotropical region":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccn\u0113-\u014d-\u02c8tr\u00e4-\u02c8tr\u00e4-piks"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The researchers used all these methods across thousands of samples from more than 40 sites in Colombia to establish a broad, regional picture of how the neotropics looked before and after the asteroid impact. \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Apr. 2021",
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"Amid the roughly six-million-year recovery, the flowering plants that reign supreme in today\u2019s neotropics quickly came to account for 85 to 90 percent of plant diversity, says Jaramillo. \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Apr. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"neo- + tropics , after neotropical":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1923, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-222335"
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},
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"neomorphosis":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": regeneration in which one part is replaced by an unlike part (as production of a leg in place of an antenna)":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02ccm\u022fr\u02c8f\u014ds-",
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"\u02ccn\u0113\u0259\u02c8m\u022frf\u0259s\u0259\u0307s"
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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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"New Latin, from ne- + -morphosis":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-001746"
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},
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"neocortex":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccn\u0113-\u014d-\u02c8k\u022fr-\u02ccteks"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"For us, the key brain regions are in the neocortex , particularly part of the parietal lobes of the humans\u2014also the parietal lobes of the monkeys. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 3 June 2022",
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"The neocortex , a part of the brain that is essential for strong social skills, is much larger in humans than other primates, which many researchers believe is a natural response to our society\u2019s social complexity. \u2014 Faith Hill, The Atlantic , 22 Feb. 2022",
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"Rhythm dances with our neocortex to make way for a breath of relaxation. \u2014 Alex Wagner, SPIN , 1 Feb. 2022",
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"The company uses a technique called semantic folding\u2014which is based on a theory about how part of the brain, the neocortex , represents information. \u2014 Jonathan Vanian, Fortune , 25 Jan. 2022",
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"An example of this filtering is evident in the structure of the neocortex . \u2014 Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes , 1 Jan. 2022",
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"Of particular interest were certain pyramidal neurons in the brain\u2019s neocortex , which are thought to be anatomically suited to predictive processing. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 15 Nov. 2021",
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"The muscle to build is to stay in the neocortex , which is the conscious thinking brain. \u2014 Dede Henley, Forbes , 26 Sep. 2021",
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"As evolution continued, higher mammals came on the scene with a new brain component called the neocortex . \u2014 Luis E. Romero, Forbes , 25 Feb. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from German Neocortex, from neo- neo- + Cortex cortex ; from its being the cortex of the phylogenetically most recently developed part of the brain":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1909, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013236"
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},
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"neo-Greek":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the modern Greek language":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\"+"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary ne- + greek":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-015621"
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},
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"neotreme":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": of or relating to the Neotremata":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8n\u0113\u0259\u2027\u02cctr\u0113m"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin Neotremata":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-024324"
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}
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