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{
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"pry":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to raise, move, or pull apart with a lever : prize":[],
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": to extract, detach, or open with difficulty":[
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"pried the secret out of my sister"
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],
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": a tool for prying":[],
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": leverage":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8pr\u012b"
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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: Noun",
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"Surveillance footage from inside the business showed that after Radda was shot, the gunman went to the register and forced it open with a pry bar while Espinoza stood by the store\u2019s entrance and acted as a lookout. \u2014 City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 June 2022",
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"Surveillance footage from inside the business showed that after Radda was shot, the gunman forced the register open with a pry bar while Espinoza stood by the store\u2019s entrance and acted as a lookout. \u2014 City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 June 2022",
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"Exercising the caution of an archaeologist on a dig, Biondo and his team used small pry bars and light hammers to uncover design details long concealed. \u2014 Arielle Dollinger, House Beautiful , 3 June 2021",
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"Use a small pry bar with a sharp, wide blade, such as the Restorer\u2019s Cat\u2019s Paw ($19.90 for the eight-inch version at Lee Valley). \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2021",
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"When the Magna earthquake shook the Salt Lake Valley last March, tiles and bricks fell out of the ceiling at West Lake STEM Junior High with such force that the doors at one entryway were blocked and wouldn\u2019t open without a pry bar. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 Mar. 2021",
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"Harvest those carefully using a strong knife or small pry bar. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 9 Mar. 2021",
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"Then use a pry bar to pull off any interior or exterior trim. \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 28 Feb. 2021",
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"On June 2, 2019, Walnut Creek 911 received several calls about Hall threatening family members and walking around the neighborhood with a long metal pry bar, causing a commotion. \u2014 Christina Maxouris, CNN , 22 Sep. 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English prien":"Verb",
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"probably back-formation from prize entry 5":"Verb"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"circa 1806, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
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"1823, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-143515"
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},
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"prying":{
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"antonyms":[
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"incurious",
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"uncurious"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": inquisitive in an annoying, officious, or meddlesome way":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"She tried to escape the prying eyes of her neighbors.",
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"as we moved into our new home, we could sense that there were prying eyes watching us",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"To my mind, however, there\u2019s a difference between a Google or a Facebook, which provide valuable services in return for their prying eyes, and an app that serves a single, ostensibly benign purpose \u2014 parking validation. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Nov. 2021",
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"Carry two phones While anti-spy software may be effective in staving off the prying eyes of the Chinese government, not everyone knows how to install it. \u2014 Jane Li, Quartz , 6 Aug. 2019",
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"Its purpose: to train librarians to implement secure protocols on their own web services, and to teach members of the community to evade the prying eyes of governments, corporations, and criminal hackers. \u2014 Eoin O'carroll, The Christian Science Monitor , 18 Oct. 2017",
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"One reason Russians have loaded up on passports is that Cypriot citizenship helps them avoid the prying eyes of their government and pay lower taxes. \u2014 Yalman Onaran, Bloomberg.com , 11 May 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1552, 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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"\u02c8pr\u012b-i\u014b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for prying curious , inquisitive , prying mean interested in what is not one's personal or proper concern. curious , a neutral term, basically connotes an active desire to learn or to know. children are curious about everything inquisitive suggests impertinent and habitual curiosity and persistent quizzing. dreaded the visits of their inquisitive relatives prying implies busy meddling and officiousness. prying neighbors who refuse to mind their own business",
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"synonyms":[
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"curious",
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"inquisitive",
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"nosy",
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"nosey",
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"snoopy"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072905",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"prytany":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the presidential office of the Athenian senate held successively during the year by each of the ten sections into which the senate was divided":[],
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": one of the ten divisions of the Athenian senate during its presidency":[],
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": the period during which a section of the senate held the office of president":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u1d4an\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Greek prytaneia , from prytanis + -eia -y":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-111712"
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},
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"prytanis":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a member of a prytany":[],
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": a chief official in various ancient Greek states (as Lycia, Miletus, or Rhodes) after the abolition of monarchies":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8prit\u1d4an\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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"Latin, from Greek, ruler, lord, prytanis, of non-Indo-European origin":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-133208"
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}
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} |