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"Tellinidae":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a family of marine bivalve mollusks (suborder Tellinacea ) comprising the sunset shells":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Tellina , type genus + -idae":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"t\u0259\u0307\u02c8lin\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005955",
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"telegraphic":{
"antonyms":[
"circuitous",
"circumlocutory",
"diffuse",
"long-winded",
"prolix",
"rambling",
"verbose",
"windy",
"wordy"
],
"definitions":{
": concise , terse":[],
": of or relating to the telegraph":[]
},
"examples":[
"when dealing with her staff, she communicated mostly in telegraphic sentences and meaningful looks",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Media scholars like Daniel Czitrom and Jeffrey Sconce have noted how contemporaneous research linked the emergence and prevalence of neurasthenia to the rapid proliferation of telegraphic news in the late 19th century. \u2014 Michael J. Socolow, Chron , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Media scholars like Daniel Czitrom and Jeffrey Sconce have noted how contemporaneous research linked the emergence and prevalence of neurasthenia to the rapid proliferation of telegraphic news in the late 19th century. \u2014 Michael J. Socolow, Chron , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Media scholars like Daniel Czitrom and Jeffrey Sconce have noted how contemporaneous research linked the emergence and prevalence of neurasthenia to the rapid proliferation of telegraphic news in the late 19th century. \u2014 Michael J. Socolow, Chron , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Media scholars like Daniel Czitrom and Jeffrey Sconce have noted how contemporaneous research linked the emergence and prevalence of neurasthenia to the rapid proliferation of telegraphic news in the late 19th century. \u2014 Michael J. Socolow, Chron , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Media scholars like Daniel Czitrom and Jeffrey Sconce have noted how contemporaneous research linked the emergence and prevalence of neurasthenia to the rapid proliferation of telegraphic news in the late 19th century. \u2014 Michael J. Socolow, Chron , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Media scholars like Daniel Czitrom and Jeffrey Sconce have noted how contemporaneous research linked the emergence and prevalence of neurasthenia to the rapid proliferation of telegraphic news in the late 19th century. \u2014 Michael J. Socolow, Chron , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Media scholars like Daniel Czitrom and Jeffrey Sconce have noted how contemporaneous research linked the emergence and prevalence of neurasthenia to the rapid proliferation of telegraphic news in the late 19th century. \u2014 Michael J. Socolow, Chron , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Media scholars like Daniel Czitrom and Jeffrey Sconce have noted how contemporaneous research linked the emergence and prevalence of neurasthenia to the rapid proliferation of telegraphic news in the late 19th century. \u2014 Michael J. Socolow, Chron , 10 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1794, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccte-l\u0259-\u02c8gra-fik"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"aphoristic",
"apothegmatic",
"brief",
"capsule",
"compact",
"compendious",
"concise",
"crisp",
"curt",
"elliptical",
"elliptic",
"epigrammatic",
"laconic",
"monosyllabic",
"pithy",
"sententious",
"succinct",
"summary",
"terse",
"thumbnail"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045930",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"teleologism":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": belief in or acceptance of teleology":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"teleology + -ism":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190143",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"teleology":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a doctrine (as in vitalism) that ends are immanent in nature":[],
": a doctrine explaining phenomena by final causes":[],
": the fact or character attributed to nature or natural processes of being directed toward an end or shaped by a purpose":[],
": the study of evidences of design in nature":[],
": the use of design or purpose as an explanation of natural phenomena":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Yet this approach itself reinforces a particular nationalist teleology . \u2014 Fara Dabhoiwala, The New York Review of Books , 1 July 2021",
"The various models proposed for the mechanism of evolution, such as Lamarckian evolution, orthogenesis, and use-disuse, all implied some level of teleology , that there was a directionality inherent in the process. \u2014 Mano Singham, Scientific American , 5 Sep. 2021",
"His early preoccupation with initial cosmic conditions led Barrow to reinstate in physical science the ancient philosophical concept of teleology , which (in its various guises) takes into account final as well as initial states. \u2014 Paul Davies, Scientific American , 10 Oct. 2020",
"The Weberian analysis then offers no relief from that process, only a fatalism without a teleology . \u2014 George Blaustein, The New Republic , 2 July 2020",
"Similarly, the transformative forward-thrust of time in Boyne\u2019s narrative, which orders the novel\u2019s very structure \u2014 each chapter break accounts for seven years in Cyril\u2019s life \u2014 suggests a kind of progressive teleology . \u2014 Manuel Betancourt, Longreads , 29 Mar. 2018",
"The question sums up why the hopeful teleology should nag at us: there are still people who\u2019ve been left ashore. \u2014 Manuel Betancourt, Longreads , 29 Mar. 2018",
"Which is what, some believe, happened to Thomas Aquinas, the medieval theologian who tried (and largely succeeded) to fit the entire world into a synthesis of Christian revelation and Aristotelian teleology . \u2014 Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer , 22 Dec. 2017",
"What had happened was one story, the story of communism, the teleology of communism had turned out not to be true. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, Slate Magazine , 7 Mar. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1742, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin teleologia , from Greek tele-, telos end, purpose + -logia -logy \u2014 more at wheel":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cctel-\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4l-\u0259-j\u0113",
"\u02ccte-l\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4-l\u0259-j\u0113",
"\u02cct\u0113-",
"\u02cct\u0113l-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194548",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"telephone pole":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a tall wooden pole that supports the wires of a telephone system":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114733",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"telescope":{
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"decompress",
"expand",
"open",
"outspread",
"outstretch"
],
"definitions":{
": a usually tubular optical instrument for viewing distant objects by means of the refraction of light rays through a lens or the reflection of light rays by a concave mirror \u2014 compare reflector , refractor":[],
": any of various tubular magnifying optical instruments":[],
": compress , condense":[],
": radio telescope":[],
": to become compressed or condensed":[],
": to become forced together lengthwise with one part entering another as the result of collision":[],
": to cause to telescope":[],
": to slide or pass one within another like the cylindrical sections of a collapsible hand telescope":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The rings of Saturn can be seen through a telescope .",
"Verb",
"for dramatic purposes, the film telescopes the years over which the events occurred into a few short months",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"It\u2019s like a view through the wrong end of a telescope , a far point with a journey implied. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"The recipe to see stars doesn\u2019t just require a telescope and a dark sky. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, USA TODAY , 5 June 2022",
"The recipe to see stars doesn\u2019t just require a telescope and a dark sky. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic , 26 May 2022",
"People have taken Schockmel\u2019s tools, an air compressor, a telescope and bicycles. \u2014 Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 May 2022",
"Equipped with a telescope and two spectrometers, EnMAP is designed to record sunlight reflected from the surface across 242 different wavelengths, or colors. \u2014 William Harwood, CBS News , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The telescope and all its parts have traveled by truck, plane, ship, and rocket. \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Weather-permitting, the evening adventure will finish with night-sky viewing of the cosmos until 11 p.m. using the Oberle telescope and other portable telescopes spaced out around the plaza. \u2014 Joan Rusek, cleveland , 3 Jan. 2022",
"During a news conference Tuesday, NASA officials said the rocket and telescope were in good shape, and that the only lingering, though tolerable problem was an intermittent communication relay between the two. \u2014 NBC News , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Events include evening programming that begins at 8 p.m., constellation talks, telescope viewing with over 60 telescopes and photography workshops. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, USA TODAY , 5 June 2022",
"This particular item, decommissioned from a firetruck, will telescope to 54 feet high and can be yours for $3,000. \u2014 Pat Myers, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"Events include evening programming that begins at 8 p.m., constellation talks, telescope viewing with over 60 telescopes and photography workshops. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic , 26 May 2022",
"The entire space is designed for comfort with reclining seats, food and beverage capabilities, LED lighting to enhance the views of earth and blackness of space, and telescope and interactive screens to keep passengers up to date on flight progress. \u2014 Valerie Stimac, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The 20th Dark Sky Reserve\u2014central Idaho is the only other U.S. region carrying the designation\u2014should put a dent in those numbers, so grab your camera, telescope , or binoculars, and map out your next stargazing adventure. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 7 Apr. 2022",
"But the real design fun comes with the tree house's spiral slide, climbing rope, bucket pulley, net swing, secret ladder, trapdoor, telescope , and even a custom drink shoot for bottles and cans from the kitchen to the lower porch. \u2014 Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Astronomers\u2019 telescope observations and computer simulations revealed the real culprit: a roving dust cloud that temporarily crossed in front of the star. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 31 Dec. 2021",
"The space agency, along with its counterparts in Europe and Canada, will launch the James Webb space telescope 25 years after it was first announced. \u2014 Ivan Pereira, ABC News , 23 Dec. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1650, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1866, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin telescopium , from Greek t\u0113leskopos farseeing, from t\u0113le- tele- + skopos watcher; akin to Greek skopein to look \u2014 more at spy":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8te-l\u0259-\u02ccsk\u014dp"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"capsule",
"capsulize",
"collapse",
"compact",
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"constringe",
"contract",
"narrow (down)",
"squeeze"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052841",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"telescoping":{
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"decompress",
"expand",
"open",
"outspread",
"outstretch"
],
"definitions":{
": a usually tubular optical instrument for viewing distant objects by means of the refraction of light rays through a lens or the reflection of light rays by a concave mirror \u2014 compare reflector , refractor":[],
": any of various tubular magnifying optical instruments":[],
": compress , condense":[],
": radio telescope":[],
": to become compressed or condensed":[],
": to become forced together lengthwise with one part entering another as the result of collision":[],
": to cause to telescope":[],
": to slide or pass one within another like the cylindrical sections of a collapsible hand telescope":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The rings of Saturn can be seen through a telescope .",
"Verb",
"for dramatic purposes, the film telescopes the years over which the events occurred into a few short months",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"It\u2019s like a view through the wrong end of a telescope , a far point with a journey implied. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"The recipe to see stars doesn\u2019t just require a telescope and a dark sky. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, USA TODAY , 5 June 2022",
"The recipe to see stars doesn\u2019t just require a telescope and a dark sky. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic , 26 May 2022",
"People have taken Schockmel\u2019s tools, an air compressor, a telescope and bicycles. \u2014 Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 May 2022",
"Equipped with a telescope and two spectrometers, EnMAP is designed to record sunlight reflected from the surface across 242 different wavelengths, or colors. \u2014 William Harwood, CBS News , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The telescope and all its parts have traveled by truck, plane, ship, and rocket. \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Weather-permitting, the evening adventure will finish with night-sky viewing of the cosmos until 11 p.m. using the Oberle telescope and other portable telescopes spaced out around the plaza. \u2014 Joan Rusek, cleveland , 3 Jan. 2022",
"During a news conference Tuesday, NASA officials said the rocket and telescope were in good shape, and that the only lingering, though tolerable problem was an intermittent communication relay between the two. \u2014 NBC News , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Events include evening programming that begins at 8 p.m., constellation talks, telescope viewing with over 60 telescopes and photography workshops. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, USA TODAY , 5 June 2022",
"This particular item, decommissioned from a firetruck, will telescope to 54 feet high and can be yours for $3,000. \u2014 Pat Myers, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"Events include evening programming that begins at 8 p.m., constellation talks, telescope viewing with over 60 telescopes and photography workshops. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic , 26 May 2022",
"The entire space is designed for comfort with reclining seats, food and beverage capabilities, LED lighting to enhance the views of earth and blackness of space, and telescope and interactive screens to keep passengers up to date on flight progress. \u2014 Valerie Stimac, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The 20th Dark Sky Reserve\u2014central Idaho is the only other U.S. region carrying the designation\u2014should put a dent in those numbers, so grab your camera, telescope , or binoculars, and map out your next stargazing adventure. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 7 Apr. 2022",
"But the real design fun comes with the tree house's spiral slide, climbing rope, bucket pulley, net swing, secret ladder, trapdoor, telescope , and even a custom drink shoot for bottles and cans from the kitchen to the lower porch. \u2014 Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Astronomers\u2019 telescope observations and computer simulations revealed the real culprit: a roving dust cloud that temporarily crossed in front of the star. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 31 Dec. 2021",
"The space agency, along with its counterparts in Europe and Canada, will launch the James Webb space telescope 25 years after it was first announced. \u2014 Ivan Pereira, ABC News , 23 Dec. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1650, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1866, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin telescopium , from Greek t\u0113leskopos farseeing, from t\u0113le- tele- + skopos watcher; akin to Greek skopein to look \u2014 more at spy":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8te-l\u0259-\u02ccsk\u014dp"
],
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"capsule",
"capsulize",
"collapse",
"compact",
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"constringe",
"contract",
"narrow (down)",
"squeeze"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015248",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"telestial glory":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the lowest of three Mormon degrees or kingdoms of glory attainable in heaven \u2014 compare celestial glory , terrestrial glory":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"telestial from tel- entry 1 + -estial (as in celestial )":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)te\u00a6l|",
"-st\u0113\u0259l",
"t\u0259\u0307\u02c8l|es(h)ch\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183516",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"telestic":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": mystical":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek telestikos , from telestos (verbal of telein to fulfill, initiate into mysteries or sacred rites) + -ikos -ic":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"t\u0259\u0307\u02c8lestik"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192403",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"tell":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an inadvertent behavior or mannerism that betrays a poker player's true thoughts, intentions, or emotions":[
"The World Series of Poker: earth's greatest liars gathered together with millions of dollars on the line \u2026 . It's a blur of action, but the educated spectator ignores these distractions and focuses on the players' mannerisms\u2014it's all part of the science of tells , reflexes a player can't control that, read right, give away his thoughts.",
"\u2014 Seth Stevenson"
],
": count , enumerate":[
"tell the stars, if thou be able to number them",
"\u2014 Genesis 15:5 (King James Version)"
],
": order , direct":[
"told me to wait"
],
": to assure emphatically":[
"they did not do it, I tell you"
],
": to express in words":[
"she never told her love",
"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
],
": to find out by observing : recognize":[
"you can tell it's a masterpiece"
],
": to give an account":[
"an article telling of her experience"
],
": to give information to : inform":[
"tell us about your job"
],
": to give utterance to : say":[
"could never tell a lie"
],
": to have a marked effect":[
"the pressure was beginning to tell on him"
],
": to make known : divulge , reveal":[
"don't tell your password"
],
": to relate in detail : narrate":[
"told the whole story to us"
],
": to serve as evidence or indication":[],
": to tell someone (such as a parent or other person of authority) about what someone else has done":[
"\u2014 often used with on I'll get even with you if you ever tell on me \u2014 Inside Detective"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"He told us the story.",
"Has she told you the good news, yet",
"Please tell us your name and occupation.",
"She looked at the palm of my hand and told me my fortune.",
"If you see her, tell her hello for me.",
"\u201cI feel sick,\u201d he told his mom.",
"\u201cWhat is his name",
"\u201cWho is the letter from",
"I promise not to tell anyone.",
"I can't tell you because it's a secret.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Clinic employees had to contact patients and tell them not to come for their appointments. \u2014 New York Times , 26 June 2022",
"There's no blueprint on how to live your life, but there are no shortage of books that will tell you how to do so. \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 26 June 2022",
"To read Warner\u2019s writing is to appreciate how stories, persisting over thousands of years, shape and are shaped by the societies that tell them. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 26 June 2022",
"And then call the press and tell them what the police said. \u2014 Steven Gaydos, Variety , 24 June 2022",
"When a team member is underperforming, be candid and tell her or him what to work on. \u2014 Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Get paid to listen to AC/DC and tell you about traffic on the 495. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 20 June 2022",
"All that these experts and specialists could tell me was that my results seemed normal. \u2014 Outside Online , 20 June 2022",
"Lorenzo Cain was designated for assignment Saturday, but conventional wisdom would tell you he wasn\u2019t supposed to make it to this point. \u2014 Curt Hogg, Journal Sentinel , 19 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1840, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1974, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 6":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Arabic tall":"Noun",
"Middle English, from Old English tellan ; akin to Old High German zellen to count, tell, Old English talu tale":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8tel"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for tell Verb reveal , disclose , divulge , tell , betray mean to make known what has been or should be concealed. reveal may apply to supernatural or inspired revelation of truths beyond the range of ordinary human vision or reason. divine will as revealed in sacred writings disclose may imply a discovering but more often an imparting of information previously kept secret. candidates must disclose their financial assets divulge implies a disclosure involving some impropriety or breach of confidence. refused to divulge an anonymous source tell implies an imparting of necessary or useful information. told them what he had overheard betray implies a divulging that represents a breach of faith or an involuntary or unconscious disclosure. a blush that betrayed her embarrassment",
"synonyms":[
"chart",
"chronicle",
"describe",
"narrate",
"recite",
"recount",
"rehearse",
"relate",
"report"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033200",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tell (of)":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to be evidence of (something) : to indicate":[
"Her smile told of her good news.",
"His rough hands tell of a hard life."
],
": to describe (something) : to make the details of (something) known":[
"The article tells of her Arctic journey."
],
": to talk to (someone) about (something)":[
"He told us of his plans to move to the city."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011451",
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
]
},
"tell (on)":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to have a noticeable effect on (someone or something)":[
"The stress began to tell on her face/health."
],
": to tell someone in authority about the bad behavior or actions of (someone else)":[
"Please don't tell on me."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034524",
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
]
},
"tell it like it is":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to say what the facts are : to speak about unpleasant things in an honest way":[
"I don't want to offend anyone; I'm just telling it like it is ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231249",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"tell me":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220218",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"tell me about it":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204419",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"tell of":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to be evidence of (something) : to indicate":[
"Her smile told of her good news.",
"His rough hands tell of a hard life."
],
": to describe (something) : to make the details of (something) known":[
"The article tells of her Arctic journey."
],
": to talk to (someone) about (something)":[
"He told us of his plans to move to the city."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022729",
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
]
},
"tell off":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": reprimand , excoriate":[
"told him off for his arrogance"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1727, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215532",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tell on":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to have a noticeable effect on (someone or something)":[
"The stress began to tell on her face/health."
],
": to tell someone in authority about the bad behavior or actions of (someone else)":[
"Please don't tell on me."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071325",
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
]
},
"tell right from wrong":{
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"Her experience is a telling example of why the nation's educational system needs to be changed.",
"The most telling moment in the case was when the victim took the stand.",
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"The most telling stat of Game 4 was this one: Chris Paul fouled out in just 23 minutes of play. \u2014 Mark Faller, The Arizona Republic , 16 May 2022",
"What is equally telling is that leading Republican officials in Georgia\u2014now the ultimate swing state\u2014have almost all endorsed Kemp despite Trump\u2019s rage at the governor. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 24 May 2022",
"In one very telling incident on the Desna River near Chernihiv in early April, Ukrainian commandos riding in speedboats intercepted a Russian convoy and captured one of the Russians\u2019 latest SNAR-10M1 radar vehicles. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The Detroit Red Wings' next game will be one of their most telling of the season. \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The breadth of price increases might be more telling . \u2014 Elisabeth Buchwald, USA TODAY , 10 May 2022",
"There\u2019s nothing more telling than the contents of a cook\u2019s pantry. \u2014 Adina Steiman, WSJ , 4 May 2022",
"Breaking down that data by neighborhoods \u2014 or Public Use Microdata Areas as defined by the U.S. Census \u2014 can be more telling . \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 17 Dec. 2021",
"How the Ducks choose to go about that today will be more telling . \u2014 oregonlive , 2 Oct. 2021"
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"the media's professional telltales have basically decided that today's celebrities have no right to privacy",
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"As the economy reopened earlier this year, Disney\u2019s response\u2014and consumers\u2019 enthusiasm to get back to the parks\u2014became a telltale of the country\u2019s larger re-emergence. \u2014 Erich Schwartzel, WSJ , 29 July 2021",
"Clean all outboard telltales with a piece of wire, and store the engine in a vertical position to make sure the water drains completely. \u2014 Popmech Editors, Popular Mechanics , 21 Nov. 2019",
"But the best telltale is that the tourists are the only ones swimming in the ocean. \u2014 Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal , 15 Nov. 2019",
"FordPass enabled vehicles have a telltale in the top right hand corner of the SYNC screen if location sharing and remote start/stop, lock/unlock are active. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 28 Oct. 2019",
"That\u2019s a telltale for the approach on the culinary business for me. \u2014 Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 May 2018",
"And nobody is closer to these telltales - and the people who fuel them - than Lisa Fair, Chico Lewis and Roger Lowe. \u2014 Mark Naymik, cleveland.com , 26 Apr. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sears was founded in 1892 and virtually invented home shopping with a catalog as thick as Chicago\u2019s telephone directory . \u2014 Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune , 26 June 2022",
"The documents include pages from a 1945 Los Alamos telephone directory as a way of confirming the suspect\u2019s lab employment. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Jan. 2020"
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"\u2026 I asked parents what they thought of children's telly .",
"\u2014 Vanessa Feltz",
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"\u2014 Berb Caen",
"Is there any truth to the hundreds of pieces of advice we hear from aunt Jane, who 'saw it on the tele '",
"\u2014 Patrick Holler"
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"Please turn off the telly .",
"I just want to relax and watch the telly .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But part of me will always half stifle a laugh when a man is naked on the telly . \u2014 Raven Smith, Vogue , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Getting plunked in front of the telly rather than taken to the funeral was formative. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Jan. 2022",
"This is a fine time to cozy up with a good book or in front of the telly . \u2014 Ed Silverman, STAT , 19 Jan. 2022",
"As a Chinese woman growing up in Australia, role models who looked like me on the telly and on the big screen were hard to come by. \u2014 Maggie Zhou, refinery29.com , 6 Sep. 2021",
"This was an attempt by the BBC to educate Britons about just what the hell all these new fancy machines that looked like crappy typewriters connected to your telly were all about. \u2014 Jason Torchinsky, Ars Technica , 20 Dec. 2020",
"Tonight: Nothing but blitz out in front of the telly . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 25 Aug. 2020",
"And with the rise of digital media, promotion of liquor products has moved from the telly screen to online platforms such as Facebook, and Instagram targeting young tipplers. \u2014 Sangeeta Tanwar, Quartz India , 27 Dec. 2019",
"But generally the interviews make for great telly , especially in the last days of an election. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Dec. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Another recurring theme in the book brings to mind William F. Buckley\u2019s pronouncement (which has many versions) that he would rather be governed by names taken from the telephone book than by the Harvard faculty. \u2014 Fred O\u2019brien, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Facebook has become the telephone book (and birthday calendar) of the Internet. \u2014 Joanna Stern, WSJ , 4 Oct. 2021",
"The telephone book of that year lists 19 Food Fair stores, a competing chain based in Philadelphia but well known throughout Baltimore for its distinctive pylon architecture and aggressive marketing campaigns. \u2014 Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com , 10 July 2021",
"Then the Restoration Hardware catalogue arrives, like a parody of the whole problem, in two volumes, each the size of a telephone book . \u2014 Eula Biss, The New Yorker , 30 Aug. 2020",
"Hazmi was even listed in the San Diego telephone book . \u2014 Tim Golden, ProPublica , 23 Jan. 2020",
"The disappearance of the telephone book is not the only relevant change. \u2014 Judith Martin, Washington Post , 5 Nov. 2019",
"The system will contact anyone in the white pages of a telephone book and those who have registered their smart phone devices with the town to receive messages. \u2014 Peter Marteka, courant.com , 9 Oct. 2019",
"The staff compiled a list of 10 million people from telephone books , subscriber lists from many different periodicals, association and club membership rosters and other sources. \u2014 Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities , 25 Aug. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Utah Senate Judicial Confirmation Committee says all statements should include the commenter\u2019s name, telephone number and mailing address. \u2014 Saige Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 June 2022",
"Passengers will be asked to provide their name, reservation code (PNR) or ticket number, a date range for the anticipated stay, preferred room type (single, double, or triple), and a telephone number and e-mail address. \u2014 Breanna Wilson, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"Thus, clear instructions, readily available support, and a telephone number can make all the difference to their experience. \u2014 Gary Drenik, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"That initial fraud alert should ensure that the best telephone number to reach you at is added to the alert. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"No one at the company had his private telephone number ; all calls, appointments, questions were first screened by Carelli. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 22 May 2022",
"Members should not respond to emails that ask them to update their personal information online or by dialing a telephone number . \u2014 Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News , 5 Apr. 2022",
"No one responded to a message left at a telephone number listed for Brand's mother. \u2014 CBS News , 10 May 2022",
"No one responded to a message left at a telephone number listed for Brand\u2019s mother. \u2014 Jeffrey Collins, ajc , 9 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Purportedly, a telegram was sent from Buckingham Palace to Kenya, informing the royal party of the King\u2019s death. \u2014 Deborah Hart Strober And Gerald Strober, Town & Country , 3 June 2022",
"Nelson remembers telegram customers calling at all hours and belly dancers\u2014who were hired to deliver telegrams known as Belly Tellys\u2014stopping by the family\u2019s house to pick up their paychecks. \u2014 Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"The same morning, his sister, 60 miles away in Coburg, was flooded with foreboding and persuaded her father to send a telegram inquiring about her brother\u2019s well-being. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
"However, after filming starts, the director, Jack Barber (Hugh Dancy), gets a telegram that the studio has decided it\u2019s only making talkies now, so his silent film is done. \u2014 Alexis Potter, The Arizona Republic , 18 May 2022",
"Then one Friday afternoon in London, a telegram arrived at the theater. \u2014 Marc Myers, WSJ , 22 Mar. 2022",
"At the event, Dylan sent a telegram honoring the drummer. \u2014 Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Celebrity panelists include Loni Love, Adam Pally and Ron Funches; panel features a concertmaster, a toilet-paper wedding dress designer, a wing walker, a telegram singer and a vegan chef. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's Minister of Digital Transformation, confirmed the Twitter ban in a telegram post, and likened the move to something out of a George Orwell book. \u2014 Nicole Sganga, CBS News , 4 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sterling and Blair\u2019s world \u2014 and the logic of their kitschy twin telepathy \u2014 is thrown into total chaos. \u2014 Ariana Romero, refinery29.com , 14 Aug. 2020",
"Psychic powers, including telekinesis and telepathy . Dragon King (1981): Real name unknown. \u2014 cleveland , 29 May 2020",
"Now confined to a mental hospital, the spectral Mabuse (again Klein-Rogge) uses mental telepathy and a form of radio to incite a crime wave. \u2014 J. Hoberman, New York Times , 6 May 2020",
"As a result, some of the first clear influences seen in Superman come from such stories', which often featured characters who possessed incredible abilities such as superhuman strength, telepathy , and clairvoyance. \u2014 Theo Karasavvas, Ars Technica , 4 Jan. 2020",
"Well, Masa has even presented on telepathy (which seemed to me an eerie coincidence to the Harbinger character Harada). \u2014 Jason Kothari, Quartz India , 13 Mar. 2020",
"Her books are often known to feature mysteries involving children or telepathy . \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 1 Feb. 2020",
"And some of it is speculation: the particular blend of body-language analysis, clothing-choice analysis, telepathy and tea-leaves reading that go into so many discussions about Melania Trump. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Dec. 2019",
"Super sight, super muscles, super hearing, and telepathy could have profound implications on the broader society, implications that could slow down or speed up the military\u2019s adoption. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 26 Nov. 2019"
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"We've been playing telephone tag \u2014she's always out when I call, and vice versa.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Not that there aren\u2019t plenty of excuses for slipping up, given the immensity of the task and its attendant glitches \u2013 the outdated lists, the telephone tag , the last-minute head-count changes. \u2014 Mary Beth Mccauley, The Christian Science Monitor , 1 Nov. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sterling and Blair\u2019s world \u2014 and the logic of their kitschy twin telepathy \u2014 is thrown into total chaos. \u2014 Ariana Romero, refinery29.com , 14 Aug. 2020",
"Psychic powers, including telekinesis and telepathy . Dragon King (1981): Real name unknown. \u2014 cleveland , 29 May 2020",
"Now confined to a mental hospital, the spectral Mabuse (again Klein-Rogge) uses mental telepathy and a form of radio to incite a crime wave. \u2014 J. Hoberman, New York Times , 6 May 2020",
"As a result, some of the first clear influences seen in Superman come from such stories', which often featured characters who possessed incredible abilities such as superhuman strength, telepathy , and clairvoyance. \u2014 Theo Karasavvas, Ars Technica , 4 Jan. 2020",
"Well, Masa has even presented on telepathy (which seemed to me an eerie coincidence to the Harbinger character Harada). \u2014 Jason Kothari, Quartz India , 13 Mar. 2020",
"Her books are often known to feature mysteries involving children or telepathy . \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 1 Feb. 2020",
"And some of it is speculation: the particular blend of body-language analysis, clothing-choice analysis, telepathy and tea-leaves reading that go into so many discussions about Melania Trump. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Dec. 2019",
"Super sight, super muscles, super hearing, and telepathy could have profound implications on the broader society, implications that could slow down or speed up the military\u2019s adoption. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 26 Nov. 2019"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Assimilation rather than revolution is the telos toward which Secret City strives. \u2014 Samuel Clowes Huneke, The New Republic , 8 June 2022",
"Setting and pursuing performance goals supplies the telos of the sport, but success and failure are fleeting moments \u2014 drops in the bucket of the overall experience. \u2014 Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online , 26 Apr. 2021",
"Techniques exist to be perfected; Curry has pushed the three toward its telos . \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 15 Dec. 2021",
"His telos \u2014his endgame\u2014is the destabilization, the overcoming, of the whole Western order. \u2014 vanityfair.com , 10 Jan. 2017"
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"Noun",
"I just have to make a quick telephone call before we leave.",
"You can order the cake over the telephone .",
"The telephone has been ringing all morning!",
"She picked up the telephone and dialed the number.",
"He slammed down the telephone .",
"They hired someone to answer the telephones .",
"All our telephones are cordless.",
"I left the telephone off the hook.",
"Verb",
"He telephoned me to say that he was going to be late.",
"He telephoned to say that he was going to be late.",
"You never write or telephone .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The custody documents filed in April stated that Mama June was allowed to contact Alana via telephone every day but visitation rights would be determined by Pumpkin, 22. \u2014 Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
"The story follows along as the mysterious voice known as Miranda entices famous men to fall in love with her\u2014all via the telephone . \u2014 Jessica Radloff, Glamour , 24 Apr. 2022",
"For Wednesday\u2019s poll results, Quinnipiac surveyed 1,436 U.S. adults nationwide from March 31 through April 4 via telephone . \u2014 Shawna Mizelle, CNN , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Justice Clarence Thomas participated in arguments at the Supreme Court via telephone rather than in person on Monday following a hospital stay of nearly a week. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
"When asked about how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the court, forcing arguments before the justices to be done via telephone rather than in person, Thomas surprisingly said that arrangement was positive. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 Mar. 2022",
"The poll surveyed 500 adults and was conducted via telephone between Jan. 26 and 29. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 2 Feb. 2022",
"The public can listen live, however, a change made earlier in the pandemic when the justices for nearly 19 months heard cases via telephone . \u2014 Mark Sherman And Jessica Gresko, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 Jan. 2022",
"The public could listen live, however, a change made earlier in the pandemic when the justices for nearly 19 months heard cases via telephone . \u2014 Mark Sherman And Jessica Gresko, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The Chechens celebrated their victory and let their prisoners telephone their mothers back home in Russia, calling on Moscow to withdraw its troops. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The Taylors\u2019 family members have not been able to visit or telephone them. \u2014 Yuri Kageyama, ajc , 10 Mar. 2022",
"On the eve of the invasion, Zelensky had tried to telephone Putin to appeal for negotiations, but the Russian leader would not take the call. \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 27 Feb. 2022",
"He was bound with rope for hours in his basement, but eventually made it to a neighbors house to telephone police after regaining consciousness. \u2014 Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com , 12 Apr. 2021",
"Brent Jones, president of the bottler, AffinityLifestyles.com Inc., and a former Nevada state Republican lawmaker, did not immediately respond Wednesday to telephone and email messages seeking comment. \u2014 NBC News , 25 Mar. 2021",
"And their parents had to telephone the witch to arrange for her visit. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 25 Dec. 2020",
"After speaking at a union hall in his original hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, Biden was approached by a man named Jim Gilbooley, who asked him to telephone a passionate supporter, Sarah Corbett, who was dying of cancer. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 7 Nov. 2020",
"Any members of the Kuykendahl location can telephone the Town Center gym with questions on how to switch membership. \u2014 Jeff Forward, Houston Chronicle , 17 June 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Making the hiring process less virtual, through initial telephonic screens to explore fit or potential opportunities, could help several caregivers get their foot in the door. \u2014 Nabanita De Foundation, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
"OSFM Bomb Technicians and explosive detection K9s are assisting @BowieState PD with a telephonic bomb threat. \u2014 Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com , 31 Jan. 2022",
"McGinley has previous convictions for harassing people over the phone, including being convicted of 35 counts of telephonic harassment in Multnomah County in 2017, court records show. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Nicholas Biase, spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, previously told USA TODAY there is not a telephonic dial-in to the proceedings for the Maxwell trial. \u2014 Ella Lee, USA TODAY , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Atkinson pleaded with the judge to do a telephonic hearing, but the judge had moved on. \u2014 Deepa Fernandes, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 Oct. 2021",
"One of the most devastating points in that report involved the initial effort to investigate complaints about Nassar by the FBI\u2019s Indianapolis field office, via a telephonic interview with Ms. Maroney in early September 2015. \u2014 Sadie Gurman, WSJ , 5 Oct. 2021",
"The second included the use of electrical and steam power and telephonic communications. \u2014 Venu Lambu, Forbes , 10 Sep. 2021",
"The public was surprised when Justice Clarence Thomas, who rarely asked questions during the traditional format, jumped in during the telephonic arguments and played an active role under the new system. \u2014 Ariane De Vogue, CNN , 8 Sep. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sterling and Blair\u2019s world \u2014 and the logic of their kitschy twin telepathy \u2014 is thrown into total chaos. \u2014 Ariana Romero, refinery29.com , 14 Aug. 2020",
"Psychic powers, including telekinesis and telepathy . Dragon King (1981): Real name unknown. \u2014 cleveland , 29 May 2020",
"Now confined to a mental hospital, the spectral Mabuse (again Klein-Rogge) uses mental telepathy and a form of radio to incite a crime wave. \u2014 J. Hoberman, New York Times , 6 May 2020",
"As a result, some of the first clear influences seen in Superman come from such stories', which often featured characters who possessed incredible abilities such as superhuman strength, telepathy , and clairvoyance. \u2014 Theo Karasavvas, Ars Technica , 4 Jan. 2020",
"Well, Masa has even presented on telepathy (which seemed to me an eerie coincidence to the Harbinger character Harada). \u2014 Jason Kothari, Quartz India , 13 Mar. 2020",
"Her books are often known to feature mysteries involving children or telepathy . \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 1 Feb. 2020",
"And some of it is speculation: the particular blend of body-language analysis, clothing-choice analysis, telepathy and tea-leaves reading that go into so many discussions about Melania Trump. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Dec. 2019",
"Super sight, super muscles, super hearing, and telepathy could have profound implications on the broader society, implications that could slow down or speed up the military\u2019s adoption. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 26 Nov. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Rather than stone telamons that hold society up, Homer and Plato and Ovid are bodies that some embrace and feel, still, a heartbeat. \u2014 Giancarlo Buonomo, New Republic , 3 Oct. 2017"
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"I sent the message by telegraph .",
"Verb",
"He telegraphed a message to her.",
"Please telegraph when you get there.",
"Please telegraph me when you get there.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"As with so many things, tragedy can be the mother of invention, and Morse\u2019s development of the telegraph was born from a deep personal tragedy. \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun , 2 June 2022",
"Like most things today, these sessions connected Sentry Sound, Vancouver with Austin, TX, Santa Fe, NM and Los Angeles, CA by the magic of the musical telegraph . \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 30 May 2022",
"The Free Press began publishing before the telegraph was invented. \u2014 Dan Austin, Detroit Free Press , 5 May 2022",
"Just a year after Samuel Morse sent the first long-distance telegraph in 1844, his attorney and publicist designed a code to keep messages secret. \u2014 Andrew Lanham, The New Republic , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The technology\u2014a telegraph -like device that used snails to purportedly send messages\u2014was a failure, but the dream of instantaneous, wireless communication remained until humanity achieved it, perhaps to our own detriment. \u2014 The New Yorker , 4 June 2022",
"Before the transcontinental telegraph put it out of business in 1861, the Pony Express pledged that a letter from Missouri could reach California in 10 days or fewer. \u2014 Adam Chandler, The Atlantic , 31 May 2022",
"Myths hold their own in spite of the railroad and the telegraph . \u2014 Robert Shackleton, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"Some of our favorite varieties that offer sweet flavor for slicing and eating fresh are Armenian, Suyo long, salt and pepper, and telegraph . \u2014 Dean Kuipers, Outside Online , 8 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"And there\u2019s no better person to telegraph your victory than the person who gave it to you: the shopper. \u2014 Rebecca Brooks, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
"Buying also allows insiders to telegraph confidence to outside investors. \u2014 John Hyatt, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Outfits for early modeling castings needed to telegraph trend awareness more than personal style, while dressing for a fashion magazine's HQ came with some professional conformity. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 June 2022",
"And yet the hand that instinctively moves to his face, the torso that recoils in horror before reluctantly stepping into the breach, more swiftly and surely telegraph Pyre\u2019s looming crisis of faith than hours of exposition. \u2014 Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022",
"This may be endemic to the production: Director Neil Pepe can, at times, telegraph certain moments unduly. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 14 Apr. 2022",
"New fantasy sequences, demarcated in concert with sudden shifts of lighting, telegraph a bit too crudely how much these women want to run from their lives. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Mar. 2022",
"At the same time, Aron did telegraph potentially more losses in early 2022 before the benefits of a Hollywood box office rebound showed up in the rest of the year. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 Mar. 2022",
"In other words, if borrowing costs weren't already ticking up, and the stock market was still looking particularly frothy, the Fed would have to telegraph even more dramatic steps. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 5 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Chronic telogen effluvium, where the shedding continues for months, is possible. \u2014 Melanie Rud, SELF , 26 May 2022",
"In healthy hair cycles, most hairs are in a growing phase, with a small percentage in a short resting phase and only about 10 percent of hairs in a shedding or telogen phase. \u2014 Pam Belluck, New York Times , 24 Sep. 2020",
"The delayed result, a form of diffuse hair loss called telogen effluvium, was causing her hair to fall out in frightening clumps. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Feb. 2020",
"Hairs in the telogen phase generally fall out 100 days later, which means that people would see a shedding at the end of the summer and into the fall. \u2014 Allure , 21 Nov. 2019",
"But, in some cases, your body might shed an excessive amount of hair ( telogen effluvium). \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 10 Aug. 2018",
"What\u2019s more likely is that telogen effluvium is at play (again). \u2014 Jane Chertoff, SELF , 13 July 2018",
"Thyroid problems: Excessive hair loss, or telogen effluvium, can be a sign that your thyroid gland is overactive (hyperthyroidism) or underactive (hypothyroidism). \u2014 Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living , 29 Mar. 2018",
"The subsequent decline in estrogen levels and rise of the stress hormone cortisol causes hair to move from the anagen cycle (growth) to the telogen phase (shedding), Wesley describes. \u2014 Priya Rao, Vogue , 19 Mar. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Soldier Boy found them and quickly inflicted much pain on the telepath . \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 1 July 2022",
"His character is likely a revamp of telepath Mind-Droid from the comics. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 3 June 2022",
"Stewart returns to the X-Men world and makes his first appearance in the MCU as the powerful telepath Professor Charles Xavier. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 May 2022",
"The mutant telepath Psylocke, a.k.a. Betsy Braddock, started out as the English sister of Brian Braddock, a.k.a Captain Britain. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 17 Aug. 2021",
"The bad guys are trailer-park telepaths devouring kidsouls for family orgies. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 30 Oct. 2019",
"Her first novels, Patternmaster (1976) and Mind of My Mind (1977), were about telepaths and shapeshifters who can inhabit the bodies of different races and genders. \u2014 Tananarive Due, Essence , 4 Oct. 2019",
"Doctor Sleep has its fans, but the film is structured around an oddly shameless bait-and-switch, clashing flashbacks to the Overlook Hotel into a brand new story about nefarious telepaths with terrible hats. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 19 Nov. 2019",
"And Doctor Sleep never really makes a cohesive argument for why this movie about centuries-old telepath kidkillers is also a Shining sequel, even when the action leads back to the Overlook Hotel. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 30 Oct. 2019"
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"A couple of couch companions watching TV on tablets might not see the same thing any more, even when watching the same shows. Ad personalization\u2014routine for most of the Web\u2014has come to streaming television .",
"\u2014 Donna Howell",
"The quarter was the 10th anniversary of Netflix's streaming service, which began with the vision that internet television would ultimately replace traditional television.",
"\u2014 Emily Steel"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"especially British \u02ccte-l\u0259-\u02c8vi-",
"\u02c8te-l\u0259-\u02ccvi-zh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"boob tube",
"box",
"idiot box",
"telly",
"tube",
"TV"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"people who turn on the television the minute they walk in the door",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Tomlin has won Tony, Emmy and Grammy awards for her work on Broadway, on television and in recording. \u2014 Phoebe Wall Howard, USA TODAY , 1 July 2022",
"One of the year\u2019s most gripping spectacles on television happens to be the most momentous. \u2014 Inkoo Kang, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"Victoria Beckham has opened up about the moment she was asked to weigh herself on television shortly after giving birth to her first child, Brooklyn Beckham, in 1999. \u2014 Whitney Perry, Glamour , 1 July 2022",
"In a break with its past five hearings this month, the panel provided no advance confirmation about the witness list Tuesday and members did not appear on television beforehand. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 29 June 2022",
"Among all American fans who watch sports on television , baseball fans are the oldest: the median age is 57, up from 52 a generation ago. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 29 June 2022",
"The event drew robust numbers on television , as well for FOX with an average of 4.28 million viewers. \u2014 Maury Brown, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"Ruby Chavez, 53, a housewife who lives about a mile away from where the truck was found, heard about the discovery on television , then saw a helicopter churning overhead. \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2022",
"May Alcott\u2019s 19th-century novel has received a great number of adaptations in film, on stage, and on television . \u2014 cleveland , 25 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French t\u00e9l\u00e9vision , from t\u00e9l\u00e9- tele- + vision vision":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1900, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-203904"
},
"televise":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to broadcast (something, such as a baseball game) by television":[],
": to broadcast by television":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8te-l\u0259-\u02ccv\u012bz"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"The same network will televise the tournament next year.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Disney will televise the Stanley Cup Finals in 2022, 2024, 2026 and 2028. \u2014 Brad Adgate, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Where: Dodger Stadium, 7:10 p.m. TV/radio: Fox will televise Saturday\u2019s game. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 18 June 2022",
"Under a pact unveiled recently, FX and its corporate siblings at Disney will televise XFL games between 2023 and 2027. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 16 June 2022",
"In fact, five years ago, the conventional wisdom was that Sony Pictures Television Studios could not survive without a major distribution platform that would televise SPTS content. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022",
"On June 9, however, the gala tribute at the Dolby Theatre will at last take place (TNT will televise the ceremony a week later), and Dame Andrews will be on site to remind everyone what achievement in cinema looks like. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"The SEC Network will televise all the action prior to Sunday\u2019s 2 p.m. championship game, which will air on ESPN2. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 21 May 2022",
"This year is the last in which CBS will primarily televise AFC games and Fox will get NFC games. \u2014 Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2022",
"The Orioles also announced the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network will televise three of their nine spring training games at Ed Smith Stadium. \u2014 Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun , 16 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"back-formation from television":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1926, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-204121"
},
"telegraph stamp":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a stamp for use as evidence that charges on a telegram have been paid":[]
},
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"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-212219"
},
"telegraph plant":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an East Indian tick trefoil ( Desmodium gyrans ) whose lateral leaflets jerk up and down like the arms of a semaphore and also rotate on their axes":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-220100"
},
"telescope jack":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a lifting jack whose male screw is a telescope screw in which another male screw works with the two screws having threads of unequal pitch or opposite direction so that the effect is similar to that produced by a differential screw":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-220411"
},
"television receiver":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a television receiving set":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-223428"
},
"telephonist":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a telephone switchboard operator":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8te-l\u0259-\u02ccf\u014d-nist",
"t\u0259-\u02c8le-f\u0259-nist"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1879, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-230024"
},
"tell down":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to pay down":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-002227"
},
"tel":{
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"combining form"
],
"definitions":{
"telephone":[],
": end":[
"tel angiectasia"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek telos \u2014 more at telos":"Combining form"
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003221"
},
"telmatology":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a branch of science concerned with the study of wetlands (such as peat bogs or swamps)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cctelm\u0259\u02c8t\u00e4l\u0259j\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek telmat-, telma stagnant water, marsh + English -o- + -logy ; akin to Greek stalassein to let drop, drip":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-045040"
}
}
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