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1251 lines
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"wag":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a young man : chap":[],
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": an act of wagging : shake":[],
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": depart":[],
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": to be in motion : stir":[],
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": to move (the tongue) animatedly in conversation":[],
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": to move in chatter or gossip":[
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"scandal caused tongues to wag"
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],
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": to move to and fro or up and down especially with quick jerky motions":[],
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": waddle":[],
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": wit , joker":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"The dog wagged its tail.",
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"She wagged her finger at the children as she scolded them.",
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"He wagged his head back and forth.",
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"The dog's tail began to wag excitedly."
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"1589, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"circa 1553, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English waggen ; akin to Middle High German wacken to totter, Old English wegan to move \u2014 more at way":"Verb",
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"probably short for obsolete English waghalter gallows bird, from English wag entry 1 + halter":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8wag"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"swish",
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"switch",
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"waggle"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031217",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"wag-at-the-wall":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":[
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"Definition of wag-at-the-wall variant of wag-on-the-wall"
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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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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-201513",
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"type":[]
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},
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"wagang":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": departure , leave-taking , death":[]
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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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"wagang, wa'gang from wa + gang (act of going); waganging from wa + ganging , gerund of gang (to go); wagaun from wa + Scots gaun , gerund of go":""
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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":"20220707-092614",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"wage":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis":[
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"\u2014 often used in plural"
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],
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": the share of the national product attributable to labor as a factor in production":[],
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": recompense , reward":[
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"\u2014 usually used in plural but singular or plural in construction the wages of sin is death \u2014 Romans 6:23 (Revised Standard Version)"
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],
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": to engage in or carry on":[
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"wage war",
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"wage a campaign"
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],
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": to be in process of occurring":[
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"the riot waged for several hours",
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"\u2014 Amer. Guide Series: Md."
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8w\u0101j"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"emolument",
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"hire",
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"packet",
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"pay",
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"paycheck",
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"pay envelope",
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"payment",
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"salary",
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"stipend"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"Both of them make decent wages .",
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"The table and chairs cost two weeks' wages .",
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"The company offers competitive wages and good benefits.",
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"The company gave workers a four percent wage increase this year.",
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"Verb",
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"They waged a guerrilla war against the government.",
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"Local activists are waging a campaign to end homelessness in the region.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Businesses grapple with rising transit and operating costs and with demands for wage increases from their workers. \u2014 New York Times , 2 July 2022",
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"Bill Bradley, an executive board member for the union, said the wage increases are much larger than the previous contract\u2019s raise schedule of between 2% and 3% each year. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 July 2022",
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"Teachers too are on the verge of taking action as inflation surges ahead of wage increases. \u2014 Sam Kiley, CNN , 30 June 2022",
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"The largest pilots union, ALPA, approved a contract last week that would boost the pay of pilots at United Airlines by more than 14% over the next 18 months, potentially clearing the way for similar large wage increases throughout the industry. \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 29 June 2022",
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"Businesses might decide to absorb some wage increases and other costs, such as fuel, without passing them all on to consumers and tacking on additional vigorish. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 29 June 2022",
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"Grady has offered a raft of financial incentives in order to try to attract emergency responders, including hourly wage increases and retention and training bonuses. \u2014 Dylan Jackson, ajc , 29 June 2022",
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"Large wage increases are making headlines, with the largest companies generally leading the charge. \u2014 Sean Mcdonnell, cleveland , 26 June 2022",
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"The picketing is taking place as airline unions seek sizable wage increases. \u2014 David Koenig, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"In the past few decades, the G.O.P. has turned into a party of permanent counter-revolution, and its leaders wage this campaign with a wanton disregard for established rules and norms that the old Bolshevik would have admired. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 26 June 2022",
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"Nonetheless, back in the District of Columbia, Cardona's department continues to wage a battle with a half dozen Republican governors who have barred their school districts from requiring masks. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 Sep. 2021",
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"Cardona\u2019s department continues to wage a battle with a half dozen Republican governors who have barred their school districts from requiring masks. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Sep. 2021",
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"Routinely, lawmakers from the losing side of a presidential election would wage protest votes during the ceremonial proceedings in Congress. \u2014 Lisa Mascaro, Chron , 16 June 2022",
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"Routinely, lawmakers from the losing side of a presidential election would wage protest votes during the ceremonial proceedings in Congress. \u2014 Lisa Mascaro, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
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"With a little bit of creativity and derring-do, Ukrainians can wage a much wider, much more complex war at sea, nibbling away at the slowly-decaying Russian Black Sea fleet. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
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"In seven months of primary contests before Election Day, Republicans and Democrats will wage internal fights over electability, ideological purity and, in the case of the G.O.P., loyalty to former President Donald J. Trump. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
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"Sometimes it\u2019s about the United Nations as the \u00e9lites trying to wage this war on the white birth rate. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 15 May 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, pledge, recompense, from Anglo-French wage, gage , of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German wetti pledge \u2014 more at wed":"Noun",
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"Middle English, to offer surety, put up as a stake, hire, from Anglo-French *wager, gager , from wage":"Verb"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-225901"
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},
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"wage bill":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": the total amount paid in wages by a business establishment or industry usually figured on an annual basis":[]
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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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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005126",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"wage board":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a board established by law to investigate wage rates":[]
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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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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004243",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"wage bracket":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a stipulated wage rate varying from a low limit to a high limit for a particular purpose":[]
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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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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190916",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"waged":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": compensated by wages":[
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"waged workers",
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"waged labor"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Since the 1960s, women\u2019s participation in the waged workforce has steadily risen. \u2014 Angela Garbes, The Atlantic , 13 May 2022",
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"Such comments angered state Sen. Scott Wiener, who accused Lara of promoting Russian propaganda in a tweet Sunday that became a salvo in a quickly-escalating battle \u2014 mostly waged on Twitter. \u2014 Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Feb. 2022",
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"One of Marx\u2019s biggest questions is, what does waged labor hide",
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"Low-income and hourly- waged women\u2014and, frankly, anyone who doesn\u2019t work at a progressive tech company\u2014are potentially one miscarriage or complicated pregnancy away from losing their job. \u2014 Nicole Lapin, Forbes , 5 Oct. 2021",
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"So people are always concerned when discussions about U.S. intervention are waged . \u2014 Washington Post , 16 July 2021",
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"As digitization and automation accelerate, low- waged , low-skilled workers\u2014who have been disproportionately damaged by the pandemic\u2014are also the most vulnerable to being displaced. \u2014 Fortune , 21 June 2021",
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"Giving lip service to health and safety regulations, Trump waged overt war against the regulatory process, rolling back no fewer than 100 environmental rules and bottling up many more. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 21 Jan. 2021",
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"Then, Akili Smith transferred in from Grossmont College and the two waged one of the more intense quarterback competitions in program history. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 Oct. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, 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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"\u02c8w\u0101jd"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111344",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"wager":{
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"antonyms":[
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"bet",
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"gamble",
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"go",
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"lay",
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"play",
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"put",
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"stake"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an act of giving a pledge to take and abide by the result of some action":[],
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": something (such as a sum of money) risked on an uncertain event : stake":[],
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": something on which bets are laid : gamble":[
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"do a stunt as a wager"
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],
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": to make a bet":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"He has a wager on the game.",
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"I don't think the horse will win. What's your wager ",
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"Verb",
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"She wagered $50 on the game.",
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"I wouldn't wager against them.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"DraftKings\u2019 Arizona online sportsbook offered better odds and higher betting limits, Krackomberger assessed the expense of his journey was worth his furious need to place a wise wager . \u2014 Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
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"Last September when sports betting became legal in Arizona, Chase Field became the first Major League Baseball stadium to allow sports fans to place an in-person wager . \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 21 June 2022",
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"New bettors typically place a wager on win, place or show. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 11 June 2022",
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"The trades amounted to a big wager against the price of nickel and led to large losses at Tsingshan when prices for the metal, used in stainless steel and batteries, surged in the wake of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. \u2014 Rebecca Feng And Joe Wallace, WSJ , 14 Mar. 2022",
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"DeWine was tagged in the post and challenged to a friendly wager . \u2014 Wayne Baker, The Enquirer , 25 Nov. 2021",
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"With just a $5 wager on any fighter to win tonight, FanDuel will return a $200 payout. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 11 June 2022",
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"The bettor doubles down with a $500 moneyline wager on Golden State. \u2014 Matt Rybaltowski, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
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"With this promo, bettors who opt-in and place a qualifying wager can get back a free bet of up to $20 if their parlay loses. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 18 Apr. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"New Caesars Sportsbook users can wager on any MLB game, the Stanley Cup Final and more with a risk-free first bet of up to $1,500. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 21 June 2022",
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"No doubt, there are predictions with more serious implications, and that sort of expertise is best left to the high-rollers, not those who wager on parking meter money. \u2014 Jon Michail, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
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"Utilize the bonus to wager on MLB games, the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs or the NBA Finals. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 11 June 2022",
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"Players could instead choose to wager on any number of MLB games. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 30 May 2022",
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"Most bettors, however, would be smart to wager on a traditional market like win, place, show. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 21 May 2022",
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"Little did Templin know that Kerby had much bigger plans for this trip than to wager on fillies. \u2014 J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal , 8 May 2022",
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"That means a bettor could wager $200 on the Cleveland Guardians to win their game against the Chicago White Sox and if the White Sox win, the player will still get another chance to win. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 9 May 2022",
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"With a variety of ways to wager and win in play, the first full week of April marks a great time to jump into the mix. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 5 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 1a":"Noun",
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"1602, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English wageour pledge, bet, from Anglo-French wageure , from *wager":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8w\u0101-j\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bet",
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"stake"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234941",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"wages":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis":[
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"\u2014 often used in plural"
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],
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": recompense , reward":[
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"\u2014 usually used in plural but singular or plural in construction the wages of sin is death \u2014 Romans 6:23 (Revised Standard Version)"
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],
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": the share of the national product attributable to labor as a factor in production":[],
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": to be in process of occurring":[
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"the riot waged for several hours",
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"\u2014 Amer. Guide Series: Md."
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],
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": to engage in or carry on":[
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"wage war",
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"wage a campaign"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"Both of them make decent wages .",
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"The table and chairs cost two weeks' wages .",
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"The company offers competitive wages and good benefits.",
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"The company gave workers a four percent wage increase this year.",
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"Verb",
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"They waged a guerrilla war against the government.",
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"Local activists are waging a campaign to end homelessness in the region.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Businesses grapple with rising transit and operating costs and with demands for wage increases from their workers. \u2014 New York Times , 2 July 2022",
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"Bill Bradley, an executive board member for the union, said the wage increases are much larger than the previous contract\u2019s raise schedule of between 2% and 3% each year. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 July 2022",
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"Teachers too are on the verge of taking action as inflation surges ahead of wage increases. \u2014 Sam Kiley, CNN , 30 June 2022",
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"The largest pilots union, ALPA, approved a contract last week that would boost the pay of pilots at United Airlines by more than 14% over the next 18 months, potentially clearing the way for similar large wage increases throughout the industry. \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 29 June 2022",
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"Businesses might decide to absorb some wage increases and other costs, such as fuel, without passing them all on to consumers and tacking on additional vigorish. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 29 June 2022",
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"Grady has offered a raft of financial incentives in order to try to attract emergency responders, including hourly wage increases and retention and training bonuses. \u2014 Dylan Jackson, ajc , 29 June 2022",
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"Large wage increases are making headlines, with the largest companies generally leading the charge. \u2014 Sean Mcdonnell, cleveland , 26 June 2022",
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"The picketing is taking place as airline unions seek sizable wage increases. \u2014 David Koenig, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"In the past few decades, the G.O.P. has turned into a party of permanent counter-revolution, and its leaders wage this campaign with a wanton disregard for established rules and norms that the old Bolshevik would have admired. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 26 June 2022",
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"Nonetheless, back in the District of Columbia, Cardona's department continues to wage a battle with a half dozen Republican governors who have barred their school districts from requiring masks. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 Sep. 2021",
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"Cardona\u2019s department continues to wage a battle with a half dozen Republican governors who have barred their school districts from requiring masks. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Sep. 2021",
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"Routinely, lawmakers from the losing side of a presidential election would wage protest votes during the ceremonial proceedings in Congress. \u2014 Lisa Mascaro, Chron , 16 June 2022",
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"Routinely, lawmakers from the losing side of a presidential election would wage protest votes during the ceremonial proceedings in Congress. \u2014 Lisa Mascaro, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
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"With a little bit of creativity and derring-do, Ukrainians can wage a much wider, much more complex war at sea, nibbling away at the slowly-decaying Russian Black Sea fleet. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
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"In seven months of primary contests before Election Day, Republicans and Democrats will wage internal fights over electability, ideological purity and, in the case of the G.O.P., loyalty to former President Donald J. Trump. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
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"Sometimes it\u2019s about the United Nations as the \u00e9lites trying to wage this war on the white birth rate. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 15 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, pledge, recompense, from Anglo-French wage, gage , of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German wetti pledge \u2014 more at wed":"Noun",
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"Middle English, to offer surety, put up as a stake, hire, from Anglo-French *wager, gager , from wage":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8w\u0101j"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"emolument",
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"hire",
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"packet",
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"pay",
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"paycheck",
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"pay envelope",
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"payment",
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"salary",
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"stipend"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130359",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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"waggery":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": mischievous merriment : pleasantry":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"tossing lighted firecrackers around is not the kind of harmless waggery that it might seem",
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"Will Rogers' homespun waggeries struck a chord with audiences during the Great Depression.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"To ask you to step into the parlor was Maggie\u2019s favorite waggery , the divisions of her cabin being purely imaginary. \u2014 Gertrude A. Zerr, Harper's magazine , 22 July 2019"
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"1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8wa-g\u0259-r\u0113"
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"devilishness",
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"devilment",
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"devilry",
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"deviltry",
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"diablerie",
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"espi\u00e8glerie",
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"hob",
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"impishness",
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"knavery",
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"mischief",
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"mischievousness",
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"rascality",
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"roguery",
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"roguishness",
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"shenanigan(s)",
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"waggishness",
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"wickedness"
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|
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": done or made in waggery or for sport : humorous":[
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"waggish spoofs of popular songs"
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],
|
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": resembling or characteristic of a wag":[
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"a waggish friend",
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"a waggish prose style"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"a waggish disposition that often got him into trouble as a child",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Variation after variation test every tool these dancers have, layered over with waggish character dancing pulling from Polish mazurka and Russian hopak, to name a few. \u2014 Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com , 4 Mar. 2022",
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"Black and white and set to nervous, waggish piano music, her cast of still-photography characters comes to life. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 12 Feb. 2022",
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"Ole Miss at Alabama isn\u2019t for another week, but, with an open date on his schedule leading up to the big game, the SEC\u2019s waggish prince has already started chirping at the Crimson Tide. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 24 Sep. 2021",
|
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"But this waggish show, which enjoyed a cult moment on Broadway, is borne aloft on vintage music from the Go-Go\u2019s. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Re-teaming with producer James Ford (Haim, Depeche Mode), frontman Alex Turner trades in piercing guitar for jaunty piano for a waggish , if at times uninspired meditation on fame in the digital age. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 10 May 2018",
|
|
"Carney\u2019s attitude is waggish but jovial, never crossing into anger. \u2014 Seth Stevenson, Slate Magazine , 10 Apr. 2017",
|
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"His melancholy, along with his waggish humor, goes more unguarded in his songs. \u2014 Michael Schulman, New York Times , 4 June 2016",
|
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"Not specifically based on Che Guevara, Richard Bermudez\u2019s Che is a waggish yet mild-mannered gadfly, a cynical, harshly critical observer of the Per\u00f3n regime. \u2014 Orange County Register , 15 Feb. 2017"
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"1589, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8wa-gish"
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],
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"arch",
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"devilish",
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"elvish",
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"espi\u00e8gle",
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"impish",
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"knavish",
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"leprechaunish",
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"mischievous",
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"pixie",
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"pixy",
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"pixieish",
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"prankish",
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"puckish",
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"rascally",
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"roguish",
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"scampish",
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"sly",
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"tricksy",
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"wicked"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025201",
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": done or made in waggery or for sport : humorous":[
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"waggish spoofs of popular songs"
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],
|
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": resembling or characteristic of a wag":[
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"a waggish friend",
|
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"a waggish prose style"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"a waggish disposition that often got him into trouble as a child",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Variation after variation test every tool these dancers have, layered over with waggish character dancing pulling from Polish mazurka and Russian hopak, to name a few. \u2014 Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com , 4 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Black and white and set to nervous, waggish piano music, her cast of still-photography characters comes to life. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 12 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Ole Miss at Alabama isn\u2019t for another week, but, with an open date on his schedule leading up to the big game, the SEC\u2019s waggish prince has already started chirping at the Crimson Tide. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 24 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"But this waggish show, which enjoyed a cult moment on Broadway, is borne aloft on vintage music from the Go-Go\u2019s. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Re-teaming with producer James Ford (Haim, Depeche Mode), frontman Alex Turner trades in piercing guitar for jaunty piano for a waggish , if at times uninspired meditation on fame in the digital age. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 10 May 2018",
|
|
"Carney\u2019s attitude is waggish but jovial, never crossing into anger. \u2014 Seth Stevenson, Slate Magazine , 10 Apr. 2017",
|
|
"His melancholy, along with his waggish humor, goes more unguarded in his songs. \u2014 Michael Schulman, New York Times , 4 June 2016",
|
|
"Not specifically based on Che Guevara, Richard Bermudez\u2019s Che is a waggish yet mild-mannered gadfly, a cynical, harshly critical observer of the Per\u00f3n regime. \u2014 Orange County Register , 15 Feb. 2017"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1589, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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|
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"pronounciation":[
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|
"\u02c8wa-gish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"arch",
|
|
"devilish",
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"elvish",
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"espi\u00e8gle",
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|
"impish",
|
|
"knavish",
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"leprechaunish",
|
|
"mischievous",
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|
"pixie",
|
|
"pixy",
|
|
"pixieish",
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|
"prankish",
|
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"puckish",
|
|
"rascally",
|
|
"roguish",
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"scampish",
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"sly",
|
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"tricksy",
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"wicked"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001102",
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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]
|
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},
|
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"waggle":{
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"antonyms":[
|
|
"swish",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"wag",
|
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"whisk"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a preliminary swinging of a golf club head back and forth over the ball before the swing":[],
|
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": an instance of waggling : a jerky motion back and forth or up and down":[],
|
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": to move frequently one way and the other : wag":[],
|
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": to reel, sway, or move from side to side : wag":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"He can waggle his ears.",
|
|
"He can make his ears waggle .",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"a quick waggle of her head to indicate \u201cno\u201d",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Many golfers at this point will waggle themselves into alignment\u2014matching the programmed swing shape with the proper ball position. \u2014 Paul Christianson, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Listeners are instructed to waggle their tongues, raise their arms to the ceiling or simply lie back and relax. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"When the time comes to couple up, males will shake, shimmy and waggle their rears in an astounding display of eight-legged choreography. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"Bohacek reminded the kid what to do, and the kid waggled his little hands in the air again. \u2014 Melissa Locker, Time , 9 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"Or Billy Mack waggling his junk in the TV host\u2019s face. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 10 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"In these noisy and dynamic few milliseconds the fat rear Michelins hazed and the Pista\u2019s posterior waggled left, then right, violently, a 710-hp twerk. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 21 Feb. 2019",
|
|
"The story is more dignified and tonally consistent than in the last film \u2014 Redmayne never has to do another butt- waggling Erumpet seduction dance \u2014 but much of it plays out with just as little weight as Fantastic Beasts\u2019 silliest moments. \u2014 Tasha Robinson, The Verge , 8 Nov. 2018",
|
|
"The horizon waggled , the waves suddenly got higher. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 28 June 2018",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The other game to suffer most from wrist- waggle disconnect is NSS tennis, which has advanced subtly compared to its Wii Sports predecessor. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 3 May 2022",
|
|
"Gyroscopic controls in video games used to be limited to features like the Wii waggle , but that situation has changed in recent years, thanks to support for a mix of motion and joystick controls in popular Switch and PlayStation games. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 25 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Like the democratic society of the bees, in which consensus arrives through waggle dancing. \u2014 Lee Billings, Scientific American , 9 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"The play-action waggle play was designed to go to Smith, a defensive linemen who had his number called as the third-string fullback. \u2014 Luke Ramirez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"Aside from dropping a bat waggle in between his setup and his swing, there have been no major or notable changes to his stance. \u2014 Jon Tayler, SI.com , 8 May 2018",
|
|
"If there weren\u2019t the V-8 for comparison, the V-6 would feel punchy enough, and in sport plus mode the rear-drive waggles under that combined 350 pound-feet of torque. \u2014 Robert Duffer, chicagotribune.com , 27 Mar. 2018",
|
|
"The right-handed-hitting Acuna has no extraneous movement, no bat waggle , no hip action. \u2014 Ray Glier, USA TODAY , 6 Sep. 2017",
|
|
"And considering the physical effort bees exert \u2014 from the waggle dance that communicates the location of a food source to the forceful beating of wings \u2014 Segura had a unique physicality to inform her choreography. \u2014 Marcia Manna, sandiegouniontribune.com , 10 Aug. 2017"
|
|
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|
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|
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"1588, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
|
|
"circa 1866, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"frequentative of wag entry 1":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8wa-g\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
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|
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"swish",
|
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|
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"wag"
|
|
],
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|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"wagon":{
|
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|
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|
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": a delivery truck":[
|
|
"a milk wagon"
|
|
],
|
|
": a lighter typically horse-drawn vehicle for transporting goods or passengers":[],
|
|
": a low four-wheeled vehicle with an open rectangular body and a retroflex tongue made for the play or use of a child":[],
|
|
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|
|
": a small wheeled table used for the service of a dining room":[
|
|
"the dessert wagon"
|
|
],
|
|
": a usually four-wheeled vehicle for transporting bulky commodities and drawn originally by animals":[],
|
|
": in or into a state of abstaining from alcoholic beverages":[],
|
|
": in or into a state of no longer abstaining from alcoholic beverages":[
|
|
"fell off the wagon"
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
": to transport (goods) by wagon":[],
|
|
": to travel or transport goods by wagon":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"Pioneers crossed the American Midwest in wagons .",
|
|
"He pulled his stuffed animals around in a little red wagon .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The admission drops to $2 from 9 a.m. to noon. Be sure to bring large bags -- or maybe even a wagon -- to haul away your purchases. \u2014 cleveland , 9 May 2022",
|
|
"Among them are the British Touring Car Championship Volvo 850 wagon , the Group 5 Porsche 935/78, Cadillac's Mustang Sampling Daytona Prototype, and even a Lotus Evija. \u2014 Austin Irwin, Car and Driver , 25 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Witness Calamity Jane in the episode\u2019s opening section, hastening the unsticking of Bill\u2019s wagon by alerting strangers to his presence. \u2014 Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture , 14 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"There's dune hiking, a lighthouse, a wagon tour to view a shipwreck and even a ghost town. \u2014 Andrea Reeves, The Enquirer , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Develop an investment philosophy and a discipline, stick with it, and resist the urge to jump on the latest meme wagon . \u2014 Sarah Dergarabedian, Forbes , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"Despite the mid-80-degree heat, wagon -bearing shoppers cast keen eyes on the dozens of stalls stocked with flowers and vegetables, determined to spot the best price and most promising bloom. \u2014 Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press , 15 May 2022",
|
|
"Somers had uncovered a shovel, with the blade pointing toward the shaft, and a wagon axle, also pointing toward the shaft. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
|
|
"So popular was Shipley\u2019s unifying gesture with his pioneering neighbors that members of at least three wagon trains are buried at the bucolic cemetery, including ancestors of the two authors of this article. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Chris Bobek, who lives a couple of blocks south of Harrer, pulled daughter Sophie, 3, in a classic fire-red Radio Flyer wagon up to the complex\u2019s main entrance. \u2014 George Castle, Chicago Tribune , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"Other towns have repeatedly fled rivers \u2013 Niobrara, Nebraska, hauled its houses by horse and wagon away from flooding in the Missouri River in 1881 and moved again in 1971. \u2014 Doug Struck, The Christian Science Monitor , 15 July 2021",
|
|
"The farm's dozens of other attractions, from a train and giant jumping pillows to wagon rides to a pumpkin patch, give it almost amusement-park status. \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 Oct. 2017"
|
|
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|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
|
|
"1606, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Dutch wagen , from Middle Dutch \u2014 more at wain":"Noun"
|
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},
|
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|
|
"\u02c8wa-g\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"noun"
|
|
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|
|
": a load that fills or could fill a wagon":[
|
|
"a wagonload of apples"
|
|
],
|
|
": an indefinitely large quantity":[
|
|
"a wagonload of options"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8wa-g\u0259n-\u02ccl\u014dd"
|
|
],
|
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|
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|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Before purchasing a wagonload of rose plants, and then scratching your head over what to do with those scraggly things, read up for tips on how to prepare a proper home for your rose bushes. \u2014 Patricia S York, Southern Living , 25 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"Sometimes Natives and newcomers, the white families lurching in by the wagonload as the century turned, coexisted. \u2014 Caitlin Fitz, The Atlantic , 8 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"A few weeks later, an eager group of 40 middle schoolers from the St Joseph\u2019s Camp S*MILE summer program also lent a hand and set a summer record by gathering three wagonloads of corn during their visit to First Fruits Farm. \u2014 Melissa Whatley, baltimoresun.com , 3 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"And there are still two wagonloads of hay In the cut fields that need to be brought in Out of the risks of the weather, Bales well-cured and dry, sweet stuff. \u2014 Hartford Courant, courant.com , 11 Mar. 2018",
|
|
"Harvey\u2019s was serving 500 wagonloads of the tasty bivalves a week. \u2014 John Kelly, Washington Post , 13 Feb. 2018",
|
|
"The name, however, has a longer history because the location once housed the Cuban restaurant Victor\u2019s Cafe; near the front door there\u2019s still a mural of oxen pulling a wagonload of sugar cane. \u2014 Florence Fabricant, New York Times , 20 Feb. 2018"
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a railroad sleeping car":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"v\u00e4-g\u014d\u207f-\u02c8l\u0113"
|
|
],
|
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|
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|
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French, from wagon railroad car + lit bed":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1884, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
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|
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|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
"the dessert wagon"
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"fell off the wagon"
|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"\u02c8wa-g\u0259n"
|
|
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|
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|
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"cart",
|
|
"wain"
|
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|
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"antonyms":[],
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|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"Pioneers crossed the American Midwest in wagons .",
|
|
"He pulled his stuffed animals around in a little red wagon .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The admission drops to $2 from 9 a.m. to noon. Be sure to bring large bags -- or maybe even a wagon -- to haul away your purchases. \u2014 cleveland , 9 May 2022",
|
|
"Among them are the British Touring Car Championship Volvo 850 wagon , the Group 5 Porsche 935/78, Cadillac's Mustang Sampling Daytona Prototype, and even a Lotus Evija. \u2014 Austin Irwin, Car and Driver , 25 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Witness Calamity Jane in the episode\u2019s opening section, hastening the unsticking of Bill\u2019s wagon by alerting strangers to his presence. \u2014 Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture , 14 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"There's dune hiking, a lighthouse, a wagon tour to view a shipwreck and even a ghost town. \u2014 Andrea Reeves, The Enquirer , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Develop an investment philosophy and a discipline, stick with it, and resist the urge to jump on the latest meme wagon . \u2014 Sarah Dergarabedian, Forbes , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"Despite the mid-80-degree heat, wagon -bearing shoppers cast keen eyes on the dozens of stalls stocked with flowers and vegetables, determined to spot the best price and most promising bloom. \u2014 Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press , 15 May 2022",
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"Somers had uncovered a shovel, with the blade pointing toward the shaft, and a wagon axle, also pointing toward the shaft. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
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"So popular was Shipley\u2019s unifying gesture with his pioneering neighbors that members of at least three wagon trains are buried at the bucolic cemetery, including ancestors of the two authors of this article. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Chris Bobek, who lives a couple of blocks south of Harrer, pulled daughter Sophie, 3, in a classic fire-red Radio Flyer wagon up to the complex\u2019s main entrance. \u2014 George Castle, Chicago Tribune , 6 June 2022",
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"Other towns have repeatedly fled rivers \u2013 Niobrara, Nebraska, hauled its houses by horse and wagon away from flooding in the Missouri River in 1881 and moved again in 1971. \u2014 Doug Struck, The Christian Science Monitor , 15 July 2021",
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"The farm's dozens of other attractions, from a train and giant jumping pillows to wagon rides to a pumpkin patch, give it almost amusement-park status. \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 Oct. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"While serving the British Army as a wagoner during the French and Indian War, Morgan was struck by a British Lieutenant and responded by knocking the man out. \u2014 Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian , 3 Feb. 2017",
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"While serving the British Army as a wagoner during the French and Indian War, Morgan was struck by a British Lieutenant and responded by knocking the man out. \u2014 Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian , 3 Feb. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Proslavery propaganda in the antebellum South insisted that Northern wage slaves were worse off than Southern chattel slaves. \u2014 Sarah Churchwell, The New York Review of Books , 11 June 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"In 2011, the first year of the rookie wage scale , only the top 21 picks in the first round got four years fully guaranteed. \u2014 Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
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"IndyStar will continue to update this file as the rest of the Colts rookies sign their contracts, a development that has become mostly a formality under the current collective bargaining agreement\u2019s rookie wage scale . \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star , 13 May 2022",
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"Take the case of an Amazon worker currently benefitting from Amazon\u2019s higher wage scale . \u2014 John C. Goodman, Forbes , 7 May 2022",
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"Affluent Portland residents earn four times more than their counterparts at the bottom end of the wage scale . \u2014 oregonlive , 6 May 2022",
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"The rookie wage scale and low salaries for Murray, Samuel, and Brown are a main feature of the CBA. \u2014 Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com , 23 Apr. 2022",
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"Postings for internal transfers would also need to include a wage scale or salary range. \u2014 Lauren Rosenblatt, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Mar. 2022",
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"With fewer jobs at the bottom of the wage scale , that means the average across the sector will be greater. \u2014 Mike Rogoway | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 3 Apr. 2022",
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"That trend was flipped at the lower end of the wage scale however, with 55% of people making $30,679 annually or less being women and the rest men. \u2014 Chase Difeliciantonio, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Mar. 2022"
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"In the U.S., Japanese Wagyu cows have been crossbred with those of other breeds to produce unsurpassably tender, melt-in-your-mouth beef.",
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"\u2014 Saveur"
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],
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": beef from Wagyu cattle":[
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"The surface of my Wagyu was intricately laced with delicate veins of off-white fat\u2014by laboratory measurement, three times more marbling fat than U.S. prime-grade beef, though with slightly less cholesterol.",
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"\u2014 Jeffrey Steingarten",
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"Wagyu beef is tender and flavorful because of its intramuscular fat, or marbling.",
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"\u2014 Sam Gugino"
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],
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"\u2014 compare kobe beef":[
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"The surface of my Wagyu was intricately laced with delicate veins of off-white fat\u2014by laboratory measurement, three times more marbling fat than U.S. prime-grade beef, though with slightly less cholesterol.",
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"\u2014 Jeffrey Steingarten",
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"Wagyu beef is tender and flavorful because of its intramuscular fat, or marbling.",
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"\u2014 Sam Gugino"
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]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The word steort fell out of general use around 1300, surviving only in the names of birds like redstart and wagstart (better known today as the wagtail ). \u2014 Simon Horobin, Quartz , 10 Nov. 2019",
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"Birdsong provides a natural soundtrack, as bulbuls, gray wagtails , warblers, blackbirds, and turtledoves all call the garden home. \u2014 National Geographic , 20 Sep. 2019",
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"A female duck grabbed the grey wagtail in her beak, dunked it several times beneath the water, then ate it, Petrovan says. \u2014 Arden Dier, Fox News , 3 July 2017",
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"The area is unusually abundant with animal life: the novel\u2019s first chapter teems with wagtails , willow warblers, geese, horses, snow leopards, wolves, sheep, goats, geckos, and frogs. \u2014 Evan James, The New Yorker , 8 June 2017"
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"type":[
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"type":[
|
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"type":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The whole thing actually started with a joke in the late '50s, when a Kiwanis Club organized a wagon train across the mountains. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 2 July 2022",
|
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"Here\u2019s what peril came for the wagon train this week. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 6 Feb. 2022",
|
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"Yellowstone\u2019s wagon train prequel led by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill premiered to 4.9 million viewers in December. \u2014 James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 Mar. 2022",
|
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"The rest of the wagon train ill-advisedly continues west. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 27 Feb. 2022",
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"In these episodes, the story of the wagon train heading West has reflected the deadly dangers and obstacles faced by those who traveled on the Oregon Trail. \u2014 oregonlive , 27 Feb. 2022",
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"The wagon train is off from Doan\u2019s Crossing, the final main trading post for at least a few months of travel, and into the wild west\u2014bandits, war tribes, the works. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 6 Feb. 2022",
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"In the story of the wagon train journey, the group is only just leaving Texas. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 30 Jan. 2022",
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"Viewers have already seen lives lost and devastating suffering among the German immigrants heading for a new life, and the wagon train led by Shea (Sam Elliott) and Thomas (LaMonica Garrett) hasn\u2019t even reached Oregon yet, let alone Montana. \u2014 oregonlive , 30 Jan. 2022"
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|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Subaru\u2019s decision to build the STI on the Impreza\u2019s five-door wagonette body style rather than the sedan is easy to question, but ultimately tough to fault. \u2014 Matthew Phenix, WIRED , 14 Jan. 2008"
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|
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"Most wage earners were not affected by the income tax increase.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Underscoring his lack of a contribution was that Mokotjo was a $1 million-plus wage earner for FC Cincinnati last season, according to Major League Soccer Players Association data. \u2014 Pat Brennan, The Enquirer , 18 Jan. 2022",
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"The electric car revolution in Europe has made a strong start with many impressive technical achievements, but to become sustainable the industry must start producing vehicles for the average wage earner . \u2014 Neil Winton, Forbes , 19 Oct. 2021",
|
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"The same program would provide a middle-class family with one wage earner much less, about $3,100 a month. \u2014 Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times , 7 Oct. 2021",
|
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"Meanwhile, the average San Diego County wage earner took home just under $66,000. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Sep. 2021",
|
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"This perception of life insurance could result in Black Americans not purchasing enough coverage to provide income replacement or enable wealth transfer, two key ways life insurance can benefit loved ones after a wage earner dies. \u2014 NBC News , 20 July 2021",
|
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"Outside the Delhi government-run hospital, 50-year-old daily- wage earner Prem Nath and his wife Asha Devi, 48, stood waiting for the bus to get back to their home in Dwarka, West Delhi. \u2014 Vijayta Lalwani, Quartz , 11 Mar. 2021",
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"The institute\u2019s work on Utah\u2019s housing gap, backed by the Salt Lake Chamber, has highlighted what experts and elected leaders on Capital Hill say is a shortage in Utah of at least 53,000 homes affordable for the average wage earner . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 22 Feb. 2021",
|
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"A quarter of the families received public assistance and 10% had no full-time wage earner . \u2014 Susan Pinker, WSJ , 22 Oct. 2020"
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"1861, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the enlarged rear part of the shell of a locomotive boiler over the furnace":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-230325"
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},
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"wagonage":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": transportation by wagon":[],
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": money paid for carriage or conveyance in a wagon":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-g\u0259nij"
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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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"wagon entry 1 + -age":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-011523"
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}
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} |