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2960 lines
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{
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"wriggle":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a formation or marking of sinuous design":[],
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": a short or quick writhing motion or contortion":[],
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": to cause to move in short quick contortions":[],
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": to extricate or insinuate oneself or reach a goal as if by wriggling":[],
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": to introduce, insinuate, or bring into a state or place by or as if by wriggling":[],
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": to move or advance by twisting and turning":[],
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": to move the body or a bodily part to and fro with short writhing motions like a worm : squirm":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"The children wriggled and squirmed in their chairs.",
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"She managed to wriggle free of her ropes.",
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"They wriggled out of their wet clothes.",
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"I had trouble getting the wriggling fish off my hook.",
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"The snake wriggled across the path and went underneath a bush.",
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"He was able to wriggle through the narrow opening.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"The torching of the dogs also allows Nancy, Steve, and Robin to wriggle away from Vecna's tentacles. \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 4 July 2022",
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"When composers look for musical inspiration, the past has always been a pretty good place to start \u2014 whether to pay homage or reactively wriggle from tradition\u2019s vice grip. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 3 June 2022",
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"In the past, I have been humiliated by hidden knots and logs that were just out of my league, resulting in an extended and extremely uncool struggle of trying to wriggle an ax-head free. \u2014 Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online , 1 Mar. 2021",
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"Lue could make a case at being the most confident his team will wriggle out of holes of their own making. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"But if Meituan continues to step up to meet the needs of Shanghai's hungry, frustrated residents, the lockdown may allow the firm to wriggle out from under China's tech crackdown. \u2014 Grady Mcgregor, Fortune , 14 Apr. 2022",
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"The team tries to wriggle out of suspicion when Vo turns up at the crime scene of the murder of a Hungarian gambling official. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022",
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"Roughed up and dazed, and with a broken rib, Denis was able to wriggle free from his bindings and tumble out of the van. \u2014 Tom Sancton, Town & Country , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"Look for subversive photos that wriggle out of the intentions with which they were taken. \u2014 Michael Johnston, The New Yorker , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The team chose a peekytoe crab shape simply for the fun of watching a minuscule robot wriggle in a crab-like fashion, but their three-dimensional printing technique could be used to mimic any animal or shape, the researchers say. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 26 May 2022",
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"Just under your skin lie whole aqueous worlds, where trillions of cells spark and beat and wriggle and secrete, doing all the complicated tasks of keeping you alive. \u2014 Megan Molteni, STAT , 14 May 2022",
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"At the Las Vegas Justice Court, the largest of some 40 courts hearing eviction cases in Nevada, Hearing Master David F. Brown did not allow for much wriggle room. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Aug. 2021",
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"The planned July 19 lifting of most restrictions is being touted by Johnson as a milestone, but the prime minister, characteristically, has left himself some wriggle room. \u2014 Laura King, Los Angeles Times , 6 July 2021",
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"But the legal decision left the county no wriggle room. \u2014 John King, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 June 2021",
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"And the cry to do something, anything, will only grow louder, though the paucity of top prospects and aforementioned inflexibility will leave GM Brian Cashman with limited wriggle room. \u2014 USA Today , 31 May 2021",
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"All but about 15% of the revenue is dedicated by voters, leaving little wriggle room for discretion by the council; for example, about one third of the entire capital budget is dedicated to drainage. \u2014 Faimon Roberts, NOLA.com , 9 Dec. 2020",
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"Yes, in the name of expanding the playoff field and, perhaps, building in some wriggle room in the event of delays caused by COVID-19 testing, tracing and isolating, the lack of travel means no travel days. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 15 Sep. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"1709, 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, from or akin to Middle Low German wriggeln to wriggle; akin to Old English wrigian to turn \u2014 more at wry":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ri-g\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"fiddle",
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"fidget",
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"jerk",
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"jig",
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"jiggle",
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"squiggle",
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"squirm",
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"thrash",
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"thresh",
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"toss",
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"twist",
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"twitch",
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"wiggle",
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"writhe"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-111523",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"wriggly":{
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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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": to move the body or a bodily part to and fro with short writhing motions like a worm : squirm":[],
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": to move or advance by twisting and turning":[],
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": to extricate or insinuate oneself or reach a goal as if by wriggling":[],
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": to cause to move in short quick contortions":[],
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": to introduce, insinuate, or bring into a state or place by or as if by wriggling":[],
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": a short or quick writhing motion or contortion":[],
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": a formation or marking of sinuous design":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ri-g\u0259l"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fiddle",
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"fidget",
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"jerk",
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"jig",
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"jiggle",
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"squiggle",
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"squirm",
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"thrash",
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"thresh",
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"toss",
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"twist",
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"twitch",
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"wiggle",
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"writhe"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"The children wriggled and squirmed in their chairs.",
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"She managed to wriggle free of her ropes.",
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"They wriggled out of their wet clothes.",
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"I had trouble getting the wriggling fish off my hook.",
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"The snake wriggled across the path and went underneath a bush.",
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"He was able to wriggle through the narrow opening.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"The torching of the dogs also allows Nancy, Steve, and Robin to wriggle away from Vecna's tentacles. \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 4 July 2022",
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"When composers look for musical inspiration, the past has always been a pretty good place to start \u2014 whether to pay homage or reactively wriggle from tradition\u2019s vice grip. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 3 June 2022",
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"In the past, I have been humiliated by hidden knots and logs that were just out of my league, resulting in an extended and extremely uncool struggle of trying to wriggle an ax-head free. \u2014 Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online , 1 Mar. 2021",
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"Lue could make a case at being the most confident his team will wriggle out of holes of their own making. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"But if Meituan continues to step up to meet the needs of Shanghai's hungry, frustrated residents, the lockdown may allow the firm to wriggle out from under China's tech crackdown. \u2014 Grady Mcgregor, Fortune , 14 Apr. 2022",
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"The team tries to wriggle out of suspicion when Vo turns up at the crime scene of the murder of a Hungarian gambling official. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022",
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"Roughed up and dazed, and with a broken rib, Denis was able to wriggle free from his bindings and tumble out of the van. \u2014 Tom Sancton, Town & Country , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"Look for subversive photos that wriggle out of the intentions with which they were taken. \u2014 Michael Johnston, The New Yorker , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The team chose a peekytoe crab shape simply for the fun of watching a minuscule robot wriggle in a crab-like fashion, but their three-dimensional printing technique could be used to mimic any animal or shape, the researchers say. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 26 May 2022",
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"Just under your skin lie whole aqueous worlds, where trillions of cells spark and beat and wriggle and secrete, doing all the complicated tasks of keeping you alive. \u2014 Megan Molteni, STAT , 14 May 2022",
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"At the Las Vegas Justice Court, the largest of some 40 courts hearing eviction cases in Nevada, Hearing Master David F. Brown did not allow for much wriggle room. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Aug. 2021",
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"The planned July 19 lifting of most restrictions is being touted by Johnson as a milestone, but the prime minister, characteristically, has left himself some wriggle room. \u2014 Laura King, Los Angeles Times , 6 July 2021",
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"But the legal decision left the county no wriggle room. \u2014 John King, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 June 2021",
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"And the cry to do something, anything, will only grow louder, though the paucity of top prospects and aforementioned inflexibility will leave GM Brian Cashman with limited wriggle room. \u2014 USA Today , 31 May 2021",
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"All but about 15% of the revenue is dedicated by voters, leaving little wriggle room for discretion by the council; for example, about one third of the entire capital budget is dedicated to drainage. \u2014 Faimon Roberts, NOLA.com , 9 Dec. 2020",
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"Yes, in the name of expanding the playoff field and, perhaps, building in some wriggle room in the event of delays caused by COVID-19 testing, tracing and isolating, the lack of travel means no travel days. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 15 Sep. 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from or akin to Middle Low German wriggeln to wriggle; akin to Old English wrigian to turn \u2014 more at wry":"Verb"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"1709, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-162544"
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},
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"wring":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": squirm , writhe":[],
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": to affect painfully as if by wringing : torment":[
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"a tragedy that wrings the heart"
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],
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": to extract or obtain by or as if by twisting and compressing":[
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"wring water from a towel",
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"wring a confession from the suspect"
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],
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": to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid":[
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"wring a towel dry"
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],
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": to twist so as to strain or sprain into a distorted shape":[
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"I could wring your neck"
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],
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": to twist together (clasped hands) as a sign of anguish":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"I wrung the towel and hung it up to dry.",
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"I wrung my hair and wrapped it in a towel.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Characters in the saga that began in the hours after Trump\u2019s 2020 presidential election loss who played varied roles in the losing president\u2019s attempts to wring victory out of defeat. \u2014 Mike Debonis, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
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"Deutsche Bank\u2019s Hooper says the Fed may need to push short-term interest rates as high as 5% to wring inflation out of the economy. \u2014 Rich Miller, Fortune , 4 June 2022",
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"But the fallout is very different when the Fed is hiking borrowing costs in a deliberate campaign to slow U.S. growth and wring inflationary pressures out of the economy. \u2014 Paul Wiseman, The Christian Science Monitor , 5 May 2022",
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"Forming a tighter partnership with tax leaders is also helping CIOs be more strategic and wring more out of digital investments. \u2014 Dan Priest, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
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"It\u2019s also our aesthetic, and we were encouraged to wring that part out. \u2014 Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 June 2022",
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"Two more tests from GFXBench 5.0, run offscreen to allow for different display resolutions, wring out OpenGL operations. \u2014 Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG , 19 May 2022",
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"Nonetheless, Turkey's raising of its grievances has led to concerns in Washington and Brussels that other NATO members might also use the admission process as a way to wring concessions from allies, possibly complicating and delaying accession. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 16 May 2022",
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"Nonetheless, Turkey\u2019s raising of its grievances has led to concerns in Washington and Brussels that other NATO members might also use the admission process as a way to wring concessions from allies, possibly complicating and delaying accession. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 15 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Old English wringan ; akin to Old High German ringan to struggle, Lithuanian rengtis to bend down, Old English wyrgan to strangle \u2014 more at worry":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ri\u014b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"exact",
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"extort",
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"wrest"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-110950",
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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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"wring (out)":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":[
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"as in dry , drain"
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],
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-132048",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"wring dry":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to squeeze until almost all of the liquid is gone":[
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"The rag was wrung dry ."
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113011",
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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},
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"wring someone's neck":{
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"definitions":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125749",
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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]
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},
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"wringing":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid":[
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"wring a towel dry"
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],
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": to extract or obtain by or as if by twisting and compressing":[
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"wring water from a towel",
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"wring a confession from the suspect"
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],
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": to twist so as to strain or sprain into a distorted shape":[
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"I could wring your neck"
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],
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": to twist together (clasped hands) as a sign of anguish":[],
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": to affect painfully as if by wringing : torment":[
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"a tragedy that wrings the heart"
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],
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": squirm , writhe":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ri\u014b"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"exact",
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"extort",
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"wrest"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"I wrung the towel and hung it up to dry.",
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"I wrung my hair and wrapped it in a towel.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Characters in the saga that began in the hours after Trump\u2019s 2020 presidential election loss who played varied roles in the losing president\u2019s attempts to wring victory out of defeat. \u2014 Mike Debonis, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
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"Deutsche Bank\u2019s Hooper says the Fed may need to push short-term interest rates as high as 5% to wring inflation out of the economy. \u2014 Rich Miller, Fortune , 4 June 2022",
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"But the fallout is very different when the Fed is hiking borrowing costs in a deliberate campaign to slow U.S. growth and wring inflationary pressures out of the economy. \u2014 Paul Wiseman, The Christian Science Monitor , 5 May 2022",
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"Forming a tighter partnership with tax leaders is also helping CIOs be more strategic and wring more out of digital investments. \u2014 Dan Priest, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
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"It\u2019s also our aesthetic, and we were encouraged to wring that part out. \u2014 Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 June 2022",
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"Two more tests from GFXBench 5.0, run offscreen to allow for different display resolutions, wring out OpenGL operations. \u2014 Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG , 19 May 2022",
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"Nonetheless, Turkey's raising of its grievances has led to concerns in Washington and Brussels that other NATO members might also use the admission process as a way to wring concessions from allies, possibly complicating and delaying accession. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 16 May 2022",
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"Nonetheless, Turkey\u2019s raising of its grievances has led to concerns in Washington and Brussels that other NATO members might also use the admission process as a way to wring concessions from allies, possibly complicating and delaying accession. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 15 May 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Old English wringan ; akin to Old High German ringan to struggle, Lithuanian rengtis to bend down, Old English wyrgan to strangle \u2014 more at worry":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-171456"
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},
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"wrinkle":{
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"antonyms":[
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"crease",
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"crinkle",
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"furrow",
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"rumple"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a change in a customary procedure or method":[],
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": imperfection , irregularity":[],
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": method , technique":[],
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": something new or different : innovation":[],
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": to become marked with or contracted into wrinkles":[],
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": to contract into wrinkles : pucker":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"Here's the latest wrinkle in the story\u2014we find out that the villain is actually the hero's father!",
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"He has added some new wrinkles to his game.",
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"Verb",
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"Moisture caused the wallpaper to wrinkle and peel.",
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"His brow wrinkled as he thought about the question.",
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"Try not to wrinkle your trousers.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"That Izzy is a would-be space ranger who is terrified of space adds a funny wrinkle to a character who, in the hands of less confident screenwriters, might be yet another boringly accomplished and fearless female. \u2014 Kyle Smith, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
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"It cannot be determined which shares were sold, however the possibility of insider trading adds yet another wrinkle to a complex, possibly cataclysmic, story that some feel could result in a possible sale of WWE. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
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"But a new wrinkle brings the series' highest-scoring challenger into a battle royale against all five chefs \u2013 who join forces Avengers-style. \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
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"Still, the outcome of the primary adds a new wrinkle to the November general election. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 May 2022",
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"The cherished pastime of critiquing celebrities\u2019 red-carpet looks meets a new wrinkle . \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
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"The latest slowdown adds a new wrinkle to the Fed\u2019s challenge of curbing inflation without sending the country into recession. \u2014 Abha Bhattarai, Anchorage Daily News , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"Zach Gage adds one spicy wrinkle to even the challenge out. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 18 Apr. 2022",
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"The Crystal Dynamics team\u2019s depiction of Lara Croft was of a woman saddled with the legacy of her father, a famed but shamed explorer who was also an absent father, a new wrinkle in the father-daughter dynamic. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Apr. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"And while some percale sheets wrinkle easily, these were noticeably less creased than others. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
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"The stretch fabric is unlikely to wrinkle and crease on a plane or even in a suitcase, which allows for easy, worry-free travel. \u2014 Hillary Maglin, Travel + Leisure , 13 May 2022",
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"Packing cubes keep all your clothes still, so items are actually less likely to wrinkle . \u2014 Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping , 9 May 2022",
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"Think ahead and choose work clothes that won\u2019t wrinkle to avoid taking home a gargantuan laundry load at the end of your week. \u2014 Wes Judd, Outside Online , 26 May 2017",
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"Even after multiple washes, the sheets won't shrink or wrinkle , plus the fabric won't pill over time. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 14 Apr. 2022",
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"Researchers expected to see the cells wrinkle and compress in the final growth step. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 Dec. 2021",
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"For starters, skin tends to wrinkle based on its normal daily function. \u2014 Serenity Gibbons, Forbes , 26 Oct. 2021",
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"Bodysuits cannot wrinkle , ride up, bunch, untuck, or unintentionally expose. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 23 Sep. 2021"
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],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"15th century, 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, back-formation from wrinkled twisted, winding, probably from Old English gewrinclod , past participle of gewrinclian to wind, from ge- , perfective prefix + -wrinclian (akin to wrencan to wrench) \u2014 more at co-":"Noun"
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"\u02c8ri\u014b-k\u0259l"
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"synonyms":[
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"crease",
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"crimp",
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"crinkle",
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"furrow"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100333",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"wrist":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": the joint or the region of the joint between the human hand and the arm or a corresponding part on a lower animal":[],
|
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": the part of a garment or glove covering the wrist":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The photo showed the drummer with hospital bands on both wrists, holding his phone in his right hand and wearing a black wrist brace on his left. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 29 June 2022",
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|
"Before ever-lighter and more powerful rackets and next-generation polyester strings made passing shots on the run from the deepest corners possible with a wrist -flick. \u2014 New York Times , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"On TikTok, Alabama posted a picture of her holding his hand in a hospital bed, with hospital bands on both wrists and a black wrist brace on his left arm. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 29 June 2022",
|
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"The players wear helmets, kneepads, wrist guards, mouth guards and elbow pads. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 29 June 2022",
|
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"She was likely shot at close range in the left side of her head and right wrist , with additional apparent graze wounds on the right side of her head and back, charges state. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"Rosalie wiped the wetness of her eyes with the back of one wrist . \u2014 Okwiri Oduor, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"Don't know what that wrist motion should feel like",
|
|
"Second baseman Buddy Kennedy exited the game with what the team called left wrist discomfort after wincing on a swing in the top of the fourth inning. \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 21 June 2022"
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Old English; akin to Middle High German rist wrist, ankle, Old English wr\u01e3stan to twist \u2014 more at wrest":""
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8rist"
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-104731",
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
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"wrist shot":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a quick usually short-range shot in ice hockey made while the puck is against the blade of the stick by snapping the blade quickly forward":[]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The smooth-skating Sergachev knotted the game at one apiece, however, with a 51-foot wrist shot from the point. \u2014 Pat Leonard, Hartford Courant , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"Less than seven minutes later, Kopitar tallied his 15th goal of the season when his quick wrist shot on the power play fooled Gibson. \u2014 Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times , 25 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Letang evened the score, 2-2, with a power-play goal at 18:18 of the second when his wrist shot hit Vejmelka\u2019s glove and fluttered into the net. \u2014 Dan Scifo, The Arizona Republic , 26 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Stamkos also scored on a wrist shot from the top of the right circle midway through the second period. \u2014 Fred Goodall, Chicago Tribune , 11 June 2022",
|
|
"Faulk scored late in the first period on a wrist shot from between the circles. \u2014 Steve Overbey, ajc , 28 May 2022",
|
|
"Seider picked it up, skated to the net and scored on a wrist shot , earning his sixth goal. \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Newhook gave Colorado a 1-0 lead early in the second period on a turn-around wrist shot . \u2014 Pat Graham, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"From behind the net, Jordan Kyrou saw Bortuzzo in the slot and his wrist shot found the back of the net. \u2014 Warren Mayes, Star Tribune , 3 May 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1899, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-110348",
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wristwatch":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a small watch that is attached to a bracelet or strap and is worn around the wrist":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The wristwatch compass is balanced for the Northern Hemisphere and backed by a lifetime guarantee against defects. \u2014 Camryn Rabideau, Popular Mechanics , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"But the Breitling Navitimer Cosmonaute was the first Swiss wristwatch to make the journey to space. \u2014 Carol Besler, Robb Report , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"This is the latest, which steals back the record for history's thinnest-ever wristwatch from Piaget, by cutting things back another 0.2 millimeters to a diaphanous 1.8 millimeters (0.07 inches). \u2014 Alex Doak, CNN , 11 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"There\u2019s also just something special about donning an actual wristwatch for timekeeping that our digital devices like smartphones can\u2019t replace. \u2014 Bernd Fischer, Men's Health , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"On those vacations, Putin would pose for photos while hooking fish, riding horses shirtless, swimming the butterfly in a frigid river or gifting his wristwatch to the son of a Tuvan shepherd. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 May 2022",
|
|
"If anyone was doubting Patek\u2019s mastery of supercomplicated pieces before 2011, they were silenced when the manufacture introduced its first triple complication wristwatch to integrate a chronograph. \u2014 Nick Scott, Robb Report , 7 May 2022",
|
|
"Imagine a wristwatch that pings you when your sodium\u2019s high. \u2014 Alex Beggs, Bon App\u00e9tit , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"There\u2019s no doubt the $70,500 wristwatch is a winner, even if the Lakers aren\u2019t this season. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 11 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1896, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8rist-\u02ccw\u00e4ch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114043",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"writ of recaption":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a rarely used writ by which pending an action of replevin damages may be recovered for one whose goods being distrained for rent or service are distrained again for the same cause":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130801",
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"writ of reprisal":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": withernam sense 2":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215030",
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"writ of right":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a common law writ for restoring to its owner property held by another":[],
|
|
": a writ granted as a matter of right":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164758",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"writ of right close":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a writ of right used for tenants of the ancient demesne and directed to the bailiff of the manor commanding the lord to do right in his court":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175945",
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"writ of right patent":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a writ of right directed to the sheriff and used in behalf of a person claiming to hold land by free tenure of a mesne lord":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070425",
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"writ of summons":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a writ issued on behalf of the British monarch summoning a lord spiritual or a lord temporal to attend parliament":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1660, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230219",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"write":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": draw up , draft":[
|
|
"write a will"
|
|
],
|
|
": on a larger scale or in a more prominent manner":[
|
|
"the problems of modern totalitarianism are only our own problems writ large",
|
|
"\u2014 The Times Literary Supplement (London)"
|
|
],
|
|
": on a smaller scale":[],
|
|
": ordain , fate":[
|
|
"so be it, it is written",
|
|
"\u2014 D. C. Peattie"
|
|
],
|
|
": sell":[
|
|
"write a stock option"
|
|
],
|
|
": to be the author of : compose":[
|
|
"writes poems and essays"
|
|
],
|
|
": to communicate by letter":[
|
|
"writes that they are coming"
|
|
],
|
|
": to communicate with in writing":[
|
|
"we'll write you when we get there"
|
|
],
|
|
": to compose in musical form":[
|
|
"write a string quartet"
|
|
],
|
|
": to compose music":[],
|
|
": to compose, communicate by, or send a letter":[],
|
|
": to cover, fill, or fill in by writing":[
|
|
"wrote ten pages",
|
|
"write a check"
|
|
],
|
|
": to express in literary form":[
|
|
"if I could write the beauty of your eyes",
|
|
"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
|
|
],
|
|
": to force, effect, introduce, or remove by writing":[
|
|
"write oneself into fame and fortune",
|
|
"\u2014 Charles Lee"
|
|
],
|
|
": to form (characters, symbols, etc.) on a surface with an instrument (such as a pen)":[],
|
|
": to form (words) by inscribing characters or symbols on a surface":[
|
|
"write one's name"
|
|
],
|
|
": to form or produce written letters, words, or sentences":[],
|
|
": to introduce (information) into the storage device or medium of a computer":[],
|
|
": to make a permanent impression of":[],
|
|
": to make evident or obvious":[
|
|
"guilt written on his face"
|
|
],
|
|
": to produce a written work":[],
|
|
": to select a course of action or position entirely according to one's wishes":[],
|
|
": to set down in writing: such as":[],
|
|
": to spell in writing":[
|
|
"words written alike but pronounced differently"
|
|
],
|
|
": to take part in or bring about (something worth recording)":[],
|
|
": to transfer (information) from the main memory of a computer to a storage or output device":[],
|
|
": to use or exhibit (a specific script, language, or literary form or style) in writing":[
|
|
"write braille",
|
|
"writes French with ease"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"children learning to read and write",
|
|
"I don't have anything to write with. Could I borrow a pen",
|
|
"Please write your name at the top of each sheet.",
|
|
"Write the number as a decimal instead of as a fraction.",
|
|
"She wrote \u201ctag sale\u201d on the sign in big letters.",
|
|
"The note was written in blue ink.",
|
|
"I mistakenly wrote her name as \u201cGene\u201d instead of \u201cJean.\u201d",
|
|
"She wrote hundreds of poems during her lifetime.",
|
|
"She wrote an essay comparing two poems.",
|
|
"I'm writing an article for the school newspaper.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"An angel investor may prefer to write checks in the hundreds of thousands, whereas a private equity or venture capital firm may operate in the tens of millions range. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"The process ultimately affects which political parties, viewpoints and people control the government bodies that write laws, set utility rates and create public school policies. \u2014 Sara Cline And Mark Sherman, USA TODAY , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"Winkler, an actor, drew on his childhood experiences with dyslexia to write about Hank and his fourth-grade high jinks and trouble with reading and writing. \u2014 Mary Quattlebaum, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"No Democrat or third-party candidate has filed to run for the seat, though a write -in hopeful could emerge ahead of the fall general election. \u2014 Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"Committee investigator Josh Roselman said in a video that Trump lawyer Cleta Mitchell asked fellow lawyer John Eastman to write a memo to get states to appoint alternate electors. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"Companies are instead having to strike deals at big discounts to their prior funding rounds, cut costs or look to less common investors, such as corporations, to write checks. \u2014 Corrie Driebusch, WSJ , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"The process ultimately affects which political parties, viewpoints and people control the government bodies that write laws, set utility rates and create public school policies. \u2014 CBS News , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"Those web series prepped her to create, write , and sell two shows to major networks after leaving the company. \u2014 Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone , 28 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English wr\u012btan to scratch, draw, inscribe; akin to Old High German r\u012bzan to tear and perhaps to Greek rhin\u0113 file, rasp":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8r\u012bt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"author",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"scratch (out)",
|
|
"scribble"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004459",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"write back":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to send someone a letter, email, etc., in response to one that was sent":[
|
|
"He wrote back (to me) as soon as he got my card.",
|
|
"I sent him a letter, but he never wrote me back ."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225757",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrasal verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"write down":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"mark up",
|
|
"upgrade"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a deliberate reduction in the book value of an asset (as to reflect the effect of obsolescence)":[],
|
|
": to depreciate, disparage, or injure by writing":[],
|
|
": to record in written form":[],
|
|
": to write so as to appeal to a lower level of taste, comprehension, or intelligence":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"a company forced to write down its assets",
|
|
"write down what you remember about that day",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"As foreign companies write down billions of their once promising Russian investments, domestic firms and banks are rushing to take over businesses left behind. \u2014 Mark Heinrich And Grant Mccool, The Christian Science Monitor , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"As her elderly teacher read a passage aloud for the 40 students to write down , Mary, then 17, saw the classroom door swing open and the school principal, Sister Michelle Carroll, enter with a slender young man. \u2014 Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"Then write down three supporting messages and wrap a compelling story around them. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 14 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"After dividing groups into teams, have each participant write down Bible characters for the other team to act out for their teammates. \u2014 Corinne Sullivan, Woman's Day , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"Selling gas leaks instead of flaring them could also allow oil majors like Exxon to technically write down their own carbon emissions by shifting responsibility to their new customers, instead of genuinely eliminating the issue. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Some high school students witnessed the car speed away and tried to catch up to write down its license plate but were unsuccessful, police told the station. \u2014 Fox News , 16 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The Ukraine war is coming to Wall Street as a new earnings season gets underway and more companies write down their Russia investments. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The British supermajor\u2019s write down will be much costlier since its shares in Rosneft are worth around $14 billion. \u2014 Tim De Chant, Ars Technica , 28 Feb. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1588, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"1932, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8r\u012bt-\u02ccdau\u0307n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attenuate",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"cheapen",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"depress",
|
|
"devaluate",
|
|
"devalue",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"mark down",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"write off"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011740",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"write off":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a reduction in book value of an item (as by way of depreciation)":[],
|
|
": a tax deduction of an amount of depreciation, expense, or loss":[],
|
|
": an elimination of an item from the books of account":[],
|
|
": something (such as a damaged vehicle) or someone regarded or conceded as a loss":[],
|
|
": to eliminate (an asset) from the books : enter as a loss or expense":[
|
|
"write off a bad loan"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"most critics have already written off that director as a hack incapable of turning out anything but schlock",
|
|
"that one blunder will write off to nothing all the goodwill we've been building up"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1678, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"1905, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8r\u012bt-\u02cc\u022ff"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"cry down",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"denigrate",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"derogate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"kiss off",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"play down",
|
|
"poor-mouth",
|
|
"put down",
|
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"run down",
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"talk down",
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"trash",
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"trash-talk",
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"vilipend"
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]
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"antonyms":[
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"appreciate",
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"enhance",
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"mark up",
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"upgrade"
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": to write so as to appeal to a lower level of taste, comprehension, or intelligence":[]
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"a company forced to write down its assets",
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"write down what you remember about that day",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"As foreign companies write down billions of their once promising Russian investments, domestic firms and banks are rushing to take over businesses left behind. \u2014 Mark Heinrich And Grant Mccool, The Christian Science Monitor , 15 June 2022",
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"As her elderly teacher read a passage aloud for the 40 students to write down , Mary, then 17, saw the classroom door swing open and the school principal, Sister Michelle Carroll, enter with a slender young man. \u2014 Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun , 10 June 2022",
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"Then write down three supporting messages and wrap a compelling story around them. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 14 Oct. 2021",
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"After dividing groups into teams, have each participant write down Bible characters for the other team to act out for their teammates. \u2014 Corinne Sullivan, Woman's Day , 5 May 2022",
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"Selling gas leaks instead of flaring them could also allow oil majors like Exxon to technically write down their own carbon emissions by shifting responsibility to their new customers, instead of genuinely eliminating the issue. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 30 Mar. 2022",
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"Some high school students witnessed the car speed away and tried to catch up to write down its license plate but were unsuccessful, police told the station. \u2014 Fox News , 16 Mar. 2022",
|
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"The Ukraine war is coming to Wall Street as a new earnings season gets underway and more companies write down their Russia investments. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"The British supermajor\u2019s write down will be much costlier since its shares in Rosneft are worth around $14 billion. \u2014 Tim De Chant, Ars Technica , 28 Feb. 2022"
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"1588, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"1932, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"\u02c8r\u012bt-\u02ccdau\u0307n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"attenuate",
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"break",
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"cheapen",
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"depreciate",
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"depress",
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"devaluate",
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"devalue",
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"downgrade",
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"lower",
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"mark down",
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"reduce",
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"sink",
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"write off"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070654",
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"noun",
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"transitive verb",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"writer":{
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"nonauthor"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": author":[],
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": one that writes : such as":[],
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": one who writes stock options":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"She is my favorite French writer .",
|
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"He's a writer of horror stories.",
|
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"a course on 19th-century writers",
|
|
"The magazine is looking for freelance writers .",
|
|
"The writer of the best essay will win a prize.",
|
|
"They identified the writer of the mysterious letter.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Previously, Ho worked as a freelance food and pop culture writer , as a podcast producer on the Racist Sandwich, and as a restaurant chef. \u2014 Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 July 2022",
|
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"Both those books return me to my deeper purpose as a human and as a writer . \u2014 New York Times , 3 July 2022",
|
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"Words honestly fail me here (a problem, frankly, when making your living as a writer ). \u2014 Corey Seymour, Vogue , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"Chloe Sorvino leads coverage of food and agriculture as a staff writer on the enterprise team at Forbes. \u2014 Chloe Sorvino, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"While Fey used her comedic skills as a writer and performer for the show, Richmond worked as a composer, creating music for SNL. \u2014 Desiree Ossandon, PEOPLE.com , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"In writer -director Andrew Semans' Resurrection (in theaters July 29 and on-demand Aug. 5), Rebecca Hall portrays a woman who is horrified to encounter an unwelcome shadow from her past. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"Among the nominees are Abbott Elementary creator and star Quinta Brunson (comedy teleplay) and Academy Award-winning CODA writer -director Sian Heder (drama feature film). \u2014 Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"The #5 movie on Netflix in the US at the time of this writing, which hit the streamer just this week, is the sweet Love & Gelato \u2014 a Netflix release from writer -director Brandon Camp. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 24 June 2022"
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|
],
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8r\u012b-t\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"author",
|
|
"litterateur",
|
|
"litt\u00e9rateur",
|
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"pen",
|
|
"penman",
|
|
"scribe",
|
|
"scrivener"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021103",
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
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},
|
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"writhe":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": intertwine":[],
|
|
": to move or proceed with twists and turns":[
|
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"writhed to the music"
|
|
],
|
|
": to suffer keenly":[],
|
|
": to twist (the body or a bodily part) in pain":[],
|
|
": to twist from or as if from pain or struggling":[],
|
|
": to twist into coils or folds":[],
|
|
": to twist so as to distort : wrench":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She lay on the floor, writhing in pain.",
|
|
"a nest of writhing snakes",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"An awkward quiet descends as the women writhe through the air. \u2014 David Howard, Popular Mechanics , 30 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"That feeling \u2014 of a writhing text, something almost escaping its own language \u2014 became inspiration for Tropos, a quintet of young improvisers and composers who first met as students at New England Conservatory. \u2014 Jon Pareles, New York Times , 15 May 2020",
|
|
"On the far end of the facility, prone on a training table, was a player writhing in pain, with a towel over his head, obscuring his face. \u2014 Dallas News , 31 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"Images from the scene showed several firetrucks and more than a dozen ambulances surrounding the badly damaged structure, which was completely blackened and writhed on one side. \u2014 NBC News , 29 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"Villeneuve is considered the sprawling desert facility\u2019s most technical course \u2014 a writhing snake\u2019s nest of kinks, double-apex turns and long sweepers. \u2014 cleveland , 7 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"Equally worrisome are the implications of such a move along the border, particularly in terms of health care, with communities of asylum-seekers already writhing under the weight of overcrowding and poor sanitary conditions. \u2014 Miriam Jordan, BostonGlobe.com , 22 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"The Fourth King of Hell\u2019\u2019 sitting in judgement over souls of the dead who writhe in a basin of boiling water, is part of a series of 10, nine of which had already been acquired by other museums. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 22 Dec. 2019",
|
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"Where tires had worn the ice down to the black asphalt, the wind of the passing cars was blowing snow in writhing snakes that the headlights caught, making them glow. \u2014 Lauren Groff, The Atlantic , 14 Jan. 2020"
|
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|
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English, from Old English wr\u012bthan ; akin to Old Norse r\u012btha to twist":""
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8r\u012bt\u035fh"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enlace",
|
|
"entwine",
|
|
"implicate",
|
|
"interlace",
|
|
"intertwine",
|
|
"intertwist",
|
|
"interweave",
|
|
"inweave",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"ply",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"weave",
|
|
"wreathe"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101929",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
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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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|
|
"No one told him he was going to be fired, but he could see the writing on the wall . [=he could see that he was going to be fired soon]"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Writing usually isn't a lucrative career, but it has been very fulfilling for me.",
|
|
"He teaches creative writing at the university.",
|
|
"Few people nowadays care about the art of letter writing .",
|
|
"The novel's plot is okay, but the writing is horrible.",
|
|
"I asked a friend to critique my writing .",
|
|
"Her essay was a wonderful piece of writing .",
|
|
"She has a unique writing style .",
|
|
"Much of the best Japanese writing has not been translated into English.",
|
|
"the writings of Benjamin Franklin",
|
|
"a book of selected writings on moral philosophy",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"There are dark ideas in Bernhard, but his writing is energetic and life-affirming. \u2014 Jessica Ferri, Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"My writing has appeared in outlets like Travel + Leisure, AFAR, Vice, Lonely Planet, and more. \u2014 Chantae Reden, Popular Mechanics , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Putting some character into your writing is a good idea. \u2014 Abdo Riani, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"It; these days, his writing is more in tune with the economical worldbuilding of his favorite short stories. \u2014 Sadie Dupuis, SPIN , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Major did not often address these disparities in her writing . \u2014 Tanisha C. Ford, Town & Country , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Some people feel seen by my honest writing , and some people do the pearl-clutching. \u2014 Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"His writing seems so pure and effortless, as does his brilliant reading of it. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Egan will look back at the evolution of her writing and thinking, and will consider the ways in which technological innovation has the potential to challenge fundamental aspects of our culture. \u2014 The New Yorker , 8 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
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|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
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|
|
"\u02c8r\u012b-ti\u014b"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
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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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|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
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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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|
|
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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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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"Writing usually isn't a lucrative career, but it has been very fulfilling for me.",
|
|
"He teaches creative writing at the university.",
|
|
"Few people nowadays care about the art of letter writing .",
|
|
"The novel's plot is okay, but the writing is horrible.",
|
|
"I asked a friend to critique my writing .",
|
|
"Her essay was a wonderful piece of writing .",
|
|
"She has a unique writing style .",
|
|
"Much of the best Japanese writing has not been translated into English.",
|
|
"the writings of Benjamin Franklin",
|
|
"a book of selected writings on moral philosophy",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"There are dark ideas in Bernhard, but his writing is energetic and life-affirming. \u2014 Jessica Ferri, Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"My writing has appeared in outlets like Travel + Leisure, AFAR, Vice, Lonely Planet, and more. \u2014 Chantae Reden, Popular Mechanics , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Putting some character into your writing is a good idea. \u2014 Abdo Riani, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"It; these days, his writing is more in tune with the economical worldbuilding of his favorite short stories. \u2014 Sadie Dupuis, SPIN , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Major did not often address these disparities in her writing . \u2014 Tanisha C. Ford, Town & Country , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Some people feel seen by my honest writing , and some people do the pearl-clutching. \u2014 Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"His writing seems so pure and effortless, as does his brilliant reading of it. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Egan will look back at the evolution of her writing and thinking, and will consider the ways in which technological innovation has the potential to challenge fundamental aspects of our culture. \u2014 The New Yorker , 8 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8r\u012b-ti\u014b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120722",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"written":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": made or done in writing":[
|
|
"a written contract/agreement",
|
|
"Applications for property and liability insurance may be either oral or written .",
|
|
"\u2014 Robert I. Mehr"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ri-t\u1d4an"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074351",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"written all over someone's face":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": showing or evident by a person's expression":[
|
|
"Her guilt was written all over her face ."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
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|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031927",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"written consent":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a document giving permission":[
|
|
"We need written consent before we can publish the photograph."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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|
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|
|
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|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091257",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"written notice":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an official letter informing someone of something":[
|
|
"I received written notice that my bank account will be credited."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051553",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wrizzled":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": wrinkled , shriveled":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"alteration of writhled":""
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042105",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Wrisberg's nerve":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
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|
|
": the medial brachial cutaneous nerve":[]
|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"after Heinrich A. Wrisberg \u20201808":""
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|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-141937"
|
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|
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"wristwork":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8ris\u02cctw\u0259rk"
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142008"
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|
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"writing paper":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": paper that is usually finished with a smooth surface and sized and that can be written on with ink":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Some survival kit suggestions from Reviews.org include a typewriter to replace computers, writing paper to replace texts, and paints and brushes to replace the fine art of the selfie. \u2014 Maria Morava And Scottie Andrew, CNN , 20 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"The old letters were protected from prying eyes when the sheets of writing paper were carefully folded to become their own secure enclosures. \u2014 William J. Broad New York Times, Star Tribune , 11 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"Many parents and teachers recommend having plenty of writing paper and school supplies on hand. \u2014 Pamela Appea, Wired , 9 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"Rainbow tulips abound in the line\u2014which includes notebooks, cards, and writing paper \u2014as does a playful paisley, and a multi-colored plaid. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 26 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"Still, the fear Rebecca delivers hasn\u2019t turned Greenwood off of good writing paper , which is having a bit of a renaissance these days. \u2014 Adam Rathe, Town & Country , 23 Oct. 2020",
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"Pavalock-D\u2019Amato hadn\u2019t signed it, but evidently penned it on a sheet of her distinctive pink writing paper , which has a gold C at the top. \u2014 Don Stacom, courant.com , 6 Oct. 2020",
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"Ellie holds together this little family of two, writing papers for her fellow students at $20 a pop. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 30 Apr. 2020",
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"Most of my day is spent on writing papers , preparing projects, attending classes and studying for exams. \u2014 Carole Landry, New York Times , 16 Apr. 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1548, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142837"
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},
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"wringer":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": one that wrings : such as":[],
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": a machine or device for pressing out liquid or moisture":[
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"a clothes wringer"
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],
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": something that causes pain, hardship, or exertion":[
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"his illness put them through the wringer"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ri\u014b-\u0259r"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Thanks to a blend of merino wool and Tencel lyocell, this silky tank from Smartwool dried within a few hours of putting it through the wringer during a hard interval session. \u2014 Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
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"Experts including our fitness director Ebenezer Samuel, C.S.C.S. and fashion director Ted Stafford put countless men's workout shirts through the wringer to evaluate their fit, support, and effectiveness. \u2014 Christian Gollayan, Men's Health , 2 May 2022",
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"Lastly, did Jonah Nolan and Lisa Joy put you through the wringer again on Westworld season four",
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"The company had been through the wringer once already, when AOL bought it in 2000, in what is still widely recognized as the worst deal in American corporate history. \u2014 Variety , 9 Apr. 2022",
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"On top of Geekbench and CPU-Z, the testers also put the CPU through the wringer using Blender and Cinebench. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 8 Apr. 2022",
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"Utah has been through the wringer of late, following the shooting death of teammate Aaron Lowe on Sept. 26. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 Oct. 2021",
|
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"Linebacker Sean Lee, who recently retired, went through the wringer of injuries during his 11-year NFL career. \u2014 Michael Gehlken, Dallas News , 2 May 2021",
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"Now, looking back, Midge kind of goes through the wringer this season. \u2014 Christy Pi\u00f1a, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143118"
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},
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"wristband":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the part of a sleeve covering the wrist":[],
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": a band encircling the wrist":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8rist-\u02ccband",
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"\u02c8ris(t)-\u02ccband"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"If fans want to drink they're given a wristband each day to verify their ID. \u2014 Adam Woodard, USA TODAY , 2 July 2022",
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"His firm has also funded startups that include Whoop, the Boston company that makes a wristband that monitors fitness and health, and the transportation app Uber. \u2014 Scott Kirsner, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022",
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"People can support the festival by purchasing a wristband . \u2014 Safire R. Sostre, Essence , 16 June 2022",
|
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"Depp\u2019s fandom has turned out overwhelmingly for the trial, sleeping on the sidewalks overnight to get a spectator wristband to get in the courtroom. \u2014 Emily Yahr, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"Those strong enough with the Force (or just lucky) to score a wristband for entry were literally dancing in the aisles before the lights went down. \u2014 Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"Each adult ticket includes a wristband for entry with access to food trucks and a floating lantern kit. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 21 May 2022",
|
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"Since Greene faced the Chicago White Sox in a spring training game on April 1, the Reds\u2019 catcher has worn a wristband with buttons that communicated signals to a speaker in Greene\u2019s hat. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 17 May 2022",
|
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"The catcher wears a wristband with buttons to call pitches and locations. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 14 Apr. 2022"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1571, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144428"
|
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},
|
|
"wrist play":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": batting in cricket characterized by free movement of the wrists":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145030"
|
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},
|
|
"Wright lippia":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a spreading aromatic shrub ( Lippia wrightii ) of the deserts of California":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"after Charles Wright \u20201885":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150507"
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},
|
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"wringstaff":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a strong piece of wood used in the ring of a wringbolt":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"wring (as in wringbolt ) + staff":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-151730"
|
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},
|
|
"writes":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to form (characters, symbols, etc.) on a surface with an instrument (such as a pen)":[],
|
|
": to form (words) by inscribing characters or symbols on a surface":[
|
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"write one's name"
|
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],
|
|
": to spell in writing":[
|
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"words written alike but pronounced differently"
|
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],
|
|
": to cover, fill, or fill in by writing":[
|
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"wrote ten pages",
|
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"write a check"
|
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],
|
|
": to set down in writing: such as":[],
|
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": draw up , draft":[
|
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"write a will"
|
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],
|
|
": to be the author of : compose":[
|
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"writes poems and essays"
|
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],
|
|
": to compose in musical form":[
|
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"write a string quartet"
|
|
],
|
|
": to express in literary form":[
|
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"if I could write the beauty of your eyes",
|
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"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
|
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],
|
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": to communicate by letter":[
|
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"writes that they are coming"
|
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],
|
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": to use or exhibit (a specific script, language, or literary form or style) in writing":[
|
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"write braille",
|
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"writes French with ease"
|
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],
|
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": to make a permanent impression of":[],
|
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": to communicate with in writing":[
|
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"we'll write you when we get there"
|
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],
|
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": ordain , fate":[
|
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"so be it, it is written",
|
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"\u2014 D. C. Peattie"
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],
|
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": to make evident or obvious":[
|
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"guilt written on his face"
|
|
],
|
|
": to force, effect, introduce, or remove by writing":[
|
|
"write oneself into fame and fortune",
|
|
"\u2014 Charles Lee"
|
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],
|
|
": to take part in or bring about (something worth recording)":[],
|
|
": to introduce (information) into the storage device or medium of a computer":[],
|
|
": to transfer (information) from the main memory of a computer to a storage or output device":[],
|
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": sell":[
|
|
"write a stock option"
|
|
],
|
|
": to form or produce written letters, words, or sentences":[],
|
|
": to compose, communicate by, or send a letter":[],
|
|
": to produce a written work":[],
|
|
": to compose music":[],
|
|
": to select a course of action or position entirely according to one's wishes":[],
|
|
": on a larger scale or in a more prominent manner":[
|
|
"the problems of modern totalitarianism are only our own problems writ large",
|
|
"\u2014 The Times Literary Supplement (London)"
|
|
],
|
|
": on a smaller scale":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8r\u012bt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"author",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"scratch (out)",
|
|
"scribble"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"children learning to read and write",
|
|
"I don't have anything to write with. Could I borrow a pen",
|
|
"Please write your name at the top of each sheet.",
|
|
"Write the number as a decimal instead of as a fraction.",
|
|
"She wrote \u201ctag sale\u201d on the sign in big letters.",
|
|
"The note was written in blue ink.",
|
|
"I mistakenly wrote her name as \u201cGene\u201d instead of \u201cJean.\u201d",
|
|
"She wrote hundreds of poems during her lifetime.",
|
|
"She wrote an essay comparing two poems.",
|
|
"I'm writing an article for the school newspaper.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"An angel investor may prefer to write checks in the hundreds of thousands, whereas a private equity or venture capital firm may operate in the tens of millions range. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"The process ultimately affects which political parties, viewpoints and people control the government bodies that write laws, set utility rates and create public school policies. \u2014 Sara Cline And Mark Sherman, USA TODAY , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"Winkler, an actor, drew on his childhood experiences with dyslexia to write about Hank and his fourth-grade high jinks and trouble with reading and writing. \u2014 Mary Quattlebaum, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"No Democrat or third-party candidate has filed to run for the seat, though a write -in hopeful could emerge ahead of the fall general election. \u2014 Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"Committee investigator Josh Roselman said in a video that Trump lawyer Cleta Mitchell asked fellow lawyer John Eastman to write a memo to get states to appoint alternate electors. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"Companies are instead having to strike deals at big discounts to their prior funding rounds, cut costs or look to less common investors, such as corporations, to write checks. \u2014 Corrie Driebusch, WSJ , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"The process ultimately affects which political parties, viewpoints and people control the government bodies that write laws, set utility rates and create public school policies. \u2014 CBS News , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"Those web series prepped her to create, write , and sell two shows to major networks after leaving the company. \u2014 Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone , 28 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English wr\u012btan to scratch, draw, inscribe; akin to Old High German r\u012bzan to tear and perhaps to Greek rhin\u0113 file, rasp":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-160153"
|
|
},
|
|
"Writings":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the third part of the Jewish scriptures \u2014 see Bible Table":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8r\u012b-ti\u014bz"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"translation of Late Hebrew k\u0115th\u016bbh\u012bm":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-160713"
|
|
},
|
|
"writhled":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": wrinkled , shriveled":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8rit\u035fh\u0259ld"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"writhe entry 1 + -led (as in wrinkled )":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-161009"
|
|
},
|
|
"writing desk":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Across from my writing desk there is a framed black and white photo: Four young Leimert Park poets sit front row at the Watts Towers watching a panel of four alumni of the Watts Writer\u2019s Workshop. \u2014 Michael Datcher, Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Distinctive elements: Italian writing desk ; taxidermy animals; hide over rug; antiqued mirror map art. \u2014 Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Clay's dueling pistols, trunk, writing desk , and collection of canes. Applause! \u2014 Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"At the house, which is now a museum, Camilla viewed a first edition of Pride and Prejudice, Austen's writing desk , and critically, the shirt Colin Firth wore as Mr. Darcy in the 1995 miniseries Pride and Prejudice. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The main house has four #cottagecore rooms, each furnished with a writing desk and comfortable chair, and access to high-speed Internet. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"In a study glowing with golden light, Christian Lee Cones sits at a writing desk , quill in hand. \u2014 Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star , 4 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"My room had all the trappings of a boutique hotel: an en-suite bathroom with a Jacuzzi tub, a retro Smeg mini fridge, a writing desk , and a coffee machine. \u2014 Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure , 8 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Gerber sits for much of the play surrounded by her poems at a small writing desk that Lamb\u2019s production team director Nathan Peirson built as an exact replica of Dickinson\u2019s original desk. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Oct. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1611, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-161253"
|
|
},
|
|
"write (someone) out of":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrasal verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to change a document (such as a will) so that (someone) is not included":[
|
|
"She wrote her son out of her will."
|
|
],
|
|
": to remove (a character) from a story by having the character die, disappear, etc.":[
|
|
"They wrote her character out of the show at the end of the first season."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-163455"
|
|
},
|
|
"write-off":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an elimination of an item from the books of account":[],
|
|
": a reduction in book value of an item (as by way of depreciation)":[],
|
|
": a tax deduction of an amount of depreciation, expense, or loss":[],
|
|
": something (such as a damaged vehicle) or someone regarded or conceded as a loss":[],
|
|
": to eliminate (an asset) from the books : enter as a loss or expense":[
|
|
"write off a bad loan"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8r\u012bt-\u02cc\u022ff"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"cry down",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"denigrate",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"derogate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"kiss off",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"play down",
|
|
"poor-mouth",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"talk down",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trash-talk",
|
|
"vilipend"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"most critics have already written off that director as a hack incapable of turning out anything but schlock",
|
|
"that one blunder will write off to nothing all the goodwill we've been building up"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1905, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"1678, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164901"
|
|
},
|
|
"writing chair":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": corner chair":[],
|
|
": tablet-arm chair":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English writing chare":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165030"
|
|
},
|
|
"wrist wrestling":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a form of arm wrestling in which opponents interlock thumbs instead of gripping hands":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1968, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165119"
|
|
},
|
|
"writ of mandamus":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun phrase"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": mandamus":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1820, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165703"
|
|
},
|
|
"writ of inquiry":{
|
|
"type":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a writ issued commanding a sheriff to determine by trial the amount of damages to be awarded to a plaintiff when an interlocutory judgment has been rendered against a defaulting defendant but damages are not readily calculable":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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": involving or using a lot of wrist movement (as in stroking a ball)":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ri-st\u0113"
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],
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"1867, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-172208"
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"write-up":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"transitive verb",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a deliberate increase in the book value of an asset (as to reflect the effect of inflation)":[],
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": to make a write-up of":[],
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": to report (a person) especially for some violation of law or rules":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8r\u012bt-\u02cc\u0259p"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1885, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-172906"
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},
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"Wright buckwheat":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a woody-stemmed perennial ( Eriogonum wrightii ) of the desert regions of the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico having white or light pink flowers":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8r\u012bt-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"after Charles Wright \u20201885 American botanical explorer":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-173326"
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},
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"wriggling":{
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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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": to move the body or a bodily part to and fro with short writhing motions like a worm : squirm":[],
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": to move or advance by twisting and turning":[],
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": to extricate or insinuate oneself or reach a goal as if by wriggling":[],
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": to cause to move in short quick contortions":[],
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": to introduce, insinuate, or bring into a state or place by or as if by wriggling":[],
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": a short or quick writhing motion or contortion":[],
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": a formation or marking of sinuous design":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ri-g\u0259l"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fiddle",
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"fidget",
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"jerk",
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"jig",
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"jiggle",
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"squiggle",
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"squirm",
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"thrash",
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"thresh",
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"toss",
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"twist",
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"twitch",
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"wiggle",
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"writhe"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"The children wriggled and squirmed in their chairs.",
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"She managed to wriggle free of her ropes.",
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"They wriggled out of their wet clothes.",
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"I had trouble getting the wriggling fish off my hook.",
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"The snake wriggled across the path and went underneath a bush.",
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"He was able to wriggle through the narrow opening.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"The torching of the dogs also allows Nancy, Steve, and Robin to wriggle away from Vecna's tentacles. \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 4 July 2022",
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"When composers look for musical inspiration, the past has always been a pretty good place to start \u2014 whether to pay homage or reactively wriggle from tradition\u2019s vice grip. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 3 June 2022",
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"In the past, I have been humiliated by hidden knots and logs that were just out of my league, resulting in an extended and extremely uncool struggle of trying to wriggle an ax-head free. \u2014 Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online , 1 Mar. 2021",
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"Lue could make a case at being the most confident his team will wriggle out of holes of their own making. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"But if Meituan continues to step up to meet the needs of Shanghai's hungry, frustrated residents, the lockdown may allow the firm to wriggle out from under China's tech crackdown. \u2014 Grady Mcgregor, Fortune , 14 Apr. 2022",
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"The team tries to wriggle out of suspicion when Vo turns up at the crime scene of the murder of a Hungarian gambling official. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022",
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"Roughed up and dazed, and with a broken rib, Denis was able to wriggle free from his bindings and tumble out of the van. \u2014 Tom Sancton, Town & Country , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"Look for subversive photos that wriggle out of the intentions with which they were taken. \u2014 Michael Johnston, The New Yorker , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The team chose a peekytoe crab shape simply for the fun of watching a minuscule robot wriggle in a crab-like fashion, but their three-dimensional printing technique could be used to mimic any animal or shape, the researchers say. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 26 May 2022",
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"Just under your skin lie whole aqueous worlds, where trillions of cells spark and beat and wriggle and secrete, doing all the complicated tasks of keeping you alive. \u2014 Megan Molteni, STAT , 14 May 2022",
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"At the Las Vegas Justice Court, the largest of some 40 courts hearing eviction cases in Nevada, Hearing Master David F. Brown did not allow for much wriggle room. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Aug. 2021",
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"The planned July 19 lifting of most restrictions is being touted by Johnson as a milestone, but the prime minister, characteristically, has left himself some wriggle room. \u2014 Laura King, Los Angeles Times , 6 July 2021",
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"But the legal decision left the county no wriggle room. \u2014 John King, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 June 2021",
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"And the cry to do something, anything, will only grow louder, though the paucity of top prospects and aforementioned inflexibility will leave GM Brian Cashman with limited wriggle room. \u2014 USA Today , 31 May 2021",
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"All but about 15% of the revenue is dedicated by voters, leaving little wriggle room for discretion by the council; for example, about one third of the entire capital budget is dedicated to drainage. \u2014 Faimon Roberts, NOLA.com , 9 Dec. 2020",
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"Yes, in the name of expanding the playoff field and, perhaps, building in some wriggle room in the event of delays caused by COVID-19 testing, tracing and isolating, the lack of travel means no travel days. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 15 Sep. 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English, from or akin to Middle Low German wriggeln to wriggle; akin to Old English wrigian to turn \u2014 more at wry":"Verb"
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"1709, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-173443"
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},
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"writhingly":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adverb"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": in a writhing manner : with or by twisting":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8r\u012bt\u035fhi\u014bli"
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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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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-173903"
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},
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"writing bureau":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": bureau sense 1a":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-175734"
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},
|
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"write into":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"phrasal verb"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": to add (something new) to a contract, law, etc.":[
|
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"A bonus was written into the contract."
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-183920"
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},
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"write-in campaign":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a political campaign carried on to encourage writing in a candidate's name":[]
|
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},
|
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|
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|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-183944"
|
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},
|
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"writer to the signet":{
|
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"type":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a Scotch judicial officer responsible for preparing warrants, writs, and other documents and being originally a clerk in the office of the secretary of state":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-185233"
|
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},
|
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"writing ink":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": ink that is to be used with a pen and that may be permanent (as a blue-black ink) consisting essentially of a dispersion of gallic acid or tannin, ferrous sulfate, and often a blue dye in water or nonpermanent containing soluble dyes and including washable inks \u2014 compare india ink sense 2":[]
|
|
},
|
|
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|
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|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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|
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|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-190642"
|
|
},
|
|
"write-in":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a vote cast by writing in the name of a candidate":[],
|
|
": a candidate whose name is written in":[],
|
|
": to insert in a document or text":[],
|
|
": to insert (a name not listed on a ballot or voting machine) in an appropriate space":[],
|
|
": to cast (a vote) in this manner":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8r\u012bt-\u02ccin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1932, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-191644"
|
|
},
|
|
"writhen":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": being twisted or contorted":[
|
|
"writhen trees",
|
|
"a writhen smile"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ri-t\u035fh\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English, from past participle of wr\u012bthan":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-192157"
|
|
},
|
|
"writ of privilege":{
|
|
"type":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a writ to deliver a privileged person from custody when arrested in a civil suit":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-194100"
|
|
},
|
|
"Wright":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"biographical name",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a worker skilled in the manufacture especially of wooden objects":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used in combination ship wright wheel wright"
|
|
],
|
|
"Frank Lloyd 1867\u20131959 American architect":[],
|
|
"Joseph 1734\u20131797 Wright of Derby English painter":[],
|
|
"1871\u20131948 and his brother Wilbur 1867\u20131912 American pioneers in aviation":[
|
|
"Or*ville \\ \u02c8\u022fr-\u200bv\u0259l \\"
|
|
],
|
|
"Richard 1908\u20131960 American author":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8r\u012bt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English wyrhta, wryhta worker, maker; akin to Old English weorc work \u2014 more at work":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-195308"
|
|
},
|
|
"write out":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to write especially in a full and complete form":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-201414"
|
|
},
|
|
"writing school":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a school teaching mainly writing common till the end of the 18th century and found in frontier regions still later":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-202253"
|
|
},
|
|
"writing master":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an instructor in penmanship":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-202300"
|
|
},
|
|
"writ":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": something written : writing":[
|
|
"Sacred Writ"
|
|
],
|
|
": an order or mandatory process in writing issued in the name of the sovereign or of a court or judicial officer commanding the person to whom it is directed to perform or refrain from performing an act specified therein":[
|
|
"writ of detinue",
|
|
"writ of entry",
|
|
"writ of execution"
|
|
],
|
|
": the power and authority of the issuer of such a written order":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used with run outside the United States where \u2026 our writ does not run \u2014 Dean Acheson"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8rit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"The judge issued a writ of habeas corpus.",
|
|
"He was served with a writ .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"As Solca pointed out in his note, consumer confidence writ large could be heavily undercut in 2022 because of continued sanctions against Russia, skyrocketing energy costs and inflation. \u2014 Chantal Fernandez, Town & Country , 11 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"These days, the Cleveland press writ large is, if not dead, then seriously ill. \u2014 Clare Malone, The New Yorker , 3 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"After all, disability culture is part and parcel of internet culture writ large. \u2014 Steven Aquino, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"But the court doesn\u2019t track what happens after the judgment, unless a writ is issued. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 19 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The final step of the eviction process is called a writ of execution, which is a court order that allows a constable to lock tenants out of a rental property. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 19 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Ukraine became an independent state after the collapse of the Soviet Union, in 1991, and, no matter how fractious its politics have been since, the vast majority of Ukrainians have shown little interest in coming once more under the writ of Moscow. \u2014 The New Yorker , 12 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Trump\u2019s ardor for Greitens hasn\u2019t taken hold with the GOP writ large. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 18 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Instead, Press argues, this kind of worker carries a moral burden on behalf of society writ large. \u2014 Jo Livingstone, The New Republic , 10 Sep. 2021"
|
|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old English wr\u012btan to write":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-205902"
|
|
},
|
|
"writ of assistance":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun phrase"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a writ used especially in colonial America authorizing a law officer to search in unspecified locations for unspecified illegal goods":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1706, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-210345"
|
|
},
|
|
"writership":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the position or function of a writer in the East India Company":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-210537"
|
|
},
|
|
"wright":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"biographical name",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a worker skilled in the manufacture especially of wooden objects":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used in combination ship wright wheel wright"
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-223739"
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"noun"
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"\u02c8ri-gl\u0259r"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"In general, precum doesn\u2019t seem to transport top-notch sperm (no offense to the little wrigglers that wind up in this fluid). \u2014 Kasandra Brabaw, SELF , 7 Mar. 2019"
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"\u02c8r\u012b-t\u0259r-l\u0113"
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Toni Morrison performed the classic writerly move of working on her novels before her children woke in the morning. \u2014 Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic , 8 May 2022",
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"And Simon brought a writerly flair to smoothly rendered songs about romance among the well-heeled. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
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"Its black-and-white line drawings are charming, and the writerly descriptions spout history, humor and wit. \u2014 Amy Merrick, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022",
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"But there are few writerly flourishes, and certainly none of the personal and anthropomorphic musings that characterize so much nature writing today. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Feb. 2022",
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"It\u2019s as if their presence alone is meant to satisfy some sort of writerly noblesse oblige. Downton Abbey, with its water cooler twists, brought the TV period drama into the 21st century. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 20 Jan. 2022",
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"Parker\u2019s writerly turf is sunny SoCal suspense tales \u2013 stories about someone searching for someone who\u2019s missing. \u2014 Don Oldenburg, USA TODAY , 12 Jan. 2022",
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"Or just the writerly contrivance of their rhyming names",
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"But as a circle must complete its circumference, Marian\u2019s story only comes home at the end, as Shipstead\u2019s writerly pyrotechnics pay off in a truly masterful loop-de-loop landing. \u2014 Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times , 17 Dec. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1957, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-225342"
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"wriggle out of":{
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"type":[
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"phrasal verb"
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"definitions":{
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": to avoid doing (something that one does not want to do) in some clever or dishonest way":[
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"She tried to wriggle out of the contract.",
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"Don't let him wriggle out of paying you for your work."
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]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-225823"
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"wrings":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid":[
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"wring a towel dry"
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],
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": to extract or obtain by or as if by twisting and compressing":[
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"wring water from a towel",
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"wring a confession from the suspect"
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],
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": to twist so as to strain or sprain into a distorted shape":[
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"I could wring your neck"
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],
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": to twist together (clasped hands) as a sign of anguish":[],
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": to affect painfully as if by wringing : torment":[
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"a tragedy that wrings the heart"
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],
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": squirm , writhe":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ri\u014b"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"exact",
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"extort",
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"wrest"
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"examples":[
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"I wrung the towel and hung it up to dry.",
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"I wrung my hair and wrapped it in a towel.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Characters in the saga that began in the hours after Trump\u2019s 2020 presidential election loss who played varied roles in the losing president\u2019s attempts to wring victory out of defeat. \u2014 Mike Debonis, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
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"Deutsche Bank\u2019s Hooper says the Fed may need to push short-term interest rates as high as 5% to wring inflation out of the economy. \u2014 Rich Miller, Fortune , 4 June 2022",
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"But the fallout is very different when the Fed is hiking borrowing costs in a deliberate campaign to slow U.S. growth and wring inflationary pressures out of the economy. \u2014 Paul Wiseman, The Christian Science Monitor , 5 May 2022",
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"Forming a tighter partnership with tax leaders is also helping CIOs be more strategic and wring more out of digital investments. \u2014 Dan Priest, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
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"It\u2019s also our aesthetic, and we were encouraged to wring that part out. \u2014 Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 June 2022",
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"Two more tests from GFXBench 5.0, run offscreen to allow for different display resolutions, wring out OpenGL operations. \u2014 Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG , 19 May 2022",
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"Nonetheless, Turkey's raising of its grievances has led to concerns in Washington and Brussels that other NATO members might also use the admission process as a way to wring concessions from allies, possibly complicating and delaying accession. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 16 May 2022",
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"Nonetheless, Turkey\u2019s raising of its grievances has led to concerns in Washington and Brussels that other NATO members might also use the admission process as a way to wring concessions from allies, possibly complicating and delaying accession. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 15 May 2022"
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"Middle English, from Old English wringan ; akin to Old High German ringan to struggle, Lithuanian rengtis to bend down, Old English wyrgan to strangle \u2014 more at worry":""
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"type":[
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": very wet":[
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"His clothes were wringing wet from the rain."
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": a machine operator who stitches the wristbands to gloves and mittens":[]
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"\u02c8rist\u0259(r)"
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"type":[
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
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|
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"definitions":{
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": to twist into coils or folds":[],
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": to twist so as to distort : wrench":[],
|
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": to twist (the body or a bodily part) in pain":[],
|
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": intertwine":[],
|
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": to move or proceed with twists and turns":[
|
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"writhed to the music"
|
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],
|
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": to twist from or as if from pain or struggling":[],
|
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": to suffer keenly":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8r\u012bt\u035fh"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"enlace",
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"entwine",
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"implicate",
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"interlace",
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"intertwine",
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"intertwist",
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"interweave",
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"inweave",
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"lace",
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"ply",
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"twist",
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"weave",
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"wreathe"
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"examples":[
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"She lay on the floor, writhing in pain.",
|
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"a nest of writhing snakes",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"An awkward quiet descends as the women writhe through the air. \u2014 David Howard, Popular Mechanics , 30 Oct. 2020",
|
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"That feeling \u2014 of a writhing text, something almost escaping its own language \u2014 became inspiration for Tropos, a quintet of young improvisers and composers who first met as students at New England Conservatory. \u2014 Jon Pareles, New York Times , 15 May 2020",
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|
"On the far end of the facility, prone on a training table, was a player writhing in pain, with a towel over his head, obscuring his face. \u2014 Dallas News , 31 Jan. 2020",
|
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"Images from the scene showed several firetrucks and more than a dozen ambulances surrounding the badly damaged structure, which was completely blackened and writhed on one side. \u2014 NBC News , 29 Apr. 2020",
|
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"Villeneuve is considered the sprawling desert facility\u2019s most technical course \u2014 a writhing snake\u2019s nest of kinks, double-apex turns and long sweepers. \u2014 cleveland , 7 Mar. 2020",
|
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"Equally worrisome are the implications of such a move along the border, particularly in terms of health care, with communities of asylum-seekers already writhing under the weight of overcrowding and poor sanitary conditions. \u2014 Miriam Jordan, BostonGlobe.com , 22 Mar. 2020",
|
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"The Fourth King of Hell\u2019\u2019 sitting in judgement over souls of the dead who writhe in a basin of boiling water, is part of a series of 10, nine of which had already been acquired by other museums. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 22 Dec. 2019",
|
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"Where tires had worn the ice down to the black asphalt, the wind of the passing cars was blowing snow in writhing snakes that the headlights caught, making them glow. \u2014 Lauren Groff, The Atlantic , 14 Jan. 2020"
|
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English, from Old English wr\u012bthan ; akin to Old Norse r\u012btha to twist":""
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|
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-002922"
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},
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"write-in vote":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a vote cast by writing in the name of a candidate":[
|
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"received 10,000 write-in votes for governor",
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"a heavy write-in vote for his opponent"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-030551"
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|
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"wring one's hands":{
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"type":[
|
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"idiom"
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"definitions":{
|
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": to twist and rub one's hands together because one is nervous or upset":[
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"wringing her hands while waiting for her son to call"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-045645"
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|
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"wriggles":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": to move the body or a bodily part to and fro with short writhing motions like a worm : squirm":[],
|
|
": to move or advance by twisting and turning":[],
|
|
": to extricate or insinuate oneself or reach a goal as if by wriggling":[],
|
|
": to cause to move in short quick contortions":[],
|
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": to introduce, insinuate, or bring into a state or place by or as if by wriggling":[],
|
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": a short or quick writhing motion or contortion":[],
|
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": a formation or marking of sinuous design":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ri-g\u0259l"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"fiddle",
|
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"fidget",
|
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"jerk",
|
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"jig",
|
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"jiggle",
|
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"squiggle",
|
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"squirm",
|
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"thrash",
|
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"thresh",
|
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"toss",
|
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"twist",
|
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"twitch",
|
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"wiggle",
|
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"writhe"
|
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|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Verb",
|
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"The children wriggled and squirmed in their chairs.",
|
|
"She managed to wriggle free of her ropes.",
|
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"They wriggled out of their wet clothes.",
|
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"I had trouble getting the wriggling fish off my hook.",
|
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"The snake wriggled across the path and went underneath a bush.",
|
|
"He was able to wriggle through the narrow opening.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"The torching of the dogs also allows Nancy, Steve, and Robin to wriggle away from Vecna's tentacles. \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 4 July 2022",
|
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"When composers look for musical inspiration, the past has always been a pretty good place to start \u2014 whether to pay homage or reactively wriggle from tradition\u2019s vice grip. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 3 June 2022",
|
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"In the past, I have been humiliated by hidden knots and logs that were just out of my league, resulting in an extended and extremely uncool struggle of trying to wriggle an ax-head free. \u2014 Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online , 1 Mar. 2021",
|
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"Lue could make a case at being the most confident his team will wriggle out of holes of their own making. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
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"But if Meituan continues to step up to meet the needs of Shanghai's hungry, frustrated residents, the lockdown may allow the firm to wriggle out from under China's tech crackdown. \u2014 Grady Mcgregor, Fortune , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The team tries to wriggle out of suspicion when Vo turns up at the crime scene of the murder of a Hungarian gambling official. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Roughed up and dazed, and with a broken rib, Denis was able to wriggle free from his bindings and tumble out of the van. \u2014 Tom Sancton, Town & Country , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Look for subversive photos that wriggle out of the intentions with which they were taken. \u2014 Michael Johnston, The New Yorker , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
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"The team chose a peekytoe crab shape simply for the fun of watching a minuscule robot wriggle in a crab-like fashion, but their three-dimensional printing technique could be used to mimic any animal or shape, the researchers say. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 26 May 2022",
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"Just under your skin lie whole aqueous worlds, where trillions of cells spark and beat and wriggle and secrete, doing all the complicated tasks of keeping you alive. \u2014 Megan Molteni, STAT , 14 May 2022",
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"At the Las Vegas Justice Court, the largest of some 40 courts hearing eviction cases in Nevada, Hearing Master David F. Brown did not allow for much wriggle room. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Aug. 2021",
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"The planned July 19 lifting of most restrictions is being touted by Johnson as a milestone, but the prime minister, characteristically, has left himself some wriggle room. \u2014 Laura King, Los Angeles Times , 6 July 2021",
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"But the legal decision left the county no wriggle room. \u2014 John King, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 June 2021",
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"And the cry to do something, anything, will only grow louder, though the paucity of top prospects and aforementioned inflexibility will leave GM Brian Cashman with limited wriggle room. \u2014 USA Today , 31 May 2021",
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"All but about 15% of the revenue is dedicated by voters, leaving little wriggle room for discretion by the council; for example, about one third of the entire capital budget is dedicated to drainage. \u2014 Faimon Roberts, NOLA.com , 9 Dec. 2020",
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"Yes, in the name of expanding the playoff field and, perhaps, building in some wriggle room in the event of delays caused by COVID-19 testing, tracing and isolating, the lack of travel means no travel days. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 15 Sep. 2020"
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"Middle English, from or akin to Middle Low German wriggeln to wriggle; akin to Old English wrigian to turn \u2014 more at wry":"Verb"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"1709, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"writ of clare constat":{
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": a writ in Scots law by which a superior confirms the heirship of a person claiming to be the next heir of the last tenant deceased \u2014 compare precept of clare constat":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02cckla(a)r\u0113\u02c8k\u00e4nz\u02cctat"
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"clare constat from Latin, it is clearly established":""
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a stud or pin that forms a journal (as in a crosshead) for a connecting rod":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The wrist pin may crack and cause connecting rod failure. \u2014 Detroit Free Press , 7 May 2021"
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"writable":{
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"adjective"
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": being an electronic storage medium capable of having new data written on it":[
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"a writable DVD"
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]
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},
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"\u02c8r\u012b-t\u0259-b\u0259l"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The researcher also found several processes that run as the systemd-network user, which is permitted to use the bus name required to run arbitrary code from world- writable locations. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"There was the 1998 release of the iMac that \u2014 to some customers' horror \u2014 did away with the floppy disk drive, featuring only a re- writable CD drive. \u2014 Clare Duffy, CNN , 8 Dec. 2019",
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"Writable surfaces such as chalkboard paint or large marker boards also let kids customize their room. \u2014 Melissa Kossler Dutton, chicagotribune.com , 8 Aug. 2017",
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"That steep $2,000 sticker includes a knockout feature \u2014 a writable Blu-ray drive; at $1,600 without it, the laptop is a bargain. \u2014 Christopher Null, WIRED , 23 Oct. 2007",
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"After this, the attacker can access the world- writable (non-restricted) file that controls which programs run on boot, and the attacker may add his own to the list. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 7 June 2017"
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"1782, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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": having no wrinkles : smooth":[]
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": a writ of extent issued at the suit of the crown":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-095607"
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"type":[
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"phrasal verb"
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": to make a request for (something) by sending a letter":[
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"She wrote off for a free sample."
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"transitive verb",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a deliberate increase in the book value of an asset (as to reflect the effect of inflation)":[],
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": to make a write-up of":[],
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": to report (a person) especially for some violation of law or rules":[]
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"\u02c8r\u012bt-\u02cc\u0259p"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1885, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-114551"
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"writ of protection":{
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": a writ issued out of the chancery to free an English subject absent overseas on royal service from most legal suits but usually not charges of felony and in disuse since the 17th century":[],
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": a writ issued to protect a person from being arrested when required to attend court as a party, juror, or witness":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-131445"
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"writ of consultation":{
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"definitions":{
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": a writ by which a cause improperly removed by prohibition from one court to another is returned to the court from which it came \u2014 compare procedendo":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-145148"
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"wristlock":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a wrestling hold in which one contestant is thrown or made helpless by a twisting grip on the wrist":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8rist-\u02ccl\u00e4k"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Like chokes, arm and wristlocks \u2014standard techniques in judo, jiujitsu, and aikido\u2014are relatively simple to learn but incredibly easy to take too far. \u2014 Michael Thomsen, Slate Magazine , 10 Aug. 2017",
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"In 2014, a part-time Texas officer broke a high school student\u2019s arm after holding him in a wristlock while trying to break up a fight. \u2014 Michael Thomsen, Slate Magazine , 10 Aug. 2017"
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"type":[
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"definitions":{},
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"\u02c8ris(t)-l\u0259t"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The crossbody actually doubles as a shoulder bag, as well as a wristlet , and a wallet thanks to its removable strap. \u2014 Nicol Natale, PEOPLE.com , 14 Mar. 2022",
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"Robbie\u2019s teeny-tiny chain-strap Chanel bag doubles up as a sweet wristlet and taps into the ongoing trend for palm-sized accessories. \u2014 Alice Newbold, Vogue , 25 Jan. 2022",
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"There are also accessories on sale, like this leather wristlet that'll keep pertinent holiday travel documents close at hand while at the airport. \u2014 Amanda Richards, Travel + Leisure , 4 Nov. 2021",
|
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"Hillier Bartley wristlet as well as the brand\u2019s full range of accessories at www.stringting.com. \u2014 Angela Lei, Forbes , 18 Oct. 2021",
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"There\u2019s a strap too, so it can be worn as a wristlet or cross-body. \u2014 Vogue , 30 Sep. 2021",
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"Fans can also bring in a wristlet with or without a strap (no larger than 4-inches-by-6-inches-by-1-inch). \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 17 Sep. 2021",
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"This leatherette accessory boasts metallic hardware and a removable wristlet strap, plus a clear, PVC back pocket that'll proudly display your vaccine card. \u2014 Nicole Briese, USA TODAY , 20 May 2021",
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"The other ripped from her wrist a wristlet that had her wallet attached. \u2014 cleveland , 10 July 2021"
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"1844, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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": a writ formerly used to recover possession of an estate in lands when a stranger has entered after the death of a lineal kinsman":[]
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the twisting or gnawing off of a caught body part (as a paw) by an animal intent on escaping a trap":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-190713"
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": a writ formerly used to recover debts of record to the British crown and under which the lands, goods, and person of the debtor might all be seized to secure payment":[]
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": an eyebolt with the end cut in a wood screw used in shipbuilding as a temporary plank fastening while the permanent fastenings are being driven":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-200354"
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"type":[
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