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25 Apr 2024, 1:16 pm
.'” Synonyms listed by that dictionary include the following: banish bounce chase drum (out) expel kick out rout throw out turn out boot (out) cast out dismiss eject extrude out run off Turning to Dictionary.com, the following definition of “oust” was offered: “to expel or remove from a place or position occupied or to eject or evict or dispossess. [read post]
20 Jul 2009, 11:43 am
Here's a definition of abusive from dictionary.com: 1. using, containing, or characterized by harshly or coarsely insulting language: an abusive author; abusive remarks. 2. treating badly or injuriously; mistreating, esp. physically: his abusive handling of the horse. 3. wrongly used; corrupt: an abusive exercise of power. [read post]
9 Aug 2010, 5:09 am
Twelve sites, including Dictionary.com, Comcast Corp.'s Comcast.net and Microsoft Corp.'s MSN.com, installed more than 100 tracking tools apiece in the course of the Journal's test. [read post]
20 Apr 2017, 8:24 am
There will be time to assess suggested changes and respond appropriately in the months and years to come, but for the time being, this executive order suggests that we should continue to watch the President and advocate for rational policies that employers know are necessary for their business operations. [1] Dictionary.com defines “gaggle” as 1) a flock of geese when not flying; 2) an often noisy or disorderly group or gathering such as a politician followed by a gaggle of… [read post]
11 Sep 2018, 7:54 pm
” Dictionary.com defines “public domain” as a type or lack of ownership: the status of a literary work or an invention whose copyright or patent has expired or that never had such protection. land owned by the government. [read post]
4 Aug 2016, 7:56 am
Dictionary.com says a habit is an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary: Habits control as much as 40% of our daily activities. [read post]
2 Jul 2012, 6:10 am
The feds just extradited another member of Barrio Azteca, a prison gang affiliated with La Linea in Juarez, who was one of 35 BA members charged last year, including 10 accused in the Mexican-side murder of a US Consulate employee, her husband, and the husband of a co-worker in 2010.On 'vanishingly rare' criminal trialsScott Greenfield at Simple Justice opined on the implications of "vanishingly rare" criminal trials, reacting to this New York Times story on Supreme Court… [read post]
26 Nov 2022, 12:16 pm
Likewise, English speakers aren't "wrong" when we pronounce "Qatar" in a way that's normal in English (according to dictionary.com, that's either kah-tahr or kuh–tahr). [read post]
14 Jan 2009, 9:42 am
If you look at the dictionary.com definition of file sharing, that point is driven home. [read post]
25 Jun 2011, 11:01 am
Dictionary.com. [read post]
22 May 2015, 4:08 am
From Free Dictionary.com. [read post]
2 Jul 2023, 11:28 am
[FWIW, Dictionary.com doesn’t attempt to define all emojis, but it’s one of the most authoritative sources for the emojis it does define.] [read post]
12 May 2012, 8:32 pm
Accordingly, Appellants dispute the Examiner's "rather broad definition" from "Dictionary.com" as completely unsupported. [read post]
6 Apr 2020, 4:22 am
We also point out that the number of likes or followers should be put into context, and that user comments appearing on an applicant’s social media sites may provide insight into consumers’ perceptions of the mark.Mere Descriptiveness: Applicant maintained that "couture" is not descriptive of its goods, since the term used as a noun is defined in Dictionary.com as "the occupation of a couturier; dressmaking and designing. [read post]
31 Dec 2013, 7:22 pm
A year that ends with dictionary.com selecting “privacy” as “word of the year;” with privacy making front-page headlines in The New York Times and The Washington Post—not to mention The Guardian—on a weekly, indeed almost daily, basis; with cross-Atlantic ties stretched to the limit over privacy issues, the UN passing a privacy resolution and armies of lobbyists spinning BCRs and Do-Not-Track in Washington bars and Brussels cafes—ladies and… [read post]
1 Dec 2022, 2:29 am
., Individual, Oxford English Dictionary (2022) (giving first definition of “individual” as “a single human being”); Individual, Dictionary.com (last visited July 11, 2022), https://www.dictionary.com/browse/individual (giving “a single human being, as distinguished from a group” as first definition for “individual”). [read post]
26 Feb 2019, 11:18 pm
Think about the Romans and "bread and circuses" (in Juvenal's original—"panis and circenses"), referring to what Juvenal viewed as the limited expectations of the Roman population, Today, per dictionary.com, the phrase signifies — extravagant entertainment, offered as an expedient means of pacifying discontent or diverting attention from a source of grievance.One (cynical?) [read post]
23 Aug 2019, 5:01 am
The folks at Dictionary.com provide a similar definition but then add an important proviso: “A provision in the laws governing taxation that allows people to reduce their taxes. [read post]
28 Apr 2016, 11:23 am
Dictionary.com defines livestock as, among other things, "useful animals," and cats - despite their mousing abilities, which they generally will deploy free of charge - appear to glory in not being "useful. [read post]
2 Feb 2011, 6:23 pm
Dictionary.com. [read post]
