to abolish
/əˈbɑɫɪʃ/
verb
to officially put an end to a law, activity, or system
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1Abolish ICE as a good example.
2Abolish all speech codes and all other forms of censorship.
3The abolition of the manipular system also abolished the three distinct lines of infantry of the mid-republic.
4It says abolish.
5Most stock exchanges have abolished their trading floor.
to align
/əˈɫaɪn/
verb
to agree with a group, idea, person, or organization and support it
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1Oftentimes counterfeiters don't align the bill to the right Federal Reserve Bank, again, a key indicator of a counterfeit bill.
2The health care segment, as a whole, obviously, aligns with that.
3Perfectly aligned.
4Your cars are aligned.
5My chakras are aligned.
to allocate
/ˈæɫəˌkeɪt/
verb
to give something particular to someone or to use something for a specific purpose
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1Judy, the new law allocates $5 billion for farmers of color.
2And so every society allocates labor one way or another.
3Step 4, allocate time to interact with them, your stakeholders.
4they allocate time energy and resources 4.
5Investors with a higher risk tolerance might allocate a smaller amount to income-producing investments.
to amend
/əˈmɛnd/
verb
to make small changes to a statement, law, etc. to make it more accurate or improve or correct it
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1You’ve made amends.
2A man like you doesn't make amends.
3Make amends.
4No, seriously, amend the constitution.
5He did make amends.
to authorize
/ˈɔθɝˌaɪz/
verb
to give someone official permission to do something or to officially permit something
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1A recent ballot measure in Oregon authorized the legal use of psilocybin by licensed providers.
2Please authorize heart sensor.
3This mission is authorized.
4Who authorized the missile?
5You authorized the missile!
to betray
/bɪˈtɹeɪ/
verb
to be disloyal to a person, a group of people, or one's country by giving information about them to their enemy
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1Maybe those conventional looks betray a deeper truth.
2His all-over compositions betray a keen awareness of the edges.
3A change in wind betrays her scent.
4Both emission and absorption betray the atom.
5"My countenance never yet betrayed my feelings."
to breach
/ˈbɹitʃ/
verb
to break an agreement, law, etc.
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1By 1990, CPUs breached the 1 million transistor count.
2Defense contractors also have breach reporting requirements to the Department of Defense.
3Violent protesters breached the walls.
4For example, the air over the busiest airports regularly breaches the limits for nitrogen dioxide pollutants.
5Finally, on the 25th, the battery breached the walls of Saint Louis.
to compel
/kəmˈpɛɫ/
verb
to make someone do something
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1The power of Christ compels you.
2The power of Christ compels you!
3The evidence compels only in its details.
4The power of lesbianism compels you. -
5The power of Christ compels you.
to compensate
/ˈkɑmpənˌseɪt/
verb
to pay someone for the work they have done
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1We compensate donors for their time and their commitment to the program.
2Other countries compensate citizens during lockdowns.
3The rest of the plane compensated.
4The harm of the improved machinery may compensate its good.
5Those two things exactly compensate.
to conceal
/kənˈsiɫ/
verb
to carefully cover or hide something or someone
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1My hair conceals my elf ears.
2"The picture conceals an extraordinary case of mistaken identity."
3Forests now conceal the scars.
4These differences conceal others.
5Toilet brushes also conceal cameras.
to conserve
/kənˈsɝv/
verb
to keep something from change or harm
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1Energy is conserved.
2Total energy is conserved, though.
3The information is conserved.
4Because of their low nutrition diets and sluggish metabolism, koalas must conserve their energy.
5Conserve your energy.
to contemplate
/ˈkɑntəmˌpɫeɪt/
verb
to think about something particular
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1Seriously contemplating suicide.
2The Homestead law contemplated continuous maintenance by a homesteader and his family of an actual home on the land to the exclusion of a home elsewhere.
3- Contemplated.
4Security laws contemplate clearing.
5Just contemplate your problems.
to cater
/ˈkeɪtɝ/
verb
to provide a meeting, party, etc. with food and drink
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1I kind of cater my use around that.
2I catered a gig, yeah, at a kid's party as Snow White.
3It caters more toward contractors.
4I cater one table a night.
5- We cater.
to cultivate
/ˈkəɫtəˌveɪt/
verb
to prepare land for raising crops or growing plants
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1Cultivate friendships.
2And cultivated meat another possibility.
3And cultivated meat another possibility.
4This space really cultivates individuality and just independent entrepreneurship.
5Cultivate trust.
to devise
/dɪˈvaɪs/, /dɪˈvaɪz/
verb
to design or invent something new or a new method of doing something particular after much thinking
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1Instead, different species had to devise their own waste disposal methods.
2In Belgium, an engineer devised an adapter for the masks on a 3D printing machine. -
3They devised this tap code table.
4So biochemists at Harvard Medical School and UC San Francisco devised a llama-free solution.
5He devised an ingenious solution.
to substitute
/ˈsəbstəˌtut/
verb
to put something different to use
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1We substituted one of the hydrogens.
2He substitutes other sounds.
3The flowing of body fluids substitutes human life.
4The flowing of body fluids substitutes human life.
5But the real backbone of cryptography was substituting signs.
to dictate
/ˈdɪkˌteɪt/, /dɪkˈteɪt/
verb
to tell someone what to do or not do, in an authoritative way
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1End block spacers dictates the length of the press for the skis.
2Portion markings dictate the overall classification of a document.
3And so, your judgments on size dictate your judgments about distance.
4Ocean currents dictate the Earth's climate.
5and your thoughts dictate your vibration.
to disclose
/dɪˈskɫoʊz/
verb
to make something known to someone or the public, particularly when it was a secret at first
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1Both examples disclose the amazing power of public speaking.
2Ideally, all newsmakers are very clearly disclosing financial relationships and potential conflicts of interest.
3The lens discloses a large number of hair-ends, clean cut by the scissors of the barber.
4The document also disclosed the location of Archie's birth at the Portland Hospital in Westminster, according to the outlet.
5The spy riddle British National Cyber Security Centre, or NCSC, disclosed a riddle for their potential high-profile employees some time ago.
to distort
/dɪˈstɔɹt/
verb
to change the shape or condition of something in a way that is no longer clear or natural
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1Depression can really distort your perception about your future.
2On the surface, the widespread victory, 303 electoral votes for JFK and 219 for Nixon, distorts the real picture.
3The sound is distorted.
4It distorts the image.
5They distort the truth.
to embody
/ɪmˈbɑdi/
verb
to represent a quality or belief
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1Back in the day, Forever 21 embodied the American dream.
2The Windrush generation embodies a pivotal moment in British history.
3- Embody the spirit of the gamer.
4The American grizzly embodies the spirit of America.
5To many Chinese, this moment embodied their greatest shame.
to empower
/ɪmˈpaʊɝ/
verb
to give someone the power or authorization to do something particular
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1No doubt the new technologies will empower the human collective.
2This place is empowering.
3Empowering beliefs.
4They both empower our promise and our peril.
5The consumer is empowered.
to entitle
/ɛnˈtaɪtəɫ/, /ɪnˈtaɪtəɫ/
verb
(often passive) to give someone the legal right to have or do something particular
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1A client is entitled to zealous advocacy.
2Entitled "a day for poetry and song."
3"Trump is entitled to full legal fees."
4The last article is entitled, "No New Frontiers."
5What is this entitle? -
to extract
/ˈɛkˌstɹækt/, /ɪkˈstɹækt/
verb
to take something out from something else, particularly when it is not easy to do
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1The other way is extracting lithium from salt brine.
2But your measurement only extracts a little bit of information.
3Equinor extracts natural gas on a peninsula near Hammerfest, the northernmost city in Europe.
4Their expert hands carefully extract the tiny larvae.
5Their expert hands carefully extract the tiny larvae.
to hint
/ˈhɪnt/
verb
to indirectly suggest something
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1Here’s a hint.
2Here’s a hint.
3There we go, "hints."
4Here's another hint.
5Here's a hint.
to instruct
/ˌɪnˈstɹəkt/
verb
to tell someone to do something, particularly in an official manner
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1Johnson instructed his old friend.
2I'm instructed.
3- Instruct us!
4These teachers also instruct students on weight training, flexibility, aerobics, and other workout styles, often developing programs for people with special needs or goals.
5First, to instruct a younger guy.
to linger
/ˈɫɪŋɝ/, /ˈɫɪŋɡɝ/
verb
to stay somewhere longer because one does not want to leave
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1So the pain lingers.
2But the pain lingers.
3So, these expressions still linger.
4The smell still lingers.
5However, the smell still lingers.
to fade
/ˈfeɪd/
verb
to disappear slowly
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1The world fades.
2So the end of the song now fades.
3These compounds can fade dark spots on your skin.
4Those people fade very quickly.
5My previous judgements about swing dancing slowly faded away.
to loom
/ˈɫum/
verb
to appear as a large shape that is unclear, particularly in a manner that is threatening
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1The midterms were looming.
2The sad building loomed enormous.
3The Assyrian threat loomed large.
4A huge financial loss looms.
5The specter of mass starvation loomed.
to outrage
/ˈaʊˌtɹeɪdʒ/
verb
to cause someone to become extremely angry or shocked
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1Instead, it created outrage.
2Outrage was in no short supply.
3This photo from an African trophy hunt has sparked outrage across the country.
4My shock quickly turned to outrage.
5This caused outrage.
to reassure
/ˌɹiəˈʃʊɹ/
verb
to do or say something to make someone stop worrying or less afraid
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1A mother calmly reassures her terrified child that the robots are not looking for her.
2Reassure customers you will send only valuable email.
3Penti reassures the youngsters.
4Pinti reassures the youngsters.
5Reassure your partner.
to tolerate
/ˈtɑɫɝˌeɪt/
verb
to not oppose or prohibit something one does not like or agree with
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1My product can tolerate the temperature from minus 20 to 100 degree.
2The Hebrew term can tolerate both meanings.
3Can you tolerate this type of chemotherapy?
4Most people can only tolerate one or two, maybe three.
5Most summer bulbs can??t tolerate freezes, so plant them after the last expected frost in your area.
to overlook
/ˈoʊvɝˌɫʊk/
verb
to not notice or see something
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1- Those bozos overlook the importance of cardio.
2The window overlooks my daughter's school playground.
3Overlooking the edge of the earth.
4So the patio overlooks the property and the river.
5The comic books, the educators overlooked something.
to undermine
/ˈəndɝˌmaɪn/
verb
to gradually decrease the effectiveness, confidence, or power of something or someone
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1So the dissidents and protesters and so forth are undermining national security.
2Randomness for Arp undermined conventional notions of authorship.
3The third century crisis undermines this elite.
4The denial of due process on campus actually undermines liberal education.
5Taiwan's liberal democratic values completely undermine China's own hardline nationalistic values.
to vow
/ˈvaʊ/
verb
to make a solemn promise to do or not do something particular
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1They make vows.
2And other citizens, too, make that vow.
3'vow, vow, vow, vow, vow, vow'.
4- And vows?
5The following day, the couple exchanged vows once more in a Hindu ceremony.
to resurface
/ɹiˈsɝfəs/
verb
to once again become noticeable, significant, or problematic
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1- Resurface cards can be?
2Step one, resurface options.
3And in the wake of Porter's resignation, this photo of a group of key Trump aides from a July 2017 event has resurfaced.
4Resurface only to breathe.
5And that money resurfaced later, at later times.
to astonish
/əˈstɑnɪʃ/
verb
to impress or surprise someone very much
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1Astonished the roofs and gutters.
2The blindness though astonished me.
3The blindness though astonished me.
4New parents are astonished by the rapidity of this learning.
5- I'm astonished.
to rehash
/ɹiˈhæʃ/
verb
to present something old or already used in a slightly different way or with minor alterations, often without adding anything new.
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1Larry David-- That same old title rehashed again.
2You're rehashing something, bringing it up again.
3Don't rehash your resume.
4Tip number four - Don't rehash your resume and then finally, tip number five - structure your cover letter appropriately.
5Tip number three, don't rehash.
to sabotage
/ˈsæbəˌtɑʒ/
verb
to intentionally damage, destroy, or undermine something, especially for personal gain or as an act of protest or revenge
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1Would Simone sabotage the first mission?
2Sooner or later, though, most incivil people sabotage their success.
3Poor email etiquette can actually sabotage your professional career
4Sooner or later, though, most uncivil people sabotage their success.
5But is sabotage even likely?

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