to concur
/kənˈkɝ/
verbto have an opinion that is the same as someone else's opinion or agree with them on a matter
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1. I concur.
2. The Islamic world also concurred.
3. I concur.
4. Philip Morris concurs.
5. - I concur.
concurrence
/kənˈkɝəns/
nounacting together, as agents or circumstances or events
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1. The concurrence by Justice Gorsuch here is scathing.
2. First I'll speak to Alito's concurrence.
3. HARRY BLACKMUN: There was a concurrence in Seattle Times?
4. The vice president would need the concurrence of at least eight of the 15 Cabinet Officers to activate the Declaration of Presidential Disability.
5. But notice the concurrence of real geographical settings.
concurrent
/kənˈkɝənt/
adjectiveoccurring or operating at the same time
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1. Concurrent to the deployment of autonomous trucks is a likely shift into the use of electric trucks.
2. I carry on, more concurrent conversations.
3. And concurrent with all of this was the shooting of Daunte Wright in suburban Brooklyn Center.
4. Or there was 10 million concurrents?
5. And YouTube TV at $49.99 per month, gives you unlimited DVR capacity and retention for nine months, and three concurrent streams.
concussion
/kənˈkəʃən/
nouna momentary loss of consciousness provoked by a hard blow on the head
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1. Each year in the United States, players of sports and recreational activities receive between 2.5 and 4 million concussions.
2. The sea jelly has a concussion.
3. However, concussions are different.
4. Never take concussions lightly!
5. Probably has a concussion.
hexagon
/ˈhɛksəˌɡɑn/
noun(geometry) a polygon with six straight sides and six angles
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1. The inside of the stomach has hexagons on it.
2. The inside of the stomach has hexagons on it.
3. Hexagons are the bestagons.
4. They form a hexagon: six-point symmetry, the core structure of a snowflake.
5. So a hexagon has six sides.
hexangular
/hɛksˈænɡjʊlɚ/
adjectivehaving six sides or divided into hexagons
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hexapod
/hˈɛksɐpˌɑːd/
nounan animal having six feet
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1. Bees build hexagons because they're hexapods with hexagon eyes.
2. They're tiny hexapods, and unlike insects they have internal mouthparts and make up the subclass Collembola.
3. We’ve got lateral force of 1.2 G but we’ve also got these six actuators, this hexapod, which actually gives us the opportunity to move up and down, to pitch, to roll, and then we can add another 3.5 G of acceleration.
4. With the Guinness World Record for largest rideable hexapod until its belt, this project is an inspiration to aspiring cyborg overlords everywhere.
5. It's a hexapod robot.
pedestal
/ˈpɛdəstəɫ/
nounan architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)
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1. We think pedestal.
2. Blank pedestals covered in lichens and moss.
3. And that pedestal uses the older micro-USB port.
4. Some pedestal sinks require a support board behind the finished wall for extra strength.
5. - Definitely needs a pedestal.
pedestrian
/pəˈdɛstɹiən/
adjectivelacking elements that arouse interest, cause excitement, or show imagination
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1. Pedestrian is good.
2. Pedestrian is good.
3. Pedestrians alone make up almost 17% of traffic deaths.
4. Pedestrians are vulnerable road users.
5. Pedestrians might be crossing this road.
pediatrics
/ˌpidiˈætɹɪks/
nounthe branch of medicine that is concerned with children and their conditions
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1. In 2011 the American Academy of Pediatrics accused energy drink companies of marketing to children.
2. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends three feet.
3. Dr. Fabienne Bourgeois-- Dr. Bourgeois is receiving the award for Excellence in Clinical instruction in Pediatrics.
4. The American academy of Pediatrics recommended vaccination for the flu this year.
5. The journal Pediatrics published the new study in December.
to incite
/ˌɪnˈsaɪt/
verbto encourage someone to commit a crime or act violently
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1. The comments incited backlash in the form of boycotts, an LGBT kiss-ins at Chick-fil-A restaurants around the country.
2. Inciting people?
3. The president incited a riot.
4. Trump incites a riot, sends in the National Guard.
5. To the casual eye, this image may incite some confusion.
incitement
/ˌɪnˈsaɪtmənt/
nounan act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating
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1. Now incitement to riot is an actual crime.
2. Now incitement has several different meanings.
3. Incitement is actually a limit on free speech.
4. Was that incitement?
5. Incitement is a kind of legal unicorn.
negligence
/ˈnɛɡɫədʒəns/, /ˈnɛɡɫɪdʒəns/
nounthe failure to give enough attention or care to someone or something, particularly someone or something one has responsibility for
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1. Negligence is even less like constructive intent.
2. The cause of the injury was negligence by a co-employee of yours.
3. In other words, what exactly is negligence?
4. To me, this situation scream negligence.
5. Negligence is another theory for recovery.
negligible
/ˈnɛɡɫədʒəbəɫ/, /ˈnɛɡɫɪdʒəbəɫ/
adjectiveso small as to be meaningless; insignificant
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1. His blood alcohol level was negligible.
2. So the cost of production is negligible.
3. So again like these stakes, maybe like a dollar max and the twine is basically negligible.
4. Then, this velocity is negligible.
5. But the value of the PVC is negligible.
negligently
/ˈnɛɡɫɪdʒəntɫi/
adverbin a negligent manner
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1. The circumstances of the El Dorado gender reveal party help us to define whether a person acted reasonably or negligently.
2. But back to the real world, I think a jury could be persuaded that the El Dorado couple acted negligently and caused property damages.
3. Normally, without a Good Samaritan law, you might be liable for negligently performing the Heimlich Maneuver or negligently performing CPR.
4. The defendant made an unprivileged publication to a third party, and the publisher acted at least negligently in publishing the communication.
5. Just because Frank might have had a character for lack of donkey brains when he was a child doesn't mean he didn't act negligently when he ran into Dennis in this particular instance.
wanton
/ˈwɑntən/, /ˈwɔntən/
adjectivecasual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
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1. And on top of this wanton destruction, Galactus comes with a few mini-bosses in the form of heralds, like Terrax and Silver Surfer, who could be used as smaller villains in the films building up to his entrance into the MCU.
2. His superiors jailed him for this act of wanton violence.
3. His ghouls and monstrous-looking creatures were skulking about, always thirsty for blood and wanton to inflict pain.
4. The murder would now be as wanton and reasonless as I could wish.
5. Crackdown 3's Wrecking Zone competitive multiplayer mode delivers on that wanton demolition, and that's seemingly the whole reason it exists.
wantonness
/wˈɑːntənnəs/
nounthe trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry
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1. It was in the wantonness of youth that she thus sinned.
2. So for these reasons, dominion seeks punitive damages under both DC and Georgia law because they claim that the statements show willful misconduct, malice, wantonness, and conscious indifference to the facts.
to brigade
/bɹəˈɡeɪd/, /bɹɪˈɡeɪd/
verbform or unite into a brigade
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1. These brigades were 60,000 strong at their peak.
2. Firefighters created their own fire brigades.
3. Firefighters created their own fire brigades.
4. The city had no fire brigade.
5. The brigade provides part of the ground troops for NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force, the VJTF.
brigadier
/ˌbɹɪɡəˈdɪɹ/
nouna general officer ranking below a major general
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1. He was granted pay, pensions for his whole family, and a commission as brigadier general.
2. As the brigadier arrived in the only armored vehicle for miles, they make use of the top gun to take the pressure off.
3. 13 generals, 3 major generals, 9 brigadier generals are graduates of the Harvard Law School.
4. Although Charrington’s tanks managed to hold off the German surprise attack, the Brigadier was afraid that his forces would be cut off.
5. And by October of 1776, he was a brigadier general.
brigand
/bɹˈɪɡænd/
nounan armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band
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1. You get names such as Brigand or Lucifer, Beelzebub.
2. It slowly transformed from a motley mob of opportunistic brigands into a highly sophisticated social network that operated right under the noses of Imperial agents.
3. Moreover, they commanded troops who were sent to hunt down bandits and brigands in the countryside, and oversaw the arrest and execution of petty criminals.
4. Seizures of more southerly territories in Epirus had allowed the establishment of more staging points from which brigands could sail.
5. The man's a brigand. -