itinerant
/aɪˈtɪnɝənt/
adjective
traveling from place to place to work
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1Throughout her itinerant club career, she collected copious trophies and individual honors.
2Their travels would take many itinerant warriors southwards, and into the heart of the Latin world.
3An itinerant piano tuner in Tennessee was lynched because he was from Massachusetts.
4He's an itinerant preacher who extolled the virtues of what was called New Thought, the power of positive thinking regimen.
5In the Ottoman times, there were itinerant storytellers called "meddah."
itinerary
/aɪˈtɪnɝˌɛɹi/
noun
a plan of the route and the places that one will visit on a journey
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1Of absolute necessity for any touring musician is the itinerary.
2We found the President's itinerary in your desk.
3So you've got your itinerary.
4The book of Numbers recounts the itinerary of the Israelites throughout the 40 years of their wanderings and encampments around the sacred tabernacle.
5Cruise ships can also change their itineraries.
to itinerate
/aɪtˈɪnɚɹˌeɪt/
verb
travel from place to place, as for work
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1People this past SUMMER, we saw in EUROPE, we were in AMSTERDAM for that GREAT conference on ITINERATE evangelist, which I think was one of the Greatest Conferences held in the history of the Christian Church.
2People this past SUMMER, we saw in EUROPE, we were in AMSTERDAM for that GREAT conference on ITINERATE evangelist, which I think was one of the Greatest Conferences held in the history of the Christian Church.
commodious
/kəˈmoʊdiəs/
adjective
large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense)
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1Their commodious hold could accommodate 20 Sherman tanks‑‑, 30 2.5 ton trucks, the famous deuce and a half, fully loaded.
2If I just have enough money in the bank, I have a big enough house, nice enough cars, I have a commodious life, I'll be happy.
3Hobbes' answer is having a civil state, having civil society, is the only effective means of what he calls commodious self-preservation.
4Because all of us have a "fear of death, the desire for commodious living, and the hope that by our industry we might obtain it."
5The things, which we realize rationality demands of us if we have the prudential aim of commodious living.
commodity
/kəˈmɑdəti/
noun
(economics) a basic product or raw material that can be purchased or sold
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1A commodity has a very special meaning for Marx.
2They produce commodities.
3Finally, consider commodities.
4Time is a commodity.
5Commodity prices are like this.
wavelet
/wˈeɪvlət/
noun
a small wave on the surface of a liquid
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1She is best known for her pioneering work on wavelets, mathematical functions that play a crucial role in signal processing and pattern recognition.
2That function, when you throw it at a double slit, will form two little wavelets, and they will interfere, that produce an interference pattern of the type you want.
3With different tissue properties, multiple wavelets are thought to develop, called the multiple wavelet theory.
4With different tissue properties, multiple wavelets are thought to develop, called the multiple wavelet theory.
5Along with this multiple wavelet theory, there’s also an automatic focus theory, where there’s a specific origin that is thought to initiate AF by rapid firing of electrical impulses that overtake the sinus node, and combined with the risk factors and tissue heterogeneity, this can promote AF.
to waver
/ˈweɪvɝ/
verb
move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
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1The president never wavered.
2My confidence never wavered.
3Never wavering.
4Yet, the resolve of the defenders did not waver.
5Never waver.
to encumber
/ɛnˈkəmbɝ/
verb
to make it so that doing something or the happening of something becomes difficult
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1Oh, wait, it encumbers me, so no.
2- You didn't wanna be encumbered by a jacket.
3They might not be prepared to deal with the consequences of-- their nervous systems are already encumbered.
4But to one of Soapy's proud spirit the gifts of charity are encumbered.
5We can only assume these surgeons are already heavily encumbered by the size and density of the balls or ovaries they presumably have given their willingness to operate on a patient who might explode at any second.
encumbrance
/ɛnkˈʌmbɹəns/
noun
an onerous or difficult concern
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1It'll put me over my encumbrance.
2Title insurance is not for those issues or encumbrances, we call 'em, or clouds on title that a title attorney can find.
3While you do get excellent stabilization, you also get a fairly large amount of digital noise, and the lack of a wide angle camera in both video and still modes, on back and front, continues to be a real encumbrance.
4If you Google up things like international encumbrances, you can find American president after American presidents saying we will not commit ourselves to any encumbrance on a long term or permanent basis.
5If you Google up things like international encumbrances, you can find American president after American presidents saying we will not commit ourselves to any encumbrance on a long term or permanent basis.
to further
/ˈfɝðɝ/
verb
promote the growth of
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1This furthered tension between Apple and Jobs.
2The European wars of the early 19th century furthered the Rothschild’s wealth and influence.
3The European wars of the early 19th century furthered the Rothschild’s wealth and influence.
4And these partnerships are furthering international medical education, the building of modern health care infrastructure, and disease research.
5Furthering the fantasy element of his online profile.
odoriferous
/ˌoʊdɚɹˈɪfɚɹəs/
adjective
having a natural fragrance
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1We can trace its odoriferous origins back to the single-celled organisms who sampled Earth’s most primordial perfumes.
2Your brain is seemingly built to be keenly aware of this danger and so goes ahead and reacts more negatively to said odoriferous odor from an external source, just in case, motivating you to want to leave the stinky zone or at least hold your breath for a bit while the air clears out.
odorous
/ˈoʊdɝəs/
adjective
having odor or a characteristic odor
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1Work environments may be noisy, odorous, and hot, while chemicals used in dry-cleaning are often harsh.
2Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators work in conditions that are at times noisy and odorous.
3Work environments may be noisy, odorous, and hot, while chemicals used in dry-cleaning are often harsh.
4These LED's are wired to sensors that detect the presence of odorous molecules in the air.
5Chocolate, specifically the cocoa butter also absorbs the smell of surrounding food, so it’s best kept away from other, odorous ingredients.
reflection
/ɹɪˈfɫɛkʃən/
noun
the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface
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1Intelligence officers love reflections.
2The next step is reflection.
3Justice requires reflection.
4Prof: Reflection changes hands.
5The opposite of Deflection is Reflection.
reflector
/ɹɪˈfɫɛktɝ/
noun
device that reflects radiation
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1So you have optical corner reflectors for the Leica total station here.
2The sea ice is a natural reflector.
3Or sometimes called parabolic reflectors.
4We have this reflector in the background.
5I had to make a wooden reflector.
to effuse
/ɪfjˈuːz/
verb
give out or emit (also metaphorically)
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1Lefts everywhere are quite good at mounting protests that raise issues which get effused to a wider public debate.
2"Talking Dead" and its ilk-- another step where pros earnestly effuse as audience for popular television without a script.
3We have watch'd the seasons dispensing themselves and passing on, And have said, Why should not a man or woman do as much as the seasons, and effuse as much?
effusion
/ɪfjˈuːʒən/
noun
flow under pressure
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1So the effusion rate of the gas is important.
2This is called pericardial effusion.
3Now, a pericardial effusion can also develop.
4Symptoms of a pleural effusions mostly depend on it’s size.
5Pleural effusions can be due to excess fluid collection, transudative and exudative, or due to blockage of lymphatic drainage.
effusive
/ˈɛfjusɪv/
adjective
extravagantly demonstrative
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1And I was pretty effusive.
2And she says, well, forgive me for being effusive.
3Zoot101 makes a point that people might not dislike Bronies because they're challenging masculinity, but because they're really effusive about their love of "My Little Pony."
4His manner was not effusive.
5That's called an effusive eruption.
furtherance
/ˈfɝθɝəns/
noun
the process of helping something grow, develop, or become more successful
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1And the district attorney says that Weisselberg knowingly falsified records in furtherance of the scheme.
2They cannot lie in furtherance of their client's aims.
3You just have to take one overt act in furtherance of that conspiracy or in furtherance of that ultimate criminal end.
4You just have to take one overt act in furtherance of that conspiracy or in furtherance of that ultimate criminal end.
5Certainly paying $3000 would definitely be considered an overt act in furtherance of a conspiracy to commit murder.

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