temporal
/ˈtɛmpɝəɫ/
adjectivenot eternal
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1. And the gap in your data is temporal.
2. They're using temporal cues.
3. This thing has a really really fine temporal resolution.
4. The temporal lobe plays a role in hearing, smell, and memory, as well as visual recognition of faces and languages.
5. People with temporal lobe epilepsy often experience a flurry of electrical signals in the memory centers of the brain.
to temporize
/ˈtɛmpɝˌaɪz/
verbdraw out a discussion or process in order to gain time
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1. He temporized, he moved to the right.
2. When the position is such that neither side will gain by making the first move, it is called temporizing ground.
3. So lockdowns are temporizing measures.
4. Let's not temporize, let's not adopt narrow reform measures.
5. When the position is such that neither side will gain by making the first move, it is called temporizing ground.
to foreordain
/fˌɔːɹoːɹdˈeɪn/
verbforeordain or determine beforehand
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1. Was this book just meant-- was it foreordained that you would write this book?
2. It was foreordained.
3. So one of the important features of psychedelics is how little the experience is foreordained or dictated by the drug itself.
4. Those blind people did not realize that God had foreordained and predetermined that Jesus Christ was to die the death of the cross.
5. The Emperor, the Sith Lord, insists that everything is foreordained, saying repeatedly, "Everything is happening as I have foreseen."
foreordination
/fˌɔːɹoːɹdᵻnˈeɪʃən/
noun(theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind)
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foresail
/fˈɔːɹseɪl/
nounthe lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel
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1. There was a big back disc atop one of its foresails and this one of the ships that was part of a line of ships - there were many of these lines that were around.
to foresee
/fɔɹˈsi/
verbrealize beforehand
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1. Under the terms of the new national security law, experts now foresee a deep globalized.
2. These Taliban commanders foresee no compromise on the horizon.
3. Dr. Strange: Spiderman, I have foreseen a horrible catastrophe in your future.
4. She must have foreseen the chagrin of St. Eustache, the suspicion of all.
5. I don't foresee any improvement.
foreshore
/fˈɔːɹʃoːɹ/
nounthe part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark
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foresight
/ˈfɔɹˌsaɪt/
nounprovidence by virtue of planning prudently for the future
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1. We have limited foresight into the future.
2. They also display remarkable foresight, planning, and cognition.
3. It requires foresight.
4. So the whole point is foresight, prudence.
5. My hindsight could be a new mom's foresight.
to forestall
/fɔɹˈstɔɫ/
verbkeep from happening or arising; make impossible
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1. Before they could explore any further, the Crimean War broke out and forestalled their archaeological ambitions for several years.
2. And that was really kind of forestalled in the project.
3. Wilson had hoped to appoint him attorney general, but the avalanche of anti‑Semitic opposition forestalled that.
4. The medical community, of course, was not able to forestall the failure of Milton's eyes and so, as I said, Milton was blind by 1652.
5. These are all international efforts to forestall a financial crisis.
to foretell
/fɔɹˈtɛɫ/
verbmake a prediction about; tell in advance
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1. A barley seedling predicts a baby boy, while emmer foretells a girl.
2. A prophecy had foretold him that his favourite horse would be the cause of his death.
3. Without that beacon of hope, our dimension faces dark forces, the likes of which have never been foretold.
4. His wife believed the vision foretold his reelection but also his death.
5. No one could have foretold what would happen to the Titanic on the fateful day of April 15th, 1912.
forethought
/ˈfɔɹˌθɔt/
nounjudiciousness in avoiding harm or danger
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1. And they have to generate a perception of ethical forethought.
2. And also to generate a perception of ethical forethought.
3. That showed a lot of forethought.
4. They will often make decisions without any forethought.
5. This assesses kids' ability for forethought by offering them one marshmallow now or two later.
to benefice
/bˈɛnɪfɪs/
verbendow with a benefice
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1. Benefice, on the other hand, means that you get certain rewards, but only under the conditions that you actually do deliver to the ruler.
2. One is based on benefices, and this is a kind of prebendal form of feudalism.
3. (22) A fine imposed upon the lay property of a clerk in holy orders shall be assessed upon the same principles, without reference to the value of his ecclesiastical benefice.
beneficial
/ˌbɛnəˈfɪʃəɫ/
adjectivepromoting or enhancing well-being
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1. Trade is mutually beneficial.
2. The mistakes can be beneficial.
3. Its properties are beneficial to everybody.
4. Folate is beneficial for fertility.
5. Addition of oats to the normal diet of hypertensive patients produced beneficial effects.
beneficiary
/ˌbɛnəˈfɪʃiˌɛɹi/
nounthe recipient of funds or other benefits
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1. Maine’s historical societies, fire departments, arts organizations, and hospitals have also been beneficiaries of the Kings.
2. The beneficiaries are frustrated.
3. Beneficiaries may also impact your RMD.
4. Please have beneficiaries on everything.
5. So the second group are Medicare beneficiaries.
to benefit
/ˈbɛnəfɪt/
verbto be of use and advantage
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1. The arrangement had mutual benefits for the public and the museum.
2. But these programs benefit that 1 out of 5, too.
3. Companies benefited.
4. His fame gave him benefits.
5. Fifty minutes of laughter throughout the day can really benefit your health.
benefactor
/ˈbɛnəˌfæktɝ/
nouna person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)
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1. Of course, we have to thank our benefactor in Prestige TV City for partnering with us.
2. Adam Sandler has been basically a benefactor of my career.
3. Are huge technology companies like Microsoft arts benefactors?
4. He, therefore, who purifies his own heart is the world's greatest benefactor.
5. A lot of it was coming from white benefactors.
benediction
/ˌbɛnəˈdɪkʃən/
nounthe act of praying for divine protection
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1. Now, to offer a benediction, two of the university's foremost voices on spiritual life.
2. Now to offer a benediction, the Reverend Professor Stephanie Paulsell.
3. Following the hymn, the Pusey Minister will pronounce the benediction.
4. Then finally a call to leave the camp, chapter 13:8-16, which I'll come back to in a minute, and then in closing admonition and benediction.
5. A benediction spread over us with the farewell of the evening.
benevolent
/bəˈnɛvəɫənt/
adjectivegenerous and kind; displaying kindness
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1. Comedy produces benevolent stereotypes.
2. Father Christmas is a benevolent character.
3. He’s truly benevolent, an extraordinary king.
4. - You are honestly very benevolent.
5. so if it's truly benevolent