extensible
/ɛkstˈɛnsəbəl/
adjectivecapable of being protruded or stretched or opened out
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1. So you can kind of see, it's got like an elastic and extensible quality.
2. - What is unified extensible firmware interface?
3. Like that dough in the video was so extensible and elastic and this shortbread is not, but I think I have an idea.
4. And so what we did when we expanded to our second country, Mexico, is we really built sort of a very extended extensible model where we're add new regions with new languages without minimal changes to our platform.
5. And within about a week, having this be some of our most popular material in widespread use all over Latin America, and in particular in Mexico, because of the open, extensible nature of this.
extensive
/ɪkˈstɛnsɪv/
adjectivecovering a large area or having a wide range or scope
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1. The US' network is quite extensive.
2. Her list of publications on the subject of sports in society is extensive.
3. Basically, the battlefield of this war is pretty extensive.
4. The devastation of Australian bushfires is extensive.
5. So the list of ingredients for the papaya salad is quite extensive.
extensor
/ɛkstˈɛnsɚ/
noun(anatomy) a muscle that helps a body part or limb be stretched out by contraction
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1. It's from the office but like don't really have time now to grab an extensor cable.
2. All right, forget the cross extensor reflex, it doesn't matter.
3. You guys read about the cross extensor reflex.
4. This occurs when the extensor tendon in the back of the finger splits and the head of the proximal phalanges pokes through like a button through a buttonhole, causing flexion of the proximal interphalangeal joint and hyperextension of distal interphalangeal joint.
5. The condition occurs as a result of repetitive or stressful motions at the end of the elbow, resulting in small tears on the extensor carpi radialis brevis (ECRB) muscle.
external
/ɪkˈstɝnəɫ/
adjectivesituated on or related to the outer surface of something or someone
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1. There is now a surgical alternative to improve hearing without an external device.
2. It requires external pressure.
3. The failure is external.
4. - And not all PR strategies are external.
5. Then external sources suggested videos.
bibliography
/ˌbɪbɫiˈɑɡɹəfi/
nouna list of books mentioned at the end of book that have been used by an author as a reference to write an article or book
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1. "Black Women in American," annotated bibliography by the anthropologist educator and future president of Spelman and Bennett colleges, Johnetta Cole.
2. A bibliography would be much more useful.
3. There's also a bibliography.
4. So the 30 pages of bibliography are online.
5. A true teacher, I say, who gives the bibliography at the end.
bibliophile
/bˈɪblɪˌɑːfaɪl/
nouna person who loves books, especially as physical objects, and collects them
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1. I might consider myself a bibliophile and ailurophile, to profess my love of books and cats.
2. Like William Carl Bolivar, a black Philadelphian, bibliophile and journalist who published a column in the Philadelphia Tribune and served as an organizer of and contributor to the American Negro Historical Society because he wanted to change the way black history was being preserved and spread.
3. But as a dedicated bibliophile, I have to admit I'm not so jazzed about the idea of musicians winning literary awards.
4. Some bibliophiles have taken Kondo’s words personally, assuming the tidying expert wants them to shrink their collection to just 30 books, as well.
to wane
/ˈweɪn/
verb(of the moon) have a progressively less significant part of its seeable surface illuminated so that it seems to reduce in size
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1. His second term, his power really waned.
2. My confidence is waning.
3. My confidence is waning.
4. My confidence is waning.
5. Still, his competitive spirit never waned.
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1. She quickly puts some wax on the scales.
2. Paraffin wax is a common wax made from petroleum.
3. Paraffin wax is a common wax made from petroleum.
4. When the lamp is off, the wax is slightly denser than the liquid around it.
5. - I'm about to get my chest waxed.
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1. I am excitable.
2. Lidocaine and other similar local anesthetics affect every excitable cell.
3. After three months of training, these excitable wild dog pups are eager to join the pack.
4. You are very excitable.
5. We are very excitable, just throwing this out there.
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1. Then in photosystem I, you have another excitation event.
2. They are quantum excitations of a field.
3. Because these particles are actually quantum excitations of a field.
4. This is called excitation transfer.
5. In the brain, you have excitation and inhibition.
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1. Nine states and Washington DC have legalized the recreational use of cannabis.
2. Now you legalize weed?
3. The state of New Jersey legalized recreational marijuana on election day.
4. The middle Assyrian laws also legalized violence against a wife.
5. In 1980 the government legalized contraception.
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1. Hopefully, perhaps, legislators also will have a chance.
2. Legislators get afraid.
3. Legislators rarely are.
4. At that time, Massachusetts legislators had zero staff.
5. Legislators are writing bills.
to legitimate
/ɫəˈdʒɪtəmət/
verbmake (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the legitimacy of (someone)
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1. Suddenly that dirty money looks legitimate.
2. The email is legitimate.
3. Then power is legitimate.
4. These lights are legitimate.
5. And whatever distribution of outcomes results from that is legitimate.
electrolysis
/ɪˌɫɛkˈtɹɑɫəsəs/
noun(chemistry) a chemical decomposition reaction produced by passing an electric current through a solution containing ions
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1. We did electrolysis on saltwater.
2. Martin Robinius shows us an electrolysis plant for green hydrogen.
3. He did it by electrolysis.
4. This process is called "electrolysis."
5. Consider electrolysis, which destroys unwanted hair by electrocuting it.
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1. Icebergs are from glacial ice.
2. When glaciers leave scratch marks on big rocks or in the ground, scientists call the marks glacial striations.
3. The glacial pace of the U.S. inoculation campaign raises questions about priorities and unrealistic expectations.
4. And after a disaster like Katrina, the economic redevelopment of this of this neighborhood has been glacial.
5. The glacial wave of repression sends these people, a lot of them, to the United States.
glacier
/ˈɡɫeɪʃɝ/
nouna huge mass of ice that moves very slowly, usually down a slope
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1. Glaciers long ago left so many clues all over the world.
2. Glaciers are so neat!
3. And glaciers still carve the windswept terrain.
4. Because glaciers provide water.
5. Glaciers are very important for the life on earth.
