to postdate
/ˌpoʊstˈdeɪt/
verb
establish something as being later relative to something else
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1But it resulted-- in there was, of course, the development of science, the germ theory of disease, which postdates the early public health efforts, but is at the heart of a lot of the later work that's done.
2After he had arrived in Hollywood and he was still kind of an impoverished actor, one day he took out a napkin and he drew himself a check made out to himself for $10 million, and postdated for 10 years in the future.
3And they are going to POSTDATE this indictment, so we have continued to share relevant intelligence with all of OUR partners.
postgraduate
/pˈoʊstɡɹɐdʒˌuːeɪt/
adjective
of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree
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1U.S. postgraduate and doctoral level programs could also see an impact.
2The Institute is a center for postgraduate medical studies and research in the country.
3That's a total of 6 years of postgraduate training after medical school.
4Your actual anesthesia training begins during your second year of residency, or PGY-2, meaning postgraduate year 2.
5So these are all postgraduate students.
posthumous
/ˈpɑstʃʊməs/
adjective
referring to the happening of something in regard to one after one's demise
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1And it's a posthumous one, but Sondheim still seems very much shaped by Oscar.
2both claimed to be posthumous publications written by Mozart.
3But I'd like to proudly share with you that my thumbprint is on all of the six posthumous contracts that were signed by Prince that were worth about $100 million since his death.
4In 2013, researchers at Dundee University used his skull alongside posthumous paintings to create a realistic model of the real-life king.
5But she's thankful that posthumous footage of Fisher could be used in subsequent films.
postscript
/ˈpoʊsˌkɹɪpt/, /ˈpoʊstsˌkɹɪpt/
noun
an additional comment or message added at the end of a letter, after the writer's signature, or a concluding statement or section at the end of a book or article
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1One more postscript: A few blocks from whereMadoff began his investment advisory businessnearly 50 years ago, Thierry de la Villehuchettook his own life.
2There's a postscript to Terry Neumann's story.
3Postscript is too weak a term.
4Also if you write 'PS' on a letter for extra information, that means 'postscript'.
5There's a postscript to the Norden story of Carl Norden and his fabulous bombsight.
posterity
/pɑˈstɛɹəti/
noun
all future generations
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1Posterity will look at us.
2He promises land, posterity and in addition, Jacob's own safety, his own personal safety until he returns to the land of Israel.
3Many portraits from those days have been preserved for posterity.
4And get a good shot for posterity.
5Your pregnancy belly is preserved for posterity.
posterior
/ˌpɔˈstɪɹjɝ/
adjective
located at or near or behind a part or near the end of a structure
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1And then you create the posterior.
2By definition, posterior distribution means the distribution after we collect the data.
3- the circumflex artery curves toward the posterior surface, providing for the left atrium and posterior walls of the left ventricle.
4The posterior pituitary, also called neurohypophysis, communicates with the hypothalamus via a bundle of nerve fibers.
5Glute Bridge: Thanks to today’s prevalence of desk jobs, the majority of people have a weak posterior chain like hamstrings, glutes, and lower back.
to braze
/bɹˈeɪz/
verb
solder together by using hard solder with a high melting point
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1We braze it.
2So we have a 200-grand auto-braze machine.
3Here, we're brazing.
4Our beef is still brazing away.
5In between those we put a braze.
brazen
/ˈbɹeɪzən/
adjective
unrestrained by convention or propriety
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1This particular murder was particularly brazen.
2It was just brazen.
3Cultural appropriation had never been more brazen.
4The brazen way in which they combine religion and immorality!
5Those lies were particularly brazen.
brazier
/ˈbɹeɪziɝ/
noun
large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned; warms people who must stay outside for long times
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1Continuing this string of poor decision making, Danny plunged his hand into the red-hot brazier, and absorbed the power of the Iron Fist.
2We've got to get them before they light the brazier!
3Traditionally we would put that on a brazier.
4So in Vietnam, you and I would be squatting next to a charcoal brazier, because we don't have indoor grills.
5and I'm getting a brazier
ichthyology
/ˌɪkθɪˈɑːlədʒi/
noun
the branch of zoology that studies fishes

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ichthyosaur
/ˈɪkθɪˌɑːsɔːɹ/
noun
any of several marine reptiles of the Mesozoic having a body like a porpoise with dorsal and tail fins and paddle-shaped limbs
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1Ichthyosaurs had vanished from the fossil record.
2The ichthyosaurs died out.
3Ichthyosaurs disappeared sometime during the Cretaceous.
4Ichthyosaurs were reptiles, like snakes and lizards.
5So is the ichthyosaur.
to variegate
/ˈvɛɹɪɡeɪt/
verb
make something more diverse and varied
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1This is a variegated bell pepper.
2This is a variegated sage.
3I've actually never seen a variegated version of the Pachira.
4But when I looked it up, what I saw was 'variegated'.
5DA-da-Da-da. Variegated.
variegated
/ˈvɛɹɪɡeɪtɪd/
adjective
having a variety of colors
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1The laws of quantum field theory, the state-of-the-art physics, can show how out of sheer nothingness, no space, no time, no matter, nothing, a little nugget of false vacuum can fluctuate into existence, and then, by the miracle of inflation, blow up into this huge and variegated cosmos we see around us.
to ramify
/ˈɹæməˌfaɪ/
verb
divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
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1I think she's taken us quite a long distance down the path to a highly ramified, original framework of thinking.
ramification
/ˌɹæməfəˈkeɪʃən/
noun
a development that complicates a situation
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1The double standard in Hollywood does have ramifications all over the earth.
2What are the ramifications?
3The ramifications are multiple.
4That has political ramifications.
5- Kind parenting has longterm ramifications.
crustacean
/kɹəˈsteɪʃən/
noun
any aquatic arthropod that has a hard outer shell or exoskeleton, such as a lobster, crab, etc.
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1These crustaceans are markedly more expensive than other popular crabs.
2Most crustaceans only invest a small amount of care in their offspring.
3Crustaceans are related to insects.
4Crustaceans tuck into nooks and crannies in the coral.
5Some crustaceans seek refuge on anemones and sea urchins.
crustaceous
/kɹəˈsteɪʃəs/
adjective
being or having or resembling a hard crust or shell

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to hallow
/ˈhæɫoʊ/
verb
render holy by means of religious rites
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1Our Father in heaven, hallowed by your name.
2we cannot hallow this ground.
3This desk is hallow, isn’t it?
4Is it hallow?
5Hallow the ground by building an altar and by purifying the ground through fire.
hallowed
/ˈhæɫoʊd/
adjective
worthy of religious veneration
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1Her glorious voice filled the hallowed halls, and it was transcendent.
2Not once have these hallowed halls seen a blueberry grunt.
3That is hallowed ground.
4Imagine this hallowed ground.
5This is frankly hallowed ground.

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