to postdate
/ˌpoʊstˈdeɪt/
verbestablish something as being later relative to something else
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1. But 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.
2. After 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.
3. And they are going to POSTDATE this indictment, so we have continued to share relevant intelligence with all of OUR partners.
postgraduate
/pˈoʊstɡɹɐdʒˌuːeɪt/
adjectiveof or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree
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1. U.S. postgraduate and doctoral level programs could also see an impact.
2. The Institute is a center for postgraduate medical studies and research in the country.
3. That's a total of 6 years of postgraduate training after medical school.
4. Your actual anesthesia training begins during your second year of residency, or PGY-2, meaning postgraduate year 2.
5. So these are all postgraduate students.
posthumous
/ˈpɑstʃʊməs/
adjectivereferring to the happening of something in regard to one after one's demise
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1. And it's a posthumous one, but Sondheim still seems very much shaped by Oscar.
2. both claimed to be posthumous publications written by Mozart.
3. But 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.
4. In 2013, researchers at Dundee University used his skull alongside posthumous paintings to create a realistic model of the real-life king.
5. But she's thankful that posthumous footage of Fisher could be used in subsequent films.
postscript
/ˈpoʊsˌkɹɪpt/, /ˈpoʊstsˌkɹɪpt/
nounan 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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1. One more postscript: A few blocks from whereMadoff began his investment advisory businessnearly 50 years ago, Thierry de la Villehuchettook his own life.
2. There's a postscript to Terry Neumann's story.
3. Postscript is too weak a term.
4. Also if you write 'PS' on a letter for extra information, that means 'postscript'.
5. There's a postscript to the Norden story of Carl Norden and his fabulous bombsight.
posterity
/pɑˈstɛɹəti/
nounall future generations
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1. Posterity will look at us.
2. He promises land, posterity and in addition, Jacob's own safety, his own personal safety until he returns to the land of Israel.
3. Many portraits from those days have been preserved for posterity.
4. And get a good shot for posterity.
5. Your pregnancy belly is preserved for posterity.
posterior
/ˌpɔˈstɪɹjɝ/
adjectivelocated at or near or behind a part or near the end of a structure
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1. And then you create the posterior.
2. By 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.
4. The posterior pituitary, also called neurohypophysis, communicates with the hypothalamus via a bundle of nerve fibers.
5. Glute 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/
verbsolder together by using hard solder with a high melting point
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1. We braze it.
2. So we have a 200-grand auto-braze machine.
3. Here, we're brazing.
4. Our beef is still brazing away.
5. In between those we put a braze.
brazen
/ˈbɹeɪzən/
adjectiveunrestrained by convention or propriety
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1. This particular murder was particularly brazen.
2. It was just brazen.
3. Cultural appropriation had never been more brazen.
4. The brazen way in which they combine religion and immorality!
5. Those lies were particularly brazen.
brazier
/ˈbɹeɪziɝ/
nounlarge metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned; warms people who must stay outside for long times
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1. Continuing this string of poor decision making, Danny plunged his hand into the red-hot brazier, and absorbed the power of the Iron Fist.
2. We've got to get them before they light the brazier!
3. Traditionally we would put that on a brazier.
4. So in Vietnam, you and I would be squatting next to a charcoal brazier, because we don't have indoor grills.
5. and I'm getting a brazier
ichthyology
/ˌɪkθɪˈɑːlədʒi/
nounthe branch of zoology that studies fishes
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ichthyosaur
/ˈɪkθɪˌɑːsɔːɹ/
nounany 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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1. Ichthyosaurs had vanished from the fossil record.
2. The ichthyosaurs died out.
3. Ichthyosaurs disappeared sometime during the Cretaceous.
4. Ichthyosaurs were reptiles, like snakes and lizards.
5. So is the ichthyosaur.
to variegate
/ˈvɛɹɪɡeɪt/
verbmake something more diverse and varied
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1. This is a variegated bell pepper.
2. This is a variegated sage.
3. I've actually never seen a variegated version of the Pachira.
4. But when I looked it up, what I saw was 'variegated'.
5. DA-da-Da-da. Variegated.
variegated
/ˈvɛɹɪɡeɪtɪd/
adjectivehaving a variety of colors
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1. The 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/
verbdivide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
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1. I think she's taken us quite a long distance down the path to a highly ramified, original framework of thinking.
ramification
/ˌɹæməfəˈkeɪʃən/
nouna development that complicates a situation
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1. The double standard in Hollywood does have ramifications all over the earth.
2. What are the ramifications?
3. The ramifications are multiple.
4. That has political ramifications.
5. - Kind parenting has longterm ramifications.
crustacean
/kɹəˈsteɪʃən/
nounany aquatic arthropod that has a hard outer shell or exoskeleton, such as a lobster, crab, etc.
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1. These crustaceans are markedly more expensive than other popular crabs.
2. Most crustaceans only invest a small amount of care in their offspring.
3. Crustaceans are related to insects.
4. Crustaceans tuck into nooks and crannies in the coral.
5. Some crustaceans seek refuge on anemones and sea urchins.
crustaceous
/kɹəˈsteɪʃəs/
adjectivebeing or having or resembling a hard crust or shell
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to hallow
/ˈhæɫoʊ/
verbrender holy by means of religious rites
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1. Our Father in heaven, hallowed by your name.
2. we cannot hallow this ground.
3. This desk is hallow, isn’t it?
4. Is it hallow?
5. Hallow the ground by building an altar and by purifying the ground through fire.
hallowed
/ˈhæɫoʊd/
adjectiveworthy of religious veneration
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1. Her glorious voice filled the hallowed halls, and it was transcendent.
2. Not once have these hallowed halls seen a blueberry grunt.
3. That is hallowed ground.
4. Imagine this hallowed ground.
5. This is frankly hallowed ground.