objective
/əbˈdʒɛktɪv/
adjectivebased only on facts and not influenced by personal feelings or judgments
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1. None of us is objective.
2. Science is objective.
3. Certain funds have different objectives as well.
4. John Macomber: Objectives key performance indicators and results.
5. Objective: show power and the muscles of the coalition.
objectivity
/ˌɑbdʒɛkˈtɪvɪti/
nounthe state of being affected by facts and statistics instead of personal opinions and feelings
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1. Objectivity, in fact, is elusive.
2. Objectivity is a framework for existence and knowledge free from the knower's own biases.
3. In one sense, objectivity is a framework for the existence of things.
4. In another sense, objectivity is knowledge or action, free from interference of the knower's or actor's own biases.
5. Objectivity basically is constructed in that same S&M way.
of
/ˈəv/
prepositionused when stating one's opinion about someone or something
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1. Lack of jobs and new marriage patterns are causing changes in many countries.
2. That first race began one of the richest histories in international motor sport.
3. Today, over 70% of all heroin addicts in Switzerland receive treatment.
4. The Trump era restriction affected thousands of migrants.
5. Some games are more of a toss-up though.
one's considered opinion
/wˈʌnz kənsˈɪdɚd əpˈɪniən/
phraseone’s final verdict after giving a subject adequate attention and considerable amount of thought
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on the face of it
/ɑːnðə fˈeɪs ʌv ɪt/
phraseused to state that something appears to be true or appealing at first glance
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1. Which, on the face of it, makes total sense.
2. One of which is visible right on the face of it.
3. On the face of it, writing is just a simple act.
4. Moreover, the culture of honor virtues like honor, loyalty, courage and self-reliance, are on the face of it not necessarily bad things.
5. On the face of it, the answer to that seems yes.
to opine
/oʊˈpaɪn/
verbto express one's opinion
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1. Any of these things, he could've opined about articulately.
2. Others opine that the murderer was Lewis Carroll, author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland or the post-impressionist painter Walter Sickert.
3. And President Obama has opined on the subject as well.
4. The judge should not be opining at this point.
5. He's opining about the mental state of another person.
opinion poll
/əpˈɪniən pˈoʊl/
nouna process that involves a public assessment of people's opinions on a particular subject to determine what majority of people think about something
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1. Popular opinion polls of the day show that it wasn't an issue for most people in the United States.
2. She could receive a bounce in the opinion polls.
3. They're nowhere in the opinion polls.
4. In 2020, opinion polls showed a sustained lead for ending the three-century Union with England.
5. Opinion polls from all over the Muslim world show that there is very little interest among Muslims in a global holy war against the West, against the far enemy.
or what
/ɔːɹ wˈʌt/
phraseused to emphasize one's opinions in a forceful manner
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1. But if you think people are usually arguing over how these artworks actually look or what they represent, think again.
2. But if you think people are usually arguing over how these artworks actually look or what they represent, think again.
3. One problem is interference, or what psychologists call the "Stroop effect."
4. That night, or what was left of it, I could not sleep.
5. Now can you tell me who or what that woman was?'
perception
/pɝˈsɛpʃən/
nounthe image or idea that is formed based on how one understands something
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1. That internal projection makes perception.
2. Perception check the coffin.
3. Change perception.
4. Perception drives behavior.
5. Perception is very important.
perhaps
/pɝˈhæps/
adverbused to make an expression of opinion less definite or assertive
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1. Perhaps Morrison’s most famous exploration of the difficulty of love takes place in "Beloved."
2. Perhaps approach the panelists afterward.
3. Perhaps the wind will bring fresh news of its prey.
4. Perhaps her experiences in an abusive home gave Peanut a sixth sense for other creatures in need.
5. Perhaps polish up your resume.
personally
/ˈpɝsənəɫi/, /ˈpɝsənɫi/, /ˈpɝsnəɫi/
adverbin a way that shows the opinion that someone is giving comes from their view
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1. I have not personally experienced domestic violence and abuse in that regard, but I have experienced child abuse.
2. This monster takes things personally.
3. This event meant a great deal to me personally.
4. With me, personally, visual clutter raises my anxiety.
5. My kids personally love the banana flavor.
platform
/ˈpɫætˌfɔɹm/
nouna means or opportunity to communicate one's ideas, opinions, or beliefs to a large number of people
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1. So, platforms are now a critical part of our ecosystem.
2. Here's the platform.
3. But my friend actually created this platform.
4. They have platforms.
5. Platforms are invitations.
to point out
/pˈɔɪnt ˈaʊt/
verbto show or mention something to someone and give them enough information to take notice
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1. It's worth pointing out here that some meta-analyses suggest that antidepressants aren't any more effective than psychotherapy when symptoms are mild to moderate.
2. Other researchers have pointed out exceptions, though.
3. The authors point out a couple possible solutions for this.
4. FNBH on the subreddit and a couple other people pointed out the great differences between pizza culture in the United States and, arguably, a lot of other parts of the world.
5. One commenter, a licensed electrician pointed out a more rational explanation, faulty wiring.
poll
/ˈpoʊɫ/
nouna process in which random people are asked the same questions to find out what the general public thinks about a given subject
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1. The polls didn't do so poorly, not nearly as poorly as 2016 and 2020.
2. So polls are worthless?
3. Polls close in five hours.
4. I poll people.
5. Here's our poll.
to pontificate
/pɑnˈtɪfəˌkeɪt/
verbto state one's opinion in such a manner that shows one believes to be the only person to fully know it and be unarguably correct
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1. Now pontificate means to lecture.
2. What I'm doing right now is pontificating.
3. Number two: Don't pontificate.
4. Number two: Don't pontificate.
5. Number two: Don't pontificate.
to pour scorn on
/pˈoːɹ skˈɔːɹn ˈɑːn/
phraseto harshly criticize or mock someone in a way that clearly shows one has no respect for them or their opinion
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preconception
/pɹikənˈsɛpʃən/
nouna pre-established opinion that is formed before obtaining proper knowledge or experience
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1. Reality corrects my preconceptions.
2. And kids don't have any preconceptions about art.
3. You cannot factor out these preconceptions.
4. I don't have any preconception about it.
5. Yeah, it just reinforced my terrible preconception.
to present
/ˈpɹɛzənt/, /pɝˈzɛnt/, /pɹiˈzɛnt/
verbto deliver a speech or presentation that publicly expresses one's ideas, plans, etc.
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1. The Corona virus presents a public health emergency in the United States.
2. That means that during emergencies, the plant will cool and stabilize itself without an operator present.
3. Major PC companies are also presenting their own concepts.
4. However, a crisis can also present new opportunities for growth and innovation.
5. Presenting the butter stick.
prognosis
/pɹɑɡˈnoʊsəs/
nouna professional opinion regarding the likely course of an illness or a disease
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1. My prognosis was 18 months.
2. Prognosis for this horse is very good.
3. Prognosis in these things is good.
4. Prognosis for Corky is good.
5. The prognosis was very short.
pronouncement
/pɹəˈnaʊnsmənt/
nouna formal or authoritative expression of one's opinions, ideas, or beliefs
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1. Sometimes no Native people were present to even hear the pronouncement.
2. If you've only heard one the thing about this guy, it's probably his pronouncement that the medium is the message.
3. Butler uses Beauvoir's pronouncement to arrive at the idea that, quote, "woman itself is a term in process."
4. The earlier prophetic pronouncements generally referred to a re-establishment of Judah's fortunes in historical time, but eschatological works like Third Isaiah look beyond historical time.
5. We join with Peter's pronouncement today.
to pronounce on
/pɹənˈaʊns ˈɑːn/
verbto declare one's judgment or authoritative opinion about something
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proposition
/ˌpɹɑpəˈzɪʃən/
nouna statement expressing a view or opinion
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1. The content of your assertion is your proposition.
2. So the value propositions a bit different than for like regular consumers.
3. Latinate words are proposition.
4. So, here is my proposition.
5. Proposition 13 takes place on July 1st.
public opinion
/pˈʌblɪk əpˈɪniən/
nouna belief shared by most people regarding a matter
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1. Central to that check is public opinion.
2. And television swayed public opinion in favor of the demonstrators.
3. Public opinion was different.
4. Public opinions are very fickle.
5. Public opinion turned against Pope Stephen.
to pussyfoot around
/pˈʊsɪfˌʊt ɐɹˈaʊnd/
verbto behave in an overly cautious manner and refrain from expressing one’s opinions in case others get upset
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to put / throw in one's two cents' worth
/pˌʊt θɹˈoʊ ɪn wˈʌnz tˈuː sˈɛnts wˈɜːθ/
phraseto share one's opinion on a topic that is under discussion
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to ram sth home
/ɹˈæm ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ hˈoʊm/
phraseto ensure that something is understood by emphasizing, or providing examples, proof, etc.
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really
/ˈɹiɫi/, /ˈɹɪɫi/
adverbused to add strength or seriousness to one's statement or opinion
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1. You don't really have to fuss with it.
2. Errol Morris wrote a really great book.
3. They were really speaking the truth.
4. We just got a really good photographer.
5. And really it's because it just eats up time.
reason
/ˈɹizən/
nounthe mind's power to understand or think logically
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1. All ridges have reasons.
2. We all want reasons.
3. Two cultural reasons, various ancestor worship reasons.
4. It gives reason.
5. Reasons vary from tumors, stroke and head injuries to convulsions and cognitive dysfunction syndrome.
reasoning
/ˈɹizənɪŋ/
nounthe act of rational and logical thinking about something
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1. But this reasoning only creates a climate of oppression.
2. Explain that reasoning.
3. No reasoning, just no, get outta here.
4. Now, reasoning is the intellect of the mind.
5. Reasoning is the intellect.
to reconsider
/ˌɹikənˈsɪdɝ/
verbto think again about an opinion or decision, particularly to see if it needs changing or not
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1. And people are really reconsidering their options.
2. Will scientists have to reconsider their picture of the Universe?
3. I'm reconsidering my decision.
4. It can also reconsider the whole Brexit strategy.
5. Yeah, they'll reconsider their life choices. -
reconsideration
/ɹikənˌsɪdɝˈeɪʃən/
nounthe act of thinking about an opinion or decision again, especially with an intention to change it
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1. And everything is up for reconsideration always.
2. Every day, the boomer generation wakes up one day closer to a radical reconsideration of youth and adulthood.
3. So that was the beginning of my reconsideration of Chuckie.
4. Sometimes in the Court of Appeals, there can be an en banc reconsideration.
5. And human rights bodies should be open to reconsideration of their interpretations over time.
to register
/ˈɹɛdʒɪstɝ/
verbto express one’s opinions in an official or public manner
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1. The slightest bit of corrosion or the smallest leak will register.
2. In the viewer's mind, the product registers as the normal thing to use.
3. - Registering that tone.
4. Developers have to register their software.
5. Register your new vehicle with your state’s Department of Motor Vehicles.
to rehearse
/ɹiˈhɝs/
verbto restate previously expressed opinions or ideas in detail
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1. Hitler carefully practiced his speaking, looking at himself in the mirror as he rehearsed and tried out various poses, and gestures, and facial expressions.
2. You rehearsed your walkout.
3. Rehearse the internalized voices of all those who have been kind to you.
4. We rehearsed this guys.
5. With toddlers, rehearse the outing at home.
to remark
/ɹiˈmɑɹk/, /ɹɪˈmɑɹk/
verbto express an statement that shows one's opinion of something
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1. -I resemble that remark.
2. The next column says remarks.
3. people would remark.
4. Contemporaries to these earlier peoples remark on their endurance and hardiness, their skill as horsemen, and the danger of their arrows.
5. "A good man, him," the boss boatman remarked to one of his mates.
to represent
/ˌɹɛpɹɪˈzɛnt/
verbto make one’s opinions known to a group of people or someone in authority
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1. Different maps represent data in different ways.
2. The UK is divided into constituencies, each of which elects one member of parliament (M.P.) to represent them.
3. The blue represents the sky and water and hope.
4. Each bar represents a diagnosis of a certain intensity.
5. For Freemasons, the number 33 represents the 33 levels, or degrees, of hierarchy in their organization.
representation
/ˌɹɛpɹəzɛnˈteɪʃən/
nounstatements made formally to an official in order to protest something
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1. Representation is very important.
2. Representation matters!
3. Yes, hijab, see, again, representation.
4. I think representation.
5. Representation is everything.
reputation
/ˌɹɛpjəˈteɪʃən/
nounthe general opinion that the public has about someone or something because of what they did in the past
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1. Smaller tuning shops have developed reputations for their own versions of the Mustang.
2. Brand is reputation.
3. Reputation is brand.
4. Reputation is everything.
5. Reputations are volatile.
repute
/ɹipˈjut/
nounthe general opinion that is held by people about someone or something
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1. We are reputed to be so accomplished.
2. That majority owner was reputed Los Angeles gangster and criminal Bugsy Siegel.
3. They're houses of ill repute.
4. He is reputed to have been a person of great intellect.
5. Harry Styles was reputed for his compassionate demeanor and perfect hair.
reputedly
/ɹɪpˈjutɪdɫi/
adverbused to say that something is true according to what people say, although it is uncertain
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1. Neil Gorsuch is reputedly a Chevron foe.
2. It was at this time that the Internet started to ring with the calls of conspiracies and false flags, which were reputedly found in the form of damning and prophetic images on folded $5, $10, $20, and $50 bills.
3. Emphasizing a Single Food: Certain foods, such as grapefruit or cabbage soup, reputedly cause your body to increase its ability to burn fat.
reserve
/ɹiˈzɝv/, /ɹɪˈzɝv/
nounthe quality that makes someone refrain from sharing their thoughts or feelings with others
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1. Potential buyers can reserve one of Tesla's new affordable vehicles.
2. I follow a group of firefighters with one of Brazil’s environmental agencies into a biological reserve.
3. The military-written constitution reserved 25 percent of Parliament for military officers.
4. Reserve your applause.
5. Reserve a room in an eco-friendly hotel.
reserved
/ɹiˈzɝvd/, /ɹɪˈzɝvd/
adjectivereluctant to share feelings or problems
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1. Over there, they're much more reserved.
2. Heather is very reserved.
3. The French are actually quite reserved.
4. He was much more reserved.
5. Add reserved liquid.
resolution
/ˌɹɛzəˈɫuʃən/
nounan official decision that is made, particularly when an official body takes a group vote
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1. You have any New Year resolutions?
2. I mean, the display resolution is terrible.
3. Another option would be to just get a laptop with a higher resolution display.
4. Some people love resolution.
5. Some people make resolutions WITH someone else.
to respect
/ɹiˈspɛkt/, /ɹɪˈspɛkt/
verbto admire someone or something because of their achievements, qualities, etc.
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1. And the modern tax neutrality doctrine respects the limits of Marbury.
2. Respect the bird, guys.
3. Respecting their court orders.
4. Throughout history, the sight of a man with facial hair or full beard commanded respect.
5. - Respect your belongings.
reviewer
/ɹivˈjuɝ/
nounsomeone who writes reviews and analysis of books, movies, etc.
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1. Reviewers acknowledged the craftsmanship and quality of materials in the car.
2. Reviewer 1 really liked it.
3. Reviewer 2 really liked it.
4. A trilogy, as one reviewer referred to it.
5. Reviewers should've checked the references.
to revise
/ɹiˈvaɪz/, /ɹɪˈvaɪz/
verbto make changes to something because of new information, etc.
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1. So I revised the model.
2. He revised the title of Roman Emperor.
3. Revise it.
4. So the Vietnamese government has revised their protocols now.
5. The company revised its net sales estimates for the full year down by 17%.
right
/ˈɹaɪt/
adjectivebeing in accordance with something that is correct in one's opinion or judgment
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1. The fast food industry grew because it was born at the right time.
2. I have no idea what's going on with Michelle right now.
3. You know, they have the right to terminate channels as they see fit, to suspend channels as they see fit.
4. Can you imagine if I put a big loudspeaker hooked up to your brain, and I could hear all your thoughts right now?
5. When a new drug comes to market, the FDA gives the drug company exclusive rights to produce and market the drug until their patent runs out.
right-on
/ɹˈaɪtˈɑːn/
adjectivehaving fashionable or liberal ideas that makes someone a supporter of the political left
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1. It’s not easy being right-on when your customer base skews old and traditional.
to row back
/ɹˈoʊ bˈæk/
verbto abruptly change or reverse an earlier statement or opinion
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rowback
/ɹˈoʊbæk/
nounthe act of changing an earlier promise, decision, or statement so that it becomes entirely different
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on second thought
/ˌɑːn sˈɛkənd θˈɔːt/
phraseused to state that one has adopted a different opinion
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1. You know, on second thought, maybe I’ll pass.
2. On second thought I'm not gonna encourage you to go burn stuff.
3. On second thought, you guys sure you don't want to just breathe the deadly fumes all day?
4. On second thought don't come in here.
5. - I think we're gonna have to tie 'em, because I think the cream cheese is better on second thought.