after one's own heart
/ˈæftɚ wˈʌnz ˈoʊn hˈɑːɹt/
phraseused to describe someone who has the same taste, opinions, or interests as one
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1. David, can I just say that you are a man after my own heart?
2. Ryan Gosling is a man after my own heart, and not just because he's so handsome.
3. Girl after my own heart, do we love a pizza, or what?
4. King david, the Psalmist David, king of ISRAEL, GOD called HIM a man after his own heart.
5. God called HIM a man after his own heart.
agnostic
/æɡˈnɑstɪk/
nounsomeone who believes it is impossible to know whether God exists or not
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1. He was agnostic.
2. It's agnostic.
3. They're agnostic.
4. The streamed show is screen agnostic.
5. It's agnostic.
agnostic
/æɡˈnɑstɪk/
adjective(of a person) believing that the existence of God or supernatural is unknown and unknowable
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1. He was agnostic.
2. It's agnostic.
3. They're agnostic.
4. The streamed show is screen agnostic.
5. It's agnostic.
approach
/əˈpɹoʊtʃ/
nouna way of doing something or dealing with a problem
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1. The animal will approach that peppermint odor.
2. As v approaches c, this number approaches zero.
3. Perhaps approach the panelists afterward.
4. Soon, the planes are approaching the Japanese island of Kyushu.
5. Approaching the six-month mark?
to be in a minority of one
/biː ɪn ɐ maɪnˈɔːɹɪɾi ʌv wˌʌn/
phraseto have a particular point of view that is rare and unusual among others
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1. An Arabic speaking Muslim in Belmarsh, he'll be in a minority of one. -
belief
/bɪˈɫif/
nounsomething that we think is true or real
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1. After spending more time with Howard, I developed a better understanding of his belief that everyone deserves a zealous defense.
2. Belief will change my world!
3. Beliefs create reality into that of love.
4. It beggars belief that we're here.
5. Empowering beliefs.
to believe
/bɪˈɫiv/
verbto hold an opinion that something is the case
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1. Basically, entrepreneurs believe in themselves.
2. This person believes in climate change.
3. Most people believed him.
4. My mother believed in dreams and possibilities.
5. Always believe the woman.
attitude
/ˈætəˌtud/
nounthe way a person thinks or feels about something or someone, often affecting their behavior and decisions
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1. Today's word is attitude.
2. Attitude takes in all three parts.
3. Attitude is a magic word.
4. What is attitude?
5. Attitude is the composite of your thoughts, feelings, and actions.
assertive
/əˈsɝtɪv/
adjectiveconfident in expressing one's opinions, ideas or needs in a clear, direct, and respectful manner
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1. BRITTANY: Be more assertive.
2. She's also very assertive.
3. I'm fairly assertive.
4. Be assertive in your physical posture.
5. - Are you assertive?
to be of one mind
/biː ʌv wˈʌn mˈaɪnd/
phraseto have the same ideas or opinions as those of someone else's
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1. I think it is erroneous to suggest that everyone be of the same mind in matters of politics.
2. So it's three people, blacks and whites, acting as one and war as the necessary conditions, really the genetic wrong for that kind of configuration of three people acting as if they were of one mind and of one body.
to be of the opinion that
/biː ʌvðɪ əpˈɪniən ðˈæt/
phraseto believe something to be the case
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1. Harlow Shapley argued that the Milky Way was all there is, while Heber Curtis was of the opinion that we were one of many galaxies.
2. Being of the opinion that you had to constantly look around and figure out what might be threatening to you.
3. Let's make the satellite net a separate net by splitting it out, and this was an interesting technical discussion we had with BBN, because they were of the opinion that this would be much more reliable if everything was in an IMP, but that meant you could never do the equivalent of putting a router in between it.
4. Among others, he was of the opinion that the Continental Army’s next move should be to invade Quebec via their newly-gained foothold on Lake Champlain.
5. He was of the opinion that they served only the self interest of labor bosses and were detrimental to workers.
set in one's ways
/sˈɛt ɪn wˈʌnz wˈeɪz/
phraseto refuse to change one's opinions, behaviors, habits, etc.
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1. Because even though I feel kind of set in my ways at the moment, there's still a small part of me that is like, but maybe I'm being a little too much about it, right?
2. - Mark and I are eating a bunch of pizza, you know how Mark's kinda like a little set in his ways.
biased
/ˈbaɪəst/
adjectivetending to be for or against someone or something in an unfair way
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1. People are so biased about everything.
2. I'm biased.
3. I'm biased.
4. I'm biased.
5. You're biased!
to be worlds apart
/biː wˈɜːldz ɐpˈɑːɹt/
phraseto be vastly different from each other in terms of opinions, attitude, etc.
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1. But when it comes to virtual reality, you can be sitting with someone in the same room who's in VR and it just feels like you're worlds apart.
2. His photographs are worlds apart, and in this way that is precisely his point.
3. It doesn't make sense, it's worlds apart in sort of a sheer hardware platform, a sheer, like, software platform, but I don't think people pay attention to what's happening with Chinese companies nearly enough, and, you know, I'm glad for what you do.
4. The amount of energy the devices need to make their screens work is worlds apart.
bumptious
/bˈʌmpʃəs/
adjectiveextremely self-assertive in a way that annoys others
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chameleon
/kəˈmiɫiən/
nounsomeone whose opinion changes in accordance with the situation
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1. Chameleons actually have taste preferences.
2. Do chameleons wiggle?
3. the chameleon saw a zoo!
4. Chameleons are lethal predators.
5. Chameleons are really an advanced lizard keepers pet.
consciousness
/ˈkɑnʃəsnəs/
nounone's ideas, beliefs, and opinions about a specific subject
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1. -I lost consciousness.
2. Consciousness is everywhere in our lives.
3. Now, for that reason, consciousness always has a subjective ontology.
4. Now life determines consciousness.
5. Consciousness dissolves subconscious walls.
consensus
/kənˈsɛnsəs/
nounan agreement reached by all members of a group
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1. Practice consensus building.
2. I built consensus around it.
3. Is the consensus, "Yea or nay?"
4. So therefore, the key element of a medium of exchange is consensus.
5. You need a consensus.
consistency
/kənˈsɪstənsi/
nounthe quality of always acting or being the same way, or having the same opinions or standards
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1. Consistency is the tunnel to greatness.
2. Consistency is the hours logged.
3. See consistency.
4. Consistency is key on YouTube.
5. Because consistency pays off.
consistent
/kənˈsɪstənt/
adjectivefollowing the same course of action or behavior over time
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1. The products themselves are colorful, quirky, and have a consistent branding.
2. Japanese companies also made major innovations in manufacturing that yielded low production costs and strong, consistent product quality.
3. A stock is consistent.
4. Every single bite is consistent.
5. The themes are so consistent.
conviction
/kənˈvɪkʃən/
nouna belief or opinion that is very strong
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1. A conviction requires a supermajority of two-thirds and results in automatic removal from power.
2. His convictions include battery, affray, GBH, and possession of an offensive weapon.
3. This conviction was well-deserved.
4. My father has strong convictions.
5. Convictions that stick on appeal.
current
/ˈkɑɹənt/, /ˈkɝənt/, /ˈkɝnt/
nouna set of ideas, feelings, or opinions shared among a group of individuals
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1. The reaction produces an electrical current and releases water vapor as a byproduct.
2. I want to start off with what you see as the current state of the U.S. and the global economy.
3. How would you judge this current moment in the U.S. and globally?
4. The current state highlighted a few drawbacks.
5. Our model of atoms has changed a number of times since we first conceived it, and the current one will certainly not be the last.
critic
/ˈkɹɪtɪk/
nounsomeone who gives their personal standpoint of a movie, play, etc. as a job
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1. Its critics say the group is a pyramid scheme masking as a cult.
2. But critics heard a voice for white male power.
3. But Austin's nomination has critics.
4. At the time, critics saw a more cynical motive.
5. Critics saw the withdrawal as a gift to Russia’s president.
decided
/ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd/
adjectivehaving clear and definite opinions
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1. And in hot weather, humans may hold a decided advantage.
2. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY DECIDED NOT TO CHARGE THE THREE OFFICER WITH McCLAIN 'S DEATH, A DECISION UNDER INTENSE SCRUTINY.
3. AND WE HAD DECIDED THE RELEASE WOULD BE THE 24th.
4. Narrator: JAMIE'S DECIDED TO GET GNARLY.
5. Gordievdky: THEY DECIDED TO PLAY CAT AND MOUSE GAME WITH ME.
deep
/ˈdip/
adjective(of a person) tending to refrain from sharing one's ideas with others or to hide their true feelings and intentions in a mysterious way
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1. These cuts are deep.
2. The roots of rage run deep.
3. My background in the restaurant industry goes deep.
4. Great innovation is deep.
5. The layers of inauthenticity in the origin of this story are deep.
deep-dyed
/dˈiːpdˈaɪd/
adjectivehaving a strong set of beliefs and opinions that are unlikely to change
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disposed
/dɪˈspoʊzd/
adjectivehaving a specific feeling, opinion, or attitude about someone or something
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1. And the stuff the traffics through the viral deception, VD channels, moves among like-minded communities who are disposed to believe it, as a result, are uncritical and are not exposed to the counter information.
2. Give you a chance to talk about your feelin's, should you be so disposed.
3. We also want a true lover to feel well disposed towards our vulnerabilities.
4. The rooms are symmetrically disposed around that central bathing block.
5. Blowers release the lighter HUSKS into a Big Bin to be disposed of later.
devil's advocate
/dˈɛvəlz ˈædvəkˌeɪt/
phrasea person who pretends to disagree with an opinion or idea just to promote a discussion concerning a particular subject
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1. So we've been trying to use that to help us, and one of the things that we think that helps protect you against behavioral biases is to have a devil's advocate.
2. So I think the devil's advocate's been a big improvement, it's created better dialog, better discussion for us to challenge each other in our weekly portfolio management meetings.
3. You can be guaranteed that if they're doing a political poll, they're going to have a pair of conservative oriented eyes on it and a pair of liberal oriented on it, because you need people playing devil's advocate.
4. Now Christine you said you think she's playing devil's advocate in this clip?
5. So allow me to play devil's advocate here.
dogma
/ˈdɑɡmə/
nouna belief or a belief system held by an authority who proclaims it to be undeniably true and expects immediate acceptance
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1. This is not a medieval dogma.
2. Do you differentiate between dogma and spirituality?
3. There could be many definitions of dogma.
4. All of research is to debunk dogma.
5. Will you follow dogma, or will you be original?
dogmatic
/dɑɡˈmætɪk/, /dɔɡˈmætɪk/
adjectivebeing convinced that everything one believes in is true and others are wrong
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1. They become extremely dogmatic.
2. But I'm not going to be dogmatic about that.
3. The Lady is at the dogmatic heart of this relentlessly didactic work of literature.
4. Tom: Because they're more dogmatic?
5. Both sides are very dogmatic.
don't-know
/dˈoʊntnˈoʊ/
nounsomeone who does not provide a definite answer for a question, particularly when being asked in a poll
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doublethink
/ˈdəbəɫˌθɪŋk/
nounthe state in which one holds two opposing ideas at the same time
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dyed in the wool
/dˈaɪd ɪnðə wˈʊl/
phrasehaving firm, unchanging opinions, beliefs, or ideas
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evangelical
/ˌivænˈdʒɛɫɪkəɫ/
adjectivevery eager to persuade people to accept one's views or opinions
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1. The angry mass killer was converted into an evangelical pacifist.
2. Black evangelicals voted another way.
3. About a third of Latinos are evangelical.
4. And at the same time, I'm on a journey of spirituality, trying to figure out my roots, being based in evangelical Christianity.
5. Evangelicals have joined it.
evangelicalism
/ˌiːvɐndʒˈɛlɪkəlˌɪzəm/
nouna set of words or actions meant to make people accept one's strong views or opinions
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1. A historian of African-American and American religion, her research and writing spans African-American religion, history, race, politics, and evangelicalism.
2. Many of the patriarchs of evangelicalism were slaveholders.
3. And so that becomes an interesting dynamic of evangelicalism as a movement and that as a denomination.
4. Some of the Evangelicalism of the 1820s in America, in the 1830s, became a much more radical kind of Evangelicalism in terms of the social changes that they were advocating.
5. Some of the Evangelicalism of the 1820s in America, in the 1830s, became a much more radical kind of Evangelicalism in terms of the social changes that they were advocating.
exponent
/ˈɛkˌspoʊnənt/
nouna supporter of a theory, belief, idea, etc. who tries to persuade others that it is true or good in order to gain their support
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1. Then you do exponents.
2. You just add the exponents.
3. Exponents of the Kill Theory had noticed at the end of the last lce Age, a global link between mega beast extinctions and the first arrival of humans.
4. Where does that exponent two come from?
5. What's its exponent?
flip-flopper
/flˈɪpflˈɑːpɚ/
nounone who makes an abrupt change of opinion, especially a politician
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1. I mean, I was on with one of these pundits from Fox News, and they were telling me that I’m a flip-flopper.
2. Now in some circles the practice of sticking to your guns is seen as a good thing and people who change their mind from one position to another are often labeled flip-floppers but this kind of a mindset can really keep you from growing and reaching your highest potential.
3. For example, let’s say you were in favor of tax breaks, then later you said you were not in favor, your opponent, the other candidate, might call you a flip-flopper.
4. One of the candidates was alleged to have been a flip-flopper all the time.
5. Well, if Abraham Lincoln hadn't been a flip-flopper we wouldn't have had the Emancipation Proclamation.
freethinker
/ˈfɹiˈθɪŋkɝ/
nounsomeone who prioritizes their own opinions, ideas, and beliefs over other people's, especially about religion or politics
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forceful
/ˈfɔɹsfəɫ/
adjective(of people or opinions) strong and demanding in manner
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1. More forceful contractions, equals more strength and power.
2. The president had some forceful opinions too.
3. This student was very forceful.
4. The muscles of your chest cage, abdomen, and diaphragm undergo a forceful contraction.
5. By contrast, the moral luck principle is also really forceful.