either
/ˈaɪðɝ/, /ˈiðɝ/
conjunctionused to introduce two choices or possibilities
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1. Governments weren’t strangers to the idea of prohibition, either.
2. And then, don't use a hair dryer to blow it, don't put it in the dishwasher either, that makes sense.
3. My grandpa never used sauce either.
4. The screen can either have a Mini Display Port connector or a Display Port connector.
5. Diet sodas are no better either.
fatwa
/ˈfɑtwɑ/
nouna legal decision or statement made by an Islamic leader
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1. Once the supreme leader has issued the fatwa, that fatwa is not only a religious fatwa, but it is something, a decree.
2. Once the supreme leader has issued the fatwa, that fatwa is not only a religious fatwa, but it is something, a decree.
3. Once the supreme leader has issued the fatwa, that fatwa is not only a religious fatwa, but it is something, a decree.
4. The Fatwa also prohibited fighting against the Ottoman Empire.
5. In Russia, the mufti of the Caucasus issued his own fatwa condemning the Ottoman Jihad.
to find
/ˈfaɪnd/
verb(of a law court) to make an official decision
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1. After a while, companies wanted to find a way to include more information in the bar code.
2. Then he drove into London, but he didn't find his hotel.
3. Ellen, please ask a maid to find some dry clothes for me, and then I'll go on to the village.
4. An improvised explosive device has been found at the Capitol.
5. His suggestions never made any impact, until King Leopold II found Stanley’s work.
to find against
/fˈaɪnd ɐɡˈɛnst/
verbto declare someone guilty or make a decision against someone in a court case
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to find for
/fˈaɪnd fɔːɹ/
verbto declare someone right or innocent in a court of law case
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finding
/ˈfaɪndɪŋ/
nouna judgment made by a judge or jury in a court of law
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1. She agreed but then withheld any findings, and offered evasive answers.
2. They report findings frankly.
3. ECG findings show a characteristic ST-segment elevation.
4. Researchers compared the findings with the observable causes of marine death of this scale in our modern oceans.
5. She likes findings.
to force the issue
/fˈoːɹs ðɪ ˈɪʃuː/
phraseto compel someone to accelerate the process of decision-making
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1. Put quite simply, it's in everybody's best interest right now not to force the issue and to push it off for another few years or maybe even a few decades.
2. When you fail to choose the superstar that fell in your lap and can't persuade a superstar to choose you, you gotta force the issue.
3. He's going to force the issue.
4. Kennedy, through the summer of 1962, is fully expecting, with good reason, mind you, because Khrushchev is basically telling the West and everyone who will listen, this, that Khrushchev is going to force the issue once the November 1962 elections are over.
5. The police officers saw the crowd of onlookers as a threat but he did not force the issue with the TEENAGE girls who testified today.
free will
/fɹˈiː wˈɪl/
nounthe idea that human beings have the agency to decide independently without being controlled by any outside influences
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1. Free will is just an illusion for you.
2. Taking away the cockroaches free will.
3. I have free will.
4. People have free will.
5. Free will is essentially about personal choice.
to give / move / budge an inch
/ɡˈɪv mˈuːv bˈʌdʒ ɐn ˈɪntʃ/
phrase(always negative) to refuse to make even a slightest change to one's position, decision, etc.
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1. They didn’t want to give an inch to their own black employees, and they didn’t see women’s work in the home as being real work.
2. When it feels that good, you don't want to move an inch.
3. So you move an inch and you will hear it.
4. I was able to work with the entire building without moving an inch of it or any of it.
5. But Netflix's hit series Orange is the New Black came along at just the right time for her, as she was still a recognizable enough face, and her talent hadn't budged an inch in her absence from the spotlight.
to go before
/ɡˌoʊ bɪfˈoːɹ/
verbto be presented to someone or something for discussion, decision, or judgment
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1. So the adverb goes before the main verb.
2. So the adverb goes before the main verb.
3. So the adverb goes before the main verb.
4. Only one in five criminal prosecutions would go before a jury.
5. What was the thought going before that?
to hand down
/hˈænd dˈaʊn/
verbto formally announce something such as a decision or judgment
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1. Budgeting, hands down.
2. Budgeting, hands down.
3. - Pork roll, hands down.
4. Your best blender deal this holiday season, hands down this bad boy.
5. - Unlimited sushi, hands down.
to have a think
/hæv ɐ θˈɪŋk/
phraseto think about something before making a decision
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1. You have a think.
2. If you have a Pixel 2 a lot of these features will come to you via software update, and if you have an iPhone well take a long look at your blue bubbles and your iCloud photo groups and have a think about how important they are to you.
3. So have a think.
4. Just have a think.
5. So have a think if you got anything to ask Kelly.
to hem and haw
/hˈɛm ænd hˈɔː/
phraseto hesitate in making a decision or saying something
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Hobson's choice
/hˈɑːbsənz tʃˈɔɪs/
nouna choice made in a situation in which no other options were available
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to hustle
/ˈhəsəɫ/
verbto convince or make someone to do something
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1. Develop the side hustle, on the side.
2. This guy never misses a hustle.
3. Sadly my side hustle is just billing more hours.
4. Branded the hustle.
5. Hydrate the hustle.
incisive
/ˌɪnˈsaɪsɪv/
adjectivehaving or showing common sense, and the capability of expressing an idea in a convincing way
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1. Bill has an incisive analytic mind.
2. Bogart was writing about the hard work of director, not making an incisive theoretical point.
3. Your incisive observations lazily rearranged tropes.
4. These are ailments every bit as worthy of your incisive medical attention.
5. To that end, Downton Abbey certainly seemed right up her alley, and her incisive portrayal of the Crawley family matriarch made for some great gifs.
inconclusive
/ˌɪnkənˈkɫusɪv/
adjectivenot producing a clear result or decision
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1. The first one was inconclusive.
2. The battle in the center between the legionaries and the phalagists was inconclusive.
3. Their findings were inconclusive.
4. The video was inconclusive, all right?
5. The video is inconclusive, alright?
indecisive
/ˌɪndɪˈsaɪsɪv/
adjective(of a person) having difficulty making choices or decisions, often due to fear, lack of confidence, or overthinking
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1. But he's just indecisive.
2. - Are you indecisive?
3. You're not indecisive.
4. Obviously he's indecisive.
5. You can be super indecisive.
inflexible
/ˌɪnˈfɫɛksəbəɫ/
adjectivereluctant to compromise or change one's attitude, belief, plan, etc.
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1. Very much giving you inflexible.
2. So, I've always been kind of inflexible.
3. This person is extremely inflexible in his thinking.
4. Yo' girl is incredibly stiff, inflexible.
5. Without treatment, the behavior and experience is inflexible and usually long-lasting.
in favor of
/ɪn fˈeɪvɚɹ ʌv/
phrasein agreement; in support of something or someone
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1. 84% of Americans are in favor of legalization.
2. Court ruled in favor of the baker.
3. In fact, a number of Republicans on the hill, and Republican strategists were in favor of it.
4. Southerners were in favor of district reforms.
5. The court finds in favor of the bees.
in one's favor
/ɪn wˈʌnz fˈeɪvɚ/
phrasein a way that gives someone an advantage over something or someone
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1. And that's controversial because you could say, oh, that's tipping the scales in his favor here or there.
2. So that's where surveillance works in our favor.
3. When asked afterwards what factors led to their success, many of them pointed to some sort of inherent skill rather than the obvious fact that the game was heavily tilted in their favor from the start.
4. Now, those first little beardogs might not have seemed like much of a threat to the hyenadonts, but circumstances soon swung in their favor.
5. Sure, there are probably some rules that don’t work in your favor all the time, but the system, overall, must make your life better than if you were on your own.
(as / ) broad as it is long
/æz bɹˈɔːd ˌæzɪtˌɪz lˈɑːŋ/
phraseused for saying that choosing out of the two possible options is not really going to make a difference as the result will be the same either way
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it is six of one (and / ) half a dozen of the other
/ɪts sˈɪks ʌv wˈʌn ænd hˈæf ɐ dˈʌzən ʌvðɪ ˈʌðɚ/
sentenceused to say that both options or situations are equal and that none is better or worse than the other
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I am easy
/aɪɐm ˈiːzi/
sentenceused to express indifference toward the options or choices that are offered
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1. "I'm easy to reach."
2. If it's cool and all that stuff, hit me up on Twitter, I'm easy to find.
3. Because I'm easy come, easy go.
4. I'm easy as pie can have something to do with Caroline bed we didn't see who's behind the road into the absurd
5. I'm easy.
joint resolution
/dʒˈɔɪnt ɹˌɛzəlˈuːʃən/
noun(in the US) an official statement or decision that has been approved by both houses of the US Congress
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1. The first document is a joint resolution proposing the 19th Amendment, which passed Congress on June 4th of 1919.
2. Now, the PRESIDENT has the power to veto that Joint Resolution and there Probably Aren'T the votes in CONGRESS as far as we know to OVERRIDE this veto.
3. For example, there's the three day adjournment that a house of Congress can take without the leave of the other house, and then there's the procedure for adjournment by a joint resolution.
4. Under the National Emergencies Act, Congress has 18 days to adopt a joint resolution to terminate the declaration, but that joint resolution is subject to a presidential veto.
5. Under the National Emergencies Act, Congress has 18 days to adopt a joint resolution to terminate the declaration, but that joint resolution is subject to a presidential veto.