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  2. Truancy - Wikipedia

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    It is a deliberate absence by a student's own free will and usually does not refer to legitimate excused absences, such as ones related to medical conditions. Truancy is usually explicitly defined in the school's handbook of policies and procedures. Attending school but not going to class is called internal truancy.

  3. Cutting Class - Wikipedia

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    Cutting Class is a 1989 American black comedy slasher film directed by Rospo Pallenberg in his directorial debut, written by Steve Slavkin, and starring Donovan Leitch, Jill Schoelen, Brad Pitt, Roddy McDowall, and Martin Mull. It was Pitt's second major role, after The Dark Side of the Sun.

  4. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    Disect is an archaic word meaning "to separate by cutting", but has not been in common use since the 17th century. Standard: The Americas are bisected by the Panama canal. Standard: She dissected Smith's dissertation, pointing out scores of errors. Standard: We dissected the eye of a bull in biology class today.

  5. Self-harm - Wikipedia

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    Although self-harm is by definition non-suicidal, it may still be life-threatening. [6] People who do self-harm are more likely to die by suicide, [3] [7] and self-harm is found in 40–60% of suicides. [8] Still, only a minority of those who self-harm are suicidal. [9] [10] The desire to self-harm is a common symptom of some personality disorders.

  6. Glossary of botanical terms - Wikipedia

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    The stem of a plant, especially a woody one; also used to mean a rootstock, or particularly a basal stem structure or storage organ from which new growth arises. Compare lignotuber. caudiciform Stem-like or caudex-like; sometimes used to mean "pachycaul", meaning "thick-stemmed". caudicle diminutive of caudex.

  7. Cutting (sport) - Wikipedia

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    Cutting dates back to a time when ranchers in the American West hired cowboys to work herds of cattle out on the open range. Certain horses specialized in sorting and separating individual cattle from the herd when needed. [1] Cutting moved from the open range to modern arena competition, often held indoors. Some sanctioned events at the ...

  8. Tall poppy syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Tarquinius Superbus by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, depicting the king sweeping the tallest heads from a patch of poppies. Tall poppy syndrome is a term which originated in Australia and New Zealand in the 1980s that refers to people with notable public success, who excessively promote their own achievements and opinions.

  9. Glossary of archery terms - Wikipedia

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    bleeder blade (equipment) – Secondary blades on a broadhead that are smaller than the primary cutting blades, included to provide a larger cutting surface. Often called simply a "bleeder". bodkin point (equipment) – A sharp, pointed arrow head; bolt (equipment) – A crossbow projectile; also called a quarrel