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  2. Zeugma and syllepsis - Wikipedia

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    The verb "conquered" is a common element in each clause. The zeugma is created in both the original and the translation by removing the second and third instances of "conquered". Removing words that still can be understood by the context of the remaining words is ellipsis.

  3. Close reading - Wikipedia

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    In literary criticism, close reading is the careful, sustained interpretation of a brief passage of a text. A close reading emphasizes the single and the particular over the general, via close attention to individual words, the syntax, the order in which the sentences unfold ideas, as well as formal structures.

  4. GermaNet - Wikipedia

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    GermaNet partitions the lexical space into a set of concepts that are interlinked by semantic relations. A semantic concept is modeled by a synset.A synset is a set of words (called lexical units) where all the words are taken to have the same or almost the same meaning.

  5. Checking the math: Elections officials to closely review ...

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    A Biden proclamation will establish a national monument for the 1st US female Cabinet secretary

  6. Wikipedia:Glossary - Wikipedia

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    The verb "snowballing" is sometimes used for this action. Later showball keep came into the usage in AfD pages, by an analogy. snow close A verb meaning to close a discussion, per the snowball clause. Can be used as a noun ("The Willy on Wheels RfA was an instant SNOWCLOSE") or a verb ("The Main Page AfD nomination was SNOWCLOSEd after two ...

  7. Dictionary of American Regional English - Wikipedia

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    The Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE) is a record of American English as spoken in the United States, from its beginnings to the present. It differs from other dictionaries in that it does not document the standard language used throughout the country.

  8. US consumer price increases accelerated last month with ...

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    Consumer price increases accelerated last month, the latest sign that inflation's steady decline over the past two years has stalled in recent months. According to the Federal Reserve's preferred ...

  9. Sports At Any Cost - projects.huffingtonpost.com

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    The review included an inflation-adjusted analysis of financial reports provided to the NCAA by 201 public universities competing in Division I, information that was obtained through public records requests. The average athletic subsidy these colleges and their students have paid to their athletics departments increased 16 percent during that time.