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arch

adjective as in knowing, coy

noun as in curve, curved structure

verb as in curve

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The National Convention of Colored Men that met in Syracuse, New York, in the fall of 1864 called the right to vote the “keystone to the arch of human liberty” and insisted that “personal liberty” and “all other rights” effectively “become mere privileges, held at the option of others, where we are excepted from the general political liberty.”

From Slate

Under the Wembley arch, in the NFL's biggest international arena, would be the perfect stage to announce his arrival.

From BBC

In his workshop on 3rd Street near Crescent Heights, he would trace their bare feet on a piece of paper and measure the circumference of each of their feet at the ball, around the arch, the heel and the ankle.

"It is highly welcome and a positive step towards the arch of justice," says Kelvin Kubai, a lawyer at the African Centre for Corrective and Preventive Action.

From BBC

He knows to balance the arch atmosphere by adding emotion to his silences.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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