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cast

noun as in appearance; shade of color

noun as in actors in performance

noun as in molded structure

verb as in throw aside

verb as in emit, give

verb as in calculate

verb as in select for activity

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But it comes at a time of major cast and writer turnover, which couldn’t have helped.

This involved them visiting local priests to bless scams, and to cast spells they believed would make victims more compliant, or protect the scammers from being caught.

From BBC

Supporters cast those efforts in part as a competitive imperative, warning that without these US carmakers would risk losing out to competitors from China and other countries.

From BBC

A 100-foot-tall pillar of fire cast an orange glow over the night sky.

“I was cast in a movie through my drama program and it was like an accidental series of events,” she says.

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

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