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Example Sentences
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The title, “Koyaanisqatsi,” comes from the Hopi word meaning “life out of balance.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
Tribal elders suggested Wo'aabi, an Indigenous word meaning "worm."
From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2026
The dinosaur, unearthed on the Isle of Wight, has been given the name Istiorachis macaruthurae with the first word meaning "sail spine" and the second referring to Dame Ellen's surname.
From BBC • Aug. 22, 2025
That meant when introducing the vocabulary questions, pronouncers Jacques Bailly and the Rev. Brian Sietsema were forced to use the awkward construction, “Your word meaning word is …”
From Seattle Times • May 28, 2024
The word meaning “energetic” has a glr, it’s not “spritely”: Ed and Trixie were feeling sprightly.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
