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second

noun as in shortest interval of time

noun as in support; duplicate

verb as in support, advance a suggestion

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Postecoglou is in his second season at the club, and in September, he said: "I always win things in my second year."

From BBC

He breezed through the second, stranding a two-out single with two more strikeouts.

There is a second debate in English on Thursday, before Canadians vote on 28 April.

From BBC

Phillips earned the save for Oklahoma City on Wednesday, tossing a scoreless inning and appearing in a game for the second consecutive day for the first time in his rehab stint.

The second time, police responded to a call from a woman in distress who TMZ said was later determined to be Bynes.

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

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