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adjective as in amateur, not trained in a religious or other profession
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verb as in put, place
verb as in produce, advance
Strongest match
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verb as in credit, allocate
verb as in design, plan
verb as in make smooth
Example Sentences
The pick, unveiled Tuesday, drew immediate pushback from some influential veterans groups and current and former lawmakers, who suggested that Hegseth’s ideological leanings, rather than any demonstrated expertise, lay behind him being tapped to run the vast U.S. defense complex.
The way Musk and Ramaswamy have been talking, they clearly have the idea that they’ll be cleaning house from Day 1 onward—just like Musk did when he bought Twitter in late 2022, brought his friends and cronies on as consultants for cost cuts, ousted the company’s executives, and went on to lay off thousands more staffers.
She lay awake frozen in fear all night and in the morning he left.
One thing stood out: The roots of their sentiments lay in concerns that the United States has become overpopulated.
For decades, it lay in an unmarked grave in the UN cemetery in Busan, on Korea’s south coast, adorned with the plaque ‘Member of the British Army, known unto God’.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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