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oewn-00027360-a
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acknowledged
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a woman of acknowledged accomplishments
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recognized or made known or admitted
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oewn-00027360-a
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acknowledged
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his acknowledged error
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recognized or made known or admitted
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oewn-00027712-s
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accepted
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several accepted techniques for treating the condition
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generally approved or compelling recognition
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oewn-00027712-s
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recognized
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his recognized superiority in this kind of work
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generally approved or compelling recognition
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oewn-00028121-s
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assumptive
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assumptive beliefs
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accepted as real or true without proof
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oewn-00028294-s
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declarable
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declarable income
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that must be declared
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oewn-00028393-s
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given
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given the engine's condition, it is a wonder that it started
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acknowledged as a supposition
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oewn-00028584-s
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putative
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the foundling's putative father
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purported; commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds
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oewn-00028584-s
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putative
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the putative author of the book
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purported; commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds
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oewn-00029097-s
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secret
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a secret marriage
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not openly made known
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oewn-00029097-s
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secret
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a secret bride
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not openly made known
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oewn-00029221-s
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unconfessed
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unconfessed sins
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not admitted
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oewn-00029329-s
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unrecognized
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he was unrecognized in his disguise
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not recognized
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oewn-00029456-a
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acquisitive
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an acquisitive mind
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eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas
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oewn-00029456-a
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acquisitive
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an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied
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eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas
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oewn-00029882-s
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accumulative
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we live in an accumulative society
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marked by acquiring or amassing
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oewn-00030046-s
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avaricious
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they are avaricious and will do anything for money
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immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
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oewn-00030046-s
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covetous
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casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields
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immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
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oewn-00030046-s
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grasping
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a grasping old miser
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immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
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oewn-00030046-s
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grasping
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grasping commercialism
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immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
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oewn-00030046-s
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greedy
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greedy for money and power
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immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
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oewn-00030046-s
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prehensile
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prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees
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immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
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oewn-00030621-s
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possessive
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small children are so possessive they will not let others play with their toys
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desirous of owning
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oewn-00030911-s
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predatory
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predatory capitalists
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living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain
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oewn-00031251-s
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rapacious
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a rapacious divorcee on the prowl
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excessively greedy and grasping
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oewn-00031251-s
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ravening
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ravening creditors
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excessively greedy and grasping
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oewn-00031251-s
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voracious
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paying taxes to voracious governments
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excessively greedy and grasping
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oewn-00032087-a
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active
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an active toddler
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characterized by energetic activity
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oewn-00032087-a
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active
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active as a gazelle
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characterized by energetic activity
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oewn-00032087-a
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active
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an active man is a man of action
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characterized by energetic activity
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oewn-00032471-s
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about
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up and about
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on the move
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oewn-00032471-s
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astir
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the whole town was astir over the incident
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on the move
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oewn-00032610-s
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acrobatic
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an acrobatic dance
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vigorously active
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oewn-00032610-s
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athletic
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an athletic child
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vigorously active
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oewn-00032610-s
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athletic
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athletic playing
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vigorously active
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oewn-00032610-s
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gymnastic
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gymnastic exercises
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vigorously active
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oewn-00033190-s
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hot
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a hot week on the stock market
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marked by excited activity
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oewn-00033319-s
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hyperactive
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a hyperactive child
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more active than normal
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oewn-00033472-s
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on the go
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is always on the go
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(of a person) very busy and active
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oewn-00033687-a
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inactive
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illness forced him to live an inactive life
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not active physically or mentally
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oewn-00033687-a
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inactive
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dreamy and inactive by nature
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not active physically or mentally
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oewn-00034145-s
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dormant
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her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened
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inactive but capable of becoming active
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oewn-00034435-s
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inert
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she was fat and inert
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slow and apathetic
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oewn-00034435-s
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sluggish
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a sluggish worker
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slow and apathetic
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oewn-00034435-s
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torpid
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a mind grown torpid in old age
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slow and apathetic
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oewn-00034823-a
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active
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active duty
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engaged in full-time work
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oewn-00034823-a
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active
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though past retirement age he is still active in his profession
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engaged in full-time work
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oewn-00035037-s
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activated
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a newly activated unit
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(military) set up and placed on active assignment
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oewn-00035187-a
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inactive
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inactive reserve
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not engaged in full-time work
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oewn-00035187-a
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inactive
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an inactive member
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not engaged in full-time work
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oewn-00035367-s
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off
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He's off every Tuesday
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not performing or scheduled for duties
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oewn-00035578-a
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active
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an active seaport
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full of activity or engaged in continuous activity
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oewn-00035578-a
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active
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an active bond market
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full of activity or engaged in continuous activity
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oewn-00035578-a
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active
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an active account
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full of activity or engaged in continuous activity
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oewn-00035892-s
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brisk
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doing a brisk business
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very active
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oewn-00035981-s
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bustling
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a bustling city
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full of energetic and noisy activity
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oewn-00036091-s
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busy
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a very busy week
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crowded with or characterized by much activity
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oewn-00036091-s
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busy
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a busy life
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crowded with or characterized by much activity
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oewn-00036091-s
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busy
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a busy street
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crowded with or characterized by much activity
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oewn-00036091-s
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busy
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a busy seaport
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crowded with or characterized by much activity
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oewn-00036276-s
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going
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a going concern
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in full operation
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oewn-00036459-s
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springy
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he walked away with a springy step
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(of movements) light and confidently active
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oewn-00036594-a
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inactive
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an inactive mine
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lacking activity; lying idle or unused
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oewn-00036594-a
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inactive
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inactive accounts
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lacking activity; lying idle or unused
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oewn-00036594-a
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inactive
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inactive machinery
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lacking activity; lying idle or unused
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oewn-00036876-s
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dark
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the theater is dark on Mondays
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not giving performances; closed
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oewn-00036992-s
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dead
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this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here
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devoid of activity
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oewn-00037111-s
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dull
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business is dull (or slow)
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(of business) not active or brisk
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oewn-00037111-s
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slow
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business is dull (or slow)
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(of business) not active or brisk
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oewn-00037111-s
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sluggish
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a sluggish market
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(of business) not active or brisk
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oewn-00037301-s
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idle
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the machinery sat idle during the strike
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not in active use
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oewn-00037301-s
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idle
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idle hands
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not in active use
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oewn-00037454-s
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strikebound
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a strikebound airline
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closed or immobilized by a strike
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oewn-00037570-a
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active
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active tuberculosis
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tending to become more severe or wider in scope
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oewn-00037766-s
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progressive
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progressive paralysis
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advancing in severity
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oewn-00038232-s
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flat
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flat sales for the month
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commercially inactive
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oewn-00038232-s
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flat
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prices remained flat
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commercially inactive
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oewn-00038232-s
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flat
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a flat market
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commercially inactive
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oewn-00038373-s
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indolent
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an indolent ulcer
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(of tumors, e.g.) slow to heal or develop and usually painless
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oewn-00038373-s
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indolent
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leprosy is an indolent infectious disease
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(of tumors, e.g.) slow to heal or develop and usually painless
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oewn-00038575-s
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latent
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latent infection
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(pathology) not presently active
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oewn-00038575-s
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latent
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latent diabetes
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(pathology) not presently active
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oewn-00038736-s
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quiescent
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a quiescent tumor
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(pathology) causing no symptoms
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oewn-00038863-a
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active
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a director who takes an active interest in corporate operations
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disposed to take action or effectuate change
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oewn-00038863-a
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active
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an active antagonism
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disposed to take action or effectuate change
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oewn-00038863-a
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active
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he was active in drawing attention to their grievances
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disposed to take action or effectuate change
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oewn-00040189-s
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resistless
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resistless hostages
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offering no resistance, passively accepting of a situation
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oewn-00040548-a
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active
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active volcanoes
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(of e.g. volcanoes) erupting or liable to erupt
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oewn-00040757-s
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eruptive
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a geyser is an intermittently eruptive hot spring
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actively spewing out lava
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oewn-00040908-a
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dormant
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a dormant volcano
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(of e.g. volcanoes) not erupting and not extinct
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oewn-00041273-a
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extinct
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an extinct volcano
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(of e.g. volcanoes) permanently inactive
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oewn-00041424-s
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dead
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Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range
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physically inactive
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oewn-00041710-s
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live
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a live volcano
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capable of erupting
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oewn-00041710-s
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alive
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the volcano is very much alive
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capable of erupting
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oewn-00041710-s
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live
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the volcano is very much alive
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capable of erupting
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oewn-00042449-a
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passive
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academics seem to favor passive sentences
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expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb
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oewn-00042677-a
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active
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an active ingredient
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exerting influence or producing a change or effect
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oewn-00043450-s
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quiescent
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the quiescent level of centimeter wave-length solar radiation
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not active or activated
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oewn-00043985-a
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actual
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the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different
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presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible
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oewn-00043985-a
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actual
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actual and imagined conditions
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presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible
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