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noun

Definition of copesnext
plural of cope
as in shrouds
something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth committed their nefarious deeds under the dark cope of night

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copes

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verb

present tense third-person singular of cope
as in does
to meet one's day-to-day needs a young man learning to cope on his own at college

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  1. does
  2. manages
  3. survives
Verb
  • Society establishes a tax that if AI does the right thing, it is taxed lightly.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • In a town that does things by the book, Urban is intent on trying new things, tinkering around with formula.
    Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of does
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  • The trick is that those outfits will be repurposed for next year’s pantomime season for one of the other pantos Harrison manages.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Ruth manages to solve that only for Remy and Mike to start fist fighting among the barrels and against the tanker, and then Gary (Meegwun Fairbrother) shows up just as Ruth gets a critical call about her husband’s medical condition.
    Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of manages
Verb
  • Drew’s captures all of it in this love letter to a format that unexplicably survives, if only as a memory or souvenir.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Mikaela and Kieran escape and blow the place sky high … but Desmond survives.
    Sean T. Collins, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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