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as in borrowed
to take for one's own use (something originated by another)
after working among them for two years in the Peace Corps, she felt compelled to espouse the peasants' cause for social justice
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Adjective
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At the 2024 Emmys, Saoirse Ronan and Jack Lowden made their red carpet debut as a married couple after secretly tying the knot in July.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2025 -
Someone else saw a married couple, both of whom worked for the sheriff's office, looking at Olson's photos on the husband's phone.—
Nate Anderson,
Ars Technica,
14 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Three years later, Stack borrowed another $60 million from GE Capital, this time to buy out his investors.—
Jemima McEvoy,
Forbes,
22 Dec. 2024
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The brothers learned as teenagers that their father had borrowed money through a federal program to drill for wells, and wound up $4 million in debt, including interest, when the wells failed, with the land pledged as collateral.—
Amy Feldman,
Forbes,
21 Dec. 2024
Verb
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From the start, the duo adopted an iterative design process, relying on small, focused experiments to shape their platform.—
Kyle J. Russell,
USA TODAY,
24 Dec. 2024
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With details being finalized and legislation being adopted, a lot has been happening.—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The figures include Abigail Abbot Bailey, an eighteenth-century New Englander whose efforts to leave her abusive husband, Asa, were hindered not just by strictures against divorce but also by the prevailing attitudes toward conjugal desire.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
26 Aug. 2024
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The female-nude painting hanging over her conjugal bed satirizes a freaky tendency that rocks her marital arrangement — an unsettling tour de force from Breillat.—
Armond White,
National Review,
26 June 2024
Adjective
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Problem is, Downhill largely echoes Östlund’s superior version, and there’s only so much Ferrell can do to add new twists to that resonant tale of marital discord and imperiled masculinity. 21.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
4 Feb. 2025
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In some cases, unresolved disagreements in the delivery room have led to deeper marital conflicts.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Espoused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/espoused. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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