The Seattle Times headline (above is especially awful. I say awful only because I can’t think of a word bad enough to describe how bad it is. Whywouldn’tpeople believe that the law would apply only to abusive parents? You may not consider “gender affirming care” of minors to be a...
2022 Barrow asked for a definition of critical race theory, which is the study of racism’s effect on societal structures and is usually taught at the graduate level but has become shorthand to describe progressive ideas about race and gender. Tyler Kingkade, NBC News, 17 Nov. 2022 But ...
This is also often written as “beer garden,” which makes it more English-y and which gives away its meaning in German. In English, it can be used to describe almost any place that serves beer, especially German beer. 21. Bratwurst As one of the most popular sausages in Germany, Engli...
Causal transition words are used to describe cause and effect. They can be used to express purpose, consequence, and condition. FunctionExample sentenceTransition words and phrases ConsequenceBecauseHitler failed to respond to the British ultimatum, France and the UK declared war on Germany.therefore,...
years ago I had hope for the Daluren to improve and become first worlders, but as their income rises they become more and more arrogant, completely missing the point of why anti-Chinese sentiment is on the rise worldwide, it's not that other countries are jealous of China, it's that ...
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Hitler was evil. Scrooge was a curmudgeon. curriculum The set of courses constituting an area of specialization. cygnet A young swan. Often used to describe a particularly beautiful young woman. cynosure The center of attention—usually a person who becomes the main attraction and directs everyone...
I will be the first to use hella in a sentence. it is one of my favorite adjectives to describe something to a higher degree. "This cheeseburger is hella tasty!" "The sink is hella full of dishes!" You get the drift. Hella has been used a slang word in California since the 90s ...
Might we have evolved some cunning ploy to conserve, a judicious perspicacity to set aside a request for mnemonic retrieval and then wait a bit for information to rise unbidden on its own. The senior moment seems to describe just such a ploy. Accepting this shenanigan as a normal healthy act...
On Tuesday, Mitt Romney added his voice to the chorus of political writers, observers, andcommentatorswho describe Michigan as his “home state.” Romney opened hisop-ed in theDetroit Newswith the trying-way-too-hard lines, “I am a son of Detroit…I grew up drinking Vernors and watching ...