From the religious (โThe Holly and the Ivyโ) to the ___ (โThe Chipmunk Songโ), my top 20.
secular
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lifesaver
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shark
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rocket
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baam
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The artist's goal was to ___ the beauty of nature through her paintings.
make manifest
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The company's slogan "We cater to your every knead" was a playful ___ words that effectively communicated their bakery services.
play on
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It would be tempting, at this point, to say that the Internet will corrode religious authority and ____ the Great Secular Age.
usher in
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So mathematicians hoped that Bateman and Katzโs breakthrough might offer an ___ into proving the Erdลs conjecture, especially when combined with other recent advances.
avenue
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These words represent nothing; they describe nothing; but a gesture makes them ____..
intelligible
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trap
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shark
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shark
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baam
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Even though mathematicians have spent over 2,000 years ___ the structure of the five Platonic solids โ the tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, icosahedron and dodecahedron โ thereโs still a lot we donโt know about them.
dissecting
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heart
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fairy
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fairy
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banana
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The ____ issues are numerous but at least we know what they are.
extant
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Since then, Jay has continued to methodically ___ his technique and mentor a handful of candidates.
hone
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An important ___ in developing this technology began with the American mathematician and AI pioneer Woodrow Wilson โWoodyโ Bledsoe.
thread
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Ultimate causes, of course, will be overlooked; only ___ causes will be noticed.
proximate
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For them the old ____ jealousy, vanity, truculency, and ambition are the strongest elements in patriotism.
ethnocentric
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Many people turn to ___ as a way to explore the deeper meaning and purpose of life.