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"text": "Compared to its counterparts from World War II, the Abrams main battle tank is truly massive.",
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"ref": "2013 June 21, Chico Harlan, “Japan pockets the subsidy […] ”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 30:",
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"ref": "2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:",
"text": "Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.",
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"ref": "2007, Christine Conrad, Mademoiselle Benoir, page 171:",
"text": "Notwithstanding Catherine's assurances, I was apprehensive about meeting Denys, worried that I would come off as a massive idiot […]",
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"text": "Did you see Colbert last night? He was massive!",
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"ref": "1995 November 29, harry knowles, “INDEPENDENCE DAY---MASSIVE COOL SPOILERS DON'T OPEN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW”, in rec.arts.sf.movies (Usenet):",
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"ref": "1998 February 13, David Farrar, “nz.reg.wellington.general”, in Re: Te Papa (Usenet):",
"text": "Heaps excited about it - I'm planning for a massive day.",
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"ref": "1998 July 2, super disco dan, “Deasties rock the Hurricane- 06/21/98”, in alt.music.beastie-boys (Usenet):",
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"ref": "2003 June 11, Glenn Wendyhouse, “WENDYHOUSE June 21st”, in uk.people.gothic (Usenet):",
"text": "OPEN THROUGH THE SUMMER: We are on the 3rd Saturday of the month, remain at the same venue, at the same price, at the same times and always give you a massive night out to remember (unless you've drunk too much bargain University booze!).",
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"ref": "2010 July 30, Robbie, “Re: Survivable album chart from 2001”, in uk.music.charts (Usenet):",
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"ref": "1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax:",
"text": "But Richmond[…]appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sister saw, peeping around the massive silver epergne that almost obscured him from her view, that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either.",
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"ref": "2007, Christine Conrad, Mademoiselle Benoir, page 171:",
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"text": "Ok true believers here is the low down of massive coolness.",
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"ref": "1998 February 13, David Farrar, “nz.reg.wellington.general”, in Re: Te Papa (Usenet):",
"text": "Heaps excited about it - I'm planning for a massive day.",
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"text": "Your dress is massive, love. Where did you get it?",
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"Multicultural-London-English",
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmæs.ɪv/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-massive.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/08/En-us-massive.ogg/En-us-massive.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/En-us-massive.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æsɪv"
}
],
"word": "massive"
}
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