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"sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
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"sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
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"sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
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"sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
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"sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
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"sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
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"sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
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"word": "لافِتٌ لِلنَّظَرِ"
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"sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
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"sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
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"word": "striking range"
},
{
"word": "wonder-striking"
}
],
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{
"form": "strikings",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"expansion": "striking (plural strikings)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2012, Andrew Pessin, Uncommon Sense, page 142",
"text": "We've observed plenty of strikings followed by lightings, so even if we should not say that the strikings cause the lightings, isn't it at least reasonable to predict, and to believe, that the next time we strike a match in similar conditions, it will be followed by a lighting?",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The act by which something strikes or is struck."
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈstɹaɪkɪŋ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪkɪŋ"
},
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a4/En-us-striking.ogg/En-us-striking.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/En-us-striking.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"word": "striking"
}
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