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"tags": [
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "–",
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"comparative"
]
},
{
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]
}
],
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],
"hyphenation": "ter‧ti‧a‧ry",
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"pos": "adj",
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{
"examples": [
{
"text": "College in the US is a tertiary institution. It comes after high school."
}
],
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"of third rank or order; subsequent."
],
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}
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]
},
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"ipa": "/ˈtɝ.ʃi.æ.ri/",
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"US"
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},
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{
"text": "College in the US is a tertiary institution. It comes after high school."
}
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]
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