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jubilee
noun
the celebration of any of certain anniversaries, especially the fiftieth (golden jubilee).
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Jubilee comes from Middle English jubilee, jeubile, from Old French jubilee, 箩耻产颈濒茅, from Late Latin (annus) 箩奴产颈濒补别耻蝉 鈥�(year) of jubilee,鈥� from the Greek adjective 颈艒产脓濒补卯辞蝉, from the noun 颈峁揵脓濒辞蝉 鈥渏ubilee,鈥� from the Hebrew noun 测艒产丑脓濒 鈥渞am’s horn, jubilee.鈥� The change of the expected Latin spelling 箩艒产脓濒补别耻蝉 to 箩奴产颈濒补别耻蝉 is due to the Latin verb 箩奴产颈濒腻谤别 鈥渢o shout for joy.鈥� Jubilee first appears in John Wycliffe鈥檚 translation of the Bible in 1382.
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Few British monarchs have reached the 50-year milestone. King George III and Queen Victoria marked their golden jubilees with huge celebrations.
To mark our silver jubilee, we look back at some of the biggest, brightest moments of the past 9,131 days.
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de facto
adverb, adjective
in fact; in reality: Although his title was prime minister, he was de facto president of the country.
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The English adjective and adverb de facto, 鈥渋n fact, really, in actuality (whether legal or illegal),鈥� comes from the Latin phrase 诲脓 fact艒, from the preposition 诲脓 鈥渙f, from鈥� and the noun factum 鈥渄eed, act.鈥� De facto is frequently contrasted with de jure, from the Latin phrase 诲脓 j奴re 鈥渁ccording to law, legally.鈥� De facto entered English in the early 17th century.
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Teachers will be safe at home, Hicks-Maxie noted. She doesn鈥檛 blame them. But she said that will leave child care workers as de facto teachers鈥攁t half the pay.
By choosing her as his political partner, Mr. Biden, if he wins, may well be anointing her as the de facto leader of the party in four or eight years.
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There is nothing sinister about sinistrality: the word simply means 鈥渓eft-handedness鈥� (as opposed to right-handedness) or 鈥渓eft-sidedness.鈥� Sinistrality is a derivation of the adjective sinistral, whose current sense is 鈥渙n the left-hand side, left鈥� (in Middle English sinistralle meant “unlucky, adverse鈥�). Sinistrality entered English in the mid-19th century.
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碍别谤尘颈迟鈥檚 sinistrality leapt right off the page at me as soon as I saw the photograph of him with Bret McKenzie that accompanies聽Adam Sternbergh鈥檚 feature in this week鈥檚 magazine.
There are reports of editors being 31 per cent lefty and of graduates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in math and science showing 45 per cent sinistrality.
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