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aesthetic



  • (adjective) concerning or relating to the appreciation of beauty or the arts
  • (noun) artistic sensibility

Residents cited aesthetic concerns about the steel tower in a residential area and possible health implications of long-term exposure to it. [ source ]

She comes down to breakfast in deep purple and electric orange T-shirts, odd shoes, even odder headwear. Can dreadful aesthetics be cute? [ source ]

sanction a sanction on "sanction"



This very confusing word has two sets of meanings; each set features a verb form and a noun form.

  • (verb) to approve
  • (noun) an official approval or decree
  • (verb) to penalize, especially for a violation of international law
  • (noun) a penalty imposed by one nation or several nations on another nation for the violation of international law

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dearth



  • (noun) a scarcity; smallness of number; a paucity

"There’s never a dearth of reasons to shoot at the President." - Don Delillo (b. 1926), U.S. author.

"There’s no dearth of kindness
In this world of ours;
Only in our blindness
We gather thorns for flowers."
- (Thomas) Gerald Massey (1828–1907)

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