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A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
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WORD FACT The Proto-Indo-European root *trep-, meaning “to turn”, gives us these varied words: Trope — “A turn or figure of speech”→ a recurring genre motif Troubadour — often traced to trobar, “to compose/sing in…
Kind of amazing that you wouldn't be able to figure out that "I have never seen anyone anywhere be hateful or intolerant of Jews" is the deranged claim I was referring to.
Pritzker said before that Dem governors have been meeting to figure out how to deal with the regime. I wonder how that’s going.
What’s going on with Alex Cooper and her fighting with another woman? Or two other women? I tried to figure it out but I can’t. I’m not even sure who these people are but apparently this is a big deal. https://www…
>> Figure Round one. Kendrick. Round three.
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A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
“WORD FACT The Proto-Indo-European root *trep-, meaning “to turn”, gives us these varied words: Trope — “A turn or figure of speech”→ a recurring genre motif Troubadour — often traced to trobar, “to compose/sing in the form of tropes”→ a composer & performer of songs [1/2]”
— Bluesky· May 2026“What’s going on with Alex Cooper and her fighting with another woman? Or two other women? I tried to figure it out but I can’t. I’m not even sure who these people are but apparently this is a big deal. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8gff78b/”
— r/OutOfTheLoop· Apr 2026“trying to figure out how to say it.”
“>> Figure Round one. Kendrick. Round three.”
“to figure out who's the better rapper.”
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A drawing or diagram conveying information.
For example, while Figure 1 shows information for 516 visitor groups, Figure 3 presents data for 1,625 individuals. A note above each graph or table specifies the information illustrated. ... For example, although Joshua Tree NP visitors…
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The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.
a figure in bronze; a figure cut in marble
“Kind of amazing that you wouldn't be able to figure out that "I have never seen anyone anywhere be hateful or intolerant of Jews" is the deranged claim I was referring to.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Pritzker said before that Dem governors have been meeting to figure out how to deal with the regime. I wonder how that’s going.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“>> Figure Round one. Kendrick. Round three.”
“trying to figure out how to say it.”
“to figure out who's the better rapper.”
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