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Is there a better word for 'anonymity' here? [closed]
This is the sentence:
The Festival was the reason he had chosen this place to enter the country, the safety and 'anonymity' it provided would make his further travels much smoother.
Some context:
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What's an alternative term for "nip off to"?
I am thinking of an alternate way of saying
I [nip off] to the local store with my dog every day.
The alternative should include a replacement for the verb ‘nip off to’ and give the meaning of going ...
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A word to describe a person who loves anything related to celebrities/gossips/trends and is easily affected by them
I'd like to know a word to describe a person who loves celebrities, gossips, trends or anything that is popular and is
easily affected by them.
She said she had moved to Paris because she loved "...
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What is one word/phrase for pretending to like something while it’s not good? [closed]
For example, a guy shows his friend something he’s written, and she smiles awkwardly and praises him, and gives him positive comments, while the writing itself isn’t good anyway. How do you describe ...
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Is the phrase "in place" a good synonym for "appropriate"? [closed]
Would it be appropriate to use "in place" as a synonym for the word "appropriate?"
In this sentence, for example:
"I thought it would be in place for us to erect a statue for ...
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Adjective to qualify "No GUI"
What adjective can we use to qualify something that has no (visual) Graphic User Interface?
For example, a bot, a script, a command line tool, ...
I am thinking of "headless", taken from &...
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A term that captures translate and rotate
From this question, transform (or linear transform) was the consensus.
Say I have a broad phrase like:
Travel of the fluid urges a _____ of a partially-submerged bob.
Forgiving the lack of context, ...
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A word for the action of offering bad deals
Situation (imaginary and hyperbolic to establish the point)
There are two types of candies available in a shop. Type one is sweet and savory, but type two is infested with a serious bacteria, but ...
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Thieves who rob dead bodies on the battlefield
There are plenty of synonyms in English for thieves. I'm looking for a word or expression that describes people who rob dead bodies on the battlefield.
In the novel Les Misérables, by Hugo, Mr. ...
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Synonym/alternative for "rhetorical kill shot"?
The phrase "rhetorical kill shot" means clever persuasion with words that immediately incapacitates the rhetorical opponent.
Sometimes that phrase is simplified to just "kill shot"....
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need an idiom or phrase that means "you're up early"
I am writing a screenplay and one of the characters picks up the phone and says "you're up early" but I need something to replace it. It doesn't have to be a real idiom or commonly used ...
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What do you call a person who has basic knowledge or some basic experience in some programming language? [duplicate]
I am proficient in ReactJs (which is a Javascript framework for creating web applications). I want to mention that I have basic knowledge, and some experience, in other programming languages as well. ...
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Word or phrase like "underground' but hidden in the air not beneath the surface?
I am looking for a straight forward word or phrase to describe an occupation that is essentially underground/undercover work but I specifically want to stress that the work happens in the air/above ...
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Word or phrase that means correct, but difficult to interpret - the opposite of expressive?
I'm critiquing code that runs perfectly, but which is difficult for people to read, understand, and interpret.
Code which is pleasant to read and is relatively easy for people to interpret is often ...
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A recurring but elusive observation, felt over a long period of time
I'm looking for a word or phrase I think I've heard or seen, meaning something like, "a curious thing," but lighter, less forward. Like a passive observation one makes, of a handful of ...
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