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Word for a person or entity who is permitted by society to do bad/greedy things because they have been charitable
I would describe this person or entity as "feeling entitled" by that doesn't exactly capture what I am trying to say.
For example: A person who donates a lot of money to some charity gets '...
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As I stand on/at the ______ of a new chapter?
Can someone please fill in the blank for me? I can't remember how the phrase goes. I don't want to say "stand at the start of a new chapter" because that sounds clumsy. I had originally ...
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Is there a single word for two phrases which are synonymous with one another?
Is there a single concise word for two phrases which have the same or nearly the same meanings as one another? Lately, I have found myself Googling phrases like "loath to admit synonym" or &...
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Word meaning a certain phrase?
In Estonian, there is a word that roughly translates to "I want to sleep more, but I can't, so I am laying in bed". Is there a similar word or shortened phrase that means the same thing in ...
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What is a term with a negative connotation that can be used to denote someone who became rich through unscrupulous means?
What is a word of phrase which one can use to define someone, or group of people who profited/ became rich by borderline illegal/Immoral/unscrupulous means.
I want a term which can relate to below ...
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What is a single word/phrase that can be used in place of 'mistaken assumption' or 'incorrect belief'?
What is a suitable word that can be used in the below story scenario?
I've considered the following words; Delusion, Conjecture, Fallacy, Belief, Erroneous assumption. Is there a better word anyone ...
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What is a single word to use in place of 'Costing a large number of lives'?
If I'm writing a sentence such as
"The second World War was the single most wasteful and (Costing a large number of lives/ having a high death toll) war in the History of Mankind.
What single ...
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What is a phrase for an extreme form of Hunger? e.g. They ripped him apart in their throes of (extreme hunger)
I'm writing a scene where 2 characters come across a village ravaged with famine. Where children are malnourished skeletal figures. As one of them makes to give one child a loaf of bread, the other ...
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Is there a single word that has the same meaning as "As far as I know"?
"AFAIK" is a popular abbreviation, but I was wondering if there was already a real word that would do the same job, preferably one that wasn't very obscure, but that works too :). So what words have ...
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Another Term for "Long-Thought"
So I was doing a bit of writing and ended up using the phrase "long-thought" (as in, "a technique long-thought forgotten" or "people long-thought incapable of using magic"). I ended up using it quite ...
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Looking for a word meaning small/petite
Help I’m drawing a blank!
Looking for a word that describes a person as having a small build and also fits into the sentence “she was a _______ of a woman”
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Voyeurism but not really [closed]
I am looking for a word or phrase that portrays the feeling of watching an intimate (but not sexual) moment unfold.
Some context;
A is keeping a watchful eye on E because he is worried about her ...
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Is there a word for something happening after you wish for it?
For example, saying "I wish I could pet a dog right now", then a person walking their dog comes around to corner.
Is there a word for this outside the realm of faith aside from calling it a wish ...
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Avoidance behaviour
What is the word or phrase that describes doing one [previously unimportant] thing to avoid doing another?
Avoidance, procrastination or prevarication almost do it, but I'm sure there is something ...
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Synonym for “Small but Obvious”?
I’ve seen many works in which the phrase “small but obvious” is used. I understand and acknowledge the fact that it is, essentially, perfectly fine to simply use these precise words; however, I was ...
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