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purlieu
27 March 2026 @ 5:00 am
Definition: (noun) An outer adjacent area of any place.
Synonyms: environs.
Usage: These skulking visitors would keep about the purlieus of the camp until daylight; when, on the first stir of life among the sleepers, they would scamper off until they reached some rising ground.
gleeful
26 March 2026 @ 5:00 am
Definition: (adjective) Full of high-spirited delight.
Synonyms: elated, joyful, jubilant.
Usage: As he spoke his boyish face was wreathed in a gleeful smile, and his voice had an exultant ring.
antitrust
25 March 2026 @ 5:00 am
Definition: (adjective) Of laws and regulations; designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices.
Synonyms: antimonopoly.
Usage: Government antitrust laws prevented the technology company from merging with its only competitor.