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Stanley
Stanley /ˈstænli/
noun
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Welsh journalist and explorer who led an expedition to Africa in search of David Livingstone and found him in Tanzania in 1871; he and Livingstone together tried to find the source of the Nile River (1841-1904)
(
Henry M. Stanley
, John Rowlands
, Sir Henry Morton Stanley
, Stanley
)
Welsh journalist and explorer who led an expedition to Africa in search of David Livingstone and found him in Tanzania in 1871; he and Livingstone together tried to find the source of the Nile River (1841-1904)
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United States inventor who built a steam-powered automobile (1849-1918)
(
Francis Edgar Stanley
, Stanley
)
United States inventor who built a steam-powered automobile (1849-1918)
John Cowper Powys
John Cowper Powys /dʒɒn ˈkuːpər ˈpoʊɪs/
noun
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British writer of novels about nature; one of three literary brothers (1872-1963)
(
John Cowper Powys
, Powys
)
British writer of novels about nature; one of three literary brothers (1872-1963)
California condor
California condor /ˌkælɪˈfɔrnjə ˈkɒndɔr/
noun
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North American condor; chiefly dull black; almost extinct
(
California condor
, Gymnogyps californianus
)
North American condor; chiefly dull black; almost extinct
escalator
escalator /ˈɛskəˌleɪtɝ/
noun
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A stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
(
escalator
, moving staircase
, moving stairway
)
a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
I took the escalator down to the ground floor of the shopping centre.
I took the escalator down to the ground floor of the shopping centre.
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A clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index)
(
escalator
, escalator clause
)
a clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index)