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Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
Let’s look at five big companies that suddenly went out of business, and explore why they tanked so abruptly. Blockbuster Some of us nostalgic for the good old days miss seeing Blockbuster in town.
The end of colonialism and the invention of the electric fan largely put punkah wallahs out of business in the 20th century. [181] Tech: 17: 20: Reeve: A reeve was an official elected annually by the serfs to supervise lands for a feudal lord. [182] [183]: 166–178 H. R. Loyn observed, "he [the reeve] is the earliest English specialist in ...
As the economy emerged out of the Covid-19 pandemic, companies faced a laundry list of problems arising from high costs, supply shortages and growing competition. Here are 7 of the well-known ...
Borders. Year opened: 1971 Year closed: 2011 In a pre-e-reader, pre-Amazon world, browsing books at Borders was an idyllic way to spend an afternoon. The mega-bookstore started out with a single ...
This category has the following 19 subcategories, out of 19 total. Defunct broadcasting companies of the United States (2 C, 72 P) Defunct film and television production companies of the United States (15 C, 87 P)
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Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...