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The artist reworked certain of his etchings in order to make the scenes they depict more logical, yet, paradoxically, the pictorial space seems to become more _____________ the more realistically it is defined.
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It is true that propagandists spout misinformation to serve their own ends, but if our minds were _____________ such garbage, the lies would die out quickly.
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Just two centuries after the _____________ of Chinese algebra under the Song, even the finest mathematicians of Ming China could not fathom earlier texts.
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The senator's attempt to convince the public that he was not interested in running for a second term was as _____________ as his opponent' s attempt to disguise her intention to run against him.
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One important ocean current moves warm water north and east from the Gulf Stream. As that current moves into higher latitudes, its water cools and finally sinks. This cold, highly oxygenated water is crucial in (i)_____________ the ocean's gaseous elements, rather than allowing them to become (ii) _____________, with oxygenated tops and oxygen-free bottoms.
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Although ants and humans have _____________ lifestyles, they fight their foes for many of the same economic reasons, including access to dwelling spaces, to territory, and to food.
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Unsurprisingly, the novelist's new work has not been without its critics, drawing particulal attention from those who have _____________ the vapidity of other novels of the same genre in a number of acerbic reviews.
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While traditional Chinese historiography ostensibly described events in a neutral manner, early historians did not always _____________ tendentiousness, sometimes offering moral judgments about the historical figures they discussed.
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In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, science had come to be seen by the upper classes as a (i) __________, but the serious pursuit of science was generally believed to be (ii) __________ women. This created a situation in which science was (iii)__________ but at the same time beyond the reach of girls and women at anything except a superficial level.
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The type of cultural snobbery long associated with painting in the art world, whereby beloved popular works are (i) _____________ by critics, has appeared in the popular music industry. Bands with (ii) _____________ are critically (iii) _____________, whereas the more rarefied and minimally marketed performers can do no wrong in the opinion of the critics.
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Because connections made of the material are _____________to fail at high temperatures, it is particularly suited for sacrificial thermal cutoff switches; it is, of course, unsuited to applications where heat durability is needed.
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Astute and incisive, the essayist's work was nevertheless civil and polite: the essayist either had no gift of _____________ or else never felt any.
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Though extremely secretive about her own plans, she allowed her associates no such (i)_____________ and was constantly (ii) _____________ information about what they intended to do next.
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Theses defended by contemporary philosophers under the banner of metaphysics typically_____________ the claims of science, that is, they cannot be borne out by experiment as the claims of science are expected to be.
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While the subtropical ocean gyres are (i) _____________ accumulation zones of floating plastic debris, the possibility of plastic accumulation at polar latitudes has been (ii) _____________ because of the (iii) _____________ of nearby pollution sources.
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Though she said nothing at all, Jane thoroughly understood her mother, she was not the _____________ child that everyone thought her to be.
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As modern organizations amass more and more digital information, they need guidance on how to deal with the information surplus in a way that is more _____________ than simply increasing their storage capacity.
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Despite his secure position as a writer, Samuel Richardson adopted a strangely _____________ posture, soliciting advice on early drafts of his second novel from readers familiar with his earlier work.
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By the time they enter sixth grade, many children sleep so little during the school week that daytime drowsiness may _____________ their ability to pay attention and learn.
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Satellite data show that earthguakes are sometimes _____________ by local anomalous changes in the ionosphere over their epicenters, suggesting a way of improving earthquake forecasts.
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