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verb

  1. (tr, adverb) to sketch in outline, with little detail

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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According to the UK authorities, in 2019 he bought a £12m mansion in north London and a £95m office block in the city's financial district.

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She explained that mental health care became a key aspect of her own life after her performance at the 2020 Olympics was derailed by a case of the “twisties,” a dangerous mental block in which a gymnast loses all spatial awareness while in the air.

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"In our simulation, I saw how this high gas pressure blasts away the sand around the block in all directions," says Roelofs.

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Raducanu missed those ties for a training block in Los Angeles with Mark Petchey, who was coaching her at the time.

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CBS launched its late-night block in 1993 with David Letterman after he defected from NBC.

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