“of/the/”

The following 433 entries include the term of/the/.

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wrong side of the tracks

noun phrase

: a run-down or unfashionable neighborhood

yeoman of the guard

noun phrase

: a member of a military corps attached to the British royal household that serves as ceremonial attendants of the sovereign

acceleration of the tide

: priming of the tide

affirmation of the consequent

: the logical fallacy of inferring the truth of the antecedent of an implication from the truth of the consequent (as in, "if it rains, then the game is cancelled and the game has been cancelled, therefore it has rained")

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Challenging Standardized Test Words, Vol. 2

  • a pencil broken in half on top of a test answer sheet
  • The business’s new computer system proved not to be a panacea.
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