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Obama: Different 'Sartorial' Decisions

'of or relating to clothes'

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US Stocks Experience 'Whipsaw'

'to beset or victimize in two opposite ways at once'

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Trump: Not Clapping is 'Treasonous'

'the crime of trying to overthrow your country's government'

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White House: Likely to Release Nunes Memo Without 'Redaction'

'removing sensitive information'

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Nunes: FBI Has 'Spurious' Objections to Memo

'false' or 'of a deceitful nature'

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Ryan: There May Have Been 'Malfeasance'

'wrongdoing or misconduct'

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Brady Takes Umbrage with 'Pissant' Comment

'an insignificant person or thing'

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Gov't Shutdown to 'Furlough' Federal Employees

"a period of time when an employee is told not to come to work and is not paid"

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Johnson: London Mayor a 'Popinjay'

'a strutting supercilious person'

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Trump: 'Libel' Laws a Disgrace

'a written defamatory statement'

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CNN's Tapper: Miller 'Obsequious,' 'Factotum'

exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

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Trump: That's Just a 'Misnomer'

"use of a wrong or inappropriate name"

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Bannon: Meeting at Trump Tower 'Treasonous'

"the crime of trying to overthrow your country’s government"

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'Net Neutrality' Rule Overturned

"providers should treat all Internet data as the same"

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Franks Resigns Amid 'Surrogacy' Scandal

acting as a surrogate mother

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"Happily Gentrifying" Denver Cafe Faces Rebuke

the influx of affluent people that often displaces poorer residents

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'Veteran' Searches Up Ahead of Holiday

"a former member of the armed forces"

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GOP Rep: Election a 'Referendum'

"submitting to a popular vote"

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President to President: H.W. Bush Calls Trump a 'Blowhard'

"braggart" or "windbag"

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Vox: America is Facing 'Epistemic' Crisis

"of or relating to knowledge"

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Vanity Fair: Trump ‘Apoplectic’ Now

"extremely enraged"

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CNN: Trump Our First 'Pundit' President

“a person who gives opinions in an authoritative manner"

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Manafort Indicted on 'Conspiracy' Charges

An agreement to commit an illegal act

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'Indictment' and 'Collusion' Spike from Manafort Charges

Two Latin-based legal terms

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Reports: Clinton Campaign, DNC Funded 'Dossier'

“a file containing detailed records”

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