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anent

[uh-nent] / əˈnɛnt /




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I desire to speak earnestly anent a degenerate form of singing which is called 'crooning.'

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The real crux of the speech was a statement by the Chancellor anent the "safeguarding" and McKenna duties, British equivalents of U. S. protective tariffs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week, at the Department of Commerce, Candidate Hoover received reports anent his great expectation.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rosendahl's statement anent the temperature was meant to refer to the desert section lying east of Banning.

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These bans an’ wafts an’ boh-ghosts an’ barguests an’ bogles an’ all anent them is only fit to set bairns an’ dizzy women a-belderin’.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker


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