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- noun Plural form of
acetate .
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Examples
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Monroe, though she has a bit part, gets a lot of the choice material, playing even more of an oblivious blonde bimbo than usual, whether she's showing off her "acetates" or explaining why she's at work so early: "Mr. Oxley's been complaining about my punctuation, so I'm careful to get here before nine."
Monkey Business (1952) Ed Howard 2008
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Monroe, though she has a bit part, gets a lot of the choice material, playing even more of an oblivious blonde bimbo than usual, whether she's showing off her "acetates" or explaining why she's at work so early: "Mr. Oxley's been complaining about my punctuation, so I'm careful to get here before nine."
Archive 2008-12-01 Ed Howard 2008
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New York equity analyst Fulcrum Global Partners LLC says the company's dominance of key markets, such as acetates, should help profits more than double in 2006, to $307 million, on sales of $6.1 billion.
BusinessWeek.com -- 2010
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Then, when I got the acetates, they tried to do an infomercial to commercialize these with this company out of Texas, and Hank Jr. and I sued as the children of the estate.
Mike Ragogna: Mother's Best, Hank's Best: A Conversation With Jett Williams and the Students Mike Ragogna 2010
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MR: Yes, it's good to remember that these acetates were really only meant for that one time play, and radio stations received these for broadcast.
Mike Ragogna: Mother's Best, Hank's Best: A Conversation With Jett Williams and the Students Mike Ragogna 2010
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Their frames, however, are made from heavily laminated acetates which are derived from non-renewable oil.
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One thing that we did in the transfer from the acetates over to what we released is, if you listen carefully, you can hear the ambient noise in the background -- moving chairs and maybe someone coughing.
Mike Ragogna: Mother's Best, Hank's Best: A Conversation With Jett Williams and the Students Mike Ragogna 2010
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One thing that we did in the transfer from the acetates over to what we released is, if you listen carefully, you can hear the ambient noise in the background -- moving chairs and maybe someone coughing.
Mike Ragogna: Mother's Best, Hank's Best: A Conversation With Jett Williams and the Students Mike Ragogna 2010
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MR: And we're talking about 1951, which is why acetates are the medium for even the original studio recordings of your dad.
Mike Ragogna: Mother's Best, Hank's Best: A Conversation With Jett Williams and the Students Mike Ragogna 2010
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JW: What happened was that Les Leverett rescued these acetates, part of them were duplicated, and that's what they tried to pitch for sale.
Mike Ragogna: Mother's Best, Hank's Best: A Conversation With Jett Williams and the Students Mike Ragogna 2010
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