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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective taken without permission or consent especially by public authority.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
appropriate .
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The term appropriated by Gnostic heresiarchs to designate the series of spiritual powers evolved by progressive emanation from the eternal
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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"Anti-Chalcedonians" was the term appropriated by everyone in Asia who took sides against the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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MILF seems to be a term appropriated from the pages of celebrity culture by teenage boys, men whose views of womanhood centre on one plastic image.
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MILF seems to be a term appropriated from the pages of celebrity culture by teenage boys, men whose views of womanhood centre on one plastic image.
Got MILF? 2008
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Mr. Giraud's adoption of the strange-sounding pseudonym, which he appropriated from the mathematical strip of the s ame name, marked an artistic renaissance which gathered pace in the mid-1970s and hasn't lagged since.
The Artistic Renaissance of Jean Giraud Tobias Grey 2010
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Where he voiced a radical vision of a humanity founded on the dual principles of agape (love) and koinonia (communion), Left Behind theology seems to be more of a Save Your Behind theology, one in which Jesus is more of a shill, a name appropriated in hopes of gaining legitimacy.
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Where he voiced a radical vision of a humanity founded on the dual principles of agape (love) and koinonia (communion), Left Behind theology seems to be more of a Save Your Behind theology, one in which Jesus is more of a shill, a name appropriated in hopes of gaining legitimacy.
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Where he voiced a radical vision of a humanity founded on the dual principles of agape (love) and koinonia (communion), Left Behind theology seems to be more of a Save Your Behind theology, one in which Jesus is more of a shill, a name appropriated in hopes of gaining legitimacy.
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Would we have to reassess the history of Abstract Expressionism if we were to discover that this taxidermist was Robert Rauschenberg's lover and that the artist's found objects were not appropriated from the streets and trash heaps of New York City but were actually pilfered from the museum's workrooms during their nighttime trysts?
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There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Correction the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year for beaver control measures at Tabor Correctional Institution in Tabor City.
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
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