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- noun Plural form of
compulsory .
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Examples
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Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko earned a 6.0 in compulsories at the 1989 worlds, and Maia Usova and Alexander Zhulin got one two years later.
USATODAY.com - Belbin and Agosto get surprise in compulsory dance 2005
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Perfect marks are a rarity, and practically unheard of in compulsories.
USATODAY.com - Belbin and Agosto get surprise in compulsory dance 2005
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Trixie was very, very good at figure skating - as in skating figures - and amassed an insurmountable lead in what was then known as the compulsories, the portion of the competition in which skaters had to methodically etch "figures" into the ice.
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• The compulsories are the first of three nights of ice dancing (competition starts at 7: 45 p.m.) at the Pacific Coliseum, and world champions
CNN.com 2010
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Trixie was very, very good at figure skating - as in skating figures - and amassed an insurmountable lead in what was then known as the compulsories, the portion of the competition in which skaters had to methodically etch "figures" into the ice.
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• The compulsories are the first of three nights of ice dancing (competition starts at 7: 45 p.m.) at the Pacific Coliseum, and world champions
CNN.com 2010
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Watching dressage is like watching a figure skater skate the “compulsories”.
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Some say the compulsories anchor ice dance in its roots.
Gold Without a Quad 2010
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Aside from a few minor screw ups all of them my fault our compulsories went well.
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The compulsories of a memoir are served -- we now know how Barbara Walters became the iconic "Barbara Walters."
Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler: Dum Dum Bullets Swaddled in Angora 2008
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