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- noun Plural form of
draw . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
draw .
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Examples
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The term draws its name from a 1970 Supreme Court ruling that said a defendant could plead guilty while asserting his innocence.
Trio Wins Release in Notorious Murder Case Nathan Koppel 2011
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The term draws upon Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection, where competition between individual organisms drives biological evolutionary change (speciation) through the survival of the fittest.
Failed Conservative Values: David Sirota on Economic Darwinism 2008
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The conclusion Darwin draws is obvious: "the individuals of the vegetable world may be considered as inferior or less perfect animals" (I, 73).
The Loves of Plants and Animals: Romantic Science and the Pleasures of Nature 2001
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The term draws attention to the fact of distinctness and difference and not to the qualities which make the difference, and least of all to the consciousness of identity by virtue of which "we feel each one of us at home within himself."
Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic Sidney Lewis Gulick 1902
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Time flies; the expiration of his term draws near.
Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon Samuel White Baker 1857
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The work of years is before him, but the expiration of his term draws near.
Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon Samuel White Baker 1857
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"During the darkest days of Iraq, people came to me and said, 'You're creating incredible political difficulties for us,'" the current president said as his term draws to a close.
WN.com - Articles related to Obama celebrates July 4th at White House barbecue 2010
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"During the darkest days of Iraq, people came to me and said, 'You're creating incredible political difficulties for us,'" the current president said as his term draws to a close.
WN.com - Articles related to Obama celebrates July 4th at White House barbecue 2010
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"During the darkest days of Iraq, people came to me and said, 'You're creating incredible political difficulties for us,'" the current president said as his term draws to a close.
WN.com - Articles related to Obama celebrates July 4th at White House barbecue 2010
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"During the darkest days of Iraq, people came to me and said, 'You're creating incredible political difficulties for us,'" the current president said as his term draws to a close.
WN.com - Articles related to Obama celebrates July 4th at White House barbecue 2010
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