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- noun Plural form of
encore . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
encore .
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Examples
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Some think of leftovers as a dirty word, so I prefer the term encores, as culinary author Roy Andries de Groot did.
Ellen Kanner: Meatless Monday: Leftovers, Encores, It's All Good 2009
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Some think of leftovers as a dirty word, so I prefer the term encores, as culinary author Roy Andries de Groot did.
Ellen Kanner: Meatless Monday: Leftovers, Encores, It's All Good 2009
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Among the encores was a high-spirited rendering of Zequinha de Abreu's "Tico Tico," for which Ms. O'Connor and Ms. Meneses as a percussionist joined Mr. Fisk.
NYT > Home Page By ALLAN KOZINN 2011
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The encores were the hymn "How Can I Keep From Singing," superbly sung without accompaniment, and Stephen Foster's "Beautiful Dreamer."
SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter Chronicle jkosman@sfchronicle.com (Joshua Kosman 2011
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Viewers will watch comedy repeats, the networks have learned, so CBS 'Monday night sitcoms and ABC's Wednesday comedy lineup will be what the networks like to call "encores" for the next two weeks.
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Viewers will watch comedy repeats, the networks have learned, so CBS's Monday night sitcoms and ABC's Wednesday comedy lineup will be what the networks like to call "encores" for the next two weeks.
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Then a flurry of encores including the ubiquitous "Every Breath You Take", followed by "Next To You," where we saw The Police's Sting run, jump and rock like a young lad from Northern England.
Elizabeth Thorp: At 60, Sting Can Still Rock a Packed House & a Muscle Tee Elizabeth Thorp 2011
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Then a flurry of encores including the ubiquitous "Every Breath You Take", followed by "Next To You," where we saw The Police's Sting run, jump and rock like a young lad from Northern England.
Elizabeth Thorp: At 60, Sting Can Still Rock a Packed House & a Muscle Tee Elizabeth Thorp 2011
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Then a flurry of encores including the ubiquitous "Every Breath You Take", followed by "Next To You," where we saw The Police's Sting run, jump and rock like a young lad from Northern England.
Elizabeth Thorp: At 60, Sting Can Still Rock a Packed House & a Muscle Tee Elizabeth Thorp 2011
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"A lot of people buy tickets because of the big name and are waiting throughout the program to see what the encores are going to be."
Opera singer Joyce DiDonato talks about her all-American work ethic Anne Midgette 2011
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