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- noun Plural form of
hack . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
hack .
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Examples
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Some hacks don't evenreally qualify for the term hacks!
British Blogs 2008
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There are writers who will do whatever they are told regardless of the circumstances--these are called "hacks."
Red Room: Gail Simone: Survival Tips for the Newbie Writer Red Room 2011
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The WikiLeaks Iraq and Cablegate affairs form the shadowy background to the writing of this story; Assange asserts an interesting defence of the News of the World's journalistic practices, and expresses what the author calls "the hacker's disdain that the voicemail intercepts should be called 'hacks' at all".
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Give Governor Ritter some credit for recognizing the emerging trend that political leaders do not have to be hacks from the political machine.
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That is the problem with New York City – all the people who run for Council or Mayor are political hacks from the local clubs who are not permitted to have an original thought of their own.
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Turning over the last vestiges of control to the very parties already destroying the health care market, and effectively nationalizing it and turning control over to politicians and hacks is the worst idea ever, which pretty much means it came from the Dems.
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But I was thinking about a niche, study, productivity, study hacks, brain hacks, personal development and all.
Shattering the Myth of Blog Niches: How to Grow a Huge Readership | Write to Done 2009
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There are writers who will do whatever they are told regardless of the circumstances--these are called "hacks."
Red Room: Gail Simone: Survival Tips for the Newbie Writer Red Room 2011
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Bobby McFerrin hacks your brain with the pentatonic scale
Boing Boing 2009
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There are writers who will do whatever they are told regardless of the circumstances--these are called "hacks."
Red Room: Gail Simone: Survival Tips for the Newbie Writer Red Room 2011
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