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1️⃣ Color television sets were first developed and sold in the 1950s. ___________ , television displays were black and white.
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2️⃣ In the 1960s, passengers wore formal clothing on commercial flights. ___________ , casual clothing is more common.
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3️⃣ Author Victor Hugo wrote Les Miserables while exiled from France. ___________ , Niccolo Machiavelli wrote The Prince under self-imposed exile from Florence.
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4️⃣ Russia is the largest country on Earth at 6.6 million square miles. ___________ , Vatican City is just 0.17 square miles.
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5️⃣ Our closest star system, Alpha Centauri, is still 25.6 trillion miles away. ___________ , a rocket-propelled spaceship would take 70,000 years to reach it.
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Etymology
From the Middle English alleggen, meaning "to declare under oath". Allege still means this today, as another meaning is "to claim before court".
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1️⃣ Even though she disliked [mustard] , she [mustered] a smile when she ate the free sandwich.
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2️⃣ The soldiers grew nervous when they realized theirs would be just the [fourth] unit to go [forth] into battle that morning.
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3️⃣ Sociologist Vilfredo Pareto posited that people give a logical [rationale] for their actions even when they are not [rational] .
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4️⃣ A surgeon's sense of humor can [detract] her patients but not [distract] her quality of care.
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5️⃣ The discussion of minutiae at the [board] meeting [bored] even the most interested member of the audience.
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Etymology
From the Latin exhaurire, meaning "to use up or drain out". The ending -ive can be used to form adjectives.
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