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Ere; before.

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Containing substance 1

Air 70% connected

The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Containing whole 1

Hectare 70% connected

A measure of area, or superficies, containing a hundred ares, or 10,000 square meters, and equivalent to 2.471 acres.

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Are 92% connected

The present indicative plural of the substantive verb to be; but etymologically a different word from be, or was. Am, art, are, and is, all come from…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Argon 92% connected

A substance regarded as an element, contained in the atmosphere and remarkable for its chemical inertness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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