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Topical

Of or pertaining to a place; limited; logical application; as, a topical remedy; a topical claim or privilege.

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Current 84% connected

Running or moving rapidly.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Current 84% connected

Running or moving rapidly.

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Local 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a particular place, or to a definite region or portion of space; restricted to one place or region; as, a local custom.

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Local 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a particular place, or to a definite region or portion of space; restricted to one place or region; as, a local custom.

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Matter 74% connected

That of which anything is composed; constituent substance; material; the material or substantial part of anything; the constituent elements of concep…

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Matter 74% connected

That of which anything is composed; constituent substance; material; the material or substantial part of anything; the constituent elements of concep…

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Theme 74% connected

A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text.

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Theme 74% connected

A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text.

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Matter 66% connected

That of which anything is composed; constituent substance; material; the material or substantial part of anything; the constituent elements of concep…

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Abandon verb · 78% connection

To relinquish all claim to; -- used when an insured person gives up to underwriters all claim to the property covered by a policy, whi…

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Abandonment noun · 78% connection

The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege, as to mill site, etc.

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Assert verb · 78% connection

To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to; as, to assert our rights and lib…

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Claim noun · 78% connection

A right to claim or demand something; a title to any debt, privilege, or other thing in possession of another; also, a title to anythi…

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Counterclaim noun · 78% connection

A claim made by a person as an offset to a claim made on him.

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Demand verb · 78% connection

To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently o…

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Dialectics noun · 78% connection

That branch of logic which teaches the rules and modes of reasoning; the application of logical principles to discursive reasoning; th…

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Disclaim verb · 78% connection

To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate, interest, or office.

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Dispauper verb · 78% connection

To deprive of the claim of a pauper to public support; to deprive of the privilege of suing in forma pauperis.

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Franchise adjective · 78% connection

A particular privilege conferred by grant from a sovereign or a government, and vested in individuals; an imunity or exemption from or…

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generalisability noun · 78% connection

the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability; "Although useful, such samples are not representative of t…

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Generality noun · 78% connection

the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability; "Although useful, such samples are not representative of t…

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Generalizability noun · 78% connection

the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability; "Although useful, such samples are not representative of t…

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Job noun · 78% connection

(computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit

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Lapse noun · 78% connection

The termination of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it within the limited time, or through failure of some contingency…

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Lien noun · 78% connection

A legal claim; a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty; a right in one to control or hold an…

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Logical adjective · 78% connection

According to the rules of logic; as, a logical argument or inference; the reasoning is logical.

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Monopoly noun · 78% connection

The exclusive power, or privilege of selling a commodity; the exclusive power, right, or privilege of dealing in some article, or of t…

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