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Politician Takes A Beat Cutting Out Dead Wood

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noun

• wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring

• any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone

29%7Cutting off dead wood
verb

• cut off from a whole

• cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

27%11 Accenting a weak beat instead of a strong beat
noun

• (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')

• a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat

• music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm

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