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noun • an increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy | ||||
| 41% | 4 | French equivalent of the English “high” and Latin “altus”, thus prefixed to “boy”, “goût”, “monde”, “pas” and “ton”, to mean high wood, high taste, high society/world, high step and high fashion respectively | ||
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| 30% | 8 | May be high-rise or low-rise | ||
noun • a run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards | ||||
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ESCALATION which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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ESCALATION
Updated: October 14, 2023
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1 | French equivalent of the English “high” and Latin “altus”, thus prefixed to “boy”, “goût”, “monde”, “pas” and “ton”, to mean high wood, high taste, high society/world, high step and high fashion respectively
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