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noun • the state of having committed an offense • remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense | ||||
| 28% | 5 | King tucked into tail of powerful animal | ||
noun • nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia | ||||
| 26% | 15 | Finding a logical or sensible reason for something that was initially done without reason | ||
noun • (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening • the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason • (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation • the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency • systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale | ||||
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1 | Characteristic that evolves for one reason but later provides an advantage for another reason | |
2 | Dog in pen with tail tucked in
The Guardian Everyman -
14 Jul 2019 | The Guardian Everyman / 14 Jul 2019 |
3 | Finding a logical or sensible reason for something that was initially done without reason | |
4 | King tucked into tail of powerful animal
The Guardian Cryptic -
24 Nov 2017 | The Guardian Cryptic / 24 Nov 2017 |
5 | Tail's tail, at times
New York Times -
29 Aug 1993 | New York Times / 29 Aug 1993 |
6 | Tail ... or one with a tail
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30 Sep 2021 | New York Times / 30 Sep 2021 |
7 | Tail is part of one and one is part of tail
The Guardian Cryptic -
10 Jul 2023 | The Guardian Cryptic / 10 Jul 2023 |
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