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noun • a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses • an essay (especially one written as an assignment) • a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements • a medium for written communication • a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses • a business firm that publishes newspapers • the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher verb • cover with paper • cover with wallpaper | ||||
| 33% | 4 | Swing alternative | ||
noun • a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter • United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984) • material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust • (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable • hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint) • a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western • pitching dangerously to one side verb • move back and forth or sideways • cause to move back and forth | ||||
| 31% | 5 | Alternative rock genre | ||
noun • a youth subculture closely associated with punk rock music in the late 1970s; in part a reaction to the hippy subculture; dress was optional but intended to shock (plastic garbage bags or old school uniforms) and hair was dyed in bright colors (in Mohican haircuts or sometimes spiked in bright plumes) | ||||
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