Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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verb
To use or require a greater number of some particular letters or symbols than the regular proportion, as, for example, when making an index.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: media, printing, publishing
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
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