swatting. to Headline, swatch, ex parte, finagle, counterfoil

Washington Man Pleads Guilty to Making Numerous ‘Swatting’ Calls

A man who called himself a “cyberterrorist” made 20 calls about fake bombs, shootings and other threats that drew police responses, officials said.

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Trump Campaign Chief to Headline Jan. 6 Hearing on Election Lies

The House committee plans to call Bill Stepien, former President Trump’s campaign manager, as well as a fired Fox News editor and a former U.S. attorney.

Matisse’s mother was an interior decorator. By coincidence my mother was an interior decorator too. You can see it in our fascination with fabrics. We both grew up with swatches of colors as our toys. Damian Elwes art friends
“Monet’s Studio at Giverny”

. The overall impression of locked-in, airtight harmony brings work of the late Al Held to mind, though certain pictures with compositional asymmetries also resemble cut pieces of printed cloth, swatches from a grand continuous fabric.

...without reference to original swatch.

比對顏色來驗收各批原料，而不去參考原先的色樣。

A year-long investigation into Whole Foods Market for overcharging customers in California has uncovered widespread pricing violations.

Whole Foods Must Pay $800,000 for Overcharging Customers
The grocery chain was finagling prices across its California locations,...
TIME.COM

對貨運集體訂定費率及相關的程序和實務之調查

    W‧愛德華茲‧戴明博士向美國州際商業委員會報告

          代表 (Ex Parte) MC-196 一方利益

          1990年8月23日

headline

/ˈhɛdlʌɪn/

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Journalism

Economics

noun

1. 1.

   a heading at the top of an article or page in a newspaper or magazine.

   "a front-page headline"
2. 2.

   ECONOMICS

   denoting or relating to a figure for unemployment based on the unadjusted total number of people out of work, as a percentage of the population.

   "the headline unemployment rate has surprised the markets by dropping slightly"

verb

1. 1.

   provide with a headline.

   "a feature that was headlined ‘Invest in your Future’"
2. 2.

   appear as the star performer at (a concert).

   "Nirvana headlined the 1992 Reading Festival"

ex parte

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Pronunciation: /ɛks ˈpɑːteɪ/

adjective & adverb

Law

• With respect to or in the interests of one side only or of an interested outside party.

Origin

Latin, 'from a side'.

[形][副]一方的な［に］，一方に偏した［して］；一方の利益のための［に］.

［ラテン語］

finagle

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Pronunciation: /fɪˈneɪg(ə)l/

VERB

[WITH OBJECT] INFORMAL , chiefly US

• 1Obtain by dishonest or devious means:Ted attended all the football games he could finagle tickets for
  

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• 1.1[NO OBJECT] Act in a dishonest or devious manner:they wrangled and finagled over the fine points
  

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Derivatives

finagler

NOUN

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Origin

1920s (originally US): from dialect fainaigue 'cheat'; perhaps from Old French fornier 'deny'.

swatting

/ˈswɒtɪŋ/

noun

INFORMAL•US

1. the action or practice of making a hoax call to the emergency services in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large number of armed police officers to a particular address.

   "he found out that he was a victim of swatting after police surrounded his home on Thursday"

swatch

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Pronunciation: /swɒtʃ /

NOUN

1A small sample of fabric intended to demonstrate the look of a larger piece:colour swatches

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1.1A collection of fabric samples, especially in the form of a book.

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1.2A sample of paint, makeup, etc. applied to a surface or one’s skin to test or demonstrate the colour:red lipstick swatchesthe walls were covered with multicoloured paint swatches

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1.3A patch or area of a material or surface:the sunset had filled the sky with swatches of deep orange

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[WITH OBJECT]Back to top  

Apply a sample of (paint, makeup, etc.) to a surface or one’s skin to test or demonstrate the colour:I got the polishes yesterday, and I’ve swatched them all

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Origin

early 16th century (originally Scots and northern English, denoting the counterfoil of a tally, and later a tally fixed to a piece of cloth before dyeing): of unknown origin.

Definition of counterfoil

noun

British

the part of a cheque, receipt, ticket, or other document that is torn off and kept as a record by the person issuing it.

Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊntəfɔɪl /

NOUN

British

The part of a cheque, receipt, ticket, or other document that is torn off and kept as a record by the person issuing it.

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