1
as in bout
a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder
an epileptic seizure
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2
as in takeover
the unlawful taking or withholding of something from the rightful owner under a guise of authority
secret intrigues with the czar's ministers that culminated in the czarina's seizure of the throne
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Recent Examples of seizure
Crime: Police officers outside Denver accused a man of faking a seizure in order to steal bulldogs from a pet store.
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Matthew Cullen, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Christian's doctors also discussed the possible need for a high-risk surgery; he's been experiencing seizures, ultimately keeping him in the PICU.
Dog and His Owner Help Save Pa.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 21 Feb. 2025
This protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2025
As many as one out of every 20 children with measles gets pneumonia, the leading cause of death in children with the virus, and one child out of every 1,000 who gets measles will develop encephalitis, which can cause seizures, deafness and developmental disability, says CDC data.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
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Matthew Cullen, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Christian's doctors also discussed the possible need for a high-risk surgery; he's been experiencing seizures, ultimately keeping him in the PICU.
Dog and His Owner Help Save Pa.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 21 Feb. 2025
This protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2025
As many as one out of every 20 children with measles gets pneumonia, the leading cause of death in children with the virus, and one child out of every 1,000 who gets measles will develop encephalitis, which can cause seizures, deafness and developmental disability, says CDC data.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seizure
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The shelter push comes at a critical time in Central Florida’s bout with homelessness.—
Michael Cuglietta,
Orlando Sentinel,
10 Mar. 2025
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Castaneda’s fight was pushed to March 8, and Gutierrez stepped up to take the short-notice bout.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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The film and images were unveiled on Saturday, kicking off a worldwide rollout that will include an outdoor campaign, a takeover of the facade of Harrods department store in London, and pop-ups in cities ranging from Mexico City to Tokyo.—
Joelle Diderich,
WWD,
1 Mar. 2025
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The bad guys will simply use other techniques to encrypt their data while the data of normal people will end up in the hands of the bad guys who will use it for push payment fraud, account takeovers, pig butchering and scams of all kinds.—
David G.W. Birch,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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According to the Lee County Sheriff's Office, about 5:15 p.m. Monday, deputies responded to the area's Valley community for a report of a dog attack.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
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Hamas started the war with its Oct. 7, 2023, attack that left 1,200 dead in Israel, mostly civilians, and took some 250 hostage.—
Samy Magdy and David Rising,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2025
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The plaintiffs contend that the Department failed to follow proper rulemaking procedures and ignored congressional mandates in the most recent education appropriations bill.—
Scott White,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Some Democrats prefer a plan that would see the passage of a shorter stopgap measure to allow completion of work on full-year appropriations bills.—
Lauren Peller,
ABC News,
7 Mar. 2025
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We won’t be bullied or intimidated by frivolous cases.—
Julia Jacobs,
New York Times,
4 Mar. 2025
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When people hear about large groups of people in class action cases, those people are typically identified in the discovery process, where the business will produce information and documents identifying people who have been similarly harmed.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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Ukraine restarted its bid for membership in the alliance in direct response to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annexation of Crimea in 2014, when former U.S. President Barack Obama was in office.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
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However, the international community does not recognize Russia's annexation and continues to consider these regions part of Ukraine.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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Also in the alley, a spell can alter the storminess of the night sky.—
Dewayne Bevil,
Orlando Sentinel,
4 Mar. 2025
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What convinces the Jamaican transplant, though, is seeing a performer (Jessica Reeve) do a trapeze act and cast the whole room under her spell.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Seizure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seizure. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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