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as in to accept
to take to or upon oneself
agreed to shoulder the burden of caring for their elderly father
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Recent Examples of shoulder
For Olu, supporting women comes from seeing how Black women shoulder the role of being healers and nurturers.
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Malaika Jabali, Essence, 14 Mar. 2025
Graves’ production has increased by seven points per game since taking command of the offense in 2024-25 (17.6 points per game), shouldering the load with a team-high 34.2 minutes per game in his junior season.
—Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 11 Mar. 2025
However, the sources told Bloomberg that these cuts were unlikely to be accepted, given the already razor-thin margins shouldered by the suppliers, some of whom would incur a net loss with even a two-percent reduction.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Certain suppliers, including makers of kitchenware and clothing, have been asked to lower their prices by as much as 10% per round of tariffs, likely shouldering the full cost of Trump's duties, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.
—Disha Mishra and Ananya Mariam Rajesh, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
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Malaika Jabali, Essence, 14 Mar. 2025
Graves’ production has increased by seven points per game since taking command of the offense in 2024-25 (17.6 points per game), shouldering the load with a team-high 34.2 minutes per game in his junior season.
—Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 11 Mar. 2025
However, the sources told Bloomberg that these cuts were unlikely to be accepted, given the already razor-thin margins shouldered by the suppliers, some of whom would incur a net loss with even a two-percent reduction.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Certain suppliers, including makers of kitchenware and clothing, have been asked to lower their prices by as much as 10% per round of tariffs, likely shouldering the full cost of Trump's duties, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.
—Disha Mishra and Ananya Mariam Rajesh, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoulder
Verb
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Each household can bring up to 20 residential tires for proper disposal; commercial tires will not be accepted.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2025
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New York declined to accept the first two hammers, cutting the team’s lead to a single point, before Horschel’s long putt snaked into the hole at the 14th to give Atlanta a dramatic lead.—
George Ramsay,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Are Puerto Rican filmmakers pushing for this to change?—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2025
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Since then, both Hamas and the Houthis in Yemen have resumed firing rockets and missiles at Israel, setting off air-raid sirens in the center of the country; and Israeli ground forces have pushed into the Netzarim Corridor, once again cutting Gaza in half.—
Bernard Avishai,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2025
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The act's fine print states that the president can only assume this authority once Congress has declared war.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
18 Mar. 2025
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After all, the default for many people is not to intervene and assume everything's OK, even when things do seem amiss.—
Charles Trepany,
USA TODAY,
18 Mar. 2025
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Hunt elbowed him to the ground with his left arm and sank a game-winning 3-pointer with two seconds left in 1989.—
Troy Renck,
The Denver Post,
18 Mar. 2025
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Even sitting elbow to elbow in the dining room of the Southwest Colorado inn where the retreat was held, no one interacted in any way.—
Kate Siber,
Outside Online,
11 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Latinos felt anxiety over deportation regardless of whether or not they were born in the United States.—
George B. Sánchez-Tello,
Rolling Stone,
23 Mar. 2025
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Zurich, where Frank was born and raised, and Milan.—
Julie Belcove,
Robb Report,
23 Mar. 2025
Verb
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This 2019 retread attempts to squeeze that same emotional response out of viewers, simply by recreating every frame through photorealistic CGI.—
Staff Author,
EW.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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But skyrocketing home prices and stubbornly high mortgage rates in the past few years have squeezed many buyers to the sidelines of the market, raising concerns that this year will see a nationwide drop in sales even during the spring homebuying season.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
22 Mar. 2025
Verb
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These two outer planets, which lie farther from the sun than Earth so can't undertake us like Venus and Mercury, are called superior planets by astronomers.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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China has undertaken similar rendezvous and proximity operations to those referenced by Guetlein in the past, but this incident appears to have involved more satellites than others, Victoria Samson, SWF’s chief director of space security and stability, told CNN.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Shoulder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoulder. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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