The Brain-Dead Megaphone: Essays [terms]

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(adjective) being less dense / (adjective) of, relating to, or interesting to a select group; esoteric / (adjective) very high / (verb) to make rare, thin, porous, or less dense; to expand without the addition of matter / (verb) to make more spiritual, refined, or abstruse / (verb) to become less dense

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What they share most is a desire not to be cast down, down from the realm of the rarefied air, back to where they came from.

on the people controlling the media

—p.17 The Braindead Megaphone (1) by George Saunders

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What they share most is a desire not to be cast down, down from the realm of the rarefied air, back to where they came from.

on the people controlling the media

—p.17 The Braindead Megaphone (1) by George Saunders

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6 years, 8 months ago

(noun) a detached living portion of a plant (as a bud or shoot) joined to a stock in grafting and usually supplying solely aerial parts to a graft / (noun) descendant child / (noun) a descendant of a wealthy, aristocratic, or influential family / (noun) heir

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her grandather, a scion of old Dubai

—p.44 The New Mecca (21) by George Saunders

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her grandather, a scion of old Dubai

—p.44 The New Mecca (21) by George Saunders

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(noun) the quality or state of being true or real / (noun) something (as a statement) that is true / (noun) a fundamental and inevitably true value / (noun) the quality or state of being truthful or honest

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Vonnegut seemed to have been in a place where all the comforting verities had been stripped away

—p.81 Mr. Vonnegut in Sumatra (73) by George Saunders

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Vonnegut seemed to have been in a place where all the comforting verities had been stripped away

—p.81 Mr. Vonnegut in Sumatra (73) by George Saunders

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the presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities or amounts; scarcity

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I am an American, and a paucity of data does not stop me from making sweeping vague conceptual statements