abeyance
(en)
(noun) a lapse in succession during which there is no person in whom a title is vested / (noun) temporary inactivity; suspension
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held in abeyance while the passion plays itself out
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held in abeyance while the passion plays itself out
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writ large
(en)
clear and obvious, in a stark or exaggerated form
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In them, as in the artist, the proportions of response were writ large
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In them, as in the artist, the proportions of response were writ large
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welter
(en)
(verb) writhe toss / (verb) wallow / (verb) to rise and fall or toss about in or with waves / (verb) to become deeply sunk, soaked, or involved / (verb) to be in turmoil / (noun) a state of wild disorder; turmoil / (noun) a chaotic mass or jumble
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the Communist Party USA emerged, in 1919, out of a welter of dense socialist struggles
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the Communist Party USA emerged, in 1919, out of a welter of dense socialist struggles
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