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Artifice

A clever or cunning trick, devices or expedients (especially intended to deceive)*

Actualités françaises 🇫🇷

@news-flows-fr.bsky.social

« C’est un coach qui aime les rapports vrais, sans artifice » : Dino Toppmöller, la nouvelle touche humaine du RC Lens

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Derivative

imitative of the work of another artist, writer, etc. (usually disapproved of for that reason); unoriginal; uninspired

GAME DROID

@gamedroid2000.bsky.social

Just tried out the demo for Wild Blue Skies, and... Yeah, I see why people are calling a derivative Star Fox clone. The gameplay does feel like a worse copy of SF64 and the level design felt lackluster. Given what I've heard/seen from reviews, I can't see myself getting the full game.

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Monastic

living like a monk; living in a simple way

The Village Idiot

@villageidiot24.bsky.social

Friday – MEREVALE
https://youtu.be/A1RVYi80IJs

The name “Merevale” is usually taken to mean “valley of the pool” or “valley of the lake,” which makes sense when you realise there are old monastic fishponds near Abbey Farm.

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Impermeable

not allowing liquid or fluid to pass throughly; not liable to be affected by pain or distressed

🤑 CazaChollos 🤑

@ranalegion.bsky.social

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Implacable

cannot be appeased; can't be pacified; inexorable (unstoppable)

Inkstick Media

@inkstickmedia.com

"Turkey and Pakistan share deep historical, cultural, and religious ties with Iran. Iran’s broader regional narrative continues to resonate within their societies. These bonds ... suggest that neither country is likely to morph overnight into an implacable foe of Iran."

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Supplant

to supersede and replace something; displace

Brent E Peters

@brentpeters.me

All my friends supplant capitalism. Bro all my homies replace police states. Son all my dope is educated with the full spectrum of photon, the. Photon the speciation and sourced from naturally.

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Demur

to make objection to something; to hesistate

WordBot

@wordbot.bsky.social

Word of the Hour: Demurrable - That may be demurred to. #WordOfTheHour #WordOfTheDay

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Précis

a concise summary; brief; digest; abstract; condensation

Seraciel 🐉💤 🔞

@seraciel.bsky.social

*regarde mes savings*

Ouaaaaais bah je pense que les persos ça va être un skip net et précis là (135.500 BC needed here)
Je les récupérerai plus tard mdr

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Admonish

to warn or reprimand someone firmly (less strong than castigate); reprimand; to urge someone to do something (in an earnest way)

John Chmura

@johnchmura.bsky.social

I rarely write 575 #haiku but when I do…

after lawn service
I admonish the puppy
you’re not a damn cow

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Attenuate

To weaken; make less strong; to reduce in force, intensity, quantity or even value; to make thin or slender

Ordo Fraterna Fibonacci

@ordofibonacci.bsky.social

Targeting PKGIα Cys42 attenuates cardiac dysfunction in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
Science Advances
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aec8088

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