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- noun Plural form of
Jones .
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Examples
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"Joneses" - a term for potential magazine buyers - but she witnessed many people who did.
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Part of keeping up with the Internet Joneses is to understand what worked and what didn’t work in the past to get a handle on what will work in the future and if it will work for you.
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And for some, it seems keeping up with the Joneses is a little bit more important than being environmentally conscious, even though that's what the Prius is all about.
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Through the years, my family has endured financially during some really hard times, because they know that it pays to be careful with money and keeping up with the Joneses is a waste of time.
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From your residence among the Indians, and knowledge of their manners and customs, and your acquaintance with those natives that are the best advanced in religious knowledge and experience, do you not think that the Joneses are the best qualified to translate the
The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada Egerton Ryerson 1842
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All of these benefits are available for free, so you will be able to prolong the life of your GPS navigation system by some bit which is good considering there are more and more free navigation software and updates around for a variety of devices, so keeping up with the Joneses is the way to go for TomTom.
Ubergizmo 2010
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The Joneses is a cross between alternate-universe dynamics and a reality TV show, with relevant things to say-about the vulgarity of possessions filling the hole where self-value should be, especially in a recession-and compelling performances to say them with.
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The Joneses is a brisk, captivating entertainment.
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The Joneses is the first movie of 2010 for Moore, her first film since
Femalefirst.co.uk - Celebrity Gossip + Lifestyle Magazine 2010
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The Joneses is the first movie of 2010 for Moore, her first film since
Femalefirst.co.uk - Celebrity Gossip + Lifestyle Magazine 2010
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