Definitions
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- n. Plural form of draw.
- v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of draw.
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Examples
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The term draws its name from a 1970 Supreme Court ruling that said a defendant could plead guilty while asserting his innocence.
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The term draws upon Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection, where competition between individual organisms drives biological evolutionary change (speciation) through the survival of the fittest.
Failed Conservative Values: David Sirota on Economic Darwinism
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The conclusion Darwin draws is obvious: "the individuals of the vegetable world may be considered as inferior or less perfect animals" (I, 73).
The Loves of Plants and Animals: Romantic Science and the Pleasures of Nature
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The term draws attention to the fact of distinctness and difference and not to the qualities which make the difference, and least of all to the consciousness of identity by virtue of which "we feel each one of us at home within himself."
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Time flies; the expiration of his term draws near.
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The work of years is before him, but the expiration of his term draws near.
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"During the darkest days of Iraq, people came to me and said, 'You're creating incredible political difficulties for us,'" the current president said as his term draws to a close.
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That's not his style, but the title draws in nitwits.
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We must win some of our matches against the rest of the big four if we are to compete for the title draws will not be good enough
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“Students,” Headmaster Hathaway said, clasping his hands in front of his large belly, “this day’s announcements are brief, as our term draws to its close at the end of next week.
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