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- noun Plural form of
macron .
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Examples
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Sadly, all I could think about was, "can someone move over on the couch" and "the macrons are awful" (tastebuds were so not working), and, most telling of all, I had actually forgotten my camera.
Alex Geana: Fashion Writer Down Alex Geana 2010
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Sadly, all I could think about was, "can someone move over on the couch" and "the macrons are awful" (tastebuds were so not working), and, most telling of all, I had actually forgotten my camera.
Alex Geana: Fashion Writer Down Alex Geana 2010
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Aside from some interesting editorial issues -- the use of circumflex accents for long mark macrons, which is bizarre though not unexpected, and these weird "j" characters that keep popping up all over the place where I don't expect them -- it was a pretty useful little book.
Archive 2007-01-01 Mary Kate Hurley 2007
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In the extract below, the almost tilde-shaped macrons above words indicate that letters are missing.
Carolyn Vega: King John's 1205 Charter Carolyn Vega 2011
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In the extract below, the almost tilde-shaped macrons above words indicate that letters are missing.
Carolyn Vega: King John's 1205 Charter Carolyn Vega 2011
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In the extract below, the almost tilde-shaped macrons above words indicate that letters are missing.
Carolyn Vega: King John's 1205 Charter Carolyn Vega 2011
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In the extract below, the almost tilde-shaped macrons above words indicate that letters are missing.
Carolyn Vega: King John's 1205 Charter Carolyn Vega 2011
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Ever since I discovered lavender macrons at Burdick's in Harvard Square a few years ago, I've loved interesting-flavored macaroons, macarons, or whatever your tongue wants to call these meringue pastries.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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Congrats on the cake...and yes, do try the macrons again...if you want to.
The Pie That Eats Like a Cake Brilynn 2007
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Those should be macrons but umlauts are sometimes used when macrons aren't available.
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