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Obama: Different 'Sartorial' Decisions

'of or relating to clothes'

US Stocks Experience 'Whipsaw'

'to beset or victimize in two opposite ways at once'

Trump: Not Clapping is 'Treasonous'

'the crime of trying to overthrow your country's government'

White House: Likely to Release Nunes Memo Without 'Redaction'

'removing sensitive information'
Nunes: FBI Has 'Spurious' Objections to Memo

'false' or 'of a deceitful nature'

Ryan: There May Have Been 'Malfeasance'

'wrongdoing or misconduct'

Brady Takes Umbrage with 'Pissant' Comment

'an insignificant person or thing'

Gov't Shutdown to 'Furlough' Federal Employees

"a period of time when an employee is told not to come to work and is not paid"

Johnson: London Mayor a 'Popinjay'

'a strutting supercilious person'

Trump: 'Libel' Laws a Disgrace

'a written defamatory statement'

CNN's Tapper: Miller 'Obsequious,' 'Factotum'

exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

Trump: That's Just a 'Misnomer'

"use of a wrong or inappropriate name"

Bannon: Meeting at Trump Tower 'Treasonous'

"the crime of trying to overthrow your country’s government"

'Net Neutrality' Rule Overturned

"providers should treat all Internet data as the same"

Franks Resigns Amid 'Surrogacy' Scandal

acting as a surrogate mother

"Happily Gentrifying" Denver Cafe Faces Rebuke

the influx of affluent people that often displaces poorer residents

'Veteran' Searches Up Ahead of Holiday

"a former member of the armed forces"

GOP Rep: Election a 'Referendum'

"submitting to a popular vote"

President to President: H.W. Bush Calls Trump a 'Blowhard'

"braggart" or "windbag"

Vox: America is Facing 'Epistemic' Crisis

"of or relating to knowledge"

Vanity Fair: Trump ‘Apoplectic’ Now

"extremely enraged"

CNN: Trump Our First 'Pundit' President

“a person who gives opinions in an authoritative manner"

Manafort Indicted on 'Conspiracy' Charges

An agreement to commit an illegal act

'Indictment' and 'Collusion' Spike from Manafort Charges

Two Latin-based legal terms

Reports: Clinton Campaign, DNC Funded 'Dossier'