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airs
noun as in affectation; pretended behavior
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Feelings are conveyed with such airs that the poetry of a moment of silence disappears the instant someone speaks.
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For all his crowing about his money and showing off, he really didn’t put on airs.
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“We could be a $300-million company by the time this documentary airs.”
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Sunday, November 16, and airs over six consecutive nights on PBS member stations.
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The show’s third season finale airs Nov. 23.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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