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stint vs stent

stint

Definitions

noun

  1. an individual's prescribed share of work
  2. smallest American sandpiper
  3. an unbroken period of time during which you do something

verb

  1. supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
  2. subsist on a meager allowance

Examples

She recently wrapped up a prestigious year-long stint clerking for Judge Leonie M. Brinkema at the federal court in Alexandria -- but, no, said she couldn't discuss any of the cases she worked on.

First, federal education spending under him is up nearly 50 percent over the final year of the past presidency, so the coalition's charge that the president is stinting the schools is just bunk.

Perhaps her most productive period was her five-year stint as a foreign correspondent in New York.

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stent

Definitions

noun

  1. a slender tube inserted inside a tubular body part (as a blood vessel) to provide support during and after surgical anastomosis

Examples

Of all types of commercially based American music, jazz is the one that has most consistently fostered musical artistry on a high level.

Finally, we indicate the source of such inconsistent analysis, namely, an effect due to the geometry of tumors, and how to fix it.

Some groups consistently face discrimination: age is one mode of socially structured disadvantage.

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