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Part of Speech: noun
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Even now, when I believe he is more hopeful of himself than he has ever been, and even speaks of himself with a kind of confidence, the idea that he might need that old employment, and not find it, gives him a sudden sense of terror, like that which one may fancy strikes to the heart of a lost child." - "A Tale of Two Cities A Story of the French Revolution", Charles Dickens.
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The German artillery had proved much the stronger, both as regards material and in its advantageous employment. - "The Franco-German War of 1870-71", Count Helmuth, von Moltke.
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So bad had his name become that he could scarcely find employment where he was known. - "Far Past the Frontier", James A. Braden.