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  • 11passing — pass|ing1 [ˈpa:sıŋ US ˈpæ ] n [U] 1.) the passing of time/the years the process of time going by ▪ Most of the old traditions have died out with the passing of time. ▪ The passing of the years had done nothing to improve his temper. 2.)… …

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  • 12Passing (racial identity) — Examples US civil rights leader Walter Francis White (who was blond haired, blue eyed, and very pale skinned), the chief executive of the NAACP from 1929 until his death in 1955, was of mixed race and mostly white ancestry. Five of his great… …

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  • 13passing — pass|ing1 [ pæsıŋ ] adjective only before noun * 1. ) moving past: He was found by a passing motorist. Bridget grabbed a glass of champagne from a passing waiter. 2. ) lasting only a short time, and usually not very important or serious: a… …

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  • 14passing — 1 noun (U) 1 the passing of time/the years the process of time going by: With the passing of years, he grew more bad tempered. 2 mention/note in passing if you say something in passing, you mention it while you are mainly talking about something… …

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  • 15passing — [ˈpɑːsɪŋ] adj I 1) moving past He was found by a passing motorist.[/ex] 2) lasting only a short time, and usually not very important or serious a passing craze/fashion[/ex] II noun [U] passing [ˈpɑːsɪŋ] the process by which time passes Even with… …

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  • 16Passing Through Gethsemane — Infobox Television episode Title = Passing Through Gethsemane Series = Babylon 5 Caption = Season = 3 Episode = 4 Airdate = 27 November 1995 Production = 305 Writer = J. Michael Straczynski Director = Adam Nimoy Guests = Brad Dourif (Brother… …

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  • 17while two dogs are fighting for a bone, a third runs away with it — c 1386 CHAUCER Knight’s Tale 1. 1177 We stryve as dide the houndes for the boon... Ther cam a kyte, whil that they were so wrothe, And baar awey the boon betwixe hem bothe. 1534 MORE Dialogue of Comfort (1553) I Aiiiv Now strive there twain for… …

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  • 18The Passing Zone — Jon Wee (Left) and Owen Morse (Right) in an undated publicity photo Born Jon Wee Owen Morse Known for Comedy, Juggling …

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  • 19Message Passing Interface — MPI, the Message Passing Interface, is standardized and portable message passing system designed by a group of researchers from academia and industry to function on a wide variety of parallel computers. The standard defines the syntax and… …

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  • 20in passing — adverb incidentally; in the course of doing something else (Freq. 1) he made this remark in passing • Syn: ↑en passant * * * INCIDENTALLY, by the by/way, en passant. → passing * * * adverb : by the way …

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