expansion / influx / interference / low / arbitration / stark / pluck / sorority

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expansion
influx
interference
low
arbitration
stark
pluck
sorority

expansion

意味　[U][C] ＜…への＞（事業の）拡大, 拡張; 発展＜into＞; 領土拡張

Netflix: Streamers expansion into gaming is ‘natural extension’
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66639477

Netflix: Streamer's expansion into gaming is 'natural extension'

Streaming hits such as the Queen's Gambit are being adapted as games as the streamer looks to expand.

あー、ゲームと相性よさそうな作品だー。既存のチェスゲームのシステム使えばいいもんね。

influx

意味　[C][通例単数形で] （水などの）流入; （人· 金· 商品などの）殺到

Top CEOs call on Biden administration to address migrant influx in New York
https://abcnews.go.com/US/top-ceos-call-biden-administration-address-migrant-influx/story?id=102645490

Top CEOs call on Biden administration to address migrant influx in New York

The letter to President Biden comes from JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, among others.

治安悪くなるの確定だもんなー。

interference

意味　[U] 干渉, 口出し; 妨害; 衝突; [C]干渉行為

Former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell enters not guilty plea in Georgia election interference case
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/former-trump-lawyer-sidney-powell-enters-not-guilty-plea-georgia-elect-rcna102403

Former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell pleads not guilty in Georgia election interference case

Lawyers for Powell and Trevian Kutti entered not guilty pleas and waived formal arraignments in court filings Tuesday.

low

意味　低く, （通常より）低い位置で [へ]

COVID hospitalizations increase for 6th consecutive week but still at historic lows
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/covid-hospitalizations-increase-6th-consecutive-week-historic-lows/story?id=102645413

COVID hospitalizations increase for 6th consecutive week but still at historic lows

COVID hospitalizations rose in the U.S. for the sixth consecutive week to 15,067 during the week ending Aug.19, but an e...

コロナ全盛期間と比べて低いってことかな。海外の流行の数カ月後に日本も盛り上がるけど…まあ…冬ならいっかw

arbitration

意味　[U][C]仲裁（mediation (調停) より正式な紛争解決）

X, formerly Twitter, faces 2,200 arbitration cases and filing fees over $3 million
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/x-formerly-twitter-faces-2200-arbitration-cases-filing-fees-3-million-rcna102308

X, formerly Twitter, faces 2,200 arbitration cases and filing fees over million

Ex-Twitter employees are suing Musk’s social media business, saying it not only failed to pay them promised severance bu...

ほんと下品な会社になっちゃったからなー。ずーっと潰れるまでformerly Twitterって呼ばれることになるといいよ。

stark

意味　〈対比· 違いなどが〉あからさまな, 露骨な, はっきりした

Job vacancies, quits plunge in July in stark sign of cooling trend in US job market
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/job-vacancies-quits-plunge-july-stark-sign-cooling-102646850

Job vacancies, quits plunge in July in stark sign of cooling trend in the US labor market

Businesses posted far fewer open jobs in July and the number of Americans quitting their jobs fell sharply for the secon...

stark signでまるっと覚えたいなあ。

pluck

意味　＜場所· 状況から＞〈人· 物〉を引き離す, （ぎゅっと）引っぱる [引く] ＜from, off, out of＞

Neurosurgeon investigating patient’s mystery symptoms plucks worm from woman’s brain
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/neurosurgeon-investigating-patients-mystery-symptoms-plucks-worm-womans-102638391

Neurosurgeon investigating patient's mystery symptoms plucks a worm from woman's brain in Australia

A neurosurgeon investigating a woman’s mystery symptoms in an Australian hospital has plucked a3-inch wriggling worm fro...

サムネのこれがそのworm？え、脳から出たの？このサイズが…？医者もこんなん怖かったろうな…。

sorority

意味　[C] (米)[集合的に]女子学生の社交クラブ ; 婦人会.

Judge dismisses lawsuit by sorority sisters who sought to block a trans woman from joining
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/judge-dismisses-suit-sorority-sisters-sought-block-trans-woman-joining-rcna102261