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noun • a prescribed selection of foods • a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Japan) • the usual food and drink consumed by an organism (person or animal) • the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods) verb • follow a regimen or a diet, as for health reasons • eat sparingly, for health reasons or to lose weight | ||||||||
26% | 14 | Concept in cosmology where the universe will eventually stop expanding and begin to contract | ||||||
noun • (cosmology) a universe that is spatially closed and in which there is sufficient matter to halt the expansion that began with the big bang; the visible matter is only 10 percent of the matter required for closure but there may be large amounts of dark matter | ||||||||
25% | 8 | Expanding | ||||||
verb • To make larger or more numerous. • To become larger or more numerous; to change to something larger, such as a house. | ||||||||
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