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    From the archives: Seventy-five years of the United Nations

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    pandemic

    US /pænˈdɛmɪk/

    UK /pæn'demɪk/

    • Adjective
    • (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
    • Noun
    • a pandemic disease
    trigger

    US /ˈtrɪɡɚ/

    UK /'trɪɡə(r)/

    • Noun
    • Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
    • Device that starts a process
    • Transitive Verb
    • To start a process off e.g. a memory
    • To cause something to begin or happen.
    permanent

    US /ˈpɚmənənt/

    UK /'pɜ:mənənt/

    • Adjective
    • Lasting forever; not temporary or changing
    • Intended to last or remain for an unlimited period
    • Noun
    • A person who is a permanent employee.
    • A chemical treatment to create lasting curls or waves in the hair.
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    structure

    US /ˈstrʌk.tʃɚ/

    UK /ˈstrʌk.tʃə/

    • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
    • The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
    • A building or other man-made object.
    • Transitive Verb
    • To plan, organize, or arrange the parts of something
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