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- First recorded in 1830鈥�40.
- From the Arabic word 岷揳谤蹿, meaning “vessel or container.”
EXAMPLES OF ZARF
- The waiter brought out steaming espresso in a silver zarf.
- She spotted the dusty copper zarf in the antique shop and made an impulse buy.
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milestone
[ mahyl-stohn ]
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noun
a significant event or stage in someone's life
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- First recorded in 1740鈥�50.
- Combines mile + stone.
- Originally referred to a stone mile-marker that might appear on a highway.
EXAMPLES OF MILESTONE
- Publishing that article was a career milestone she had dreamed about for years.
- The fall of the Berlin Wall marked a symbolic milestone in history.
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