(n.) One of a fabulous race of female warriors in Scythia; hence, a female warrior.
(n.) A tall, strong, masculine woman; a virago.
(n.) A name numerous species of South American parrots of the genus Chrysotis
Example Sentences:
(1) But not only did it post a larger loss than expected, Amazon also projected 7% to 18% revenue growth over the busiest shopping period of the year, a far cry from the 20%-plus pace that had convinced investors to overlook its persistent lack of profit in the past.
(2) The mother in Arthur Ransome's children's classic, Swallows and Amazons, is something of a cipher, but her inability to make basic decisions does mean she receives one of the finest telegrams in all literature.
(3) Will Netflix or Amazon make the range and volume of British programmes to make up the difference?
(4) An opening sequence described as “spectacular” by Amazon insiders – featuring 6,000 extras in the Californian desert, according to some reports – is estimated to have cost £2.5m alone.
(5) We believe Oisin has a very exciting future at the BBC.” Clarkson, May and Hammond have signed up to launch a rival show on Amazon’s TV service , while Chris Evans is currently filming a new series of the BBC’s Top Gear show with fellow presenters Matt LeBlanc and Eddie Jordan.
(6) Lieberman said: "[Amazon's] decision to cut off WikiLeaks now is the right decision and should set the standard for other companies WikiLeaks is using to distribute its illegally seized material.
(7) In fact, Amazon Logistics has no drivers and contracts out deliveries to many small- and medium-sized couriers across the country.
(8) More suppliers have told the Guardian of extensive negotiations with Amazon staff in Slough, adding to the impression that the company carries out important trading activities in the UK and so could be liable for tax.
(9) In October, Amazon announces a digital partnership with DC Comics, prompting Barnes & Noble to remove its comic books from its shelves.
(10) Computer says no: Amazon uses AI to combat fake reviews Read more “Imagine as the CEO of a major company you go off and spend £100m on gathering data,” Hammond says.
(11) Of the 12 calls made to Amazon , nine were rated very poor by the Which?
(12) He knew that the find presented the country with perhaps its last chance to develop in the traditional way, but he also knew it would push the oil frontier deeper into the Amazon, release 400m tonnes of climate-changing gases and make the destruction of a vast and pristine area inevitable.
(13) The Republican presidential candidate then told Fox News that Amazon is “getting away with murder tax-wise” and has a “huge antitrust problem because he’s [Bezos] controlling so much”.
(14) Two years later, the privately held Lovefilm acquired Amazon's UK and German movie rental business, with the online retail giant taking a stake in the business as part of the deal.
(15) For now, the man who founded Amazon is spending some of the billions earned from the Seattle-based online retailer on hi-tech equipment and about 600 employees working in a former Boeing airplane parts facility.
(16) Since then, Amazon has expanded into other retail categories, such as food, clothing and electricals, and developed a formidable cloud computing service, its own television shows and an electronic personal assistant for people’s homes.
(17) "Our customers already know they are part of Amazon, it is the best thing to happen to LoveFilm since the launch in the first quarter of 2004," said Simon Morris, LoveFilm's chief marketing officer.
(18) While Amazon has declined to offer sales figures for the Kindle, despite starting international sales last year, Apple has announced sales figures for its iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad at every opportunity.
(19) With calls to boycott Amazon over its corporation tax avoidance, taxpayers may be glad of alternatives.
(20) Last year, a New York Times investigation revealed the extent of the pressure put on Amazon’s employees.
Amazonian
Definition:
(a.) Pertaining to or resembling an Amazon; of masculine manners; warlike.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the river Amazon in South America, or to its valley.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Amazonian super heroine was dropped from the role less than two months later.
(2) Yet whatever Jürgen Klinsmann’s understandable wariness about Portugal as a wounded animal, the USA coach might prefer to take his chances against a less-than-100% Ronaldo in the testing, Amazonian conditions in Manaus, no matter how good he is.
(3) So on the menu at DOM are some weird and wonderful Amazonian foods.
(4) The low population densities and impermanent settlements of Amazonian Indians are often interpreted as adaptations to a fauna that offers limited protein resources and is rapidly depleted by hunting.
(5) Lobomycosis is a rare disease occurring with predilection in the Amazonian region.
(6) Simultaneously, several Amazonian politicians, among them Blairo Maggi, one of the world's leading soy producers, mounted a lobby to overthrow measures that banned banks from loaning money to fund projects in areas of illegal deforestation.
(7) In Amazonian Peru and Ecuador leaf decoctions of the rainforest holly Ilex guayusa with high caffeine concentrations are used as a morning stimulant.
(8) During his work in a jungle hospital of the Amazonian part of Peru, the author was able to study the health care delivery system in the area.
(9) I sympathise a little with Hunt – he was born into military aristocracy, a cousin of the Queen, went to Charterhouse, then Oxford, then into PR: trying to get him to understand the life of an overworked student nurse is like trying to get an Amazonian tree frog to understand the plot of Blade Runner.
(10) Also, new ecological situations must be foreseen, such as the expansion of agricultural frontier, rupture of the Amazonian barrier, etc.
(11) An epidemiological survey of tegumentary leishmaniasis (Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis) was carried out in three regions of Bolivia in the Andean foothill and Amazonian forest.
(12) (Iridaceae), collected in the Amazonian jungle and grown in Italy, were tested for biological properties.
(13) Insect bite … raw Amazonian ants as served at DOM.
(14) The area lies close to the meeting place of the Amazonian forest (the hylaea) and the cerrado (savanna) formation of Central Brazil.
(15) And then, back down into the flower she went with Pitbull, leaving the pitch to the Amazonian dancers, the raindrops, trees and footballs, who humbly marched off.
(16) We work with our partners and collaborators, like the National Organization of Andean and Amazonian Indigenous Women of Peru , to intervene through research, convenings and international networking opportunities, technical assistance, and communications support.
(17) The study, which is a summary drawing from more than 200 existing papers on Amazonian climate and forest science, is intended as a wake-up call.
(18) There is no price tag on that yet, but it has clear economic significance for Amazonian agricultural production, electricity generation and industry that generates over US$1 trillion a year.
(19) The amazonian region of Ecuador is the site of a powerful migratory influx for colonizing new lands.
(20) The article doesn’t describe the Amazon I know or the caring Amazonians I work with every day,” he said in an email to staff .