The literal meaning of apocalypse is an "unveiling" or "revelation, " and this definition of the word holds true whether we consider St.

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Unfortunately, such submission - the literal meaning of "Islam" - is not likely to remain confined long to the Treasury or its sister agencies.

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People often use language without thinking about the literal meaning of what they are saying and without considering what the person on the receiving end is thinking.

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He argued that "the dividing line" over what was exempt ought to be an individual's conscience and not a bureaucrat saying that was not in the literal meaning of participation.

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Mr Moynihan argued that "the dividing line" over what was exempt ought to be an individual's conscience and not a bureaucrat saying that was not in the literal meaning of participation.

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Nearly half a century later, inventor, soccer nut, and barbecue fanatic Blake Carson has given the term a much more literal meaning.

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And as the collective eye has adjusted to some of the distressed looks that seemed so revolutionary then, leading designers of the day, including Vivienne Westwood, who with partner Malcolm McLaren put naked men on shirts that gave literal meaning to graphic Ts, have since designed Oscar gowns for the likes of Helen Mirren.

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You never want to come back to the office empty-handed, and in this case, that had a literal meaning.

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To technologists at the American Treasury Department's Bureau of Engraving and Printing, this has a more literal meaning.

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