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Scott Doorley
Episode 156
Vocabulary
manipulate (verb)
- Definition:
- to skillfully handle or manage something or someone to achieve a good or helpful outcome
- Example from the episode:
- “It’s to not manipulate it, right?”
- Example sentence:
- “She knows how to manipulate data effectively for her research.”
prototype (noun)
- Definition:
- an early model or sample of something that is created to test and show how it works before making the final version
- Example from the episode:
- “So that might be looking at how people use things presently, talking to people who are struggling with an issue, creating something which we call prototype to test out and see if it works, if your assumptions are right, where you have breakdowns, and then getting feedback about everything you do.”
- Example sentence:
- “They tested the prototype before final production.”
thriving (adjective)
- Definition:
- doing very well, growing strong, or being successful and healthy
- Example from the episode:
- “Along with Carissa Carter, he wrote the recently released book, Assembling Tomorrow, A Guide to Designing a Thriving Future.”
- Example sentence:
- “The city has a thriving art scene.”
raise our voices (idiom)
- Definition:
- to speak out or express our opinions loudly
- Example from the episode:
- “So, what I’m hearing is that we need to, one, recognize and acknowledge this is happening, and then two, raise our voices and express our concern about it.”
- Example sentence:
- “It’s important to raise your voice if you see injustice.”