Vocabulary
January
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a preference or special liking for something; a bias in favour of something.
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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The Paris Accords were signed in January 1973 by a beleaguered presidential administration after five years of negotiations that had begun in 1968.
Dawn Editorials —
How it ends
— 2026-04-23
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The marriage ended in January 2021.
Dawn Editorials —
Who owns the car?
— 2026-04-11
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And in January, the US formally withdrew from the Paris Climate Agreement according to Mr Trump, climate change is `the greatest con job`.Reversing these negative domestic trends is the prerogative of the American people.
Dawn Editorials —
Land of the free?
— 2026-03-23
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The two brothers, based in London, had applied for visas in January.They have been made to wait weeks without any response or communication.
Dawn Editorials —
Let them in
— 2026-03-19
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Regime change, he says, remains the `most optimistic` scenario, with the `resumption of the mass demonstrations that the regime bloodily stamped out in January ...
Dawn Editorials —
Grave new world
— 2026-03-18
Synonyms
liking, fondness, preference, partiality, taste, penchant, weakness, soft spot
Antonyms
dislike, disinclination
Curator example
“my predilection for Asian food”
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About this vocabulary section.
These entries support close reading of Dawn editorials and opinion pieces: short definitions,
Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
so you can see tone and usage.
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