As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
REPREHENSIONS
Noun
reprehensions
plural of reprehension
Source: Wiktionary
REPREHENSION
Rep`re*hen"sion (-shn), n. Etym: [L. reprehensio: cf. F. répréhension.]
Definition: Reproof; censure; blame; disapproval. This Basilius took as though his mistress had given him a secret reprehension that he had not showed more gratefulness to Dorus. Sir P. Sidney.
Syn.
– Censure; reproof; reprimand. See Admonition.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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