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30
Curated entry for 30.
Numerological root
3+0=3
3
— the speaker
readings
Cultural — the named echo
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30 Rock
Tina Fey's NBC sitcom (2006–2013), named for 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan.
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End-of-story dash
Journalists' '-30-' or '— 30 —' at the end of a story to signal 'the end'. Telegraph-era convention.
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Thirtysomething
ABC drama (1987–1991) that gave the demographic its label.
Major — the phonetic cipher
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homes, mass, miss, mouse, aims, mice
consonant skeleton m·s·z — 11 candidates in the dictionary