When actually done or put into practice.

(Internet, marketing) The situation where a subscriber to a newsletter etc. first provides their e-mail address and then receives a confirmation request to that address, requiring them to take further action (such as clicking a hyperlink) to activate the subscription.

pregnant with puppies

A relatively small group of people thought to be fashionable or popular.

An interest in someone else's affairs, possibly through meddling.

A background check

(film, of a take) Having been shot and stored in a film can, or at the equivalent stage for a digital take.

(biology) A method of insemination in some invertebrates, whereby the male stabs the body of the female in random locations to inject the sperm, thereby causing trauma to the female.

In both prosperity and adversity.

Misspelling of by and large.