What does drawing someone out mean?

in the sense of persuade someone to talk.

a leadership vacuum

If a team is suffering from a leadership vacuum, its members don't share a common goal. And if everyone doesn't share a common goal, it defeats the purpose of working as a team. In a nutshell, a leadership vacuum is the lack of solid leadership.

What does it mean to be on the outs?

Inf. in a mild dispute with someone; sharing ill will with someone.

What is a government estimate?

The IGCE is the Government's estimate of the resources and projected cost of the resources a. contractor will incur in the performance of a contract.

How does the CDC define breakthrough COVID-19 infections?

Breakthrough infections were defined as new cases among persons who were fully vaccinated on the day of specimen collection. Hospitalizations among persons with breakthrough infection were defined as new hospital admissions among persons fully vaccinated on the reporting day.

heterogeneous group of conditions.

A heterogeneous medical condition or heterogeneous disease is a medical term referring to a medical condition with several etiologies (root causes), such as hepatitis or diabetes.

independence debt

"The 'independence debt', which is today valued at over 17bn euros illegitimately forced a people who had won their independence in a successful slave revolt, to pay again for the freedom," said the appeal to President Nicolas Sarkozy, published in the French newspaper Liberation.

What is the meaning of frozen out?

to make someone feel that they are not part of a group by being unfriendly towards that person, or to stop someone from being included in an arrangement or activity: I felt I was being frozen out of/from the discussions.

opportunity cost

the loss of potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative is chosen.

Jesuits

The Society of Jesus, also known as the Jesuits, is a religious order of the Catholic Church headquartered in Rome. It was founded by Ignatius of Loyola and six companions with the approval of Pope Paul III in 1540. The society is engaged in evangelization and apostolic ministry in 112 nations.