variants also linguistical
Definition of linguisticnext
as in verbal
of or relating to words or language the age at which children begin to acquire linguistic skills

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Recent Examples of linguistic The influence of La Liga throughout the late 2000s from a linguistic sense has been tangible. Thom Harris, New York Times, 21 June 2026 That linguistic advantage arrives at a moment when Spanish audiovisual production has already proven its global pull. Callum McLennan, Variety, 18 June 2026 For the last couple of years, the test has been provided in six languages, allowing vital linguistic access to our more than 70,000 students learning English as a second language. Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026 This poll is part of an ongoing project exploring the views of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, which are usually not highlighted in other surveys because of small sample sizes and lack of linguistic representation. Terry Tang, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for linguistic
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Adjective
  • An additional 1,600, including those in humanities, social sciences and arts, later joined to argue that verbal reasoning and writing skills were lacking too.
    Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • The agency claims Salgado Araujo refused to follow several verbal commands and rammed into one of its law enforcement vehicles.
    Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
Adjective
  • But the highest-value layer will be people who combine financial fluency with the kind of strategic, communicative intelligence that helps the whole organization make better decisions.
    Jack O'Hara, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • The great speculators became talkative and communicative or dull, sullen, silent, and peevish.
    Owen Lamont, Fortune, 2 July 2026
Adjective
  • Further complicating the mustelids’ lexical family tree, the Haida ermine, found on islands off the Pacific Northwest coast, was also once considered a subspecies of the common stoat, but is now recognized as its own species.
    Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Laborious yet lithe lads and lasses have loyally leapt to luminate the lexical labyrinths of logic locking the lucrative lotto, longing to lure the lavish luxury lying latently in local landmarks.
    Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2026
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  • The question of self-dealing was essentially rhetorical, because the expectation that a president served the country — not himself — was foundational.
    Lynn Schmidt, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
  • His research explores the intersection of international business and corporate political strategy, focusing on the rhetorical, ideological, and historical forces that shape firm behavior.
    Yilang Feng, Harvard Business Review, 2 July 2026

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“Linguistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/linguistic. Accessed 12 Jul. 2026.

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