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also linguistical
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
These immigrants, who first settled the backcountry of Pennsylvania before pushing farther to the western and southern frontier, brought with them a cultural and linguistic separateness that had an immense impact on the speech of the American heartland.
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Valerie Fridland, Big Think, 21 Apr. 2026
Thou, like every other English speaker, art literally the product of centuries of linguistic reinvention.
—Valerie M. Fridland, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026
Planned amidst the rising fascist tides that by this date buffeted Switzerland’s borders on the south and north alike, the exhibition aimed to shore up a sense of national identity in a country famously marked by diverse linguistic and cultural traditions.
—Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 16 Apr. 2026
Today the small community is known for the preservation of its African heritage and distinctive linguistic, social, religious, and musical traditions that have endured for centuries.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
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Valerie Fridland, Big Think, 21 Apr. 2026
Thou, like every other English speaker, art literally the product of centuries of linguistic reinvention.
—Valerie M. Fridland, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026
Planned amidst the rising fascist tides that by this date buffeted Switzerland’s borders on the south and north alike, the exhibition aimed to shore up a sense of national identity in a country famously marked by diverse linguistic and cultural traditions.
—Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 16 Apr. 2026
Today the small community is known for the preservation of its African heritage and distinctive linguistic, social, religious, and musical traditions that have endured for centuries.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for linguistic
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Club Kid is funny, and filled with deft jokes, but there’s a stylistic exuberance to it that attests to how Firstman wasn’t just thinking in terms of verbal punchlines.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
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Words were exchanged between the influencers and staff; other customers got involved in the verbal exchange; it got heated and turned physical.—
Sean Joseph OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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To take plants seriously as living, breathing, conscious, and communicative beings, the movie suggests, requires a measure of time, an embrace of solitude, and a retreat from the hectic anxieties of the modern world.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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Do what feels right for you and stay communicative; those are great steps toward bonding.—
Eric Thomas,
Sun Sentinel,
6 May 2026
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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
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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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Steyer’s emphasis on reducing regulatory barriers and permitting costs to address California’s housing crisis represents a substantive policy contribution that could appeal to voters prioritizing pragmatic solutions over rhetorical combat.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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In the following chapters of Quand j’étais photographe, Nadar plays on the rhetorical and material slipperiness of invention to craft a curious portrait of photography’s first fifty-odd years.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Linguistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/linguistic. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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