as in linguistic
of or relating to words or language the school banned the book for vocabular reasons, as some parents objected to the author's use of profanity

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Adjective
  • Rethinking Charleston Receipts Like other books about Lowcountry life in that era, the pages are peppered with Gullah Geechee verses, the linguistic heritage of the West African descendants who live in the region, along with English interpretations.
    Adrian Miller, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2025
  • While for many Americans speaking another language is seen as something extraordinary, true empowerment when traveling comes from embracing linguistic diversity, not expecting the entire world to speak English.
    Wilson Santiago Burgos, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • There’s physical language, but not verbal.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
  • On screen, Lawrence and Pattinson hurl nonstop insults at each other in loud bursts of verbal warfare, a striking contrast to the duo’s quieter working relationship.
    Antonio Ferme, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • The uncertainty has been hard, even with suppliers being communicative and transparent.
    Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025
  • That started in huddles, with a demonstrably more communicative Jokic.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Barrett designed a reading program to help flag emerging lexical items and turbocharge additions, tripling the volume of new words added in the site’s periodic updates over the course of a year.
    Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Templates enforce everything from slide masters to the lexical choices that signal risk levels; the model should not be able to invent metrics or rewrite disclaimers.
    Noah Ohrner, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
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“Vocabular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vocabular. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.

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