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as in terminology
the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field
scientific vocabulary
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as in language
the stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication
children learn enough of the common vocabulary to make themselves understood by around the age of two
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Recent Examples of vocabulary
Nana was proud of how, in eight months, the boy had gone from not speaking to having a vocabulary closer to developmental guidelines.
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Jayme Fraser, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
At play in Gómez’s case is a decades-old immigration law that uses arcane vocabulary.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
These acts of radical playfulness—the inflatable dance parties, the music, the absurdity—have become part of the city’s moral vocabulary.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
White-collar workers in China have developed their own vocabulary for this malaise.
—Lavender Au, The Dial, 7 Oct. 2025
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Jayme Fraser, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
At play in Gómez’s case is a decades-old immigration law that uses arcane vocabulary.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
These acts of radical playfulness—the inflatable dance parties, the music, the absurdity—have become part of the city’s moral vocabulary.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
White-collar workers in China have developed their own vocabulary for this malaise.
—Lavender Au, The Dial, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vocabulary
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This tactic can be especially useful for listing AI-relevant skills that may be written using specific terminology.—
Ethan Stone,
Ascend Agency,
29 Oct. 2025
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Last year, Jimmy didn’t even know any defensive terminology.—
Jon Conahan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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In a similar vein, Timnit Gebru, a computer scientist writing during her time working at Google, warned of the dangers of large language models acting as stochastic parrots, which repeat language patterns without understanding, and in doing so replicate the biases embedded in their training data.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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The dust-up stems back to the Spanish singer’s recent appearance on the New York Times’ Popcast, where she was asked about singing in about 13 different languages one her new album Lux and the challenges of communicating with a global audience.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
5 Nov. 2025
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Many rank-and-file enlistees were also recent immigrants, and patriot regiments hummed with a cacophony of different tongues, accents, and dialects throughout the war.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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To embody the Like a Rolling Stone singer, the actor trained extensively, including five years of preparation, to learn to sing as well as play guitar and harmonica, and to work with dialect and movement coaches to make his performance feel authentic.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
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The apparel brand’s signature red tab is seen near the eyelets of the lateral side while red tongue Jumpman branding adds contrast reminiscent of selvedge seams.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
11 Nov. 2025
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That word, so central to the lexicon of sports and its triumphant narrative arcs, burns on the tongue.—
Tamerra Griffin,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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Combining 1980s cumbia and salsa with urban and Andean sounds, lyrics that highlight Ecuadorian slang and identity, and a recognizable deep voice, Machaka stands out for his freshness and authenticity.—
Tere Aguilera,
Billboard,
29 Oct. 2025
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Today on the show, San Francisco slang.—
Darian Woods,
NPR,
27 Oct. 2025
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Though the idiom of abuse has changed, the critics are as hostile as ever, while their targets react only with curious torpor.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Music unites the interconnecting stories in this saga and expands its passions, with a sumptuous score by composer Stephen Flaherty and lyricist Lynn Ahrens that taps into a wide range of American styles, idioms and amalgams, even as the second act turns more dissonant.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Vocabulary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vocabulary. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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