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as in vocabulary
the stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication
Great Britain, the United States, Australia, and other countries where English is the dominant language
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as in terminology
the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field
"love" means "nothing" in the language of tennis
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as in diction
the way in which something is put into words
we're finding the language of the legal documents to be tough going
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Recent Examples of language
Duolingo is about to make a lot of language learners very happy.
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 1 June 2026
The bill, if approved, would bar any payout arising from a lawsuit filed by a president or vice president, language that is designed to permanently foreclose the fund, or anything like it, from being put in place by a future administration.
—Ana Ceballos
follow, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
The language of aesthetic medicine is changing, and the language usually comes first.
—Dr. Tal Patalon, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
There apparently was some confusion with the English language X account of Argentina’s men’s national soccer team.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2026
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 1 June 2026
The bill, if approved, would bar any payout arising from a lawsuit filed by a president or vice president, language that is designed to permanently foreclose the fund, or anything like it, from being put in place by a future administration.
—Ana Ceballos
follow, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
The language of aesthetic medicine is changing, and the language usually comes first.
—Dr. Tal Patalon, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
There apparently was some confusion with the English language X account of Argentina’s men’s national soccer team.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for language
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Before that first experience in 2016, ‘ayahuasca’ wasn't a part of my vocabulary.—
Michaela Trimble,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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Developing a reading habit can broaden vocabulary, boost knowledge and stimulate the imagination.—
Sneha Dhandapani,
CNN Money,
6 June 2026
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Tiny stuff, that no one except insiders would notice—shuttle cockpit switch positions, authentic uniform patches, terminology.—
Eric Berger & Lee Hutchinson,
ArsTechnica,
31 May 2026
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Aaron doesn't have to spend a lot of time in OTA’s understanding the terminology, figuring out the reads.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2026
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This isn’t to suggest that Young needs to pick up where Hunt has left off, in terms of salty diction.—
Joseph Person,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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But Auschwitz had also left its mark on his diction—a sort of verbal tattoo.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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Kansas City is brushing up on its interpretive skills, preparing to welcome and accommodate visitors of all tongues for the world’s largest sporting event.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2026
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Symptoms such as swelling of the lips or tongue, hives and difficulty breathing warrant emergency medical attention.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
4 June 2026
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Brig is in the Upper Valais, a gaunt and conservative place where the inhabitants speak Walliser German, an Alpine dialect that many Swiss people find unintelligible.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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The contemporary entertainment industry pushes that logic into nearly grotesque territory, as film and TV productions compete against 24/7 internet feeds and a rapidly changing meme dialect designed to always leave someone out of the loop.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
31 May 2026
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The government has multiple programs for tracking Americans’ insurance status, which can give different numbers depending on factors like timing and question wording.—
Mike Stobbe,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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Your careful wording keeps trust intact by turning emotion into clear choices.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2026
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The Suez Canal incident of March 2021 revealed the same pattern in a different idiom.—
Dr. Aditya Vikram Kashyap,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Probably because at the time many of the time signatures and chordal progressions that Miles used were over the head of a young guitar player still functioning in the blues and folk idioms.—
Steve Baltin,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2026
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How did the name Go-Go being used as slang for parties come about?—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
11 May 2026
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The home was dubbed Snowman in honor of Bryan’s late brother, Chris, who earned the nickname from the golf slang for a score of eight on an individual hole.—
Katie Schultz,
Architectural Digest,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Language.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/language. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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