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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
These evocations of the iconography of October 7th may or may not be coincidental, but the language and imagery take on an additional charge when considered alongside Harwicz’s public statements on the war in Gaza.
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Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Contestants on the latest season of Big Brother UK are being reprimanded for misgendering and using homophobic language towards other housemates.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 8 Oct. 2025
All others are available, with Studio TF1 targeting European sales, as some other territories remain uncomfortable buying non-English-language international scripted.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
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Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Contestants on the latest season of Big Brother UK are being reprimanded for misgendering and using homophobic language towards other housemates.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 8 Oct. 2025
All others are available, with Studio TF1 targeting European sales, as some other territories remain uncomfortable buying non-English-language international scripted.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for language
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Experts at Scholastic say such books help kids gain the vocabulary to describe their feelings, improve self-awareness, and learn strategies for handling negative emotions.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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White-collar workers in China have developed their own vocabulary for this malaise.—
Lavender Au,
The Dial,
7 Oct. 2025
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The guidelines contain specific terminology and targets for calories and nutrients that guide federal food aid for mothers and infants, free school lunches and what's served at military bases and in federal prisons.—
Will Stone,
NPR,
8 Oct. 2025
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Which means that their terminology won't disappear anytime soon.—
Mariyam Muhammad,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
8 Oct. 2025
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The first three were post-dictions of inflation; the latter four were predictions that had not yet been observed when they were made.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
23 Sep. 2025
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Raised in the Highbridge section of the Bronx not far from where DJ Kool Herc threw the 1973 party revered as rap music’s spiritual baby shower, Cardi bookends those songs with experiments in accentuating and contrasting her distinctly New York diction.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
22 Sep. 2025
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In the rare photos, the teenagers could be seen wearing hats and sunglasses at a restaurant, sticking their tongues out, posing with Keough in New York City, smiling together in a mirror selfie and posing outside in a tropical location.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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With a white leather upper, the pair uses the Air Jordan 5’s classic color blocking with a reflective metallic silver tongue and a mixture of Sunset orange and a Jordan staple Fire Red shade.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
7 Oct. 2025
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Studies have found regional dialects of birds’ songs and evidence that some birds learn songs from their parents while still in the shell.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
10 Oct. 2025
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For Minha, the biggest challenge was mastering the North Korean dialect.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
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But legal experts say the wording was murky, making judicial interpretation a moving target.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2025
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Reinstating stricter wording could limit eligible roles.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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The history of labor struggle, infused with religious idioms, is a source of identity and values evident in everything from union meetings in churches to prayers on picket lines.—
The Conversation,
The Conversation,
7 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, analytical software has revolutionized linguistic inquiry, enabling greater understanding of the ways language works—when, how, and why words break out; the specific contexts for expressions and idioms.—
Stefan Fatsis,
The Atlantic,
13 Sep. 2025
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What other slang does Gen Alpha use?—
Mariyam Muhammad,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
8 Oct. 2025
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Parents and educators need to learn language used online Online teens often use slang, symbols and slogans that adults may not understand to refer to white supremacy, antisemitism and mass shootings.—
Jessica Seaman,
Denver Post,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Language.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/language. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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