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a reference book giving information about the meanings, pronunciations, uses, and origins of words listed in alphabetical order
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The hole dubbed Magnolia in the club’s lexicon fits that description, especially after officials stretched the once-benign par-4 by 40 yards to 495 — and still a par-4.
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Bob Spear, Charlotte Observer, 13 Apr. 2025
Being objective about Trump is not in the Sun Sentinel’s opinion lexicon — sorry to say.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2025
Both the novel and the movie became part of an enduring pop culture lexicon in which any raving dog can be referred to a Cujo.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2025
Entrepreneurs came ready to discuss unit economics, and field real questions about their cash efficiency, topics that would not even have entered the 2021 lexicon.
—Alex Lazarow, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
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Bob Spear, Charlotte Observer, 13 Apr. 2025
Being objective about Trump is not in the Sun Sentinel’s opinion lexicon — sorry to say.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2025
Both the novel and the movie became part of an enduring pop culture lexicon in which any raving dog can be referred to a Cujo.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2025
Entrepreneurs came ready to discuss unit economics, and field real questions about their cash efficiency, topics that would not even have entered the 2021 lexicon.
—Alex Lazarow, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
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The word was even been added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary in the years since.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
23 Apr. 2025
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The only true dictionary is the lost one, the dictionary of the language that perished when the impious tower was built: the original language, God’s language.—
Mariana Dimópulos,
Harpers Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Lexicon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lexicon. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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