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Christmas hams, party cocktails, elegant layer cakes, and cookout classics fill the dictionaries of Southern family recipes, but one of my favorites is a simple vinaigrette from my grandmother.
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Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 21 June 2025
Most players use the CSW (Collins Scrabble Words) dictionary, which accepts both U.S. and U.K. English spellings and is more generous with two-letter words than most dictionaries.
—Barry Collins, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
Then came a sort of spiritual attack that was supposed to nearly erase these two words from the dictionary and relegate them to the archive where old words and concepts lie and rot, dead and forgotten.
—Isaac Bashevis Singer, Harpers Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
Jacques Bailly took a razor blade to the dictionary in 1991, revolutionizing the mechanics of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 26 May 2025
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Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 21 June 2025
Most players use the CSW (Collins Scrabble Words) dictionary, which accepts both U.S. and U.K. English spellings and is more generous with two-letter words than most dictionaries.
—Barry Collins, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
Then came a sort of spiritual attack that was supposed to nearly erase these two words from the dictionary and relegate them to the archive where old words and concepts lie and rot, dead and forgotten.
—Isaac Bashevis Singer, Harpers Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
Jacques Bailly took a razor blade to the dictionary in 1991, revolutionizing the mechanics of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 26 May 2025
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The elevated mini dress is a chill, one-and-done staple for the summer, with more than one way to go about it to fit it into your own personal style lexicon: think elegant shift dresses, easy linens, lacy slips, and more sporty numbers.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
20 July 2025
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Its culinary impact is just as notable: The metro Detroit region is the birthplace of multinational chains, such as Domino’s, Little Caesars, and Jet’s Pizza, which have brought Detroit into the global pizza lexicon.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
15 July 2025
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