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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, 15 Jan. 2026
The group quickly discovered that a band called the Warlocks already existed and renamed themselves the Grateful Dead, a term Garcia found in a dictionary.
—Erin Osmon, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2026
For many decades, dictionaries were bestsellers and seen as the authority on the English language.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025
But his dictionary, with its conclusiveness, was a huge publishing success.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
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Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 15 Jan. 2026
The group quickly discovered that a band called the Warlocks already existed and renamed themselves the Grateful Dead, a term Garcia found in a dictionary.
—Erin Osmon, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2026
For many decades, dictionaries were bestsellers and seen as the authority on the English language.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025
But his dictionary, with its conclusiveness, was a huge publishing success.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
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Declining confidence in the United States has created its own pan-European lexicon.—
Isaac Stanley-Becker,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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Along with the Antwerp Six, Martin Margiela put the small Belgian city of Antwerp on the international fashion radar, founding his house in 1988 and introducing cleft-toed boots, deconstructed clothes and all-white stores to the fashion lexicon.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Dictionary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dictionary. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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