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Recent Examples of dictionary Mary and Joseph were absolutely refugees according to both the dictionary and the Gospel of Matthew. John Fugelsang september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025 The dictionary, an A to Z guide to the global fashion and textiles trade, changes the language of fashion. Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025 Others, like pain points and thought leaders, seem like things that AI got from business buzzword dictionaries. John Werner, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025 Based on that research, Coleman released an online Owens Valley Paiute dictionary, sentence builder and translator and hopes to continue building more advanced language-learning tools. Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dictionary
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  • Together, these designers are creating a new style lexicon for Ukrainian men and, in the process, redefining menswear in a nation at war.
    Finbarr Toesland, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The name of the series has also penetrated the cultural lexicon as a way to refer to someone who has been deceptive about their identity online.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025

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