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Ocean’s Godori has a glossary written by Maggie, a non-Korean character, who put it together as a guide for those new to the Alliance.
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Elaine U. Cho
august 5, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
There are a number of terms that appear in both this article and other online discussions of the Spelling Bee; a glossary of those terms compiled by Monicat, a Times reader, can be found below.
—New York Times Games, New York Times, 24 July 2025
The text uses many Hawaiian words (and gives their pronunciation, plus a glossary at the end), such as kuleana, which refers in part to responsibility, especially in terms of caring for the land.
—Pat Tompkins, AFAR Media, 18 June 2025
Notes and Methods includes a glossary of her meanings along with reproductions of her sketches and paintings.
—Melissa Febos, The Atlantic, 9 June 2025
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Elaine U. Cho
august 5, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
There are a number of terms that appear in both this article and other online discussions of the Spelling Bee; a glossary of those terms compiled by Monicat, a Times reader, can be found below.
—New York Times Games, New York Times, 24 July 2025
The text uses many Hawaiian words (and gives their pronunciation, plus a glossary at the end), such as kuleana, which refers in part to responsibility, especially in terms of caring for the land.
—Pat Tompkins, AFAR Media, 18 June 2025
Notes and Methods includes a glossary of her meanings along with reproductions of her sketches and paintings.
—Melissa Febos, The Atlantic, 9 June 2025
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Internally, the current workspace contained not only the visible text documents but also any custom words the user added to the dictionary and any additional tForth words defined in memory.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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Transcripts, grammars, vocabularies, dictionaries, glyph studies, botanical studies, commentaries, articles, editions of codices, correspondence, maps, charts, drawings, photographs, Maya Society materials, genealogies of Maya families, and Mayan glyphs on moveable type.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Sep. 2025
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