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as in vocabulary
the stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication
Great Britain, the United States, Australia, and other countries where English is the dominant language
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as in terminology
the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field
"love" means "nothing" in the language of tennis
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as in diction
the way in which something is put into words
we're finding the language of the legal documents to be tough going
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Recent Examples of language
For additional help, the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline has professional crisis counselors available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in over 170 languages.
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Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Komasa avoids the curse of many foreign directors making english language debuts and seems comfortable in this milieu.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
It’s been quite the journey, coming here alone, not speaking the language, getting a degree and making a name for myself.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
Backman believes this geometric language could be the bridge between biology and computation.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
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Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Komasa avoids the curse of many foreign directors making english language debuts and seems comfortable in this milieu.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
It’s been quite the journey, coming here alone, not speaking the language, getting a degree and making a name for myself.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
Backman believes this geometric language could be the bridge between biology and computation.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for language
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At play in Gómez’s case is a decades-old immigration law that uses arcane vocabulary.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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These acts of radical playfulness—the inflatable dance parties, the music, the absurdity—have become part of the city’s moral vocabulary.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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Last year, Jimmy didn’t even know any defensive terminology.—
Jon Conahan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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The guidelines contain specific terminology and targets for calories and nutrients that guide federal food aid for mothers and infants, free school lunches and what's served at military bases and in federal prisons.—
Will Stone,
NPR,
8 Oct. 2025
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The spice that makes this dish work is Carl's precious decor and fussiness about keeping the place impeccable, communicated with exquisite diction by the burly Scales.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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The nearly 6-foot actor was made to look a foot shorter; given a balding, combover haircut; and was forced to adopt a completely new diction and set of mannerisms.—
Max Gao,
NBC news,
18 Oct. 2025
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The Italian fashion house reimagined the timeless silhouette popularized in the 1950s with a high-shine gold coin detail and an embossed logo on the tongue.—
Kelsey Stewart,
Footwear News,
28 Oct. 2025
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Many in that group are holding their tongues in public.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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But Simeon Silverio, former publisher of the San Diego Asian Journal, said Bayani reflects only one of many Filipino dialects and would fail to represent the country’s diverse cultural groups, each of which has its own word for hero.—
Walker Armstrong,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Oct. 2025
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Even something as simple as the Chicago dialect and John Gacy’s individual odd, idiosyncratic way of speaking.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Oct. 2025
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Similar wording is found on the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft listing under technical details.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
16 Oct. 2025
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But legal experts say the wording was murky, making judicial interpretation a moving target.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2025
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Music unites the interconnecting stories in this saga and expands its passions, with a sumptuous score by composer Stephen Flaherty and lyricist Lynn Ahrens that taps into a wide range of American styles, idioms and amalgams, even as the second act turns more dissonant.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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The history of labor struggle, infused with religious idioms, is a source of identity and values evident in everything from union meetings in churches to prayers on picket lines.—
The Conversation,
The Conversation,
7 Oct. 2025
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Every generation invents its own slang, and language evolves in ways most of us will never consciously perceive, Jones said.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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What other slang does Gen Alpha use?—
Mariyam Muhammad,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Language.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/language. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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