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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
Help people improve speech clarity, language development, voice quality, cognitive communication and the ability to safely eat and swallow.
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Bybryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Elijah Nouvelage / Bloomberg via Getty Images Amos said the study proposal includes language about job security for TSA workers, giving them the first opportunity to stay on and continue working at the airport if the model is eventually adopted.
—Kaley Fedko, CBS News, 18 May 2026
This is the initiative’s first edition, focused on the audiovisual language of digital creators.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 18 May 2026
Fjord marks Mungiu’s English-language debut.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 18 May 2026
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Bybryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Elijah Nouvelage / Bloomberg via Getty Images Amos said the study proposal includes language about job security for TSA workers, giving them the first opportunity to stay on and continue working at the airport if the model is eventually adopted.
—Kaley Fedko, CBS News, 18 May 2026
This is the initiative’s first edition, focused on the audiovisual language of digital creators.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 18 May 2026
Fjord marks Mungiu’s English-language debut.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 18 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for language
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Adding complexity, these disparate systems don’t always use the same vocabulary.—
Sarah Jones,
Footwear News,
22 May 2026
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Each has its own vocabulary, grammar, and intellectual flavor.—
Konstantin Kakaes,
Quanta Magazine,
20 May 2026
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Pre, pro and postbiotics explained All the gut-health terminology surrounding ARIH can get confusing quickly.—
Ryan Brennan
May 18,
Charlotte Observer,
18 May 2026
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Organizational memory captures institutional knowledge such as decision rationale, failed approaches, domain terminology.—
Perseus Yang,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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But Auschwitz had also left its mark on his diction—a sort of verbal tattoo.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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Feldmann, a relatively recent Juilliard graduate, showed his Lieder-singing chops in the Viennese fare, his tone robust, his diction crisp.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
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Her name was on the tip of many tongues.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2026
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Jurado noted that tongues of salt water are already encroaching into some of the freshwater areas of South Florida.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
23 May 2026
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Yet Cornelius Krull, the patriarch, speaks only a German dialect and never utters more than two words.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
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Many older residents speak not just Italian and Croatian, but also a local dialect derived from Old Venetian and Old Croatian.—
Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
8 May 2026
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Confused by Garcia’s wording, police thought he’d been shot.—
Ella Moore,
Miami Herald,
19 May 2026
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What matters is not political rhetoric, but policy wording.—
Contessa Brewer,Dawn Giel,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
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And why in the world would anyone composing after the Second World War reëmbrace the long-irrelevant late-Romantic idiom of Puccini and Strauss, with its lush harmonies, rich orchestration, and powerful melodies?—
Russell Platt,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026
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These days, Andersen has the idioms flying in Carolina’s locker room.—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
14 May 2026
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How did the name Go-Go being used as slang for parties come about?—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
11 May 2026
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The home was dubbed Snowman in honor of Bryan’s late brother, Chris, who earned the nickname from the golf slang for a score of eight on an individual hole.—
Katie Schultz,
Architectural Digest,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Language.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/language. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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