as in linguistic
of or relating to words or language
a dictionary provides lexical information—it tells you what the word "cat" means, not all there is to know about cats
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Recent Examples of lexical
The appearance of these five lexical inventions marks the first time that humankind ever attached words to this invisible and magical mystery.
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Big Think, 18 Nov. 2025
Barrett designed a reading program to help flag emerging lexical items and turbocharge additions, tripling the volume of new words added in the site’s periodic updates over the course of a year.
—Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025
Templates enforce everything from slide masters to the lexical choices that signal risk levels; the model should not be able to invent metrics or rewrite disclaimers.
—Noah Ohrner, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
With the arrival of printing, the new terminology created more opportunities for lexical growth, as did the publishing industry; and the emergence of the internet has produced still more.
—David Crystal
june 27, Literary Hub, 27 June 2025
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Big Think, 18 Nov. 2025
Barrett designed a reading program to help flag emerging lexical items and turbocharge additions, tripling the volume of new words added in the site’s periodic updates over the course of a year.
—Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025
Templates enforce everything from slide masters to the lexical choices that signal risk levels; the model should not be able to invent metrics or rewrite disclaimers.
—Noah Ohrner, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
With the arrival of printing, the new terminology created more opportunities for lexical growth, as did the publishing industry; and the emergence of the internet has produced still more.
—David Crystal
june 27, Literary Hub, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lexical
Adjective
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Large language models now exhibit extraordinary linguistic competence while remaining wholly incapable of accountability.—
Deb Roy,
The Atlantic,
15 Feb. 2026
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That word is a product of linguistic confusion, according to Yeazell.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The teams exchanged verbal insults before Anthony Sapienza punched one of the victims and struck him in the face with a pickleball paddle, according to the affidavit.—
Storey Wertheimer,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
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But cowriting forced them to at least create a verbal outline, spending hours on the phone getting to know the characters before trading off chapters and editing each other’s work.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The steering has a natural, connected feel that's not artificially weighted, but is genuinely communicative.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Feb. 2026
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This is an unusual position for an exponent of the public sphere and communicative rationality to take.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Lexical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lexical. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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