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As 2025 draws to a close, the lexicographers and linguists at the world’s most used and well-known dictionaries have begun their sometimes polarizing annual ritual of trying to capture the year’s zeitgeist through a single word.
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Chad De Guzman, Time, 18 Nov. 2025
In 1758, lexicographer, textbook pioneer, and English-language spelling reformer Noah Webster is born.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Even before Google’s AI Overview began taking clicks from definitions written by flesh-and-bone lexicographers, the trajectory of the industry was clear.
—Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025
The selection process combined a public vote with language analysis by Oxford lexicographers.
—Janae Bowens, Baltimore Sun, 31 Dec. 2024
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Chad De Guzman, Time, 18 Nov. 2025
In 1758, lexicographer, textbook pioneer, and English-language spelling reformer Noah Webster is born.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Even before Google’s AI Overview began taking clicks from definitions written by flesh-and-bone lexicographers, the trajectory of the industry was clear.
—Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025
The selection process combined a public vote with language analysis by Oxford lexicographers.
—Janae Bowens, Baltimore Sun, 31 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lexicographer
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One of those dissenters was the linguist Mark Liberman, who lambasted the word numerous times over the years in his blog Language Log.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
25 Feb. 2026
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Dutkiewicz worked with linguist Christian Bentz, an associate professor who studies the history of language at Saarland University in Germany, to digitize the markings on the objects.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
23 Feb. 2026
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And much like the fictional sport’s real-world counterpart, in this all-animal cinematic universe, roarball is the ultimate culture-definer.—
Payton Turkeltaub,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by a USA Today editor.—
USA Today staff,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
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This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by an Indiana editor.—
Chris Sims,
IndyStar,
8 Mar. 2026
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Countering the narrative presented by Harry in his memoir Spare, royal biographer Robert Lacy wrote that there was more drama behind Markle’s wedding tiara selection than had previously been disclosed.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
3 Mar. 2026
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Over the past 24 years, Susan Claassen, who co-wrote the play with Head biographer Paddy Calistro, has performed the show around the country more than 1,500 times.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Feb. 2026
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Powering the portable scribbler is 1.7-GHz dual-core processing supported by 2 GB of RAM and 64 GB of internal storage.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 Sep. 2025
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All remaining scribblers should lay down their squibs and come out, squinting, arms aloft in surrender.—
Jayson Greene,
Time,
17 June 2025
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“Lexicographer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lexicographer. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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