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But popularity isn’t the only factor lexicographers consider when determining the word of the year.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Nov. 2024
Written by a career lexicographer with an infectious love of the English language, this ode to the dictionary is full of fun facts for linguistics lovers, as well as intimate stories that nerds of all stripes can enjoy.
—The Week Us, theweek, 16 Apr. 2024
Mary’s flowers and their legends Using research from botanists, folklorists and lexicographers, Stokes and McTague created lists of hundreds of flowers and plants with their medieval, religious names.
—Bridget Retzloff, The Conversation, 20 May 2024
The origins of the ending-preposition prohibition Among grammarians and lexicographers, Merriam-Webster's comments are widely accepted.
—Emma Bowman, NPR, 27 Feb. 2024
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Nov. 2024
Written by a career lexicographer with an infectious love of the English language, this ode to the dictionary is full of fun facts for linguistics lovers, as well as intimate stories that nerds of all stripes can enjoy.
—The Week Us, theweek, 16 Apr. 2024
Mary’s flowers and their legends Using research from botanists, folklorists and lexicographers, Stokes and McTague created lists of hundreds of flowers and plants with their medieval, religious names.
—Bridget Retzloff, The Conversation, 20 May 2024
The origins of the ending-preposition prohibition Among grammarians and lexicographers, Merriam-Webster's comments are widely accepted.
—Emma Bowman, NPR, 27 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lexicographer
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Correspondences such as these are addressed in more detail by what’s called Grimm’s Law, a system of patterns named for the nineteenth-century linguist and folklorist Jacob Grimm—yep, the same Grimm who, along with the other Grimm brother, Wilhelm, published Grimm’s Fairy Tales.—
Martha Barnette
August 6,
Literary Hub,
6 Aug. 2025
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Institutions are rolling out detection software, cracking down on AI use in syllabi, and encouraging faculty to read student work like forensic linguists.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 June 2025
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Mark Robichaux, a veteran media journalist and editor of Malone’s memoir, will moderate the session.—
Giana Levy,
Variety,
13 Aug. 2025
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Our team of savvy editors independently handpicks all recommendations.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
13 Aug. 2025
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Royal biographer and commentator Phil Dampier told the Sun that Markle was more interested in fame and fortune.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
12 Aug. 2025
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In 2017, Baldwin’s papers were acquired by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, giving biographers access to an extensive archive.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
11 Aug. 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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Considering that other characters can see him, young Marcel is presumably more than just a projection of the scribbler’s subconscious.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
8 June 2025
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“Lexicographer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lexicographer. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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