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Recent Examples of lexicographer
Esme was the motherless daughter of one of the lexicographers, and spent her youth sitting under the table in the Scriptorium while words were sorted and accepted or discarded.
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The Know, The Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2025
But popularity isn’t the only factor lexicographers consider when determining the word of the year.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Nov. 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
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
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The Know, The Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2025
But popularity isn’t the only factor lexicographers consider when determining the word of the year.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Nov. 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
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lexicographer
Noun
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Indeed, those details sometimes contradicted what linguists would predict based on previous research.—
Cody Cottier,
Scientific American,
18 Sep. 2025
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The security agency easily identified Winner, a crypto linguist, as the source of the leak.—
Terry Gross,
NPR,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Ryan Ford is deputy sports editor for the Free Press and has been with Freep Sports since January 2006.—
Ryan Ford,
Freep.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Under its new editor, the paper has leaned into unsigned editorials with a centrist bent, publishing nearly one editorial board piece every day.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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The members include Ginsburg’s daughter and granddaughters, plus lawyers, legal scholars, museum administrators, biographers (including our own Irin Carmon), and the principal of her alma mater in Midwood.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
29 Sep. 2025
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Roasted chicken is Harry’s favorite food, according to his biographer.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
26 Sep. 2025
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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 8 Oct. 2025.
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