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Recent Examples of lexicographer
Once its lexicographers establish a shortlist for Word of the Year, Oxford opens voting on its website.
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Melina Khan, USA Today, 1 Dec. 2025
From there, though, the American bird became a victim of mistaken identity, according to lexicographer Erin McKean.
—Natalie Escobar, NPR, 26 Nov. 2025
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.
—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
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Melina Khan, USA Today, 1 Dec. 2025
From there, though, the American bird became a victim of mistaken identity, according to lexicographer Erin McKean.
—Natalie Escobar, NPR, 26 Nov. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lexicographer
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But in little more than an hour, their questions and comments will lead the 25-year-old Winner, an Air Force veteran and linguist working for a National Security Agency contractor, to confess to mailing a classified intelligence document to a news organization.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
24 Mar. 2026
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These rules are simplified from a set proposed by anthropologist Brent Berlin and linguist Paul Kay in 1969.—
Emma R. Hasson,
Scientific American,
19 Mar. 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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To send a letter to the editor about this article, submit online or check out our guidelines for how to submit by email or mail.—
Heidi Williams,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 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,
19 Apr. 2026
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Sara Wheeler is an award-winning and bestselling travel writer and biographer.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
17 Apr. 2026
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Royal biographer Robert Hardman also sees a bit of Queen Elizabeth II in the young royal, who is the late monarch's great-granddaughter.—
Emma Banks,
InStyle,
12 Apr. 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 22 Apr. 2026.
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