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a reference book giving information about the meanings, pronunciations, uses, and origins of words listed in alphabetical order
an avid word enthusiast who is compiling a lexicon of archaic and unusual words
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The sophomore slump remains part of the American lexicon, with examples scattered across sports, music and cinema.
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Troy Renck, Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2025
Knight Rider first entered the public lexicon as a TV show, which aired on NBC from 1982-1986.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Social media has birthed an entire lexicon replicated by millions online — even if these words don’t actually mean skibidi.
—Adrian Ma, NPR, 19 Aug. 2025
The film’s dialogue entered the lexicon, and remains widely quoted and referenced fourr decades later.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 16 Aug. 2025
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Troy Renck, Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2025
Knight Rider first entered the public lexicon as a TV show, which aired on NBC from 1982-1986.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Social media has birthed an entire lexicon replicated by millions online — even if these words don’t actually mean skibidi.
—Adrian Ma, NPR, 19 Aug. 2025
The film’s dialogue entered the lexicon, and remains widely quoted and referenced fourr decades later.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 16 Aug. 2025
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Internally, the current workspace contained not only the visible text documents but also any custom words the user added to the dictionary and any additional tForth words defined in memory.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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Transcripts, grammars, vocabularies, dictionaries, glyph studies, botanical studies, commentaries, articles, editions of codices, correspondence, maps, charts, drawings, photographs, Maya Society materials, genealogies of Maya families, and Mayan glyphs on moveable type.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Lexicon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lexicon. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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