variants
also linguistical
as in verbal
of or relating to words or language
the age at which children begin to acquire linguistic skills
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Recent Examples of linguistic
It’s not critically endangered like some minority languages across the world, with locals growing up speaking Ladin alongside Italian, and cultural and linguistic protections ensuring Ladin is taught in schools.
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Rebecca Tauber, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026
Epistemia is a name for a flaw in how people interpret these models, in which linguistic plausibility is taken as a surrogate for truth.
—Walter Quattrociocchi, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2026
There’s some truth to that pattern, said Jonathan Rosa, a linguistic anthropologist and associate professor at Stanford University.
—Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 17 Feb. 2026
Likewise, LLMs now demonstrably achieve forms of linguistic competence that match or exceed human performance across many domains.
—Deb Roy, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2026
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Rebecca Tauber, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026
Epistemia is a name for a flaw in how people interpret these models, in which linguistic plausibility is taken as a surrogate for truth.
—Walter Quattrociocchi, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2026
There’s some truth to that pattern, said Jonathan Rosa, a linguistic anthropologist and associate professor at Stanford University.
—Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 17 Feb. 2026
Likewise, LLMs now demonstrably achieve forms of linguistic competence that match or exceed human performance across many domains.
—Deb Roy, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for linguistic
Adjective
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In the video, a group of young teens appeared to be in a verbal dispute before a physical altercation quickly escalated between two girls.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Authorities said Solomon continued to yell, pull away from officers and refuse lawful verbal commands even after he was restrained.—
Michael Cuviello,
Dallas Morning News,
13 Mar. 2026
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From the get-go, Vespaio was incredibly kind and communicative when planning our rehearsal dinner.—
Matthew Odam,
Austin American Statesman,
27 Feb. 2026
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The steering, though somewhat isolated due to the car’s grand-touring disposition, feels communicative enough to enable and encourage rather spirited cornering.—
Basem Wasef,
Robb Report,
25 Feb. 2026
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Further complicating the mustelids’ lexical family tree, the Haida ermine, found on islands off the Pacific Northwest coast, was also once considered a subspecies of the common stoat, but is now recognized as its own species.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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Laborious yet lithe lads and lasses have loyally leapt to luminate the lexical labyrinths of logic locking the lucrative lotto, longing to lure the lavish luxury lying latently in local landmarks.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
28 Jan. 2026
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And so the rhetorical support for Iran remains fierce and loud—on the streets, on television, and on social media.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2026
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This is the familiar stage of rhetorical climbdown, indicating dawning awareness that a problem is more complicated than the president initially thought.—
S.E. Cupp,
New York Daily News,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Linguistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/linguistic. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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