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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
But when human hubris introduces a linguistic plague on the creatures, the colonists must work to finally, truly understand the Indigenous population.
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Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 12 June 2026
However, communicating those decisions with players from different linguistic backgrounds often proved challenging.
—Andrew Pereira, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 June 2026
The working-age population is increasing, owing to consistent employment growth and a steady flow of migrants who are often highly skilled and actively recruited, and tend to come from bordering countries that have significant cultural and linguistic overlaps with Switzerland.
—Jessi Jezewska Stevens, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Some of us said at the time that politicians should use everyday language understood by most people, rather than push into new linguistic frontiers on behalf of progressive activists.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
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Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 12 June 2026
However, communicating those decisions with players from different linguistic backgrounds often proved challenging.
—Andrew Pereira, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 June 2026
The working-age population is increasing, owing to consistent employment growth and a steady flow of migrants who are often highly skilled and actively recruited, and tend to come from bordering countries that have significant cultural and linguistic overlaps with Switzerland.
—Jessi Jezewska Stevens, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Some of us said at the time that politicians should use everyday language understood by most people, rather than push into new linguistic frontiers on behalf of progressive activists.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for linguistic
Adjective
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The demonstration also showed Aloha robots performing daily activities such as packing lunches, sorting items, and listening to and responding to verbal instructions.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Dec. 2025
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Facial expressions are one of the most important forms of non-verbal communication.—
Valerie Monroe,
Allure,
10 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Nini makes no such communicative or deft movements.—
Tao Lin,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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Everyone was kind to each other and communicative, which felt like a net positive given how hard legalization has been on producers.—
Andrew DeAngelo,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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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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The song had grown out of a bloody domestic conflict, but later in the century its rhetorical force appealed to those with foreign ambitions.—
Jake Lundberg,
The Atlantic,
8 June 2026
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Those include rhetorical shifts, partnerships with brokerage platforms and teaming up with companies to develop necessary infrastructure.—
Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
1 June 2026
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“Linguistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/linguistic. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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