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
Given the linguistic and ethnic diversity of Cameroon, Leo is calling on Cameroonians to envision how Christianity can become a unifying force for peace in a nation still struggling with a colonial legacy of division.
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Mathew Schmalz, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2026
That is often how it is pronounced when spoken, due to the linguistic phenomenon of elision, in which a speaker drops a sound in a word or a phrase.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2026
Nitsuh Abebe on Pete Hegeth’s linguistic obsession.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
This, combined with the researchers’ other findings, seems to suggest that multimodal models barely use the visual inputs they are given at all and instead lean heavily on linguistic patterns even when being asked to analyze images.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
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Mathew Schmalz, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2026
That is often how it is pronounced when spoken, due to the linguistic phenomenon of elision, in which a speaker drops a sound in a word or a phrase.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2026
Nitsuh Abebe on Pete Hegeth’s linguistic obsession.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
This, combined with the researchers’ other findings, seems to suggest that multimodal models barely use the visual inputs they are given at all and instead lean heavily on linguistic patterns even when being asked to analyze images.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for linguistic
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The Timberwolves lobbed verbal molotov cocktails at the Nuggets.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
24 Apr. 2026
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The report says cages for two of those living sloths did not meet regulations, so the owners received a verbal warning.—
Francie Ebert,
NBC news,
24 Apr. 2026
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This will set you both up for a healthier and more communicative relationship or will save you from spending time with someone whose values don’t align with yours.—
Eric Thomas,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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The emerging field calls for more refined methods to determine whether fungal electrical signaling plays a functional, communicative role.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
30 Mar. 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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The unraveling of the once-cozy relationship is not just personal or rhetorical.—
Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager,
The Conversation,
24 Apr. 2026
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For Republican Presidents, this has mostly been rhetoric.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Linguistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/linguistic. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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