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Recent Examples of nomenclatorAs Hawkins High's resident dungeon master — and Vecna's unwitting nomenclator — Eddie has some ideas.—Nick Romano, EW.com, 14 June 2022
Finally, then, the thesaurus is a closed field with implications that are vast in scope.
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Jeffrey Weiss,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
Throughout the thesaurus series there is a recurrence of words in Yiddish, a language Bochner—whose parents were first-generation Jewish immigrants—was raised hearing at home.
The text uses many Hawaiian words (and gives their pronunciation, plus a glossary at the end), such as kuleana, which refers in part to responsibility, especially in terms of caring for the land.
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Pat Tompkins,
AFAR Media,
18 June 2025
Notes and Methods includes a glossary of her meanings along with reproductions of her sketches and paintings.
Jones relies on a dance vocabulary, evolved from Balanchine, for the five women, each of whom is a muse, as well as the male Mortal employed for a final pas de deux.
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Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2025
Each brand employs a strikingly similar aesthetic vocabulary: muted color palettes dominated by whites, blacks, and earth tones; sans-serif typography that suggests clinical precision; and packaging that prioritizes geometric simplicity over ornamental flourish.
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