as in linguistic
of or relating to words or language the school banned the book for vocabular reasons, as some parents objected to the author's use of profanity

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Adjective
  • To avoid this, look to centralize your transcription process with a unified workflow that includes linguistic QA and terminology glossaries tailored to your firm.
    Beth Worthy, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • And what if these forces met, in real life, for a bit of undercooked linguistic combat?
    Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • According to filings by the Middlesex County Prosecutors’ office, Limani’s dashboard camera recorded his verbal challenge to race the other driver, Jeter Ogando, 23.
    Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 14 Aug. 2025
  • After a verbal altercation between Britton and a 65-year-old man escalated, Worthy said the suspect fired a gun several times.
    Andrea May Sahouri, Freep.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • If management is clear, communicative and aligned on DEI, HR becomes a creative force.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Painting a picture of the way forward and then remaining visible, calm and communicative builds trust and cultivates stability.
    Camille Nicita, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Adjective
  • Templates enforce everything from slide masters to the lexical choices that signal risk levels; the model should not be able to invent metrics or rewrite disclaimers.
    Noah Ohrner, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • With the arrival of printing, the new terminology created more opportunities for lexical growth, as did the publishing industry; and the emergence of the internet has produced still more.
    David Crystal June 27, Literary Hub, 27 June 2025
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“Vocabular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vocabular. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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