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
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Cultural, linguistic, and value-based assimilation challenges arise, potentially altering national identities and eroding civilizational confidence.—
Daniel Ross Goodman,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026 -
Geertz was a master of this humanistic art, which required patient fluency and subtle attention to the linguistic and meaning-making features of politics.—
Jason Blakely,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Attorneys for the victims' families say the victims were three 10-year-old non-verbal boys with autism.—
Austen Erblat,
CBS News,
5 Jan. 2026
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Trump’s relationship with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is just as volatile, ranging from verbal fistfights in the Oval Office to respectful deliberation.—
Daniel DePetris,
Twin Cities,
4 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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From Ron being just the guiding light of all of it, and so understanding, communicative and gentle with me — just such a great leader in every way, shape or form.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Nov. 2025
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The uncertainty has been hard, even with suppliers being communicative and transparent.—
Roxana Popescu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Sometimes a word has to serve time in lexical purgatory before it can be admitted to the Big Book.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
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Luvell Anderson, head of the philosophy department at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, has written extensively on the lexical category of slurs.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
6 Dec. 2025
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“Vocabular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vocabular. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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