Definition of vocabularnext
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
  • In Turkey, Kurdish people make up the largest ethnic and linguistic minority, amounting to roughly 20% of the population.
    Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Geographic and linguistic frameworks constrain movement; temporal frameworks constrain belonging.
    Anel Rakhimzhanova, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The lawmakers cited the case of a deaf and non-verbal DACA recipient with no criminal history who was detained last year amid the immigration raids in Los Angeles.
    Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • That made Friday afternoon’s summary judgment hearing the first public glimpse of bad blood between Dallas’ NBA and NHL franchises, with their respective attorneys trading verbal blows for a little more than two hours in Texas Business Court.
    Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • From the get-go, Vespaio was incredibly kind and communicative when planning our rehearsal dinner.
    Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The steering, though somewhat isolated due to the car’s grand-touring disposition, feels communicative enough to enable and encourage rather spirited cornering.
    Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 25 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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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“Vocabular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vocabular. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.

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