vocabularies

plural of vocabulary

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Recent Examples of vocabularies All the tired vocabularies have been thrown out, replaced by a mad, post-minimalist openness and pluralism. Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025 Transcripts, grammars, vocabularies, dictionaries, glyph studies, botanical studies, commentaries, articles, editions of codices, correspondence, maps, charts, drawings, photographs, Maya Society materials, genealogies of Maya families, and Mayan glyphs on moveable type. The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 12 Sep. 2025 For decades, BCIs were limited to toy demos and small vocabularies. Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025 This indicates that dogs focus on broad sound patterns rather than the finer phonetic details humans rely on, which may explain why their vocabularies remain relatively small. Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vocabularies
Noun
  • Throughout a career spanning more than three decades, Garg sang in dozens of languages and dialects, becoming a powerhouse in the Assamese, Bengali and Hindi-language film and music industries.
    Angela Yang, NBC news, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Many live in complex social groups, communicate in different dialects, pass on culture through generations, engage in play and even grieve the loss of family and friends as was the case here.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Kids can swing Dora and Boots, cook in the treehouse kitchen, or decorate the casita with stickers, all while hearing familiar voices in two languages.
    Emily Glover, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.
    Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Swift and Styles set tongues wagging after they were spotted by paparazzi strolling together in November 2012, and things seemed even more heated after they were photographed sharing some New Year’s Eve smooches the following month.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The women of The View have entered the Jimmy Kimmel chat after initially holding their tongues in the wake of his suspension last week.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile, analytical software has revolutionized linguistic inquiry, enabling greater understanding of the ways language works—when, how, and why words break out; the specific contexts for expressions and idioms.
    Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025
  • These systems can interpret regional slang, idioms and context-specific expressions, hence minimizing both over-censorship and under-enforcement.
    Anees Ali Khan, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025

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