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the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field
scientific vocabulary
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the stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication
children learn enough of the common vocabulary to make themselves understood by around the age of two
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Recent Examples of vocabulary
The science of reading is a body of research that focuses on how brains learn to read, with a heavy emphasis on phonics and phonemic awareness, along with teaching fluency, vocabulary and comprehension.
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Caroline Beck, IndyStar, 29 July 2025
One obvious benefit of Flett and Hewitt’s approach has been to give people a vocabulary and a framework for understanding an important thread running through a variety of conditions.
—Leslie Jamison, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Children may have less height, vocabulary, and power than adults do.
—Philip Nel
july 28, Literary Hub, 28 July 2025
Hover over acronyms or jargon and Slack will instantly explain them using your organization’s unique vocabulary and history.
—Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025
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Caroline Beck, IndyStar, 29 July 2025
One obvious benefit of Flett and Hewitt’s approach has been to give people a vocabulary and a framework for understanding an important thread running through a variety of conditions.
—Leslie Jamison, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Children may have less height, vocabulary, and power than adults do.
—Philip Nel
july 28, Literary Hub, 28 July 2025
Hover over acronyms or jargon and Slack will instantly explain them using your organization’s unique vocabulary and history.
—Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for vocabulary
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vocabulary
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International responses are often hampered by terminology.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Aug. 2025
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While some of the terminology is different, Pinnock achieved his goal of not undergoing a radical system change.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
29 July 2025
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The word llama comes from Spanish, which borrowed it directly from Quechua, the Indigenous language of the Andes.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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That language ended up playing a role in the court cases that have blocked this research-hostile policy from taking effect.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
19 Aug. 2025
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Pat picked up Spanish and the local dialect of the region.—
Nell Salzman,
Chicago Tribune,
31 July 2025
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Such expressions of moral clarity are rare, though, in an age of confusion and endlessly contested facts that has been harnessed by the Netanyahu government, which speaks a fluent dialect of the MAGA language of politics.—
Ian Crouch,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
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Some of the meats available are bulgogi (marinated beef), flat iron steak, short ribs, beef tongue, pork belly, beef brisket, Korean chorizo and teriyaki beef.—
Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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The swelling and lesions in a raptor’s throat can displace its tongue and sometimes press on its eyes and brain.—
Austin Corona,
AZCentral.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Algorithmic social media is driving the creation of new slang at a breakneck pace.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
15 Aug. 2025
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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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He’s been talking about replacing it with a permanent ballroom for a long time, in his usual Dictator Chic idiom.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
1 Aug. 2025
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This could be in Elsbeth’s usual light and fizzy idiom or perhaps a brief foray into Scandi-noir.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Vocabulary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vocabulary. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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