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a reference book giving information about the meanings, pronunciations, uses, and origins of words listed in alphabetical order
a wordbook of nautical slang
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To do this, lawyers and judges will often use dictionaries published at the time the Constitution or an amendment to it was published, along with other writings.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
3 Nov. 2025 -
The term really got its start back in the late 1990s, and was added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary in 2002.—
Ayana Archie,
NPR,
29 Oct. 2025
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Since then, fine-dining restaurants like Santa Chicória, run by chefs Ilca Carmo and Paulo Anijar, have expanded the city’s culinary lexicon to include dishes like filhote and rice with jambú pesto and a crisp cassava gratin served with burrata from Marajó.—
Michael Snyder,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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Andrew Weil is perhaps the person most responsible for inserting the phrase anti-inflammatory into the American lexicon.—
Jason Liebowitz,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Wordbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wordbook. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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