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Words for Summer: A Quiz

Test your knowledge of words related to the season of longer days and vacations.

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What It Means to Go ‘Radio Silent’

Nothing but dead air

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The story of an imaginary word that managed to sneak past our editors and enter the dictionary.

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'Asylum' Trends as Policies Draw Attention

'protection from arrest and extradition given especially to political refugees'

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If the Shoe Fits

10 words for types of shoes

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  1. asylum 'protection from arrest and extradition given especially to political refugees'

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  3. promulgate 'to make known by open declaration'

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