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Christmas hams, party cocktails, elegant layer cakes, and cookout classics fill the dictionaries of Southern family recipes, but one of my favorites is a simple vinaigrette from my grandmother.
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Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2025
The term is not recognized in standard dictionaries and appears to be a neologism coined by Trump.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
To arrive at this finding, Berthet and other researchers first built a comprehensive ‘dictionary’ of bonobo calls.
—Saul Elbein, The Hill, 3 Apr. 2025
Ukrainian and Russian are among the languages available in these dictionaries.
—Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
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Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2025
The term is not recognized in standard dictionaries and appears to be a neologism coined by Trump.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
To arrive at this finding, Berthet and other researchers first built a comprehensive ‘dictionary’ of bonobo calls.
—Saul Elbein, The Hill, 3 Apr. 2025
Ukrainian and Russian are among the languages available in these dictionaries.
—Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
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This week, Lawrence Burney steps in to talk about how a part of Baltimore lingo is entering the wider underground rap lexicon through artists from the Mid-Atlantic.—
Lawrence Burney,
Pitchfork,
18 Apr. 2025
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The hole dubbed Magnolia in the club’s lexicon fits that description, especially after officials stretched the once-benign par-4 by 40 yards to 495 — and still a par-4.—
Bob Spear,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Apr. 2025
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