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[dik-shuh-ner-ee] / ˈdɪk ʃəˌnɛr i /


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"Vulvalippen" has not yet been adopted by a German dictionary, but Windmüller has spotted it in conversations, school textbooks and women's magazines.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

A walking dictionary of Chinatown, Yu has been vocal about how “the older, poorer residents just can’t sustain a market.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

Thanks to the dictionary pages she uses for wallpaper, she has a large vocabulary and is prone to ruminating about her ultimate purpose.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

McMahon relied on dictionary definitions, one of which describes DEI as “the idea that people have equal rights and treatment and be welcomed and included.”

From Slate ● May 14, 2026

I have found that the dictionary doesn’t always explain everything.

From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na

For his part, Thomas writes as though history resides principally in legal texts, 19th-century dictionaries, and carefully parsed debates over sovereignty.

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026

Middle age enrichment included income level at age 40, access to resources such as magazine subscriptions, dictionaries, and library cards, and how often participants visited places like museums or libraries.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2026

The four books, which were immediately withdrawn from sale, are subject to a recall procedure and will be destroyed, Hachette said, promising a "thorough review of its textbooks, educational materials and dictionaries".

From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026

For some, dictionaries are more than writing tools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025

In his library, he collected various Russian-English dictionaries and, also, books on Russian grammar and conversation.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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