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noun as in book of word meanings

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He tells me he plays a lot of sport, is learning French and English - a well-thumbed Russian-English dictionary stays by his side throughout our interview - and is racking up high-school diplomas.

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British dictionary publisher Collins dubbed this "vibe coding" approach its word of the year for 2025.

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The word of the year from one dictionary is “vibe coding.”

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Ahead of his move, his mom would teach him 10 words from the dictionary each day to help him learn English, despite not knowing the language herself.

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His formulation might have the virtue of sending readers to the dictionary to learn a word from Greek mythology, but as a political categorization, it does not strike this observer as useful.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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