lexicon

Over the past decade, the concept of “buckets” has entered the investment-adviser lexicon.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

Textualism requires courts to read words in their statutory setting, not as isolated entries in a lexicon.

From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026

He made Danson’s Sam Malone and Long’s Diane Chambers part of our cultural lexicon by styling them as the ultimate will-they-or-won’t-they couple.

From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026

And with this description of parts of the Home Office in 2006, the then-Home Secretary John Reid minted a phrase that has lodged in the lexicon of British politics.

From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026

In the local lexicon, Truman High, in otherwise prosperous Bucks County, is “on the wrong side of Route 1.”

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker and Fed Governors Christopher Waller and Philip Jefferson in recent weeks have introduced ‘skip’ and ‘skipping’ into Fed-watchers’ lexicons.

From Reuters ● Jun. 7, 2023

Whistle lexicons vary, but some standards have emerged.

From New York Times ● May 17, 2022

One project that has seen particular growth during the pandemic has been talking dictionaries, open-source lexicons that feature audio entries.

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2020

In contrast to languages such as Chinese and ancient Greek, where systematic, dictionary-like works have existed for millennia, the earliest English lexicons didn’t begin to be assembled until the 16th century.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 23, 2018

There are many admirable glossaries attached to the editions of texts, which for students are a valuable supplement to the lexicons.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter)