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Example Sentences

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In the early 1900s, defining color in the dictionary required the expertise of a scientist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The best a dictionary can do is map that unstable terrain for a moment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

As Philip Ball, who wrote How Life Works, puts it, looking to genes to explain who you are is like staring at the dictionary hoping to understand literature.

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2026

The Larousse dictionary for 11- to 15-year-old students contained the same phrase as that discovered by an anti-racism body in three revision books, the company told AFP.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

Unlike the twins, who were having fun exploring the criminal side of language, Juanita had recently discovered the pocket-sized dictionary, and big words flew out of her mouth every day.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall