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He and other brainy classmates would be assigned an issue—like global warming—and compete to present the best possible solution, with only a dictionary and a thesaurus as their available tools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Similarly, in Sweden a new word for "hymen" was added in the academic dictionary after a 2009 campaign.

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

On that view, the statute’s design reveals Congress’ objective every bit as clearly as any dictionary definition.

From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026

“That’s where you can always find a dictionary of standard English in a library.”

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

The briefs walked through the same FAA-era dictionaries the court ultimately relied on.

From Slate ● Jun. 3, 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The four books, which were immediately withdrawn from sale, are subject to a recall procedure and will be destroyed, Hachette said, promising a "thorough review of its textbooks, educational materials and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

Simply by dint of their tablet-like heft, dictionaries make a claim for longevity and authority.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025

She is a feminist, she tells us and thirty fifth-grade hands bend into desks where our dictionaries wait to open yet another world to us.

From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson