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She said unique vocabulary can become part of your personal dictionary, an invisible file that logs your typing behavior.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Users can improve autocorrect by resetting the keyboard dictionary, creating text replacements and adding proper nouns to Contacts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

She pointed to the “ordinary meaning” and dictionary definition of the word regulate, arguing that the power to tax and raise revenue cannot fairly be made to fit within these definitions.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2026

French publisher Hachette on Friday said it had recalled a dictionary that described the Israeli victims of the October 7, 2023 attacks as "Jewish settlers" and promised to review all its textbooks and educational materials.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

It had taken him years to develop a working dictionary of Unseen, and more to unlock the probable pronunciation of its alphabet.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor