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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

What's a megastar to do when she has defined an entire summer, produced a multi-million-selling album and even persuaded the dictionary eggheads to declare "brat" a word of the year?

From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026

“That’s the dictionary definition of ‘quitter,’ all right.

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