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It is a term that describes manipulative tactics used to drive engagement online, with usage of it increasing threefold in the last 12 months, according to the dictionary publisher.

From BBC

By the early 20th century, dictionaries of American slang show gravy drifting from the plate to the pocketbook.

From Salon

I looked up the word freedom in my dictionary.

From Washington Post

In the fourth-floor library of the Cedar Rapids courthouse, Hilary Naab, the librarian, removed the book — a decidedly modest tome for all the angst it had caused — from a shelf of dictionaries and other references.

From New York Times

You want to look up determination in the dictionary?

From Seattle Times