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Referencing the Cyclopedic Law Dictionary, he asserted that an interstate journey involves not just crossing state lines.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026
Jason is the author of “Your Money and Your Brain,” on the neuroscience of investing, and "The Devil's Financial Dictionary," a satirical glossary of business jargon.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
His entry in the Dictionary of National Biography is one of the longest, rivaled in length only by those of Darwin and Lyell among nineteenth-century men of science.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
“It’s really none of your business but it’s Halliwell’s Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words,” Mary Anne said.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
I look up quarter-cut in my Dictionary but there’s no definition.
From "Mockingbird" by Kathryn Erskine
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