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gender

[jen-der] / ˈdʒɛn dər /
NOUN
grammatical rules applying to nouns that connote sex or animateness
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“I’m not sure that if we see a labor market that sours that it’s going to revert to traditional gender norms in the home—it might actually accelerate what this study was showing.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

Festival supremo Thierry Fremaux stressed that all the juries and the Cannes governing body were gender equal, while the festival alone cannot correct the structural imbalances of the industry.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

The Watershed has gender neutral toilets, which won a Loo of the Year award in 2024.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

The casting of the great Tyne Daly in the role is reason enough to make the gender switch, but it’s all part of a recalibration of the values of this theatrical world.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

It was a short list, but still I managed to mispronounce IBM and assign the wrong gender to both the floor waxer and the typewriter.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris



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