lexical

Example Sentences

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I can imagine Ms. Cash channeling the youngest Flynn sister for this silly lexical gag, which exists only to test whether readers will comment on it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

It said the word -- chosen through a combination of public voting, sentiment and analysis of OUP's "lexical data" -- had "captured our emotions" this year.

From Barron's • Dec. 1, 2025

That fastidiousness has not stopped the lexical war over his work in recent months, as judges across the country read opposite meanings into “rebellion.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

People who speak English alongside other languages fill lexical gaps by "borrowing the untranslatable word from another language".

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2025

For all its length and lexical exuberance, the sentence is easy to follow, because the reader never has to keep a phrase suspended in memory for long while new words pour in.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker