lexicographer
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On a recent weekday, the country’s leading legal lexicographer was ensconced among the 4,500 some-odd dictionaries that fill his Dallas home, revising the entry for the adjective “calculated” ahead of Black’s 13th Edition.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025
“The further back in history, the less we can find Black people having agency over how we’re written about,” said Bianca Jenkins, a lexicographer working on the project.
From Seattle Times • May 27, 2023
Michael Rundell, a linguist and lexicographer - now mostly retired - has been a dictionary editor since 1980.
From BBC • May 18, 2023
“Difficult do you call it, Sir?” the lexicographer Samuel Johnson once said after hearing a violinist perform.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
But no lexicographer could carry out Macdonald’s mandate.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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