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Which may explain the newest addition to the slop lexicon: PE, or private-equity, slop.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
When the second-largest U.S. bank discloses its quarterly financial results, analysts have to decipher the lexicon of CEO Brian Moynihan, riddled with obscure, archaic words fit for novelists or judges of bygone centuries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Whether parliament's new lexicon endures remains to be seen.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Over the past decade, the concept of “buckets” has entered the investment-adviser lexicon.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
It was like they were constantly speaking two different languages, each trying to convince the other in an alien lexicon.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker and Fed Governors Christopher Waller and Philip Jefferson in recent weeks have introduced ‘skip’ and ‘skipping’ into Fed-watchers’ lexicons.
From Reuters ● Jun. 7, 2023
Because Rowling is a brilliant and beloved storyteller who is astonishingly good at entering lexicons, manipulating language and telling fantasy stories.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2023
All these different lexicons are talking and there’s a dialogue there.
From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2022
One project that has seen particular growth during the pandemic has been talking dictionaries, open-source lexicons that feature audio entries.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2020
But where the Assyrian or Babylonian words are given, the reader will consult the lexicons first.
From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter) Johns
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