lexicon

Example Sentences

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On Friday, however, he made noise in a different sphere by placing an obscure financial term into the political lexicon: “Uninvestible.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2026

Dollar worries definitely dominated the headlines in 2025 with “de-dollarization” entering the mainstream lexicon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

The term quickly spread beyond the ranks of the police officers who coined it, with “Black Friday” entering the lexicon in the early 1960s.

From Barron's • Nov. 28, 2025

Anthropologist Peter W. Wood wrote about the origin of the term in the aftermath of those events, underscoring why a century-old concept had reentered the lexicon at that particular moment.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

She speaks the hard-edged lexicon of bygone tourists itchy to throw dice on green felt or asphalt.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García