lingua franca
Example Sentences
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At some point, we reached a moment in our culture where being funny became the kind of lingua franca.
From Salon • Jul. 5, 2026
This entails programs to promote standard Chinese as the national lingua franca, instill pride in Chinese cultural heritage and exert stronger central control over regions with large ethnic-minority populations such as Tibet and Xinjiang.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
His Russian has improved in prison, where it is a lingua franca among the inmates.
From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026
The talk was in Spanish, an unremarkable fact given the language has been the lingua franca on most construction sites in Southern California for decades.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2025
Mice do not speak Lapine, but there is a very simple, limited lingua franca of the hedgerow and woodland.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
