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
To mix languages, English is the lingua franca of F1.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2024
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
