lingua franca
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Luxe-maxxing influencers drink all this up, of course, as the lingua franca of social media influence is often wealth culture FOMO.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Lego’s effectiveness as a visual lingua franca must be both a point of pride for The Lego Group and, at times, its bane.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026
His Russian has improved in prison, where it is a lingua franca among the inmates.
From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026
It’s the kind of zippy, immersive crime thriller that reminds you of the international lingua franca that Scorsese all but invented with “Goodfellas.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2025
Except that English is its chief lingua franca and Newspeak its official language, it is not centralized in any way.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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