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"I remember being in that room, and even though I didn't have the vocabulary, hadn't been to the theatre, my creativity was still nurtured and valued," he said.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
But even if the opinion is written in the clipped vocabulary of habeas review, the stakes are larger than that language suggests.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
Dictionaries had long belonged to scholars of language and literature, but modern life was increasingly shaped by science, and its vocabulary needed explanation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
As she points out in her professional bio, it was movies and TV that helped with her English vocabulary, especially the Disney sitcom “Lizzie McGuire.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
The word atom, used in the modern sense, first entered scientific vocabulary in John Dalton’s paper in 1808.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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