vocabulary

Example Sentences

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She said unique vocabulary can become part of your personal dictionary, an invisible file that logs your typing behavior.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 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

My wife requested a flashcard tool so she could drill her French vocabulary, with the ability to add and edit multiple word lists.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 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

Since there had never been a republican chief executive, there was no readily available vocabulary to characterize such a creature, except the verbal traditions that had built up around European courts and kings.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis