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babel

[bab-uhl, bah-byil] / ˈbæb əl, ˈbɑ bjɪl /


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Avant-garde … There’s a bewildering babel of labels used to try to classify artists who are defiantly unclassifiable.

From Seattle Times Jan. 25, 2022

They’ll also automatically adjust their volume based on your surroundings, and they have a feature that appears to translate languages on the fly like a babel fish.

From Slate Oct. 16, 2019

A babel of languages mix on the the streets.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 22, 2016

The babel of foreign languages spoken by tourists visiting it bears a rough sonic similarity to those around Castle Garden in 1885.

From The New Yorker Oct. 1, 2016

‘Half a minute, if you please!’ shouted the man over his shoulder, and vanished into a babel of voices and a cloud of smoke.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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