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Example Sentences

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“I’m going to read to you the definition of selfish from the dictionary.”

From Literature

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From The Wall Street Journal

In the early 1900s, defining color in the dictionary required the expertise of a scientist.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the early 1900s, defining color in the dictionary required the expertise of a scientist.

From The Wall Street Journal

“True Color” is also a vivid account of the nearly Sisyphean task of compiling a dictionary for a living language.

From The Wall Street Journal