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Example Sentences

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For some, dictionaries are more than writing tools.

From The Wall Street Journal

I would venture that this is how many people think about print dictionaries: as battered, well-traveled relics that they like to have around, or at least would feel guilty about throwing away.

From The Wall Street Journal

Breaking ranks in a constitutional democracy may not incur the same risks as in a totalitarian regime, but revising the dictionary of received ideas isn’t for cowards in any society.

From The Wall Street Journal

Merriam-Webster’s dictionary captures language in a moment, with the full history and understanding of the way it evolves.

From Los Angeles Times

The color namers at Pantone veer from the work of your Rolling Stones and Oxford dictionaries, taking in the year that was and forecasting the hue of the upcoming year.

From Salon