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glossary

[glos-uh-ree, glaw-suh-] / ˈglɒs ə ri, ˈglɔ sə- /
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If these terms prove unfamiliar, Ms. Bruni and Mr. Thompson include a helpful glossary to clarify.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 30, 2026

A glossary of technical terms is updated regularly with new entries.

From Barron's Nov. 6, 2025

Here, you’ll find a glossary breaking down what all the ridiculous terms that get batted around when talking about crypto actually mean.

From Slate Mar. 28, 2025

The title, pulled from the pastime’s rich glossary, refers to an arced throw of such deliberately underwhelming velocity that it confounds the batter.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 14, 2025

These are sometimes called Asiatic, Attic, and Rhodian: hence “Atticism” and “Asianism” in this book’s glossary.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

If you find yourself confused by any of these idioms, please consult one of the many “Love Island” glossaries the internet has to offer.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2022

The glossaries, on the other hand, may come as a bit of a letdown to old-school wordniks.

From New York Times Dec. 4, 2016

At one point Lynch simply lists unusual guides and glossaries, such as “The Baltimore Bottle Book: Being an Annotated List of 170 Years of the Collector Bottles of Baltimore City and Baltimore County, 1820-1990.”

From Washington Post Feb. 17, 2016

Updated daily, the site already contains glossaries for more than 1000 languages from 23 different language families, including 145,000 words.

From Science Magazine Oct. 30, 2015

Unless the prosecutor is going to pass out glossaries to the jury, I want her to use standard English.

From "Monster" by Walter Dean Myers




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