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glossary

[glos-uh-ree, glaw-suh-] / ˈglɒs ə ri, ˈglɔ sə- /
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Jason is the author of "Your Money and Your Brain," on the neuroscience of investing, and "The Devil's Financial Dictionary," a satirical glossary of business jargon.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

When a client asked her a year ago to design a glossary to train an artificial intelligence system, translator Jessica Spengler realised she was going to train her own replacement.

From Barron's May 27, 2026

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

My editor appreciated the authenticity right from the start, including the nuanced Hawaiian Pidgin English some of my characters speak, and the value-added glossary I provided at the end.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 17, 2025

That glossary isn’t complete—there are hundreds of the flowers of rhetoric in the overstuffed greenhouse of oratory—but it should provide a solid starting point.

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

“We were looking through the glossaries to try to find some interesting names,” Bluestone recalled.

From Washington Post Apr. 15, 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

Holism is in some of the scientific glossaries but has not yet made it into most standard dictionaries of English.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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