vocabulary

Example Sentences

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Dictionaries had long belonged to scholars of language and literature, but modern life was increasingly shaped by science, and its vocabulary needed explanation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

My wife requested a flashcard tool so she could drill her French vocabulary, with the ability to add and edit multiple word lists.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Filmed in front of a green screen in one of the rooms of her San Diego home, De León’s videos aim at helping young children learn vocabulary for specific real-life situations.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

By the time he was running Mediacom, Commisso, the boy who came to the U.S. unable to speak English, had long since become a man with a colorful, high-decibel vocabulary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

The other day, when the Pickled Onion was pestering me about my grammar and vocabulary and bettering myself, she asked me what I aspired to in this life.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan