lexicon

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And with this description of parts of the Home Office in 2006, the then-Home Secretary John Reid minted a phrase that has lodged in the lexicon of British politics.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Drawing on contemporary color standards and systems such as Munsell’s, he set out to do something deceptively difficult: translate the scientific lexicon into terms everyday readers could understand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

On Friday, however, he made noise in a different sphere by placing an obscure financial term into the political lexicon: “Uninvestible.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2026

The term quickly spread beyond the ranks of the police officers who coined it, with “Black Friday” entering the lexicon in the early 1960s.

From Barron's • Nov. 28, 2025

Charles reached over and hauled the lexicon towards him over the table and began to leaf through it.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt