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Which may explain the newest addition to the slop lexicon: PE, or private-equity, slop.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
When the second-largest U.S. bank discloses its quarterly financial results, analysts have to decipher the lexicon of CEO Brian Moynihan, riddled with obscure, archaic words fit for novelists or judges of bygone centuries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Over the past decade, the concept of “buckets” has entered the investment-adviser lexicon.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Textualism requires courts to read words in their statutory setting, not as isolated entries in a lexicon.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026
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
Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker and Fed Governors Christopher Waller and Philip Jefferson in recent weeks have introduced ‘skip’ and ‘skipping’ into Fed-watchers’ lexicons.
From Reuters ● Jun. 7, 2023
Whistle lexicons vary, but some standards have emerged.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2022
One project that has seen particular growth during the pandemic has been talking dictionaries, open-source lexicons that feature audio entries.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2020
It’s not just about being bilingual; I work with different lexicons.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 20, 2019
Satisfactory lexicons of patristic Greek and Latin are still a desideratum: but assistance may be obtained in the study of the Greek fathers from Suicer’s Thesaurus, the Lexicon of Byzantine Greek by E.A.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
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