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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
“It’s weird that something that we just threw off like that suddenly becomes part of the lexicon of our lives,” Reiner said on NPR’s “Fresh Air” in September.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025
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
Former England captain Alan Shearer pointed to some of the phraseology that has come into the football lexicon around handball as he called for change.
From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025
Because the British were the most active in the early years, British names are predominant in the geological lexicon.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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