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polyglot

[pol-ee-glot] / ˈpɒl iˌglɒt /




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Among their polyglot ranks are search-and-rescue specialists, doctors, canine teams and structural engineers.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 5, 2026

But the U.K. branch of the polyglot style sometimes called post-rock included Bristol groups such as Movietone and Crescent, who mixed and matched dub rhythms, folk instrumentation, and electronics.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

Having gained a reputation for punchy phrases, the polyglot politician appears unlikely to shy away from the fight.

From Barron's Dec. 17, 2025

Historians say the deprivation contributed to the growing ethnic tensions of the polyglot state, which led to the Bosnian War in the 1990s.

From Salon Aug. 19, 2025

Along the way, someone substituted the Latin ending pi for the Greek podes and came up with the polyglot octopi.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

Studying polyglots can help researchers learn more about the functions of the language network, and how languages learned later in life might be represented differently than a native language or languages.

From Science Daily Mar. 11, 2024

No previous study has studied so many polyglots.

From Science Magazine Feb. 3, 2023

Some polyglots have noted problems with the languages already available.

From BBC May 11, 2022

Understanding the importance of languages in a globalized world, many Kenyans speak English, Swahili and a tribal language, and polyglots are common throughout Africa.

From Seattle Times Jan. 21, 2018

My work was the proof-reading of my book of travel in its varying polyglots, seeing through the press English versions of my two text-books, and writing a third in both English and German.

From The Story of an Untold Love by Paul Leicester Ford




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