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[voh-kab-yuh-ler-ee] / voʊˈkæb yəˌlɛr i /


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Sam doesn’t have Hally’s vocabulary, but he has something more valuable: wisdom and maturity.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

But even if the opinion is written in the clipped vocabulary of habeas review, the stakes are larger than that language suggests.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

His unique delivery – conversational and charismatic, combining Jamaican intonation with witty Britishisms and elevated vocabulary – was already in place.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 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

The discussion of experience/experiment claims that the English vocabulary fosters empiricism, while the French vocabulary is at odds with it; this would also seem to be true in this case.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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