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


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She told the New York Times in June that her parents’ success gave her a safety net that allowed her to experiment and exposed her to industry vocabulary from a young age.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

In addition to field trips, there are also digital teaching resources about the attacks, such as "OOPA's World of Words," an online series of videos to build vocabulary and social literacy for younger readers.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

They borrow the vocabulary of that relationship — we remember you; we know your favorites; we missed you — while removing the reciprocal part entirely.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

Sean “Jack” Murphy has been choreographing for “Bridgerton” since the beginning, crafting the physical vocabulary of the characters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

The two Polish Annas surely had clear notions of what they loved and hated, but like the rest of us, they were limited in terms of vocabulary, and this made them appear less than sophisticated.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

As they launched their campaign against the quarry, “vested rights” soon became an indelible part of their vocabularies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

In totalitarian regimes, censored vocabularies create the illusion of consensus and the impossibility of dissent.

From Salon ● May 3, 2025

On average, children with several ear infections before three years of age had smaller vocabularies and a harder time matching similar sounding words than children with few or no ear infections.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 3, 2024

He was able to combine the rich ornamental vocabularies of various Classical, Romanesque, Moorish, Gothic and Renaissance styles into successful residential architecture that was grand in scale yet comfortable to live in.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2023

They were emotional expressions of inarticulate people with small vocabularies; they made a kind of dialect.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith




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