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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
"I remember being in that room, and even though I didn't have the vocabulary, hadn't been to the theatre, my creativity was still nurtured and valued," he said.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 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
The moral vocabulary of the Megillah is precise because the stakes are existential.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
He likes colors—he calls them “hues”—so he might wear lavender and chartreuse together, partly for fashion, but I swear he dresses funky so we can have new vocabulary words.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Dictionary Words: Lexicography Lingo
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Narrative Writing, List 1
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