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[lek-si-kon, -kuhn] / ˈlɛk sɪˌkɒn, -kən /


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Over the past decade, the concept of “buckets” has entered the investment-adviser lexicon.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

Textualism requires courts to read words in their statutory setting, not as isolated entries in a lexicon.

From Slate Jun. 26, 2026

He made Danson’s Sam Malone and Long’s Diane Chambers part of our cultural lexicon by styling them as the ultimate will-they-or-won’t-they couple.

From Salon Jun. 20, 2026

And with this description of parts of the Home Office in 2006, the then-Home Secretary John Reid minted a phrase that has lodged in the lexicon of British politics.

From BBC Apr. 4, 2026

“I sleep better out here than I usually do,” said Henry, adjusting his glasses and bending back over the lexicon.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker and Fed Governors Christopher Waller and Philip Jefferson in recent weeks have introduced ‘skip’ and ‘skipping’ into Fed-watchers’ lexicons.

From Reuters Jun. 7, 2023

All these different lexicons are talking and there’s a dialogue there.

From New York Times Jun. 28, 2022

The message is followed by one of the many Pengsoo-specific slang terms that have entered viewers’ lexicons: “Peng-love-you.”

From The Guardian Dec. 3, 2020

Very quickly, Robot learned that humans used slang, dialects, sociolects, and undocumented lexicons.

From Slate Dec. 29, 2018

God knows how many of our Greek lexicons and how much of our schooling was paid for by money that would otherwise have gone for the replenishing of a sister's wardrobe.

From The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony by T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt) Talmage




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