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as in vocabulary
the stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication
Great Britain, the United States, Australia, and other countries where English is the dominant language
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as in terminology
the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field
"love" means "nothing" in the language of tennis
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as in diction
the way in which something is put into words
we're finding the language of the legal documents to be tough going
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Recent Examples of language
The language put Sainz at risk of action from the FIA under its misconduct guidelines, which have a range of potential sanctions for repeat offences including fines, points deductions and race bans.
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Luke Smith, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Sainz was spoken to by the FIA’s media delegate over his language on Friday morning in Bahrain ahead of opening practice at the Sakhir circuit.
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
The new modifications include removing the English-language requirement, requiring investments in full and shortening the time people need to spend in the country to as little as 21 days, according to the New Zealand government website.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2025
Examples include Ken Burns' film The Civil War and the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, as well as efforts to save the Tlingit language and to mark the Mississippi Blues Trail.
—Elizabeth Blair, NPR, 10 Apr. 2025
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Luke Smith, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Sainz was spoken to by the FIA’s media delegate over his language on Friday morning in Bahrain ahead of opening practice at the Sakhir circuit.
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
The new modifications include removing the English-language requirement, requiring investments in full and shortening the time people need to spend in the country to as little as 21 days, according to the New Zealand government website.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2025
Examples include Ken Burns' film The Civil War and the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, as well as efforts to save the Tlingit language and to mark the Mississippi Blues Trail.
—Elizabeth Blair, NPR, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for language
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The examples are countless, and, behind the expansion of vocabulary, there is always a foundation that is likely forgotten or plainly unknown by people who adopt it via popular culture.—
Lawrence Burney,
Pitchfork,
18 Apr. 2025
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For those of us old enough to remember Martin (or caught up through reruns), that phrase is etched into our pop culture vocabulary.—
Angel Diaz,
Billboard,
15 Apr. 2025
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Actors had to wear about 50 pounds of tactical gear during shoots, carry each other for two miles on stretchers and master radio etiquette, weapons handling, and military terminology.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
10 Apr. 2025
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Through their own initiatives, these activists have secured equal pay for Paralympic athletes and changed discriminatory terminology in Major League Baseball.—
Jay Ruderman,
Rolling Stone,
9 Apr. 2025
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This was the arrogance of it… my notes were grammar and diction.—
Mikey O'Connell,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Dec. 2024
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Words and syllables land in an odd way, and the diction and clarity is slightly off.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
20 Nov. 2024
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Princess Charlotte sticking her tongue out during a royal engagement and sending Princess Kate into a fit of giggles went newly viral on TikTok.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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But more often than not, the sharp tongue and the sly eye roll serve a deeper purpose: survival.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
8 Apr. 2025
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To prepare, Reid worked with a dialect coach and learned the specific physicality associated with Natalia's condition.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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The interview was conducted in a mixture of English and Low German, a dialect widely spoken within the Christian Mennonite community.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
22 Mar. 2025
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China has approached some G20 governments with wording for a joint declaration voicing support for the multilateral trading system, an EU diplomat told Reuters.—
Beijing and Washington Bureaus,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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Just the wording itself, that someone is expressing displeasure towards great Russia?—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Ultimately, Andrews and his actors find Chekhov by abandoning the paraphernalia of the writer’s universe and groping, in their own idiom, across a perilously empty stage, toward one another.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 2025
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Which is fitting for a composer who, even when developing a homegrown idiom of his own, was criticized for sounding too European.—
Joshua Barone,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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Their motto is gambler’s slang for risking it all in one effort to win big.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
3 Apr. 2025
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Robert De Niro’s daughter poked fun at the actor for struggling to keep up with teen slang.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Language.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/language. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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