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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 biggest network targeted by Trump’s dismantling is Voice of America, a global news outlet with stations and websites in local languages around the world.
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Brian Stelter, CNN, 16 Mar. 2025
The steak house speaks its own language, no matter how much of the menu is retitled in French.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
The bottom line: Grobman highlighted the legitimate, powerful benefits voice cloning tech can have: providing a voice for those who may not be able to speak, bridging language divides and saving time and resources.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 15 Mar. 2025
Since then, the form has been adopted by countless poets across many different languages, including a lot of poets writing in English in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 14 Mar. 2025
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Brian Stelter, CNN, 16 Mar. 2025
The steak house speaks its own language, no matter how much of the menu is retitled in French.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
The bottom line: Grobman highlighted the legitimate, powerful benefits voice cloning tech can have: providing a voice for those who may not be able to speak, bridging language divides and saving time and resources.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 15 Mar. 2025
Since then, the form has been adopted by countless poets across many different languages, including a lot of poets writing in English in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for language
Noun
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English speakers also adapted vocabulary from the Vikings.—
Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi,
Discover Magazine,
11 Mar. 2025
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One minor but effective way to sound more assertive is to nix hedging language from your vocabulary, Barbara Shabazz, PsyD, clinical psychologist based in Virginia Beach, tells SELF.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
5 Mar. 2025
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This can hamper an enterprise’s ability to differentiate its services, particularly when specialized tasks or industry-specific terminology are involved.—
Eli David,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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Sailing lessons: Learn basic sailing skills and terminology from the instructors of the Central Florida Community Sailing Program during this six-session class.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Mar. 2025
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Scheer was smart to whittle down the novel’s winding sentences into short, sharp exclamations and curt instructions — and also to be faithful to Melville’s rendition of the captain’s irritable diction.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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Viral TikTok shows the iPhone diction feature bug While Trump and the White House have been mum about the reported glitch, far-right commentators, including Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, have not.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2025
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Bumps on the tongue are growths that appear on the top, tip, sides, underside, or base of the tongue.—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
16 Mar. 2025
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Her gaze settled on the boot once more, noticing a sliver of paper jutting from inside the tongue.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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Similarly, when Mari speaks on the phone to her clients, her Miami dialect drops completely.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
3 Mar. 2025
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Declan has been reading up on local lore, revealing that there are 13 different dialects in the area, which also boasts a church made entirely of bundled hay.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
25 Jan. 2025
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Some of the wording spray-painted on one of the vehicles reportedly matched graffiti that was reported at the same location on Feb 26.—
Rachel Wolf,
Fox News,
20 Mar. 2025
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That is yet another wording that creates some heartburn.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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There is a French idiom that says when something is so easy, it can be done with ‘les doigts dans le nez’ — the fingers in the nose.—
Liam Tharme,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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While often used sarcastically to mock true believers, the idiom reflects Italy’s enduring ambiguity toward Fascism, even 80 years after its fall.—
Mattia Ferraresi,
airmail.news,
1 Feb. 2025
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An article in the Wall Street Journal outlines Generation Beta’s dilemma: In current teen slang—used by Generation Alpha—calling someone a beta isn’t exactly a compliment.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
7 Mar. 2025
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The topics range from decoding teenage slang to the viral generation challenge.—
Kayla Grant,
People.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Language.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/language. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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