lexicographer

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Recent Examples of lexicographer The origins of the ending-preposition prohibition Among grammarians and lexicographers, Merriam-Webster's comments are widely accepted. Emma Bowman, NPR, 27 Feb. 2024 Today, Americanisms are easy for modern lexicographers to find because of the internet and access to large data sets. Sarah Ogilvie, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2023 Swan had written and was shopping a screenplay, The Saint and the Scoundrel, about Samuel Johnson, the English lexicographer who published A Dictionary of the English Language in 1755 and suffered from Tourette syndrome. Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2023 Last summer, a team of linguists and lexicographers from Oxford and researchers from Harvard began a new project, the Oxford Dictionary of African American English. Alex Carp, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023 See All Example Sentences for lexicographer
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Noun
  • Details like these aren’t just arcana for linguists to obsess over.
    Bob Holmes, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Conrad Gessner, the sixteenth-century Swiss physician, naturalist, and linguist, and reputedly the first European to describe the guinea pig, the tulip, and the pencil, is also said to be the first to write extensively about the northern bald ibis.
    Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Before the Democratic National Convention in 1912, McCombs encouraged prominent journalists and editors to write articles supportive of Wilson's nomination.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 22 Mar. 2025
  • March 22, 2025 All products are independently selected by our editors.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In his newest book, The Maverick's Museum: Albert Barnes and his American Dream (Ecco), art critic and biographer Blake Gopnik—formerly a Newsweek reporter—brings Barnes and his collection to life.
    Blake Gopnik, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Franklin, an award-winning biographer, details how Frank’s legacy was formed, and sometimes deformed, by her father, Otto, who survived her.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Image Wojnarowski transcended the relative anonymity of most sports scribblers by virtue of his hustle and connections often landing him N.B.A. stories before anyone else.
    Victor Mather, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Try your hand at drawing a model, whether your a pro or a scribbler.
    Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 1 July 2024

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“Lexicographer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lexicographer. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.

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