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Flaherty described how Project 2025 entered our lexicon: One of the most effective messaging tools for Democrats actually came out of a comment section on a TikTok video.
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Jack Schlossberg, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024
Off-Court coaching wouldn't get into the Brash Basher of Belleville's lexicon.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Part of the lexicon of people who work in prisons, the term describes someone who knows personally, intimately, the tolls of time behind the walls.
—Mitchell S. Jackson, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
Although Desaru Coast hasn’t joined the Southeast Asian lexicon of go-to vacation spots yet, Malaysia is certainly trying to change that.
—Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2024
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Jack Schlossberg, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024
Off-Court coaching wouldn't get into the Brash Basher of Belleville's lexicon.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Part of the lexicon of people who work in prisons, the term describes someone who knows personally, intimately, the tolls of time behind the walls.
—Mitchell S. Jackson, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
Although Desaru Coast hasn’t joined the Southeast Asian lexicon of go-to vacation spots yet, Malaysia is certainly trying to change that.
—Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Lexicon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lexicon. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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