as in linguistic
of or relating to words or language
a dictionary provides lexical information—it tells you what the word "cat" means, not all there is to know about cats
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Recent Examples of lexical
The appearance of these five lexical inventions marks the first time that humankind ever attached words to this invisible and magical mystery.
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Big Think, 18 Nov. 2025
Barrett designed a reading program to help flag emerging lexical items and turbocharge additions, tripling the volume of new words added in the site’s periodic updates over the course of a year.
—Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025
Templates enforce everything from slide masters to the lexical choices that signal risk levels; the model should not be able to invent metrics or rewrite disclaimers.
—Noah Ohrner, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
With the arrival of printing, the new terminology created more opportunities for lexical growth, as did the publishing industry; and the emergence of the internet has produced still more.
—David Crystal
june 27, Literary Hub, 27 June 2025
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Big Think, 18 Nov. 2025
Barrett designed a reading program to help flag emerging lexical items and turbocharge additions, tripling the volume of new words added in the site’s periodic updates over the course of a year.
—Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025
Templates enforce everything from slide masters to the lexical choices that signal risk levels; the model should not be able to invent metrics or rewrite disclaimers.
—Noah Ohrner, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
With the arrival of printing, the new terminology created more opportunities for lexical growth, as did the publishing industry; and the emergence of the internet has produced still more.
—David Crystal
june 27, Literary Hub, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lexical
Adjective
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Perhaps Rousseau should get credit for not using AI to mask his lack of linguistic fluency.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Nitsuh Abebe on Pete Hegeth’s linguistic obsession.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Physically frail, yet in full verbal command, Julian doesn’t talk to Lori so much as at her, pausing only to fire off questions that harden, in midair, into assumptions.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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Roediger allegedly saw the woman speaking with her boyfriend in the front yard on her bedroom security monitor and then went to the front door where a verbal altercation ensued.—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
2 Apr. 2026
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The emerging field calls for more refined methods to determine whether fungal electrical signaling plays a functional, communicative role.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
30 Mar. 2026
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The review calls for more refined methods to uncover whether fungal electrical signaling plays a functional, communicative role.—
Samantha Agate,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Lexical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lexical. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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