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Mary’s flowers and their legends Using research from botanists, folklorists and lexicographers, Stokes and McTague created lists of hundreds of flowers and plants with their medieval, religious names.
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Bridget Retzloff, The Conversation, 20 May 2024
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
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Bridget Retzloff, The Conversation, 20 May 2024
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lexicographer
Noun
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The word originally referred to a list of prices in the context of shipping, linguist and content creator Adam Aleksic told NPR.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2025
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My obsession with this topic started with research from linguist Andrew Bray.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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All products featured on Vogue are independently selected by our editors.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
27 Apr. 2025
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Jordan Freiman Jordan Freiman is a news editor for CBSNews.com.—
Jordan Freiman,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Years later, Cassandra burned the vast majority of her younger sister’s 3,000 letters, leaving only around 160 for the benefit of researchers, biographers and Janeites, as the author’s devotees are known.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 Apr. 2025
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Austen Ivereigh, Pope Francis' biographer, also told BBC News that coins minted during his papacy - one for each year of his 12-year tenure - will have been placed in a bag in his coffin.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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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
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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 30 Apr. 2025.
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