nomenclator

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Recent Examples of nomenclator As Hawkins High's resident dungeon master — and Vecna's unwitting nomenclator — Eddie has some ideas. Nick Romano, EW.com, 14 June 2022
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Noun
  • Over the last 10 years, revenue overall has grown by nearly 500% on the strength of its online dictionary, thesaurus, mobile apps and word games.
    Leanne Italie, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Throughout the thesaurus series there is a recurrence of words in Yiddish, a language Bochner—whose parents were first-generation Jewish immigrants—was raised hearing at home.
    Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • See The Athletic’s fantasy baseball glossary.
    Derek VanRiper, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
  • There’s a brief history of butter; a guide on how to make your own; a glossary on types; a case for butter sculpting as a new hobby.
    The Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The propeller hat has become a signature look for the pig — a 4-year-old Vietnamese potbelly named Merlin — who has more than 1 million followers on Instagram, a surprisingly hefty vocabulary and a Guinness World Record.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The subject matter is deathly serious—international war, unfolding in real time, killing thousands—yet the visual vocabulary is preposterously trivializing.
    Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026

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“Nomenclator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nomenclator. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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