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as in terminology
the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field
scientific vocabulary
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as in language
the stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication
children learn enough of the common vocabulary to make themselves understood by around the age of two
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Recent Examples of vocabulary
Her outfit stayed inside Browne’s gray suit vocabulary, layering a glen-check blazer with strong shoulders layered over a matching waist panel and pleated detail at the hip, finished with the brand’s red-white-blue grosgrain tab at the hem.
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Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 7 Feb. 2026
Moira, a career-capping (and Emmy-winning) role in the comedy created by Eugene and son Dan Levy, brought O’Hara legions of new fans — and elevated a new vocabulary.
—Jocelyn Noveck, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
The English language has the largest vocabulary of any language.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2026
This woodpecker has a wide vocabulary of other sounds, including screams if being captured by predators, an elevated alarm call often given when predator hawks are near or rapidly drumming on dead hollow limbs during territorial disputes or to attract mates.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026
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Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 7 Feb. 2026
Moira, a career-capping (and Emmy-winning) role in the comedy created by Eugene and son Dan Levy, brought O’Hara legions of new fans — and elevated a new vocabulary.
—Jocelyn Noveck, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
The English language has the largest vocabulary of any language.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2026
This woodpecker has a wide vocabulary of other sounds, including screams if being captured by predators, an elevated alarm call often given when predator hawks are near or rapidly drumming on dead hollow limbs during territorial disputes or to attract mates.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vocabulary
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This bipartisan push is more than a simple change of terminology.—
Adam Abutaa,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2026
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Can explain the background of that terminology?—
Kate Aurthur,
Variety,
8 Feb. 2026
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Despite speaking different languages, Toro Sepulveda and Henry became close friends, both said.—
Nuria Martinez-Keel,
Oklahoma Voice,
10 Feb. 2026
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The new program at Butler is one of just five Deaf education programs in the country with a focus on spoken language, according to the program’s website.—
Claire Rafford,
IndyStar,
9 Feb. 2026
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Steven Gebelin, who represented Puig in 2021 and 2022, testified at trial that his then-client tried to be helpful during the interview but, because the interpreter’s Spanish dialect differed from Puig’s, his answers were translated poorly.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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Puig’s former attorney Steven Gebelin testified that during the January 2022 interview, Puig tried to be helpful in answering the investigators’ questions and the interpreter struggled with Puig’s Spanish dialect, according to the New York Times.—
Jaimie Ding,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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The sneaker’s tongue and shoelaces appear to have been given a vintage-esque off-white treatment, and the black toe features a new ripstop material, but the style otherwise maintains the original details of the 1995 Neon colorway.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
14 Feb. 2026
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Dylan stuck out his tongue in gleeful celebration of only his second basket in the semifinal, and their famous father laughed heartily at courtside.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
14 Feb. 2026
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Blending Milanese slang with French and Arabic, his rhymes should bring a fresh energy to the event.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Feb. 2026
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Born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, Bad Bunny reached global success singing in Spanish, popularizing Puerto Rican slang across the world and putting a spotlight on the plight of Puerto Rican people.—
Saba Hamedy,
NBC news,
1 Feb. 2026
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But as the practice evolved, eager writers like Jefferson and John Adams (but not George Washington or James Madison, for instance), gravitated to a richer, sympathy-bearing idiom, which no doubt bled into intimate speech, now lost.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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All's fair in love and war — an idiom that Cressida (second from left, played by Jessica Madsen) and her meddling mama would do well to remember while courting the Prince!—
Sophie Dodd,
PEOPLE,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Vocabulary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vocabulary. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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