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corpora

American  
[kawr-per-uh] / ˈkɔr pər ə /

noun

  1. a plural of corpus.


corpora British  
/ ˈkɔːpərə /

noun

  1. the plural of corpus

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"They are trained on a corpora of books, articles and websites, even the entirety of English Wikipedia, but these texts rarely feature emoji."

From BBC Sep. 15, 2022

“We’re going to infuse this tradition with innovation” But textualists weren’t the ones who built the corpora — linguists were.

From The Verge Jun. 7, 2022

Publishers might strike licensing deals, of course, making their text available to large firms for inclusion in their corpora.

From Scientific American May 4, 2022

But computers and digital corpora make this far faster today: Ben Blatt adopted these techniques for many clever experiments in “Nabokov’s Favorite Word is Mauve”, his book from 2017.

From Economist Mar. 8, 2018

Numerous vessels in the corpora cavernosa require ligature.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph

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