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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

Linguists usually use corpora for scholarly projects to break down how language is used and what words are used for.

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

Atresia of corpora lutea began when eggs were laid, was completed by mid-August, and was coincident with atresia of large follicles that did not undergo ovulation.

From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by Legler, John M.

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