Example Sentences

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Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker and Fed Governors Christopher Waller and Philip Jefferson in recent weeks have introduced ‘skip’ and ‘skipping’ into Fed-watchers’ lexicons.

From Reuters • Jun. 7, 2023

Because Rowling is a brilliant and beloved storyteller who is astonishingly good at entering lexicons, manipulating language and telling fantasy stories.

From Washington Post • Mar. 6, 2023

All these different lexicons are talking and there’s a dialogue there.

From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2022

It’s not just about being bilingual; I work with different lexicons.

From The Guardian • Dec. 20, 2019

Next to the New English Dictionary it is the most complete and scholarly of English lexicons.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various