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Pompey Park is nothing special in the lexicon of epic tennis courts, in the U.S. or anywhere.
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Matthew Futterman and Scott McIntyre, The Athletic, 25 Aug. 2024
The invisible load entered the mainstream lexicon—and not a moment too soon.
—Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 16 Oct. 2024
Building a lexicon around shame creates an easy dichotomy − one that separates foods, and our desire for them, into good and bad, sinful and pure, moral and amoral.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
For more than a decade, small tweaks to the traditional cup, along with a standardized lexicon of modifications (for warmth, sugar quantity, and ice level), represented the business’s key innovations.
—Han Zhang, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2024
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Matthew Futterman and Scott McIntyre, The Athletic, 25 Aug. 2024
The invisible load entered the mainstream lexicon—and not a moment too soon.
—Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 16 Oct. 2024
Building a lexicon around shame creates an easy dichotomy − one that separates foods, and our desire for them, into good and bad, sinful and pure, moral and amoral.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
For more than a decade, small tweaks to the traditional cup, along with a standardized lexicon of modifications (for warmth, sugar quantity, and ice level), represented the business’s key innovations.
—Han Zhang, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Lexicon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lexicon. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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