variants
also linguistical
as in lexical
of or relating to words or language
the age at which children begin to acquire linguistic skills
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The festival once took over 18 downtown Las Vegas city blocks, but the 2024 adaption is more manageable and even linguistic.
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Mark Gray, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2024
The term, which arguably won Governor Tim Walz the No. 2 spot on the Democratic ticket, was a stroke of folksy, linguistic genius: finally, a way to dismissively describe Donald Trump and his cohort without dipping into a self-righteous tone that could turn off wary swing voters.
—Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2024
The place where the linguistic mapping is a little rockier is with operations and verbs.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 Sep. 2024
Macron said francophonie stood for a community that only shares the same language but also similar values, such as the commitment to democracy, fundamental freedoms, as well as cultural and linguistic diversity.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024
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Mark Gray, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2024
The term, which arguably won Governor Tim Walz the No. 2 spot on the Democratic ticket, was a stroke of folksy, linguistic genius: finally, a way to dismissively describe Donald Trump and his cohort without dipping into a self-righteous tone that could turn off wary swing voters.
—Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2024
The place where the linguistic mapping is a little rockier is with operations and verbs.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 Sep. 2024
Macron said francophonie stood for a community that only shares the same language but also similar values, such as the commitment to democracy, fundamental freedoms, as well as cultural and linguistic diversity.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Linguistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/linguistic. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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