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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Recent Examples of linguistic
Part of it is linguistic: my Japanese stalled out years ago at a few basic phrases and some food vocabulary.
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Matt Goulding, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2024
Audiences are increasingly willing to step outside their linguistic comfort zones, embracing stories that reflect cultures and communities unlike theirs.
—Diego Ávalos, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2024
The open-wheelers are collectively pushing back on a linguistic crackdown by the sport’s governing body.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
Elevating their linguistic toolkit can help leaders more effectively embody their potential and inspire their teams.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Matt Goulding, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2024
Audiences are increasingly willing to step outside their linguistic comfort zones, embracing stories that reflect cultures and communities unlike theirs.
—Diego Ávalos, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2024
The open-wheelers are collectively pushing back on a linguistic crackdown by the sport’s governing body.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
Elevating their linguistic toolkit can help leaders more effectively embody their potential and inspire their teams.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for linguistic
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Practically, then, the translator reads with an eye to understanding the affordances offered by a text—to re-creating its potentialities, rather than merely offering a lexical equivalent.Max Norman, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
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That lexical undercurrent was at play this week as more than 4,000 researchers, social scientists, and others concerned with the issues of aging gathered here to talk about themes of loneliness, dementia, Medicare, and ...Clara Germani, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Nov. 2024
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Police said the suspects punched and kicked the 17-year-old male following a verbal dispute.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Comments Drew Barrymore and Cynthia Erivo understand that physical communication can be just as important as verbal.EW.com, EW.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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Finally, as communicative Mercury coordinates with ethereal Neptune at 8:33 pm EDT, our intuition and creativity are highlighted while frustration melts away.Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Linguistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/linguistic. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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