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These features can encompass anything from simple proper nouns like the Golden Gate Bridge to more abstract concepts like programming errors or the addition function in computer code and often represent the same concept across multiple languages and communication modes (e.g., text and images).
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Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 22 May 2024
Following her lead, the French encyclopedic dictionary Petit Larousse Illustré has added the musician’s name as a proper noun in its 2024 update.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2024
Anytime the viewer might get tripped up by the proper nouns, Villeneuve is there to strike them with the power of Herbert’s universe.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2024
In general, lemmas exclude proper nouns (names of people, places, …).
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
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Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 22 May 2024
Following her lead, the French encyclopedic dictionary Petit Larousse Illustré has added the musician’s name as a proper noun in its 2024 update.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2024
Anytime the viewer might get tripped up by the proper nouns, Villeneuve is there to strike them with the power of Herbert’s universe.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2024
In general, lemmas exclude proper nouns (names of people, places, …).
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
See All Example Sentences for proper noun
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“Proper noun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proper%20noun. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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