| Ref. that added "horror show" in 2024 |
LA Times Daily |
24 Oct 2025 |
| British reference work (abbr.) |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
20 Oct 2025 |
| Multivolume ref. |
LA Times Daily |
12 Oct 2025 |
| OUP offering |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
10 Oct 2025 |
| British word-lover's reference: Abbr. |
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| Wordsmith's reference in London: Abbr. |
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| Brit. reference set |
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| British reference book: Abbr. |
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| Uni reference |
LA Times Daily |
09 Jul 2025 |
| Etymologist's ref. |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jul 2025 |
| The Meaning of Everything subject |
Newsday |
05 Jul 2025 |
| Large Brit. reference |
Universal |
26 Jun 2025 |
| It recognized LOL in 2011 |
Newsday |
21 Jun 2025 |
| Huge ref. work |
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| Ref. work that added "debanking" and "doggy day care" in 2025 |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
21 Jun 2025 |
| Word-lover's reference in London: Abbr. |
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| 20-vol. work |
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| UK lexicon |
Newsday |
15 Jun 2025 |
| Its 20 volumes weigh 138 lbs. |
Universal |
12 Jun 2025 |
| Massive British |
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| Ref. work with definitions for "colour" and "aluminium" |
New York Times |
03 Jun 2025 |
| Ref. that defines "game" as "an activity which provides amusement or fun" |
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| Bks. with millions of quotations |
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| Multi-volume reference book (abbr.) |
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| UK word authority |
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| "Aussieness" adder in '24 |
Newsday |
17 May 2025 |
| For reference, it's over 21,000 pages, in brief |
New York Times |
07 May 2025 |
| Ref. that added "content creator" in 2024 |
Universal |
03 May 2025 |
| Big reference work, for short |
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| Massive Brit. reference |
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| British vocabulary source: Abbr. |
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| British reference book: Abbr. |
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| It added 'brr-brr' in 2016 |
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| It added 'YouTuber' in 2016 |
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| Brit. lexicon |
Newsday |
06 Apr 2025 |
| British ref. work |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Apr 2025 |
| British reference book: Abbr. |
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| Wordsmith's reference: Abbr. |
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| Ref. work that's been available electronically since 1988 |
New York Times |
26 Mar 2025 |
| UK lexicon |
Newsday |
19 Mar 2025 |
| U.K. reference book |
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| British ref. work |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Mar 2025 |
| British ref. work |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Mar 2025 |
| Ref. that added "sglods" in 2024 |
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| Ref. that added "chef's kiss" in 2024 |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Feb 2025 |
| Massive lexicographical project, for short |
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| Noted dictionary |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
14 Feb 2025 |
| British ref. work |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Feb 2025 |
| Ref. work that would take a single person 60 years to proofread |
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| Ref. that added "mic drop" in 2024 |
LA Times Daily |
02 Feb 2025 |
| Tell-all bk.: Brit. |
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| Its 2024 Word of the Year was "brain rot" (Abbr.) |
USA Today |
31 Jan 2025 |
| Wordsmith's reference in London: Abbr. |
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| Linguist's reference, maybe |
TV |
26 Jan 2025 |
| Big U.K. lexicon |
Premier Sunday |
26 Jan 2025 |
| British ref. work |
USA Today |
16 Jan 2025 |
| Largest English dictionary (abbr.) |
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| A-to-zed ref. |
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| 'The Meaning of Everything' subject: Abbr. |
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| Ref. that added "group chat" in 2024 |
USA Today |
26 Dec 2024 |
| Ref. that added "brownie point" in 2024 |
Universal |
24 Dec 2024 |
| Online ref. since 2000 |
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| Oxford Eng. Die. |
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| Its last entry is "zyzzyva" (type of weevil): Abbr. |
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| Ref. with over 600,000 words |
USA Today |
10 Dec 2024 |
| Multivolume ref. work |
New York Times |
04 Dec 2024 |
| Voluminous book published in Britain: Abbr. |
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| British ref. work |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Nov 2024 |
| Huge reference work (abbr.) |
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| Brit. word ref |
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| Lexicon from the U.K. |
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| It added "stage dive" in 2024: Abbr. |
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| Work whose first installment spanned 352 pages and ended with "ant," in brief |
New York Times |
09 Nov 2024 |
| Ref. that added "babyccino" in 2024 |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Nov 2024 |
| Wordsmith's reference: Abbr. |
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| 20-vol. lexicon |
LA Times Daily |
24 Oct 2024 |
| Oxford dict. |
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| British ref. work |
New York Times |
15 Oct 2024 |
| British reference book: Abbr. |
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| Voluminous ref. |
New York Times |
08 Oct 2024 |
| Ref. that added "freecycle" in 2024 |
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| Venerable reference book (abbr.) |
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| Ref. that recently added "fatberg" |
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| British lexicon (Abbr.) |
USA Today |
29 Sep 2024 |
| Major ref. work |
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| Multivolume Brit. lexicon |
Premier Sunday |
22 Sep 2024 |
| Venerable tome of the U.K. |
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| Ref. that added "jillionaire" in 2024 |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Sep 2024 |
| British ref. work |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Sep 2024 |
| Where to find over 600,000 words |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
13 Sep 2024 |
| British reference book: Abbr. |
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| Some 3.5 million quotations were gathered for it, for short |
New York Times |
16 Aug 2024 |
| Work first published in fascicles, briefly |
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| Multivolume ref. |
New York Times |
17 Jul 2024 |
| Work J.R.R. Tolkien contributed to |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Jul 2024 |
| Extensive word reference (anagram of "ode"): Abbr. |
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| Massive ref. work from Britain |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Jul 2024 |
| Ref. that William Minor contributed heavily to in its early days despite being in an asylum at the time |
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| British ref. |
New York Times |
10 Jul 2024 |
| Venerable British ref. work |
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| Ref. work that is likely to never be reprinted (abbr.) |
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| Ref. book whose 2023 word of the year was "rizz" |
Universal |
29 Jun 2024 |
| British reference work: Abbr. |
Commuter |
27 Jun 2024 |
| Set of books once awarded to winners of Britain's "Countdown" game show, for short |
New York Times |
27 Jun 2024 |
| Word-lover's reference in London: Abbr. |
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| British ref. work |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Jun 2024 |
| Big Brit. lexicon |
Premier Sunday |
02 Jun 2024 |
| Humongous reference work, in brief |
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| Ref. that added "turnt" and "deepfake" in 2023 |
New York Times |
27 May 2024 |
| Twenty-volume ref. work |
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| Major British ref. work |
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| Ref. that added "fan service" in 2024 |
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| Exhaustive wd. book |
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| British ref. work |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 May 2024 |
| British reference book: Abbr. |
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| Reference for a wordsmith (anagram of "doe): Abbr. |
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| British ref. work |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Apr 2024 |
| Ref. that added "adultification" in 2023 |
LA Times Daily |
31 Mar 2024 |
| Ref. that's the subject of the book The Professor and the Madman |
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| Massive ref. work (3) |
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| "Spider sense" adder in '23 |
Newsday |
22 Mar 2024 |
| Ref. that added "swear jar" in 2023 |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Mar 2024 |
| Ref. with 3.5 million quotations |
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| Oxford Eng. Dic. |
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| British ref. set |
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| Library ref. |
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| Reference work that added "turnt" in 2023 (Abbr.) |
USA Today |
13 Feb 2024 |
| British ref. work |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Feb 2024 |
| U.K. reference work |
Universal |
02 Feb 2024 |
| British ref. book |
Universal |
30 Jan 2024 |
| Word nerd resource that gets updated quarterly (Abbr.) |
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| Wordsmith's reference in London: Abbr. |
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| Ref. work that began as a Philological Society project |
New York Times |
21 Jan 2024 |
| Ref. whose 2021 word of the year was "vax" |
Universal |
20 Jan 2024 |
| British reference book: Abbr. |
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| British ref. work with many etymologies |
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| Long reference work, for short |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jan 2024 |
| Multi-volume British reference book: Abbr. |
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| Ref. work that Tolkien contributed to from "waggle" to "wild" |
New York Times |
30 Dec 2023 |
| UK lexicon that added "spidey sense" in 2023 |
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| British ref. work |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Dec 2023 |
| Ref. for word nerds |
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| British ref. standard |
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| British reference book: Abbr. |
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| Ref. that added “lamestream” and “deep state” in 2023 |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Dec 2023 |
| Ref. that added "lamestream" and "deep state" in 2023 |
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| Massive ref. |
New York Times |
28 Nov 2023 |
| Ref. that added “spidey sense” and “turnt” in 2023 |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Nov 2023 |
| Ref. that added "spidey sense" and "turnt" in 2023 |
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| Ref. whose 2022 word of the year was "goblin mode" |
Universal |
02 Nov 2023 |
| British ref. work |
New York Times |
22 Oct 2023 |
| British reference book: Abbr. |
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| British ref. work |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Oct 2023 |
| Wordsmith's ref. |
LA Times Daily |
06 Oct 2023 |
| Major ref. |
New York Times |
10 Sep 2023 |
| Large Brit. lexicon |
Premier Sunday |
03 Sep 2023 |
| British ref. work |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Aug 2023 |
| British linguist's reference: Abbr. |
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| British reference book: Abbr. |
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| British ref. work |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Aug 2023 |
| British ref. work |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Jul 2023 |
| British wordsmith's reference book: Abbr. |
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| Ref. work that once employed J.R.R. Tolkien |
LA Times Daily |
21 Jul 2023 |
| Its 2022 Word of the Year was 'goblin mode' (Abbr.) |
USA Today |
17 Jul 2023 |
| A-to-zed ref. work |
Universal |
26 Jun 2023 |
| A-to-zed reference: Abbr. |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Jun 2023 |
| British ref. work |
LA Times Daily |
08 Jun 2023 |
| Ref. work favoring "favour" |
LA Times Daily |
06 Jun 2023 |
| Ref. work whose "Concise" version has more than 1,700 pages |
LA Times Daily |
04 May 2023 |
| Ref. that added 'pinkie promise' and 'porch pirate' in 2022 |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Apr 2023 |
| Brit. lexicon |
Universal |
19 Apr 2023 |
| Uni resource |
LA Times Daily |
24 Mar 2023 |
| British ref. work |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Mar 2023 |
| Reference book for a wordsmith: Abbr. |
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| U.K.-based vocabulary volume: Abbr. |
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| Big reference, but shortened |
New York Times |
04 Mar 2023 |
| Ref. that could be considered hi-def.? |
LA Times Daily |
26 Feb 2023 |
| Wordsmith's reference: Abbr. (anagram of "ode") |
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| U.K.-based language reference book (anagram of "doe"): Abbr. |
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| British wordsmith's reference, perhaps: Abbr. |
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| Wordsmith's reference: Abbr. (anagram of "ode") |
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| Ref. work that added "influencer" in 2022 |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jan 2023 |
| 20-vol. lexicon |
LA Times Daily |
02 Jan 2023 |
| British linguist's reference: Abbr. |
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| British word reference: Abbr. |
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| Brit. lexicon |
Newsday |
10 Nov 2022 |
| British ref. work |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Nov 2022 |
| British ref. work |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Oct 2022 |
| Meaningful work, for short? |
New York Times |
13 Oct 2022 |
| Famed English dictionary, abbr |
Canadiana |
10 Oct 2022 |
| Massive ref |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Sep 2022 |
| British ref. work |
Eugene Sheffer |
31 Aug 2022 |
| Ref. that added "gaslighter" in 2022 |
Universal |
27 Aug 2022 |
| British ref. work |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Aug 2022 |
| British lexicon (Abbr.) |
USA Today |
30 Jul 2022 |
| British ref. work |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Jul 2022 |
| 20-volume ref. set |
Newsday |
17 Jun 2022 |
| Massive lexicon: Abbr |
LA Times Daily |
09 Jun 2022 |
| Massive lexicon: Abbr |
The Washington Post |
09 Jun 2022 |
| British ref. work |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 May 2022 |
| Ref. work started in 1857 |
Universal |
19 May 2022 |
| British ref. work |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 May 2022 |
| "Non-fungible" was added to it in Dec. 2021 |
Universal |
26 Apr 2022 |
| British reference book letters (anagram of "deo") |
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| British ref. work |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Apr 2022 |
| Ref. work that added 'freshperson' in 2021 |
The Washington Post |
29 Mar 2022 |
| Ref. work that added "freshperson" in 2021 |
LA Times Daily |
29 Mar 2022 |
| UK reference work |
Newsday |
25 Mar 2022 |
| British word-lover's reference: Abbr. |
|
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| British ref |
Universal |
01 Mar 2022 |
| 20-vol. reference |
The Washington Post |
22 Feb 2022 |
| 20-vol. reference |
LA Times Daily |
22 Feb 2022 |
| Ref. that added "chapstick" in 2021 |
LA Times Daily |
13 Feb 2022 |
| Ref. that added 'chapstick' in 2021 |
The Washington Post |
13 Feb 2022 |
| Multivolume U.K. lexicon |
Premier Sunday |
06 Feb 2022 |
| British reference set, for short |
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| Alternative to Webster’s, in brief |
New York Times |
23 Jan 2022 |
| British ref. work |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Jan 2022 |
| UK reference set |
Newsday |
19 Jan 2022 |
| British ref. work |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Jan 2022 |
| British ref. work |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Dec 2021 |
| Wordsmith's reference: Abbr. |
|
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| British ref. work |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Nov 2021 |
| Its second edition had 21,730 pp |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Nov 2021 |
| British ref. work |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Nov 2021 |
| Brit. lexicon |
LA Times Daily |
31 Oct 2021 |
| Multivolume set in the reference sect |
LA Times Daily |
17 Oct 2021 |
| Multivolume set in the reference sect |
The Washington Post |
17 Oct 2021 |
| Multi-volume reference: Abbr. |
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| UK reference set |
Newsday |
29 Sep 2021 |
| British ref. work |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Sep 2021 |
| Ref. to which "adorkable" was introduced in 2020 |
Universal |
31 Aug 2021 |
| Ref. work that took more than 70 years to complete |
New York Times |
20 Aug 2021 |
| Voluminous ref |
LA Times Daily |
15 Aug 2021 |
| Voluminous ref |
The Washington Post |
15 Aug 2021 |
| Multivolume Brit. lexicon |
Premier Sunday |
04 Jul 2021 |
| Where Boxing Day comes before Christmas, in brief? |
New York Times |
23 Jun 2021 |
| Wordsmith's reference: Abbr. |
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| Ref. work that added 'livestream' in 2021 |
The Washington Post |
06 Jun 2021 |
| Ref. work that added "livestream" in 2021 |
LA Times Daily |
06 Jun 2021 |
| Wordsmith's reference in London: Abbr. |
|
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| Classic ref. work |
The Washington Post |
20 May 2021 |
| Reference book for a wordsmith: Abbr. |
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| British ref. work |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 May 2021 |
| Classic ref. work |
LA Times Daily |
20 May 2021 |
| A-to-zed lexicon, in brief |
New York Times |
03 May 2021 |
| Huge Brit. lexicon |
Premier Sunday |
02 May 2021 |
| U.K. reference work |
USA Today |
02 Apr 2021 |
| Subj. of Charlotte Brewer's 'Treasure-House of the Language' |
New York Times |
10 Mar 2021 |
| Ref. work that added 'YOLO' in 2016 |
The Washington Post |
01 Mar 2021 |
| Ref. work that added "YOLO" in 2016 |
LA Times Daily |
01 Mar 2021 |
| Ref. with thousands of definitions |
Universal |
28 Feb 2021 |
| Massive Brit. lexicon |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Feb 2021 |
| Lexicon with 600,000+ wds |
The Washington Post |
13 Nov 2020 |
| Lexicon with 600,000+ wds |
LA Times Daily |
13 Nov 2020 |
| Multi-volume word ref |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Nov 2020 |
| Multivolume British reference: Abbr. |
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| Ref. whose first edition took decades to complete |
The Washington Post |
22 Oct 2020 |
| Ref. whose first edition took decades to complete |
LA Times Daily |
22 Oct 2020 |
| Massive ref. bk |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Sep 2020 |
| Big ref. for word lovers |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Aug 2020 |
| It added ''e-waste'' in 2020 |
Newsday |
07 Aug 2020 |
| Brit. reference work |
Jonesin |
28 Jul 2020 |
| Venerable ref |
LA Times Daily |
16 Jul 2020 |
| Venerable ref |
The Washington Post |
16 Jul 2020 |
| Multi-vol. reference set |
Jonesin |
14 Jul 2020 |
| Its Jan. 2018 additions include 'hangry' and 'mansplain' |
The Washington Post |
11 Jul 2020 |
| Its Jan. 2018 additions include "hangry" and "mansplain" |
LA Times Daily |
11 Jul 2020 |
| It's had OMG since 2011 |
Newsday |
27 Jun 2020 |
| British lexicon (Abbr.) |
USA Today |
26 Jun 2020 |
| J.R.R. Tolkien did some research for it |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jun 2020 |
| J.R.R. Tolkien did some research for it |
The Washington Post |
19 Jun 2020 |
| U.K.-published reference work (Abbr.) |
USA Today |
11 Jun 2020 |
| Lexicon from a British uni |
Universal |
05 Jun 2020 |
| Large Brit. reference |
Universal |
29 May 2020 |
| Ref. with 20 volumes |
Universal |
27 May 2020 |
| Ref. whose recent updates include 'chillax' and 'whatev' |
The Washington Post |
24 May 2020 |
| Ref. whose recent updates include "chillax" and "whatev" |
LA Times Daily |
24 May 2020 |
| Ref. work with over 45,000 obsolete words |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Apr 2020 |
| Huge reference from the U.K |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Apr 2020 |
| Its 'concise' version has almost 1,700 pages: Abbr |
New York Times |
18 Apr 2020 |
| U.K. reference work |
Universal |
08 Apr 2020 |
| Ref. work in which the verb 'set' has a 60,000-word entry |
New York Times |
27 Mar 2020 |
| Its 2019 Word of the Year was 'climate emergency' (Abbr.) |
USA Today |
23 Mar 2020 |
| U.K. lexicon |
New York Times |
17 Mar 2020 |
| Reference book that adds new words every year: Abbr. |
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| British ref. work |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Feb 2020 |
| UK reference set |
Newsday |
09 Feb 2020 |
| Multivolume reference book for wordsmiths: Abbr. |
|
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| British reference book: Abbr. |
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| Wordsmith's reference: Abbr. |
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| British book where you can look up words and their meanings: Abbr. |
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| Principal historical dictionary of the English language: Abbr. |
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| British reference book: Abbr. |
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| Voluminous book published in Britain and where you may look for word meanings: Abbr. |
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| British lexicon, a reference for wordsmiths: Abbr. |
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