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Communication or communications: The difference one letter makes

The Manila Times 12 May 2023
English is a language with many variations, so things can get a bit murky, and a general answer to vocabulary questions can be surprisingly difficult ... We looked at the Oxford English Dictionary for British English and Merriam-Webster for US English ... Oxford Dictionary ... Oxford Dictionary.
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Oxford University Press, Master Spellers organise spelling bee competition; check how to register

Indian Express 12 Apr 2023
Oxford University Press India ... Through this competition, Master Spellers and Oxford University Press are aiming to strengthen students\u2019 spellings, vocabulary, comprehension, and articulation while they compete through the various levels of competition.
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Counterfactual Impact

The Harvard Crimson 30 Mar 2023
Jurkovic comes across as friendly, but also guarded. He seems to want to make a good impression ... N ... Gabrieli and Guerra walk us through the vocabulary terms from the readings — two blog posts, a lecture by an Oxford Professor, a TED talk, and several charts about life expectancy in different countries — asking the group to define and react to them ... X ... .
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Oxford English Dictionary adds more Māori words sign of te reo normalisation - expert

RNZ 17 Mar 2023
Kupu like whenua, e hoa, koha and pōwhiri are included, a change which reflects "the substantial number of Māori words that have become part of the vocabulary of both Māori and Pākehā (non-Māori) speakers of English," according to a statement from Oxford University Press ... "I'll be sending off a letter to Oxford to correct that.
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Britain will keep getting weirder

New Statesman 15 Mar 2023
The response is psychedelic in its actions and its rhetoric, with a vocabulary drawn from DeLillo or Pynchon. At a February protest about 15-minute cities in Oxford, Piers Corbyn (very much the Zelig of UK weirdness), climbed into an anti-traffic plant pot and led a cry of “do not comply!”.
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Viral video: Man carries Oxford dictionary to Shashi Tharoor's event in Nagaland; netizens can't stop laughing

The Times of India 01 Mar 2023
However, the camera suddenly pans to a man sitting in the audience with an Oxford dictionary on his lap, most probably looking to decipher and decode the 'Tharoorian' vocabulary. "Someone in Nagaland literally brought Oxford Dictionary to my show to listen to Dr ... 😅 ... Someone in Nagaland literally brought Oxford Dictionary to my show to listen to Dr ... 😅 ... .
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Watch: Man Brings Dictionary To Shashi Tharoor's Nagaland Event

NDTV 27 Feb 2023
The man carried an Oxford dictionary with himself to the event to decipher the senior Congress leader's vocabulary ... .
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You don't want to miss these films and reads

The Hawk Eye 15 Feb 2023
A must see movie is “A Man Called Otto” with Tom Hanks, Mariana Trevino and Tom Hanks’ son, Truman. Both Ginnie and I read the book, saw the original Swedish movie on Netflix, “A Man Called Ove,” and now the American version ... (BTW ... His vocabulary is mind-boggling, but with Kindle, just touch the word and the Oxford Dictionary definition pops up. Nifty.
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Empty Nest recommendations for movies and books

The Hawk Eye 14 Feb 2023
A must see movie is “A Man Called Otto” with Tom Hanks, Mariana Trevino and Tom Hanks’ son, Truman. Both Ginnie and I read the book, saw the original Swedish movie on Netflix, “A Man Called Ove,” and now the American version ... BTW ... His vocabulary is mind-boggling, but with Kindle, just touch the word and the Oxford Dictionary definition pops up. Nifty ... .
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Homeless in 1999 to author in 2021: Foundation for success found in Gloucester

Gloucester Times 09 Feb 2023
The family lived at the Gloucester shelter until a placement in public housing in Oxford was found ... In Oxford, Ricard said he faced negativity in the high school on a daily basis and soon he “street Carlos” again to protect himself from the onslaught of altercations and prejudice.
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David Murdock Column: On Thanksgiving Weekend 2022 (and balancing adult, childlike worlds)

The Gadsden Times 24 Nov 2022
Depending on when y’all read this column, it’s Thanksgiving or Black Friday or Iron Bowl Saturday or the first Sunday of Advent — in short, Thanksgiving Weekend ... The biggest foe of “boy-ish-ness” is “adulting.” That word is a recent addition to the English vocabulary, I thought, until I consulted the Oxford English Dictionary ... .
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Soaps are not ‘woke’ when they include political references – they are relevant

Metro UK 08 Sep 2022
Soaps often make references to the real world (Pictures. ITV/BBC). A few days ago, during a select committee meeting, Tory MP Steve Brine discussed a recent EastEnders scene that referenced Brexit and Coronavirus ... To do this, it’s important to highlight the two main canons of British vocabulary. the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) and Urban Dictionary.
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12 niche things only Canadians would know

North Shore News 01 Jul 2022
Here in maple syrup beaver land, we do things differently ... Once upon a time there was Zellers ... This Zellers t-shirt will give you all the Canadian feels.  Ketchup Chips ... Chesterfield  ... This term is not only commonly used in every Canadian's vocabulary, but is also now an official term in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary ... Caesars ... .
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Breast really is best! Babies who get their mother's milk until they are older than ...

The Daily Mail 25 May 2022
Researchers found those breastfed the longest, above the age of one, did best in vocabulary tests at age 14 compared to children who were not breastfed. The study, by experts from Oxford University, said the differences in scores were equivalent to three IQ points ... Duration of breastfeeding was not linked to vocabulary at the age of five.

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