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  2. Dictionary.com - Wikipedia

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    Dictionary.com was founded by Brian Kariger and Daniel Fierro as part of Lexico Publishing, which also started Thesaurus.com and Reference.com. [6] At the time of its launch, it was one of the web's first in-depth reference sites. [7] In July 2008, Lexico Publishing Group, LLC, was acquired by Ask.com, an IAC company, [8] and renamed Dictionary ...

  3. Noah Webster - Wikipedia

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    Noah Webster Jr. (October 16, 1758 – May 28, 1843) was an American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, political writer, editor, and author. He has been called the "Father of American Scholarship and Education". His "Blue-backed Speller" books taught five generations of American children how to spell and read.

  4. The Dictionary Project - Wikipedia

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    The Dictionary Project is a charitable organization based in Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A., and was founded by Mary French in 1995 to provide personal copies of a dictionary for third grade students in the South Carolina public school system. It has grown into a national organization.

  5. Oxford English Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP). It traces the historical development of the English language, providing a comprehensive resource to scholars and academic researchers, as well as describing usage in its many variations throughout the world.

  6. The Dictionary of Lost Words - Wikipedia

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    The Dictionary of Lost Words. The Dictionary of Lost Words is the debut novel by Australian writer Pip Williams, published in March 2020. It became a bestseller in Australia and was also a New York Times bestseller. It won several literary prizes in 2021, and has been published in several languages in other countries.

  7. Collins English Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Corpus. The dictionary uses language research based on the Collins Corpus, which is continually updated and has over 20 billion words. Editions. The current edition is the 14th; it was published on August 31, 2023, with more than 732,000 entries (including proper nouns).

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