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How They Made the OED User-Friendly
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The Oxford English Dictionary is the undisputed cream of the lexicographical crop, but who cares if no one consults this unwieldy behemoth? Its editors mean to change that.
John Simpson
Published
Nov. 13 2016
1:00AM EST
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