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A uniform corrected edition appeared in 1933, a 2d ed. in 1989; an updated version is available online by subscription that many university libraries have through URL = http://www. oed.com/.

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  • I can hear him rummaging around in the living room; he returns after a few minutes with Volume I of the oed, the big Random House dictionary, and my decrepit old Encyclopedia Americana Book I, A to Annuals. —  The Time Traveler's Wife
  • His golden hair was hal oed by an aura of silver light. —  Flowers In The Attic
  • For example, had you been clever and forward-looking in, say, 1995, you might have bought the rights to the domain name oed.com, and then have negotiated with the Oxford University Press for the rights to that domain name.
  • A uniform corrected edition appeared in 1933, a 2d ed. in 1989; an updated version is available online by subscription that many university libraries have through URL = http://www. oed.com/. —  Pleasure
  • Nolan got p. oed, the rest is as it is. —  Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local
 

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