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- noun Plural form of
usagist .
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Examples
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Lexicographers and usagists take no sides, but as reflected by the search engines, the neutral climate change has put a chill into the scarier global warming.
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Loosey-goosey usagists say that the distinction is all but erased, and some great writers have even used the misleading construction is comprised of, but I belong on the ramparts on this one.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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Loosey-goosey usagists say that the distinction is all but erased, and some great writers have even used the misleading construction is comprised of, but I belong on the ramparts on this one.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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Mr. Reid and his conjunctionite buddies do not have only the Oxford usagists behind their stiff-upper-lip stand.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Though a lexicographer would disagree a dictator can be empowered to invade a neighbor and a surgeon enabled to save a life, usagists understand that latest connotation.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Though a lexicographer would disagree a dictator can be empowered to invade a neighbor and a surgeon enabled to save a life, usagists understand that latest connotation.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Mr. Reid and his conjunctionite buddies do not have only the Oxford usagists behind their stiff-upper-lip stand.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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When Senator-elect Charles Schumer of New York told the Judiciary Committee that the President had already made a “fulsome apology”—intended to mean “copious, complete, full”—usagists such as Alistair Cooke winced.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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When Senator-elect Charles Schumer of New York told the Judiciary Committee that the President had already made a “fulsome apology”—intended to mean “copious, complete, full”—usagists such as Alistair Cooke winced.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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It does; even loosey-goosey usagists say that when it has a single object like you, “it typically carries overtones of disparagement.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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