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Articles from September, 2016
Announcements
It's Go Time for the Vocabulary Bowl!
The Annual Word Learning Competition Gets Underway
Teachers, administrators, and students, it's go time! The Vocabulary Bowl officially kicks off tomorrow, October 1, and runs through April 30, 2017. The seven-month word learning competition culminates next spring with top schools celebrating at trophy ceremonies, getting media coverage, enjoying local celebrity appearances, and more!
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Dept. of Word Lists
The Return of Braggadocious, and More!
Words Heard at the First Presidential Debate
The first presidential debate between former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump was held on September 26, 2016. Whatever your political affiliation, from a vocabulary perspective it was an intriguing contest.
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It's mind-boggling that many people who profess to love language have bizarre, backwards ideas about it based on superstition and hokum. Educated folks who mock evolution-deniers have no problem believing equally unsupported ideas about language—such as "English is worse than ever!" and "Words shouldn't change!"
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Dept. of Word Lists
Still "Great" After All These Years
Ceaselessly Into the Past with F. Scott Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald chose words with precision, and took into account not just their inherent meanings, but also how their use would serve to establish the traits of his characters.
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Announcements
Vocabulary Bowl Kickoff Kit Gets You in Competition Condition
Because a goal without a plan is just a wish.
The countdown to October 1st is on! That's opening day for the Vocabulary Bowl season, and whether you're a veteran competitor or totally green when it comes to the annual word-learning competition, the new Vocabulary Bowl Teacher Kick-Off Kit is the perfect resource to help you get your school off to a great start.
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Teachers at WorkA column about teaching
Young Men's Leadership Academy and Vocabulary.com
Young men from the 'wrong zip code' gain national respect
At any given time of the day, you could zoom into any of our high school classrooms, and find scholars on their laptops, phones, or other devices – surprisingly – logged into their Vocabulary.com accounts and working on vocabulary lists: Not Candy Crush or any other game, but Vocabulary.com!
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As Harry Potter and the Cursed Child dominates book sales and the play entertains London audiences night after night, we examine the sources and humor of spell names in the entire Harry Potter series.
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