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The final Presidential Debate of this campaign season took place on October 19th in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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The town hall format, combined with the explosive nature of the revelations on the campaign trail over this last week, promised a wild evening, and the event did not disappoint.
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The first and only vice-presidential debate was held on October 4, 2016 in Farmville, Virginia. Governor Mike Pence of Indiana, Donald Trump's running mate, and Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia, Hillary Clinton's choice for number two on the ticket, exchanged ideas and sometimes insults.
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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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As the United States celebrates Presidents' Day, it's a good time to mull over how we ended up calling the national leader "president" in the first place. Executive editor Ben Zimmer spoke to NPR's All Things Considered about the term's history.
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Dept. of Word Lists
What Makes Vocabulary "Presidential"?
Celebrate Presidents' Day by looking at how presidents use words.
Teachers, commemorate Presidents' Day this year by looking through some of the great lists we have to explore the vocabulary choices made by presidents throughout history. These lists can bring your students closer to the words that shape current events or times gone by.
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Vocabulary Shout-Out
"Feckless Weakling" is Last Night's Republican Debate Stand-Out Phrase
"Now that's some good vocabulary!" a Vocabulary.com user writes in.
A Vocabulary.com user reported this vocab-in-the-news moment today: He woke up to his clock-radio alarm in mid-Republican-presidential-debate recap, just in time to hear Governor Chris Christie call President Barack Obama a "feckless weakling." "Now that's some good vocabulary!" our user wrote in.
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