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And that's how dictionary editors work, too.
A natural question is whether computers are making dictionary editors redundant.
Sending a letter to dictionary editors demanding inclusion isn't the way.
Dictionary editors trade word stories the way élite marathoners collect courses.
Dictionary editors make decisions about inclusion based on such criteria as frequency of usage and occurrence in published sources.
He and his fellow dictionary editors would think seriously about such changes after newspapers make them, he added.
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If a dictionary editor says this to journalists and scholars, they will believe him.
Like Anana's father, the dictionary editor, I shiver at the pleasure of identifying the right word.
A major challenge for the dictionary editor who must define sexual terms is deciding how explicit to be.
The article also included a quotation that gave an outdated name for a newspaper where a dictionary editor said that some people send their knaidel recipes.
As a dictionary editor with 20 years' experience (I worked on American children's dictionaries and then for Oxford University Press before founding the online dictionary Wordnik in 2008), I believe that every word should be lookupable.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com