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The OED cites it being used to describe to describe Glasgow's unsteady subway carriages.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2025
James Miles, OED creative economy manager, hopes the building will “contribute to the larger creative sector, and help keep creatives employed.”
From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2024
On the film commission and OED side, there’s hope that the lease could be extended beyond this first year if the building can prove its use.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2024
The first examples of ‘theory’ and ‘theorize’ in the relevant sense in OED are from 1638.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
It got as far as the Supplement volume of the new OED, which is something, but not enough to assure survival.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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