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28 September 2017
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Release notes: a big antedating for white lie – and introducing Shakespeare’s World
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27 June 2017
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Reading Norman Mailer’s letters
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23 March 2017
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Release notes: Canada and the OED
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14 December 2016
Release notes: Lexicographical Brexit in the OED
Release notes: Making sense of sense
Release notes: Bama and shaka: how two local words went global
Release notes: The OED Surf Report: macking A-frames and occasional bombs
Release notes: Exploring the source of OED quotations
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12 September 2016
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30 June 2016
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Release notes: new features and functions
Release notes: World English pronunciations
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17 March 2016
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Read the release notes: the luck of Eden Hall
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17 December 2015
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Read the release notes: new features in OED Online
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18 September 2015
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25 June 2015
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Read the release notes: adore the fedora
Read the release notes: capturing the interweb of words
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19 March 2015
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Read the release notes: have, look, large, late
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11 December 2014
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Read the release notes: words in ‘un’ – patterns and surprises
Read the release notes: an unravelled mystery
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11 September 2014
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Read the release notes: hi-fi, sci-fy, DIY
Read the release notes: lasting the course
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13 June 2014
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Read the release notes: the language of World War I
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13 March 2014
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Read the release notes: the changes in empathy, employ, and empire
Read the release notes: how the French ‘toile’ cloth came to be toilet
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12 December 2013
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12 September 2013
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13 June 2013
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14 March 2013
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13 December 2012
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13 September 2012
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Find out about new OED functionality
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13 June 2012
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15 March 2012
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14 December 2011
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14 September 2011
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16 June 2011
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24 March 2011
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1 December 2010
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16 September 2010
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10 June 2010
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11 March 2010
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10 December 2009
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10 September 2009
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11 June 2009
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12 March 2009
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11 December 2008
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11 September 2008
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12 June 2008
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13 March 2008
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13 December 2007
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14 September 2007
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14 June 2007
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15 March 2007
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14 December 2006
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14 September 2006
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15 June 2006
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16 March 2006
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15 December 2005
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8 September 2005
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9 June 2005
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10 March 2005
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9 December 2004
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9 September 2004
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10 June 2004
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11 March 2004
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11 December 2003
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11 September 2003
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12 June 2003
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13 March 2003
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12 December 2002
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12 September 2002
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13 June 2002
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14 March 2002
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13 December 2001
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13 September 2001
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14 June 2001
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15 March 2001
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14 December 2000
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15 September 2000
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15 June 2000
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14 March 2000
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