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Catalina Mountain Elk Lodge #2815 Continues Longstanding Dictionary Tradition

Oct 30 2025
Carrie Bonavita
For more than 20 years, the Catalina Mountain Elk Lodge #2815 has proudly participated in The Dictionary Project, helping to promote literacy and learning among local students. This year, their members distributed...
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Cranberry Township Sunrise Rotary Club marks a special milestone—nearly 10,000 dictionaries distributed

Oct 29 2025
Carrie Bonavita
Since 2008, the Cranberry Sunrise Rotary Club has proudly participated in The Dictionary Project, providing A Student’s Dictionary to third-grade students at Seneca Valley and Saint Kilian schools. This year’s presentation marks...
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The Rotary Club of Naples distributes dictionaries to all Collier County third graders

Oct 29 2025
Carrie Bonavita
The Rotary Club of Naples has been a proud supporter of The Dictionary Project since 2004, donating almost 60,000 dictionaries to local students. Their continued commitment ensures that every child has access...
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The Bayou Lacombe Republican Women Donates Dictionaries to Chahta-Ima Elementary

Oct 24 2025
Carrie Bonavita
The Bayou Lacombe Republican Women have proudly supported The Dictionary Project for 18 years, which is an incredible accomplishment that has made a lasting impact in their community, providing dictionaries to third graders...
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The Dictionary Project: Dexter third graders gifted books from Valley Grange which began its “Words for Thirds” program in 2004

Oct 24 2025
Carrie Bonavita
  Walter Boomsma of the Valley Grange in Guilford has spent decades fostering community connections, notably through supporting The Dictionary Project, which provides free dictionaries to third graders. Since 2004, the Valley...
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Dictionaries Still Matter in Courtrooms—And in Classrooms

Jun 18 2025
Yaro Celis
Dictionaries Still Matter in Courtrooms—And in Classrooms In patent litigation, dictionaries continue to play a key role in interpreting legal language, especially during claim construction. Despite past skepticism after landmark cases like...
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